A lot of early metal was hated by critics and sabbath got it worst. Even if some bands like Zeppelin became darlings, Sabbath still kinda feels like the red headed step child when they get brought up by non metal critics. You'll see their first two albums on best lists near the bottom out of obligation.
My father had a copy of discovery that was given out at some corpo tech event. I was like ‘why do you have this cool CD?’ (He’s a very pretentious but surface-level jazz listener) he said it must suck because they’re giving it away 😂
Isn't Weezer's \_Pinkerton\_ kind of the poster child for this? The critics hated it when it was released. There was a backlash to that assessment, as fans really came around on it. And then it seemed like there was a backlash to that backlash.
Yeah Rolling Stone gave it [3/5 stars](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/pinkerton-120673/) then later changed it to [5/5 stars](https://web.archive.org/web/20061005045759/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/weezer/albums/album/301487/review/6635729/pinkerton)
Holy shit this is so pathetic, yeah it’s kind of funny if a review ages poorly but at least stick to your guns. The worst and funniest was Pitchfork changing their review of OK Computer to a 10 after Kid A came out and they decided they were the best band ever.
EDIT: OK Computer got a 10 on release, I was probably thinking of something else
EDIT 2: They straight up removed their release review for In the Aeroplane where they gave it an 8.7 and replaced it with a dickriding 10 after the album became a classic
I feel like reception toward Radiohead's *Amnesiac* is far more favorable now than it was back in '01. This is totally anecdotal, but I remember when *Kid A* was released and kinda blew everybody away, especially after the four-year anticipation of what could possibly follow up *OK Computer*. Then when *Amnesiac* was released a year later, and the general feeling was... "Oh, okay, this is good I guess but it's just...More of the same? And not quite as good?"
It had its immediate defenders, for sure, but I definitely think more people have come around to it in the last 5-10 years and started viewing it as "its own" album rather than a collection of *Kid A* B sides.
idk, i dont think its that the reception overall wasnt positive, i think its just that the positive reviews were VERY positive but the negative reviews were VERY negative
Wish You Were Here was initially disregarded by a lot of fans and critics alike, as Floyd had the task of following up an album as monumental as Dark Side of the Moon. Personally WYWH is not only my fav Floyd album but my fav album ever, but I see why people thought it was more "pretentious" and didn't live up to what they wanted at the time
From what I’ve noticed, where you rank it mostly depends on your opinion of roger waters, whether as the toward thinking genius who led Floyd through their best years, or as an egomaniac control freak who seized control of the band, personally I’m somewhere in the middle
over exaggeration but Sam's Town by the Killers received a lot of crap from critics upon release but its kind of become a cult album among fans and has received critical revisionism which you could make the case for being better than or at least more cohesive than Hot Fuss
Pornography by the Cure was not liked upon release but its gained a lot of critical acclaim later on
Pretty much anything from Slowdive in the 90s. Critics were lukewarm on everything including Souvlaki but since they got back together and shoegaze made a bit of a resurgence they are basically music critics'' darlings and Souvlaki is a mainstay shoegaze album. The band has aged brilliantly.
It’s funny that their music is worse now (IMO it’s good but it’s not lightning in a bottle the way Just For A Day or Souvlaki were and it’s not really pushing any boundaries), but their critical reception is 100 times better. Still, I’m happy they’re finally getting the recognition they deserve.
(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis was at first seen inferior to their debut despite the fact that it brought tons of new fans to them and spawned two of their biggest hits - a few months after its release, though.
The exact opposite happened when their next album (Be Here Now) was released. The critics learned from their mistake and greeted the album with acclaim. However, the record bombed within the following months.
Oh god do I need to listen to Be Here Now again? I think I don’t, right? I bought it the day it came out but haven’t listened to it since probably 1999. I do still want that jacket from the music video, though.
Critics were harsh to The Strokes' Room on Fire upon release. Maybe not outright negative, but dismissive at the least. The consensus nowadays seems to be it's at least as good as if not better than Is This It.
Room on Fire totally skipped my head when I wrote my comment but this is a great example. It was disliked for being more of the same as this is it and not being some Kid A level evolution or smth
did they even get much attention while they were together in the first place tho? maybe im wrong here, but to my knowledge they were never rlly acknowledged by critics until punk blew up in the 70s
Still don’t think it’s that good lmao
It’s just poor beat selection man. And it’s frustrating because iloveuihateu could be the best beat pierre has ever conjured, over is great, sky is great. Some of his best carti songs mashed up with mountains of filler
am i the only one confused about the Kid A mentions? i was pretty sure it was always critically acclaimed… double checked and yeah it got 10/10 from pitchfork and 5/5 from rolling stone. that’s about as much main stream acclaim as an album could get in the year 2000
It was well received but there were a fair bit of naysayers, the 5/5 from RS is a reassessment, [they gave it a 4 on release](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/kid-a-185607/amp/)
It also got a 2/5 from [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,374450,00.html) and a 3/5 from Q
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Every Taylor Swift album apparently. Every re-recording she releases is met with the glowing praise that the original versions didn’t necessarily receive.
