The UK Connection-The Worst 'Final' Albums 

Looking forward to this. Some easy choices: The Clash - Cut The Crap CCR - Mardi Gras Velvet Underground - Squeeze Its quite tricky to define 'final albums': Do we treat Innuendo as the last Queen album (one of my favourites), seeing as it's the last with Freddie? Or do we go with Made In Heaven or The Cosmos Rocks? Either of those would fit. How about The Doors? Really good final album with Jim, but if you count the albums after they are nowhere near as good.

These are always a joy as the chemistry and the humour are always top-notch. Doesn’t matter about the content almost (although it provides the structure), as the repartee is what really does it.

Surprised at drastic plastic being picked ..i really like it...but each to their own!

Creedence Clearwater Revival's Mardi Gras, just 28 minutes in length, but that's the best thing of this album.

Always a good watch guys 👍Looking forward to the `Misplaced Childhood` ranking video. I will have another good listen to the album and play/rank along with you in two weeks!

There are two “final” albums that I’d like to throw into the mix. “Door to Door” and “Move Like This” by The Cars. DTD was the final Cars album while Ben Orr was still with us and MLT after he passed (and before Ric Ocasek passed a few years later). Both albums did not measure up to The Cars’ back catalog.

Drastic Plastic from Be-Bop Deluxe is great! I love this album. It's not all new wave. There are some killer tracks. New Mysteries, New Precisions and Love In Flames are my favorites. There are actually some great guitar solos by Bill Nelson. It was more of a keyboard album. Yeah, they were about to break up, but I think they went out on a good note

Drastic Plastic is brilliant, Pete. It's really the 1st Red Noise album. Bill Nelson was never going to stay put in the 70s forever.

Bee Bop Deluxe didn’t jump on the New Wave bandwagon, they created the New Wave bandwagon. The only ones that did it before was Eno or early Roxy Music or Low-era Bowie.

Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with you as always,it must be hard to find very bad album that end the band on😮 the one band that I really hope that does not end on a cover album is Deep Purple

Thank you for doing God's work, gentlemen. Slogging through these particularly horrific albums must have taken its toll. Simon appears to have one foot in the grave as a result, but hopefully, he will soon recover. I can't possibly imagine listening to 21 boring Eagles songs in a row, but now I don't have to! I heard Love Beach when it first came out and am still in the process of recovering. From the pensive, mercurial, 'just take a pebble' to 'I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight' is not only a fall from grace, but logic. Never having heard: 'In The Hot Seat' I always wondered. Well, now I don't have to. Cheers. 🍻

This will be a fascinating episode, bit I'm really looking forward to the end of the show to see Steven and Simon's expressions when Pete says that he's ranking Fanny tomorrow.....

pete’s channel has helped me spend money lately…recently i got the new Spirit adrift, i ordered the KKs Priest, the new Night Demon, a monster magnet, & the new Baroness

The Be Bop Deluxe choice as a bad album is utterly ridiculous

25:13 "It feels nice in the hand" That quote should be on the next SoT UK Connection T-shirt.

Saturday afternoons here in NJ/. Beers 🍻/ laughs/ music 🎶. Nice job as usual/ trio. 👍💯

“It’s blander than Bobby Blue Bland” 🤣🤣🤣

Speaking of Deep Purple's "Turning to Crime", I think we need a show on best recent albums (not final albums) and the worst recent albums.

Loving the show, as always. I've got to mention The Optimist by Anathema. It breaks my heart to say it, as another album by them would make it into my all top 10 any day of the week. I just couldn't get on with this and, believe me, i REALLY tried. Anyway, i am really looking forward to the next show re my favourite band ever ❤

I am glad that Simon mentioned that Genesis' "Calling All Stations" had some really good stuff on it. As a long-time Genesis fan, I have always really liked the album! I am happy it didn't make any of your top three picks, as it doesn't deserve that fate!

Thanks for this great video 👍

I'm so happy that Deep Purple are apparently going to do another album, because if they ended on that s**tty covers album, man... Edit: yeah, Pete mentioned it, too.

