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rox-kuryliw said on August 27, 2004 16:02:
i just wondered if anyone is embarassed about any albums in your cd collection that you may own , come on people spill the beans hehe.
mine im embarassed to own is ’delta goodrem’ album ’inoccent eyes ’ not a very blokey album lol , but its really good.
coyboyusa said on August 27, 2004 19:07:
backstreet boys : millenium
milli vanilli: blame it on the rain
vanilla ice: ice to the extreme lol
Denstandigaresan said on August 27, 2004 19:22:
Aqua- Aquarium. *Hides face*
Hanson- Middle of nowhere.
purplemedusa said on August 27, 2004 21:15:
Spice Girls - Who do you think u r? CD Maxi [Hey I went through a faze; had a couple but gave ’em away; somehow this one stayed]
Bryan Adams - The only thing that looks good CD Maxi [No idea what I was thinking/smoken]
Britney Spears Feat Madonna - Me against the music 2x12” Vinyl single [Ew... can’t believe Madonna forced me to buy a Britney release!! Nice mixes though!!]
Euro4Ever said on August 27, 2004 21:54:
i don’t think i’m ashamed of anything i own.
and i have Alice Deejay “Who needs Guitars”, great commercial electronica album, nothing to be ashamed of. And I have Aqua’s first album, with one of the greatest musical satires on it. I even have Milli Vanilli’s debut, and no shame there, afterall it got a Grammy :)
LOL but IF I had Hanson, I would be ashamed, they sucked big time.
IF I had Vanilla Ice I would also be ashamed, cuz that thief Sucked.
Denstandigaresan said on August 27, 2004 22:45:
Awwww... now would I REALLY lower my reputation by admitting I have a Hanson video? ;) Welllll, like PM, I ’Went through a faze’... have lots of their singles too. ;)
ally77 said on August 28, 2004 00:16:
Is there a video tucked in there, although I’ll admit I did buy a Hanson single once! ;) **there it’s out in the open** !!!
Roxer93 said on August 28, 2004 00:53:
Michael Jackson albums!!
@coyboyusa: I used to have that Milli Vanilli album too! Dunno what happened to it. Good music at the time...
Jackeill said on August 28, 2004 01:04:
i can’t stand it. why do you all buy such crappy albums? i can’t decide even to call those cds MUSIC!
hanson, alice dj, cher, kylie minogue, backstreet boys, spice girls... what a shame, what rox fans are used to listen to...
feel shame... and hide them well ;)
RoxHard said on August 28, 2004 01:06:
“what rox fans USED to listen to”
Alice DeeJay hasn’t touched my ears in about 3 years! You may be happy to know I’ve progressed vastly! I’m listening to Beethovan as we type!
Euro4Ever said on August 28, 2004 01:12:
LOL Roxhard, I beat you. I’ve got 2 albums by Fragma, Toca and Embrace :o
And I’m listening to Mozart and Tzchaikovsky right now :))))
RoxHard said on August 28, 2004 01:16:
Hmm... strange how us (once upon a time) Fragma fans seemed to have transgressed appropraitely onto some of the finest music ever made...
Makes you ponder, doesn’t it - does listening to the terrible Fragma make you have brilliant taste in music?
Euro4Ever said on August 28, 2004 01:21:
Depending on what forum this is in, Roxette might make some of the lists as well. Some might feel guilty of taking the “Joyride” ;)
arnie said on August 28, 2004 02:09:
hey RoxHard, if you don’t like Kylie, give it to me!
Mine are:
Aerosmisth - Big Ones
bon Jovi - Crossroad
Green day - Dookie
Nirvana -Unplugged
Madonna - Music
and some more...