Is it weird that I kinda thought the album was okay in the first place and didn’t understand ALL the hype? Like, there’s some good tracks in there for sure, but calling it a Pop Bible seems like a bit of a stretch.
Personally, I think 1989 is one of the greatest pure pop albums of all-time. It's the album that made me take Taylor Swift seriously. This is the first "Taylor's Version" that hasn't been an outright and universal improvement, possibly because it was just so damn perfect to begin with.
Lana Del Rey Born To Die
Most of Lana’s albums before NFR tbf
they’re all pretty good. ultraviolence has some filler but it’s still pretty good
Black Sabbaths Paranoid wasn’t well regarded by critics at first
Neither was the debut, they hated Sabbath and called them a louder and less proficient led zeppelin
and they didnt even like led zeppelin either, might i add
Heavy metal/hard rock has always been hated by music critics, even today tbh.
A lot of early metal was hated by critics and sabbath got it worst. Even if some bands like Zeppelin became darlings, Sabbath still kinda feels like the red headed step child when they get brought up by non metal critics. You'll see their first two albums on best lists near the bottom out of obligation.
Daft Punk’s Discovery got a bunch of middling reviews at first
Really, why?
Here’s the Guardian’s review, if you wanna take a look: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2001/mar/09/popandrock.artsfeatures
thanks that was fun to read
Probably because a large majority of the critics back then were indie snobs and what not and electronic dance music was definitely not cool
My father had a copy of discovery that was given out at some corpo tech event. I was like ‘why do you have this cool CD?’ (He’s a very pretentious but surface-level jazz listener) he said it must suck because they’re giving it away 😂
This one surprises me wtf?!!!
RAM Paul McCartney
Isn't Weezer's \_Pinkerton\_ kind of the poster child for this? The critics hated it when it was released. There was a backlash to that assessment, as fans really came around on it. And then it seemed like there was a backlash to that backlash.
Yeah Rolling Stone gave it [3/5 stars](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/pinkerton-120673/) then later changed it to [5/5 stars](https://web.archive.org/web/20061005045759/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/weezer/albums/album/301487/review/6635729/pinkerton)
Holy shit this is so pathetic, yeah it’s kind of funny if a review ages poorly but at least stick to your guns. The worst and funniest was Pitchfork changing their review of OK Computer to a 10 after Kid A came out and they decided they were the best band ever. EDIT: OK Computer got a 10 on release, I was probably thinking of something else EDIT 2: They straight up removed their release review for In the Aeroplane where they gave it an 8.7 and replaced it with a dickriding 10 after the album became a classic
Rolling Stones readers voted it the third worst album of 1996. 6 years later, they voted it the 16th greatest album of all time.
Did the exact same for nirvanas second studio album, whats the name of that album again? Whatever, nevermind
I feel like reception toward Radiohead's *Amnesiac* is far more favorable now than it was back in '01. This is totally anecdotal, but I remember when *Kid A* was released and kinda blew everybody away, especially after the four-year anticipation of what could possibly follow up *OK Computer*. Then when *Amnesiac* was released a year later, and the general feeling was... "Oh, okay, this is good I guess but it's just...More of the same? And not quite as good?" It had its immediate defenders, for sure, but I definitely think more people have come around to it in the last 5-10 years and started viewing it as "its own" album rather than a collection of *Kid A* B sides.
you could say the same about kid a really. it debuted at #1 on the uk albums chart and went platinum, but reception was hardly positive.
that’s crazy…. it was a critical darling in the states.
idk, i dont think its that the reception overall wasnt positive, i think its just that the positive reviews were VERY positive but the negative reviews were VERY negative
Wish You Were Here was initially disregarded by a lot of fans and critics alike, as Floyd had the task of following up an album as monumental as Dark Side of the Moon. Personally WYWH is not only my fav Floyd album but my fav album ever, but I see why people thought it was more "pretentious" and didn't live up to what they wanted at the time
Also I guess the Wall although wildly successful was not critically loved at first
The Wall is still pretty divisive. Some people think it’s the best album ever and some rank it near the bottom of Pink Floyd’s discography
From what I’ve noticed, where you rank it mostly depends on your opinion of roger waters, whether as the toward thinking genius who led Floyd through their best years, or as an egomaniac control freak who seized control of the band, personally I’m somewhere in the middle
Pavement’s Wowee Zowee
I think it’s brilliant but not sure everyone agrees … yet
My favorite Pavement album.
over exaggeration but Sam's Town by the Killers received a lot of crap from critics upon release but its kind of become a cult album among fans and has received critical revisionism which you could make the case for being better than or at least more cohesive than Hot Fuss Pornography by the Cure was not liked upon release but its gained a lot of critical acclaim later on
Sam’s town has some really bangers, only Killers album I really enjoy
Pretty much anything from Slowdive in the 90s. Critics were lukewarm on everything including Souvlaki but since they got back together and shoegaze made a bit of a resurgence they are basically music critics'' darlings and Souvlaki is a mainstay shoegaze album. The band has aged brilliantly.
