"Trainwreckords" (by ToddInTheShadows) - What musical artists hurt their careers with one album?

[battleknight24]

"Trainwreckords is a YouTube show by ToddInTheShadows where he looks at the career-ruining albums from various artists"

https://thatguywiththeglasses.fandom.com/wiki/Trainwreckords

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTSjmqzOO-P8HmtVW3t7sA

My picks for albums that haven't been featured on this YouTube show:

"Victory" - the Jacksons
"Borrowed Heaven" - The Corrs (maybe not the best choice; it marked the beginning of the end for their worldwide superstardom, but supposedly is not really a bad album)
"Bionic" - Christina Aguilera
"Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" - Alanis Morissette (somebody on some message board suggested it; I'm not sure it qualifies as a Trainwreckord).
"Witness" - Katy Perry
"In the Life of Chris Gaines" - Garth Brooks
The "Glitter" soundtrack - Mariah Carey
"Slang" - Def Leppard (though, they WAY WAY WAY past their prime)
"Calling All Stations" - Genesis

What do you guys think?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Van Morrison - whatever his latest album is called

Liz Phair - her self-titled comeback album

He came back from it after a few albums, but David Bowie - Never Let Me Down.

[battleknight24]

2. People asked "Todd" to do the self-titled Liz Phair for his show...

... but he didn't because he felt that, despite Liz Phair selling out, he felt it was a decent album and had decent sales (though, obviously Liz Phair didn't become a big pop star).

Instead, he reviewed Liz Phair's "Funstyle" for the show.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. It can be hard to know if it's really the record or the times just changed

INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are is a good example. It's quite a good album, but it sold very poorly compared to their previous 3 records, and a big reason was ... times changed.

Grunge hit suddenly it was all Nirvana and Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and STP and such.

Yes - Big Generator was a terrible follow-up to 90125 and saw their popularity drop off a cliff, but again, times were changing. It was all about hair bands (and early alternative) in 1987 when it came out.

Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts should qualify for the show, that was just mostly them going to shit as a band. Obviously they came back from it but they had about 6 years where nobody cared about them anymore, they lost members (who came back), etc.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. Iron Maiden's albums with Blaze Bayley

They went from playing to 20K to playing to 2K. They didn't recover until Bruce came back.

Edit: Ditto Judas Priest with Ripper Owens.

[canuckledragger]

6. I don't consider the band as really being Iron Maiden...

... Without Bruce as the lead singer. Every one else was just a pretender to the throne.

On a related note, I don't consider Guns n' Roses to be GNR with Axl being the only original member left in it. I would've had more respect for the guy if he'd come up with a new name.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. Right now they're touring with Slash, Duff and Dizzy ... my bro just saw 'em in Vegas

Right now they're touring with Slash, Duff and Dizzy ... my bro just saw 'em in Vegas

But I know what you're saying, for awhile it was nobody but Axl. NOT G n R in my book either. Though I love Tommy Stinson so they were still aight in my book.

[battleknight24]

5. True... musical tastes change...

"Todd" covered MC Hammer's "The Funky Headhunter" on the show. He criticizes various songs on the album... but...

... he also talks about musical tastes changed from "You Can't Touch This" rap to Gangsta Rap. Hammer tried to change his image, but couldn't convincingly come across as gangster.

Ironically, lots of people have said that despite his early friendly image, Hammer actually was a tough, dangerous guy in real life.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Trans by Neil Young

Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed

Ceremony by Spooky Tooth

I wouldn't say these albums were "career-ruining", but I think they fit the spirit of this list.

[battleknight24]

8. Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed...

I've seen other website discussion boards where people suggest albums to review for "Trainwreckords", and I've definitely seen that one suggested more than once.

[Earth-shine]

10. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Love Beach