RoxHard said on August 28, 2004 03:32:
Artist: Kylie Minogue
Album: Kylie Minogue
Year: 1994
Copies Sold Worldwide: 800,000
UK Certification: Gold
Rating: 3/10
Tracklisting:
1. Confide In Me
2. Surrender
3. If I Was Your Lover
4. Where Is The Feeling
5. Put Yourself In My Place
6. Dangerous Game
7 Automatic Love
8. Where Has The Love Gone?
9. Falling
10. Time Will Pass You By
Not to be confused with her extremely experimental album of 1998, “Impossible Princess” (that title was confusingly replaced with “Kylie Minogue”, out of respect for the death of Princess Diana), this is a far more light-hearted affair. It’s more or less like an instrument-based version of Madonna’s “Erotica”. Whereas “Erotica” was filled with cold, unnatural songs, “Kylie Minogue” consists of warm dance/pop songs with a slight jazz-influence. Although this concept may sound slightly interesting, it’s hard to take this album seriously as an entity of it’s own without mentioning “Erotica” somewhere along the line. You find yourself struggeling to hold back the laughter when you hear “if i was your lover/I’d hold you in my arms from dusk to dawn” spoken in the exact same phrasing as Madonna did in her Erotica song. Ironically, the only thing that really seperates the two albums is the continuing sound of Stock, Aikan & Waterman, a group of super-producers whose over-protective producing habits were the basis for Kylie leaving her old record label PWL.
Suffice to say, it’s obvious that Ms Minogue’s voice has undergone some serious changes in her 2 year absence. Gone is the kitten-like purr of previous albums; welcomed is a sensual, soulful prowl - ripe with cosmopolitan snarl.
But she rarely gets a chance to show it off on this overly-long album. It has a mere 10 songs, but has a running time of 57:11. Which means the average running time of a song would be 6:11. And taking into account the sparce-ness of the lyrics, this means your regularly stuck with 3 minutes of absolute nothing (simple beats, virtually no melody). For example, Falling (track 9) takes 1:58 to get to the first verse, the 117 seconds it takes to get to that verse are filled with nothing but a dated early-90’s dance beat with some cheesy gospel backing vocals. The songs just seem to swoosh past - one after another, with you barely noticing.
The production itself is majorly dated by now. Unlike it’s predecessor, “Let’s Get To It”, which was hailed at the time as a ’progressive’, this album stuck firmly to the overall sound of the cheesy 90’s dance craze. As a result, the whole album (except for it’s notible singles) has dated terribly. But that’s not to say that some of these songs would be considered good when the album was originally released. M-People are responsible for some 90’s classics, but even their “Time Will Pass You By” sounds like it was dragged through a jazz club by it’s rear-end, before being dumped firmly in a techno rave. The lack of distinction between many songs means you’ll often be left frustrated with just how little variety is actually available on this album.
Occasionally, the dominating mess subsides to allow some distinction to take hold. “Dangerous Game” is the only album track with any resonance. A moving orchestral/jazz-ballad is just what’s needed to break the mood. However, at 5:30, the song is at least 2 minutes too long.
The album cover may appear to suggest that this is inviting and friendly, but underneath lies a bland mess of severely under-motivated people just waiting to get their paychecks. You best save yours.
purplemedusa said on August 28, 2004 07:36:
Arnie...
Green day - Dookie
Nirvana -Unplugged
Madonna - Music
... are actually very good albums! Yes they’ve dated slightly but don’t toss them just yet!