Hey Pete... mb a series idea? Not for prog seat necessarily... but what do you think of Top 5 or 10 songs on a certain subject... you know, like the good FM deejays (Jim Ladd, Earle Bailey) used to do as sets? ✌️

Blimey, i never expected Drastic Plastic to be one of the picks, What is going on ?😮

Great conversation! A couple of albums that I might like to add to the pile would sadly be Small Faces' 78 IN THE SHADE and Humble Pie's GO FOR THE THROAT. It pains me to mention them as Steve Marriott was one of the greatest singers ever with a double disappointment era of reunited legends that tainted his history in my opinion. With Humble Pie, there was even potential to create more solid music beyond "Fool for a Pretty Face" which would might have never topped their early glories but at least be respectable Rock with Marriott's singing still having the power.

Pete & Co. Do you guys take suggestion for topics? I'd love to see a SOT show on the best and worst Rock Movies, and it could cover everything from Elvis & 50s rock movies, The Beatles movies, the largely forgotten Gerry & The Pacemakers flick (produced by Brian Epstein and meant to be their "Hard Day's Night"), "Stardust" (w/David Essex), Slade's "Flame", "Pink Floyd The Wall", The Who's "Tommy" & Quadrophenia, "That Thing You Do", "Rock Star", "Almost Famous", "Rock of Ages" (the hair metal musical!), "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Rocketman" & so many others. Don't think I've ever seen this subject covered in any of the music related RU-vid shows I watch.

Fun show as always. Have to agree with Simon that last Genesis album wasn’t too bad. The only other album I was thinking of was Van Halen 3 and remembered they did make one more that was pretty good.

Fun episode. That Belhaven Black looks tasty. Hopefully, I can track it down here in SF. I did accidentally try a gluten free stout. I put it down to old age and my ADD for not reading the description. It’s Buck Wild Chocolato Affogato.

As always, looking forward to the UKC. 🤓👍 Today's beverage: Symphonic Chronic - a double dank IPA from Deschutes Brewery. A whopping 9% abv. Cheers y'all 🍻

I concur on UFO 'The Salentino cuts', not terrible but not an ideal send off. And adding a dash of the Curse of the Collector. I had to get the Japanese pressing for the additional track.

I'm surprised no one mentioned Full Circle by the Doors. After two listens I gave it to a buddy for a candy bar.

So looking forward to this episode that I tuned in last week for it!!😂😂😂

Fleetwood Mac's "Say You Will" would have been better if it was cut in half.

I love all things Pink Floyd. I like the Endless River, but I get the criticism. My expectations were set prior to release when I heard these were cuts from The Division Bell. If they had extended some of the better songs and eliminated the short snippets it may have come across better. Is it vintage Floyd? No, but I’ll listen to these guys noodling anytime ahead of the majority of stuff being released today.

First two that come to mind are: ELP - In the Hot Seat and Russian Roulette by Triumvirat (even here there's a similarity between both groups).

Have to disagree with you on "Drastic Plastic" from "BeBop Deluxe" it is a very good album..A change in direction for sure but a lot of Bands were changing in 1978. I saw them on that tour opening for BOC and BeBop were great, I agree the earlier albums were amazing but Drastic is good. In my opinion.

I LOVE the UK Connection! For my beer tonight, I am enjoying an excellent Double IPA from Fremont Brewing out of Seattle, WA. HUSTLE is a great beer to enjoy after being on the road on a business trip and stopping for the night to watch the UK Connection. For me, I have the following final albums of bands that I quite like but are simply dreadful. 1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Mardi Gras 2. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - In the Hot Seat 3. Queen - Made In Heaven 4. Led Zeppelin - Coda 5. The Doors - Full Circle

How about the Indian Summer. You have covered really fine last albums, but how about artists who suddenly defy expectations? The Rolling Stones' 'Hackneyed Diamonds,' is an example of a band suddenly pulling a classic out of the bag. Then, there is Ian Hunter's 'Defiance Part I.' He, in fact, has been producing classic albums for years, but 'Defiance Part 1' really lifted him with his collaborations. So, maybe there are a few themes here - the old rockers never die thing, then the collaboration thing. Listening to reviews of 'Hackneyed Diamonds,' people are talking about Keith Richards solo projects. So how about a series on solo projects? Robert Plant? Keith Richards? Don Henley? Ian Hunter? Stevie Winwood? What major band doesn't have solo projects?

