commercially disappointing major label rock/alternative albums of 1996

durtiz's head alone, before he even opens the mouth attached to it, is more embarrassing than dulli.

i tried with the Whigs, man, i really tried, but the vocals are just awful

some dude otm

Oooooooh, it's onnnnnnnnn...

(Personally, I think they're both kinda doofy, but I have the sense not to say as much around here...ooooooops.)

yeah i'm kinda trolling because i'm kind of amazed that Black Love seems to be arising as the consensus favorite

voted down on the upside tbh

i tried with the Whigs, man, i really tried, but the vocals are just awful

This is me and the Hold Steady, so I sympathize with your unpopular opinion.

eh I would be amazed if pinkerton doesn't win this poll

Also, ftr, the Whigs and the Crows had some pretty good songs, but I wouldn't go so far as to call myself a fan of either. As opposed to a few other acts on this list (at least within the general era covered by this list).

i tried with the Whigs, man, i really tried, but the vocals are just awful

This is me and the Hold Steady, so I sympathize with your unpopular opinion.

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ok then we're 2 for 2 on the same page dude

http://foodcourtlunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/duritz3.jpg

durtiz's head alone, before he even opens the mouth attached to it, is more embarrassing than dulli.

Anybody remember when Dulli and Donal Logue guest hosted 120 Minutes? That was fun. He should've done more of that.

duritz is hilariously horrifying. but "i'm not sleeping" and "children in bloom" and "catapult," those are some great brooding guitar rock songs imo.

was donal logue in character as jimmy the cab driver?

counting crows ugh x 10000, fans treat them like some kind of second-coming Dave Matthews Band and I DON'T GET IT I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T

sorry

calm now

I don't know what prompted it, but I felt compelled to 'check in' on Duritz via GIS a couple of months ago. I mean...props on consistently rockin' the dreads for > 15 years, dude.

I know what prompted it

you are secretly in love with him

well it's easier when they're fake

was donal logue in character as jimmy the cab driver?

No, but I think that was the first time I'd seen him not as Jimmy the cab driver. REVELATORY.

dulli is/was ridiculously over the top, which was not too fashionable at the time (or to me in general). but he totally pulled it off live and however 'obvious' the whigs' rock/soul thing seems, i'm unaware of anyone (apart from prince, who they obviously adore) managing it

I can't think of a musician whose career began with execrable hair that I've been fond of

i am still trying to get over the revelation that donal logue was jimmy the cab driver

Anyone good enough for Jen is good enough for me, VG.

i tried with the Whigs, man, i really tried, but the vocals are just awful

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some dude otm

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cannot be said enough

soon i will be forced to link to aero's reviews of said whigs

dulli is/was ridiculously over the top, which was not too fashionable at the time (or to me in general). but he totally pulled it off live and however 'obvious' the whigs' rock/soul thing seems, i'm unaware of anyone (apart from prince, who they obviously adore) managing it

i can't think of two musicians who have less in common that prince and fucking greg dulli

Greg Dull more like amirite?

I can't think of a musician whose career began with execrable hair that I've been fond of

http://addictedtovinyl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bnlgordon.jpg??????

yeah i don't even really object to dulli's lyrics/persona or the whole sketchy R&B thing, if anything that's why i wish i could tolerate the singing itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT5K4-WWjT8

forever what i associate with this particular era: the radio IDs from the slightly cooler modern rock station that you had to really work hard to hear if you lived where i did, leading to me building a huge DIY antenna (which worked!) during the summer between 8th/9th grade

I now have "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" on a loop in my head. Thank you, this thread.

lol contenderizer

I remember that 2nd PUSA album was great, but I haven't heard it in over a decade. I did hear a bootleg of a show a few years ago and the entire audience was enthusiastically singing along to every single song. It sounded so fun!

yeah i don't even really object to dulli's lyrics/persona or the whole sketchy R&B thing, if anything that's why i wish i could tolerate the singing itself

yeah, exactly. the boozy, self-loathing/aggrandizing cad thing is fine by me, and i like the idea of fusing heavy soul with heavy rock, but the voice just grates, and it doesn't work with the music. every element of the sound is so thick and oppressive and unnuanced. the guitar churns, the vocals bellow, the rhythm section mulches, and there's no room to breathe. musical waterboarding.

have i mentioned that i don't like the afghan whigs?

you have! no particular reason to heed your taste tho

On my site I have Soundgarden rated highest, then Screaming Trees and Afghan Whigs. But I'm feeling Black Love the most right now, partly because they're on my mind as I'll be seeing them at Lollapalooza for the first time since about 1992. I would have also included Tricky - Pre-Millenium Tension, though I'm not sure what kind of sales Maxinquaye had. More than a lot of these I'm sure. Ride - Tarantula too.

first Remy Zero album

(actually Ill probably vote Hi-Fi)

you have! no particular reason to heed your taste tho

of course not. it's mine, after all.

two of my best friends are huge & eternal whigs/dulli fans. have tried so often and long to "get it", to no avail :(

291 posts and nobody's claimed Hi-Fi is R.E.M.'s last good album. Pleasing!

thought that was a given?

^

most played 1996 hits on modern day alternative rock radio:

1. Sublime - "Santeria"
2. Sublime - "What I Got"
3. Green Day - "Brain Stew" / "Jaded"
4. Sublime - "Wrong Way"
5. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
6. 311 - "Down"
7. Bush - "Glycerine"
8. Cake - "The Distance"
9. Bush - "Machinehead"
10. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight"
11. The Butthole Surfers - "Pepper"
12. Sublime - "Doin' Time"
13. 311 - "All Mixed Up"
14. Local H - "Bound For The Floor"
15. Rage Against The Machine - "Bulls On Parade"
16. Beck - "Where It's At"
17. Oasis - "Champagne Supernova"
18. Stone Temple Pilots - "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart"
19. Smashing Pumpkins - "Zero"
20. Sublime - "Caress Me Down"
21. Spacehog - "In The Meantime"
22. Marilyn Manson - "The Beautifu People"
23. Soundgarden - "Burden In My Hand"
24. Sublime - "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"
25. Tool - "Stinkfist"
26. Beck - "Devil's Haircut"
27. No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
28. Beck - "New Pollution"
29. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Aeroplane"
30. Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"

that seems about right

And to think Garbage had two way bigger hits that year!

only 2 songs from the 'commercially disappointing' list! congrats STP and Soundgarden, you outlasted "Swallowed" and "Who You Are"

I wanna say that STP track was in the year-end radio top ten, but I could be wrong.

probably, yeah, it was pretty ubiquitous

"Desperately Wanting" is the song i hear on the radio now most besides those 2, though, and it's kind of great.