zaine said on August 28, 2004 10:55:
the only one I can think of is possibly the first steps album
I also have the first Lion King collection cd, but it’s very funky so :P
rox-kuryliw said on August 28, 2004 11:24:
i got the lion king collection , but ill stand up and say i own own it (then run in shame) lol , plus think everyone had something spice girls at one point, after all it was good POP music really (shame shame i know) LOL
Roxette-atic said on August 28, 2004 12:58:
I have all Spice Girls albums...hehe...sure...go ahead and laught..:)
rox-kuryliw said on August 28, 2004 13:38:
lol dont worry i own them all aswell, somewhere hidden now lol (shame again)
coyboyusa said on August 28, 2004 14:41:
oooh i have additions
le ann rimes: you light up my life
the cranberries : time is ticking out
lfo: girl on tv hey i thought they were cute sue me
Michlae jackson: blood on the dance floor...christ was i on something then
Madonna: something to rember: dont get me wrong everything was good then i head I want you and Love don’t live here anymore and i put my keys to the cd
Erasure: chorus...the album is good for one song the title track and thats it
Gloria estefan: destiny her absolutely worse album ever
Michale boltons greatest hits: lol i got it for a better mastered version of said i loved you but i lied the opnly song hes ever done i liked
fiona apple: tidal...i forgot how horrid she was
Ricki martin: veulve only reason i bought it was there was supposedly a sonbg on it to his dead gay lover lol i was such an idiot lol
orgy: vapor transmission...i learned never to buy another album by a band that became big doing a cover song
PM dawns greatest hits: its a shoddy bid by their label to make money off of thewm n its full of all their sappy single not the better stuff that was on their albums
hehe enjoy
zaine said on August 28, 2004 16:19:
I think I have a spice girls tape, but I own most Take That stuff. I was a major take that fan when I was a kid, but it’s still fun to put them on again even now just to remember :P
MiracleMan said on August 29, 2004 01:26:
I bought Jeri Halliwell’s single for “Look At Me” for about a dollar somewhere. . . And for some reason I have a copy of the soundtrack to the movie Sliding Doors.
Anarem said on August 29, 2004 04:54:
@Miracleman: Ooh, but that Sliding Doors soundtrack has that nifty and bubbly “On My Own” song!
IPPIE said on August 29, 2004 11:49:
I think I understand Markuz......
It is not about the album, or Roxette, but the distance between them...... never mind...
arnie said on August 30, 2004 23:26:
Regarding Green Day, I don’t like them anymore... they always sound the same, over and over.
Regarding nirvana, they were just a good band, no more to say
we should swap albums each others..
hey roxhard, the one album that I got from Kylie is the one you mentioned. My favorite is Automatic Love, it was written by Rapino brothers.
(The ones that remixed The Look 95).
Euro4Ever said on August 31, 2004 01:14:
2 Arnie
Rapino Brothers Suck, sorry but they do.
Haddaway “What is Love” (Rapino brothers Mix) This remix Sucked Big time. They managed to ruin a Great dance song.
I never heard their remix of the Look, but I bet that sucked too.
ncurran said on August 31, 2004 03:37:
no need to be embarassed about kylie...she is great.
i own all her albums and am still a fan...automatic love is a good song, but u should try and download the acoustic version, its even better.
in fact, i have a lot of the “embarrassing” albums people have mentioned, and i am not ashamed to have them. Geri Halliwell, Steps, Take That, Gary Barlow. I have a wide range in taste, and sometimes i just want to listen to some cheesy pop music....i also like rock, indie and “trendy” bands too, but it depends on my mood.
mmmm, coming to think of it, there is only one album i am embarrassed to own, and i hide my head in shame after i tell u this....i own a westlife album. yes a few years ago, they had “My love” at no one in the UK charts and for some reason i liked it(i’m a sucker for soppy ballads), so i bought the album....big mistake, though thats what i tend to do often, like one song and then buy an album, sometimes not a very wise move.
IPPIE said on August 31, 2004 17:51:
ncurran – happens often, not only to you , but take it like s.th. taht makes the sound around you richer...........
