It happens even to the best: the names on this list are there to prove it. Not even the sacred Beatles-Rolling Stones-Who triad is saved. It happens that an album resulting from the work of weeks or months does not satisfy its authors, so much so as to push them to declare it publicly, with soft and diplomatic tones or with decidedly heavy words. (Rolling Stone.it)
“Their Satanic Majesties Request” Rolling Stones (1967)
Perpetually compared to the contemporary Sgt. Pepper, the Stones album has always come out with broken bones. Forty-eight years after its release, Keith Richards is also involved, who in an interview with Esquire never misses the opportunity to denigrate even the work of his friends-rivals. "If you are the Beatles in the 60s", observes the guitarist, "you get carried away and forget what you wanted to do. You start doing Sgt. Pepper. Some think it's a brilliant album, but I think it's a hodgepodge of junk, like our Satanic Majesties. Are you capable of doing this bunch of shit? Well, we are capable of it too ".
“We’re Only in It for The Money” Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1968)
Frank Zappa was not in the habit of listening to the "finished product". They summon him to Holland to award him a prize for the third album of his Mothers. "Please take a seat. Let's listen to this magnificent record together ». He listens to him for the first time, he is stunned and really pissed off.
“Let It Be” The Beatles (1970)
After regularly criticizing Phil Spector's production in interviews released in the years following the publication of Let It Be, Paul McCartney also denies him in fact. Thirty-three years later a new version comes out (Let It Be ... Naked, 2003) in which the order of the songs has changed and Maggie Mae and Dig It are missing, as well as several "live in studio" fragments that characterized the original project. Finally, The Long And Winding Road.
“It’s Hard” The Who (1982)
The second album without Keith Moon is not at all liked by Roger Daltrey, dissatisfied with the work of producer Glyn Johns, more than a repeat offender on this list as he is already working as a sound engineer on both Satanic Majesties and Let It Be. "I had those fights with Pete," explains the singer, "I told him: Pete, this is a complete crap and he shouldn't go out at all." The Who will no longer release a new studio album for the next 24 years.
“Be Here Now” Oasis (1997)
A few months after winning the Brit pop war against Blur, Gallagher churn out a "difficult third album" about which, surprise !, they don't agree. Twenty years later Liam will even say that it is his favorite Oasis album. Noel, on the other hand, is succinct: «It's the sound of a group of boys made of cocaine who don't give a damn.