It takes time for a records true horror to reveal itself, at first you are too excited over the sound of the new to quite get it right, so you kinda say, well, it isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard. I like to call this the “A Bigger Bang” theory of music appreciation. Remember that dog with fleas by the Stones from 2009. When it first came out we knew it wasn’t all that hot but that was Jagger singing and the guitar sure sounded like Keef, you know those rhythmic riffs just after Mick spits out every line, and you think, OK, it isn’t bad I mean it’s 2009 and they are still bringing out new stuff so give the boys a break right. But within a month your stuck feeling sorry for Dubya and wondering how the hell Jagger came up with a line, “You think you are a patriot, I think you’re full of shit”. Yes, folks, it was a disastrous albums and the Stones did touch it once during their 50th anniversary gigs.
SO, heavy competition for worst album of the year. There isn’t much use in slamming Five Finger Death Punch, is ther? It has to be a big big bad bad bad album. And I think Katy Perry’s disastrous Prism wins the award. Sure, at first we thought it was kinda OK, I mean nothing great, not Teenage Dreams (not even the album sleeve) but you know “Birthday” was fun and “Double Rainbow” had its moments. But man oh man, what a miserable piece of crap it is. The one two punch to open the album “Roar” (which, baffling to me was a hit) and “Legendary Hearts” which should be on Frozen. “Unconditionally” is so crap it blew away in the midst of time and took this crap album with it.
But even f it sold a billion it would be a bad album. Anyone stupid enough to marry a sex addict shouldn’t whine it about and anybody who swaps Russell Brand for John Mayer is trading in models of the same car. Finally, the smug monster got caught out. Prism sounds like Katy Perry. Like they say in baseball, you are as good as your record. ‘Nuff said.