Watercolours said on September 2, 2004 17:33:
Britney Spears & Maria Carey. Can’t tell you which ones as they are gathering dust.
coyboyusa said on September 2, 2004 20:05:
therres only one embarrasing song on hand markuz and that ycpyaawag
coyboyusa said on April 20, 2005 23:00:
lol nothing to be ambarrased about kylie minogue lol LOLOLOL lol lololol
nicci_The-Look said on April 21, 2005 19:35:
Don’t you remeber what Per said, man ska aldrig ångra ett skivköp, You shoud never regret that you bought a cd
my translation (hm..english ;-) is not 2 good but I think you understand it ;-)
Take it with a smile , Take the hole life with a smile
O no! I am 2 tired
Good night evrybody :-)
on_a_mission said on April 21, 2005 20:15:
here’s a confessional,
when I first bought HAND in 1999, I thought it was SO bad I returned it to the store and got my cash back. Its true. oam
ncurran said on April 21, 2005 20:24:
coyboy, why should anyone be embarrassed about kylie? Shes had an amazing 18 year pop career, and is currently on a massive world tour. She is really respected in the music industry these days. Believe it or not, its more embarrassing to admit youre a roxette fan nowadays in the UK
StillFar said on April 21, 2005 20:37:
I’m embarrassed of owning a Kylie album (the one with “Can’t get you out of my head”)....did I just agree with coy?
rox-kuryliw said on April 21, 2005 21:27:
embarassed to own kylie :-O no no . Cant get you out of my head, is a modern day classic forever , your kids kids will know that song .
coyboyusa said on April 22, 2005 17:24:
ncurran u make a great point the recording industry ” these days” which is nothing more than a business that cares nothing about descent slef made artists and not peopel who are puppets of lables prodoucers and songwriters, she’s always been a madonna knockoff, plain and simple. and honestly even though i’m thin myself i don’t see her image appeal at all she makes me look fat:)
Santi said on April 22, 2005 18:25:
I deeply regret having bought Blur’s “Blur”.
I agree with coyboy about this girl’s image, and I’d also say the same about Christina Aguilera. They do look sick.
HBrox said on April 22, 2005 20:14:
Uhm... let me think.... I know!:
Joshua Kadisson: Delilah Blue.. (a little bit gospel.. OH MY GOD.... somebody save me!.. I just loved painted desert serenade... but happend to you Joshua???)
Olivia Newton John: the rumour... (not a good album for this wonderfull artist.. although it is produced by Elton John )
The Corrs : Borrowed Heaven (What a crap!.. I was disapointed I must say... their previous albums were really good)
Frida: something’s going on ( what can I say.. I bought Agnetha’s greatest hits and it was nice....but not this one from her ex-partner)
chrisjankunas said on April 26, 2005 19:15:
I have both Geri halliwell albums - but wouldnt really say im embarrased - her style matches roxette a little i thing. just more about “sex”
m-cvk said on April 27, 2005 07:18:
Euhmm...David Hasselhoff - The Best.
Oops, did I really dare to confess that? :-)
harriej said on April 27, 2005 21:30:
Chris Rea - Auberge.
Maybe not really embarrassing, but definitely the most disappointing album.
I bought it because i liked the song Auberge (which is indeed a nice song), but I didn’t bother to listen to the album before I bought it.
Auberge is the only song that is worth listening to it, the rest of the album is crap.
pwbbounce (moderator) said on April 28, 2005 12:25:
Oh my, can’t believe I’m going to admit this: For some reason I thought it was a good idea to spend around £10 on, wait for it, SMURFS GO POP!! WHY!!!!
Kathrin said on May 11, 2005 18:09:
I think Daniel Kübblböck is very Embarrasing and I’ve heard that he is BI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kathrin said on May 11, 2005 18:32:
I don’t think Have a Nice Day is embarassing but I know which single is embarassing Daniel Kübblböck’s You Drive me Crazy
RoxHard said on August 27, 2004 18:59:
Oh god! Too many to mention! Well...
Alice DeeJay: Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
Cher: Greatest Hits (some good songs, but not enough!)
Fragma: Toca
Kylie Minogue: Kylie Minogue (not Impossible Princess, the one with Confide In Me on it)
Madonna: You Can Dance (what was I thinking!)
Texas: Southside
Texas: Mother’s Heaven
These are all left deep in my bed-side cupboard!