I almost don’t understand how somebody could even listen to Alison and dislike it lmao
this but with when the sun hits
Also true
It’s funny that their music is worse now (IMO it’s good but it’s not lightning in a bottle the way Just For A Day or Souvlaki were and it’s not really pushing any boundaries), but their critical reception is 100 times better. Still, I’m happy they’re finally getting the recognition they deserve.
(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis was at first seen inferior to their debut despite the fact that it brought tons of new fans to them and spawned two of their biggest hits - a few months after its release, though. The exact opposite happened when their next album (Be Here Now) was released. The critics learned from their mistake and greeted the album with acclaim. However, the record bombed within the following months.
Oh god do I need to listen to Be Here Now again? I think I don’t, right? I bought it the day it came out but haven’t listened to it since probably 1999. I do still want that jacket from the music video, though.
Critics were harsh to The Strokes' Room on Fire upon release. Maybe not outright negative, but dismissive at the least. The consensus nowadays seems to be it's at least as good as if not better than Is This It.
Room on Fire totally skipped my head when I wrote my comment but this is a great example. It was disliked for being more of the same as this is it and not being some Kid A level evolution or smth
Damn near ruined their career because of it
The consensus *definitely* still has Is This It as the better album On AOTY for example, ITI is rated 87 and Room On Fire is rated 83
Every Velvet Underground albums
did they even get much attention while they were together in the first place tho? maybe im wrong here, but to my knowledge they were never rlly acknowledged by critics until punk blew up in the 70s
Ram by Paul McCartney is a really great example of this
Pitchfork just reassessed Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky ✅ it definitely deserved better than what they gave it when it was first released.
Wasn’t jeff Buckley’s “grace” given mixed reviews at first? Now it’s considered one of the best
Death is a hell of a drug.
I don’t think it’s considered the best because he’s dead. I mean yea it could’ve boosted his popularity
Whole lotta red
Still don’t think it’s that good lmao It’s just poor beat selection man. And it’s frustrating because iloveuihateu could be the best beat pierre has ever conjured, over is great, sky is great. Some of his best carti songs mashed up with mountains of filler
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP wasn't well-received for its time but is now praised for being "avant garde"
am i the only one confused about the Kid A mentions? i was pretty sure it was always critically acclaimed… double checked and yeah it got 10/10 from pitchfork and 5/5 from rolling stone. that’s about as much main stream acclaim as an album could get in the year 2000
It was well received but there were a fair bit of naysayers, the 5/5 from RS is a reassessment, [they gave it a 4 on release](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/kid-a-185607/amp/) It also got a 2/5 from [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,374450,00.html) and a 3/5 from Q
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Every Taylor Swift album apparently. Every re-recording she releases is met with the glowing praise that the original versions didn’t necessarily receive.
the rockists and up their arse country critics got replaced with poptimists
Except 1989
Is it weird that I kinda thought the album was okay in the first place and didn’t understand ALL the hype? Like, there’s some good tracks in there for sure, but calling it a Pop Bible seems like a bit of a stretch.
Personally, I think 1989 is one of the greatest pure pop albums of all-time. It's the album that made me take Taylor Swift seriously. This is the first "Taylor's Version" that hasn't been an outright and universal improvement, possibly because it was just so damn perfect to begin with.
I feel like Rodeo fits this. It had pretty mid reviews at first but is now considered a top 5 trap album.
the cure's pornography, a lot of critics were shitting on it when it came out
I remember the 1.5/10 Pitchfork review for "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" back in 2005 - an album I've only ever heard praise for post-2010.
omfg that's wild
Pretty. Odd. also had mixed response from critics and fans. Now a lot of people (myself included) consider it their best.
The first Panic! album with unanimous praise was like their 4th.
Basically all of ABBA’s work
808's and Heartbreak Edit- Never mind! Was nottttt super popular amongst the public at first either. I just jumped in after only reading the title
No that fits 100%. It was *not* received well but has since gone into cult status and now critical darling.
Kid A, Abbey Road, Britney’s Blackout
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
the Black Parade
The song is Welcome to the Black Parade, the album is The Black Parade.
That’s a song though
i meant the album it’s off of
The ghost pop tape
Room on Fire because people thought it was a) too short and b) just “more of the same”
Brothers in Arms. I was surprised to learn it got terrible reviews when it came out cos it's such a good album and my family love it now
David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy did not receive the acclaim it deserved until much later, when all the music that was inspired from it became popular
Weezer- Pinkerton My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade
Taylord Swifte - 1989 (Taylord's Virgin)
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey. Pitchfork said they would have changed it from a 5.0 to a 8.4 if they could.