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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (showard)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Results of bad music survey 10/28
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Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 00:22:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 00:22:56 1985
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Here are the results of the bad album survey.  The original posting asked for
people to send the three worst albums they personally owned, ranked in order of
badness.  I modified the rules slightly:  I accepted more or less than three 
albums, I accepted albums which people used to own but no longer do, and in one
case, I accepted an entire group as a "worst album."  The results range from
albums on the top 78 list from a few weeks ago to albums few people have ever 
heard of.  Only one album received more than one vote, so the albums are in
alphabetical order by "artist" (and in this context I use the term loosely.)

Without further ado, I proudly present the Usenet Bottom 40:


Blondie -- Autoamerican  (the only album with 2 votes)
Kate Bush --  The Dreaming 
John Denver -- John Denver's Greatest Hits, part 2 
Al DiMeola -- *[Ss]pain* 
DiMeola/McLaughlin/DeLucia -- Friday Night in San Francisco 
Bob Dylan -- Street Legal
The Eagles -- the Long Run 
Fleetwood Mac -- Rumours
Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisberg -- Twin Sons of Different Mothers 
Genesis -- Abacab
Genesis -- Trick of the Tail 
Gentle Giant -- Power and the Glory 
Andy Gibb -- Shadow Dancing 
Grand Funk Railroad -- Live Album 
The Grateful Dead -- Go to Heaven
'Bald' Bill Hagan and his Trocaderons -- Beer Drinkin' Sing Alongs/Music to
                                                                      Strip By 
Steve Hillage -- Motivation Radio 
Jean-Michel Jarre -- Magnetic Fields 
Jay and the Americans -- Sunday and Me 
Lenny Kaye -- I've Got a Right 
Kraftwerk -- Autobahn 
John Lennon and Yoko Ono -- Double Fantasy (Ono portions only)
Henry Mancini -- The Pink Panther 
Montana -- I Love Music 
Nazareth -- Hair of the Dog 
Olivia Newton-John -- Totally Hot 
Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon 
Lou Reed -- Metal Machine Music 
Return to Forever -- Romantic Warrior 
Spyrogyra -- (everything) 
Stars on -- Stars on Long Play
Ray Stevens -- The Feeling's Not Right Again 
Thin Lizzy -- Johnny the Fox
various -- Flashdance (soundtrack)
various -- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack) 
various -- The Songs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney Performed by the 
           World's Greatest Rock Artists (aka All This and World War II)
Helmut Walcha -- Helmut Walcha Plays Bach 
Bob Welch -- French Kiss 
Wilding/Bonus -- Pleasure Signals 
Yes -- 90125

Well, there you have it.  As promised, all entries are anonymous, but I have
been asked to announce that Doug Alan did NOT submit Kate Bush's the Dreaming
to the list.

--Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die
--aka Steve Howard, ...udenva!showard