Comments on: What Was Your Most Disappointing Purchase of 2008?

By: Avril Lover

Avril Lover — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:48:25 +0000

Avril Lavigne is Perfect – I don’t know why so many people hate her :D

By: MrStarhead

MrStarhead — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Toadies’ reunion album. I was stoked when they got back together, but it just sounds like they listened to Rubberneck five times through, then tried to play it without the original hooks.

By: TimGunn

TimGunn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:22:44 +0000

My worst concert was the Decemberists at Terminal 5. I wanted to go to a concert, not a political rally (it was the night after the election). Just play the fucking music white boy.

By: michaelpop

michaelpop — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:08:52 +0000

I'm going to second the disappointment for Cardinology. Between that one and Easy Tiger, Ryan's using up his goodwill fast.

Before reading this post I was going to suck it up and pick up Dear Science based on all the great things I'd heard. Thing is, I did the same thing with their last couple of albums and got burned each time. I thought maybe there was something wrong with me for not getting it. Glad I'm not alone! (And thanks for saving me $15!, Idolator!)

By: teknohed

teknohed — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:28:19 +0000

I was so excited for the release of Portishead's "Third" that I took Amazon up on their offer to buy both the Album and the first Single "Machine Gun" on vinyl.

I figured there might be a good B-side or remix that I could rip to my MP3 player. But it looks like they saw me coming a mile a way.

What I got for my 12 bucks ($12! That's like 120 songs in the Russian MP3 download site economy!) was a ONE TRACK "single". I mean it is like half of a 45. With no B Side, only a sort of crappy vinyl etching on the back side (I still dont' know what it is supposed to be a picture of, a burned out dystopian cityscape maybe).

It's not even like a "radio edit"...just the LP version and it cost MORE than the whole LP! What a rip off!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:40:06 +0000

I’ll second or third (or fourth or fifth, I lost track) Keane and the Streets. I really really had high hopes for both of those. Blech.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:01:31 +0000

@Job: Ha, point taken on our slightly outdated terminology there.

I forgot about the CSS record! I guess that should mean something as far as how disappointing it was to me, since it was definitely something I had been looking forward to.

By: brownham

brownham — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:44:05 +0000

CSS most certainly sucked hard with their second album, but Dear Science was more of a disappointment because I had such high expectations. Dear Science is god awful and predominately "cheesy"

He's a what he's a what he's a bad rap rocker.

By: Halfcatfacelose

Halfcatfacelose — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:25:35 +0000

CSS owned ‘Disappointment of the Year’ for me. Their first album was so, so, so much fun, but Donkey was just over-produced and over-engineered, and had zero personality (with the possible exception of Move, but that was still over-produced)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:14:39 +0000

Oh wait, you said purchase. There no need to be disappointed by a purchase really, is there?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:07:47 +0000

Usually, you can see disappointments coming from a little distance. I used to love The Streets, but that fourth album wasn’t likely to be much cop. My expectations were maybe a little too high for Be Your Own Pet, The Roots, Santogold, Beck, Q-Tip and Rex the Dog, but they stil weren’t bad albums. Genuinely disappointing though, I’d say The Futureheads, Spiritualized, Nas, Luomo and Beyoncé.

By: Nunya B

Nunya B — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:12:42 +0000

@Antijyn: except "Pocketbook" which is straight up amazing.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:57:52 +0000

@scott pgwp: I heard (and liked)the Peter Moren single and then never heard anyone mention it ever again. And didn't even know PB&J had a new album out until last week. Guess there's no whistling on the new one?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:35:38 +0000

Did you know that Destroyer came out with an album this year called “Trouble in Dreams”? I ask because I made myself forget until just now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:03:17 +0000

I desperately wanted to love Beach House’s Devotion, but after listening to it three times, I had to say to myself….y’know what, I should’ve just bought the single.

By: Antijyn

Antijyn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:53:42 +0000

I was looking forward to the new Jennifer Hudson.

Oh no. Be forewarned hat was terrible.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:36:13 +0000

Anything advertised in an Idolator banner ad.

By: othertim

othertim — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:32:35 +0000

Keane – Perfect Symmetry. A big letdown after how much I enjoyed several songs off Under the Iron Sea.

By: Luke N Atmaguchi

Luke N Atmaguchi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:04:24 +0000

W/o a doubt, To the Five Boroughs.

By: mackro

mackro — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:26:06 +0000

Hercules and Love Affair