In the "your heroes fail" category, I have to pick <snip> Failing heroes:
Tom Verlaine: _The Wonder_. Some good songs (an evaluation I came to after hearing them in other contexts), but the whole thing is just flat to me. Maybe it's the sterile drumming and the general lack of engagement in the playing or something, but it never latched.
Yeahmhm, this one makes me think of Robyn Hitchcock's Groovy Decoy album. Fits the same description as above Verlaine album, but add: there's this saxophone player flown in all over the album, and he never fits quite well. I also wonder how many early Bennink/ Mengelberg ICP Orchestra lp's would have made it on this list of bad recordings, were they available. Last friday I saw the 1969 outing ICP 002 for sale, and I was only lucky that I got it for less. Hardly ever play it though. Remco Takken