I had a Hooky Best Bitter from the Hook Norton brewery in Banbury on Friday and was really nice for a below 4% ale.

Show suggestion: Album classics I don‘t get/like, no matter how hard I try Could be in a special genre or all over the place. I am sure it would make a fun show for an episode eith Martin, the HSV or the UKC.

Ten Years After - About Time (bland). Jefferson Airplane's self titled last album (flogging a dead horse). Steely Dan - Everything Must Go (uninspired). Eric Burden - til the river runs dry (the title says it all).

1. Meat Loaf - "Braver Than We Are" 2. The Who - "Who" 3. Phil Collins - "Going Back" 4. Abba - "Voyage" 5. Elton John - "The Lockdown Sessions (collaboration)" or "Wonderful Crazy Night (solo)"

Pete don't worry. DP is/was in the studio working on a new album with their new guitar player Simon McBride.😀

My top 5: Worst Final album *1)* David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) I heard this album three times & hated it more each time. (Not counting Bowie's posthumously album *Toy* (2021) since most is re-recordigs & few new tracks). Yes, I know David Bowie was dying making *Blackstar.* But so was Freddie Mercury making *Innuendo* with Queen. I liked that album. Especially, *I'm Going Slightly Mad.* Best song on that album. *2)* Pink Floyd - The Endless River (2014) Talking about a money grabbing album. Pink Floyd could of ended with *Divsion Bell.* Nope. Gilmour needed another boat. *3)* Boston - Love, Life & Hope (2013) Pure trash. All fillers. No tours & website hasn't been updated since 2017. So I'll called it they are through. *4)* Dire Straits - On Every Streets (1991) Does anybody really pick out this album to listen too anymore?? I still listen to *Making Movies.* *5)* Golden Earring - Tits 'n Ass (2012) One of my favorite bands. Love the title. Songs all suck though. Category: Top 6 Turkey Awards (So Far) - Bands still touring but haven't put out a studio album of new material since the turkey listed. Will not include holiday albums. *1)* Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003) It's so bad even Tribute bands won't even touch this turkey. *2)* Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden (2007) Even Walmart put the two released singles the Eagles released after The Long Run (not included the live Hell Freezes Over where Eagles released Hotel California single) couldn't make this turkey float in the great Salt Lake. *3)* Guns & Roses - Chinese Democracy (2008) Took 15 years & a revolving door of musicians to put this turkey out Rose. Hey Axl. Meet Tom Scholz. Both of you put out a turkey that a starving dog wouldn't eat. But it was fine for human consumption. *4)* Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dying Breed (2012) Wish this band would go into the studio & record a final album before their *THE FAREWELL FOREVER TOUR* really finally ends. Then I won't have to force feed this turkey down my gullet with tons of gravy. *5)* REO Speedwagon - Find Your Own Way Home (2007) They only reason I purchased this turkey because it came with an extra CD of live/acoustic of old material. Yeah. I paid for the stuffing. .

Great Fall beer picks fella's

Super show ❤SOT

Awesome Burning Witches shirt Steven! I love that band!!!

13, Black Sabbath: I may get flack for this but I've never enjoyed it. I love the Sabs and have every album the band released. I just think that as a final statement, there could have been so much more. Muscle of Love, the Alice Cooper Band: I differentiate between the band and Alice's career afterward. MoL isn't terrible but after the triumph of Billion Dollar Babies, it's a huge disappointment for me. You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd, the J. Geils Band: Released in 1984, the band tried to carry on without Peter Wolf on vocals and it was a disaster.

