The 50 most disappointing albums of all time, according to Rolling Stone

If you’re a successful artist with a long career, there inevitably comes a time when fans and critics feel let down by a new album.

This could be because a grand experiment didn’t bear the fruit you expected, tastes changed rapidly and you were suddenly dismissed as a relic of the past, you did something so bold and innovative that your genius won’t be appreciated for years to come, or you it simply failed due to some combination of physical and creative exhaustion, the unbearable stress of trying to excel, and perhaps the influence of certain chemicals.

With that in mind, the Rolling Stone USA created a list of the 50 most disappointing albums in music history. It’s worth highlighting how it doesn’t mean that all the albums on this list are bad, as an album can be seen as disappointing at the time it was released and forever re-evaluated afterwards. See below:

• The Big Day (Chance the Rapper);
• The King of Limbs (Radiohead);
• wild life (Wings);
• Bigger and Deffer (LL Cool J);
• Be Here Now (Oasis);
• Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (George Michael);
• Draw the Line (Aerosmith);
• The Life of Pablo (Kanye West);
• Songs of Innocence (U2);
• Neither Fish nor Flesh (Terence Trent D’Arby);
• Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (Meat Loaf);
• Back From Hell (Run-DMC);
• Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! (The Sugarcubes);
• Shout (I must);
• Behind the Mask (Fleetwood Mac);
• Pretty.Odd (Panic! at the Disco);
• Technical Ecstasy (Black Sabbath);
• Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (Public Enemy);
• I’m in You (Peter Frampton);
• Congratulations (MGMT);
• One Hot Minute (Red Hot Chili Peppers);
• The Final Cut (Pink Floyd);
• Cahoots (The Band);
• Balance (Van Halen);
• smile (Rod Stewart);
• Dark Horse (George Harrison);
• Eye of the Zombie (John Fogerty);
• Justus (The Monkees);
• Dylan & the Dead (Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead);
• Second Coming (The Stone Roses);
• Raised on Radio (Journey);
• RadioEthiopia (Patti Smith Group);
• Thank You (Duran Duran);
• Byrds (The Byrds);
• Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers);
• A Single Man (Elton John);
• Hawks & Doves (Neil Young);
• The Hunter (Blondie);
• Flick of the Switch (AC/DC);
• Lou Reed (Lou Reed);
• Invincible (Michael Jackson);
• Tales From Topographic Oceans (Yes);
• Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants (Stevie Wonder);
• Smiley Smile (Beach Boys);
• HumanTouch (Bruce Springsteen);
• Chinese Democracy (Guns N’ Roses);
• Tonight (David Bowie);
• Self Portrait (Bob Dylan);
• Their Satanic Majesties Request (The Rolling Stones);
• Some Time in New York City (John Lennon).