Criminal Records - A Collection of the Over-rated

A Listmania! list by "groovydad"
 
Doors
1.  Doors by The Doors
The list author says:
  "This, unfortunately, is not the end, my friend. It's the start of something interminably self-important."
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Hatful Of Hollow
2.  Hatful Of Hollow by The Smiths
The list author says:
  "...in which Johnny Marr, a very talented maker of backing tracks, has the misfortune to meet a non-singer who has no idea how to structure a song or edit a fourth-form poem."
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The Joshua Tree
3.  The Joshua Tree by U2
The list author says:
  "Proof, if proof were needed, that trying to get rock music to aspire to the epic merely makes the perpetrators look foolish and risible."
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My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra (2CD)
4.  My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra (2CD) by Frank Sinatra
The list author says:
  "A triumph of hackneyed style over threadbare content from the man who can't remember the words."
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
5.  The Velvet Underground & Nico by Velvet Underground
The list author says:
  "Two of these people turned out to be talented - though you couldn't tell by this appalling undisciplined burble."
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OK Computer
6.  OK Computer by Radiohead
The list author says:
  "It's somehow ironic that if he were good-looking no-one would forgive him for being so dull."
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Abacab
7.  Abacab by Genesis
The list author says:
  "To be honest, this is no worse than anything else they've done. Which makes it no better than anything anyone else has done."
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Come Away With Me
8.  Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
The list author says:
  "Like having someone pour vanilla milkshake in your ear."
£5.40   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (135 customer reviews)

Spike: THE BELOVED ENTERTAINER
9.  Spike: THE BELOVED ENTERTAINER by Elvis Costello
The list author says:
  "The cringe-making equivalent of witnessing a much-loved friend throwing up at a funeral."
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Vespertine
10.  Vespertine by Björk
The list author says:
  "Music for people who wish they were more interesting than they realise they are. Not so much lateral as ill-considered."
£5.87   Used & New from: £1.61
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)

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