{"id":1257820,"date":"2025-02-19T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1257820"},"modified":"2025-02-19T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:31:00","slug":"10-classic-rock-metal-albums-that-critics-tore-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1257820","title":{"rendered":"10 Classic Rock & Metal Albums That Critics Tore Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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10 Classic Rock & Metal Albums That Critics Tore Apart<\/h1>\n

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Never trust Robert Christgau.<\/p>\n

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    Pete Still from the United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The critics always have their golden calves. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, it was Cream<\/strong>, and bands like Led Zeppelin<\/strong> and Black Sabbath<\/strong> (who dared to play a heavier style than blues rock) got thrown to the wolves.<\/p>\n

    Zeppelin<\/strong> and Sabbath<\/strong> ultimately stood the test of time, as did these 10 albums which were panned by critics upon release, but became immortal thanks to the greater sensibilities of heavy music fans.<\/p>\n

    Led Zeppelin \u2013 Led Zeppelin<\/em><\/h1>\n

    You’ll notice a recurring theme in this list \u2014 bands getting panned for being too ahead of their time. When Led Zeppelin<\/strong> released their 1969 debut album, Rolling Stone<\/em> reviewer John Mendelsohn<\/strong> wrote that Jimmy Page<\/strong> wrote “weak, unimaginative” songs on the record and that “the Zeppelin<\/strong> album suffers from his having both produced it and written most of it.” He also called Robert Plant<\/strong> “foppish as Rod Stewart<\/strong>, but nowhere near so exciting.” Imagine being bored by “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” “Communication Breakdown” and “Dazed and Confused.”<\/p>\n

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