A great episode. I would say the Eagles and Doors final albums are disappointing. Calling all stations is a bad Genesis album but a decent album if it had a different band name. The Endless river is in reality bits and pieces coming together. I like it. I put it on because I love noodling instrumentals and Gilmour guitar is great especially on Side III which is the most cohesive. My beer of choice today, Volcano from Santorini. Cheers.

this should be a fun one as always :)

Cool t shirt Stephen

One album jumped into my head as soon as I read the video title… ‘Mardi Gras’ I don’t hate ‘The Endless River’… but in the context of “wow, this is the last statement from Pink Floyd”, yeah, it’s really sad.

Can we all just agree on Genesis .. Calling all Stations. Hands up?🙂

Don't know either of them but think the final Triumph and 10cc albums have pretty dire reputations, not to mention CCRs Mardi Gras (heard enough of it to never need to hear the rest!). As for the ones I do know, thought Pete might go for Wings - Back to the Egg (I actually half like that one) , am seeing Steely Dan - Everything Must Go in a few comments and totally agree there. Would have that along with Survivor - Reach and The Tubes - Genius of America as my bottom 3. Nothing to commend any of 'em to my ears!

I don't think this album is bad, just disappointing. That would be INXS' Elegantly Wasted. Well, it's the band's last album w/Michael Hutchence. I'm usually pretty excited whenever they release a new album because it's usually exciting and different. This one I thought was dark, tired and not covering any new ground. I know the reason why, but it still doesn't make it any less disappointing. Don't Lose Your Head is an amazing song and one of my favorites in their catalog. But Cherry Baby is good two-thirds of the way but kind of meanders the last third. The title track sounds like a leftover from Kick, in my opinion and I don't even listen to the last four songs. It's not a bad album but compared to Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X, Welcome to Wherever You Are, Full Moon Dirty Hearts, Shabooh Shoobah or The Swing, which is one of my least favorites, it pales in comparison. And please don't ask me to listen to that album w/J.D. Fortune because I don't consider it an INXS album. I rather listen to him singing as an Elvis impersonator, which was before joining the band, than taking the place of a real rock star. Again, my humble opinion!

I wonder if Queen's Made In Heaven gets a mention as a Queen fan it has some moments which are quite good, but most of it is just total trash

We have a record store in Tacoma called "Drastic Plastic." Coincidence, joke, or genuine expression of admiration for the album?

Today we are not on the same page ;-) I Like the Richard Wright Pink Floyd's tribute. And I like Traffic last album very much. Maybe too polished...but great tracks on it.

Thought about this, set myself some rules, had to be sure it was the last album, had to have liked the album / s that came before, had to check I still didn’t like it. That sounds like a hard job I couldn’t really be bothered to do, and why should I that’s what the three of you can do for me I’ll copy your work. However you only came up with 2 that fit all my criteria 38 Special and Be Bop Deluxe. A third one I will throw in myself Montrose Jump on it.

Most bands decline over a period. ELP is a case in point. They were a band who gradually spiraled down after 1973. But their last album is terrible. The Eagles are a band that were at their best earlier in their career. Like so many bands that started out in the early 70's they declined after 1975. 'In Through the Out Door' is not a terrible album but it does illustrate how a band can lose their vitality as they age. It is a mature work that doesn't deliver the earlier magic. In my opinion, Steely Dan evolved the wrong way. They went from being a great Rock Band into a "Great American Songbook" kind of outfit. Gaucho (it might as well be the last) illustrated this devolution. A great show. Cheers.

Wow, Pete! You've really turned on Drastic Plastic. You weren't nearly as harsh about it in your BBD album ranking. More than once, "it's a good album".

I would go with Queen "made in heaven"

My two favourite bands The Damned and Marillion have both had a run of mediocre albums the past twenty years which they don't seem keen to stop happening.

Aerosmith - music from another dimension

I like the Endless River (instrumental Pink Floyd, mostly), though I also like LuLu (Lou Reed/Metallica).

This will be grand! I can imagine an older ELP fan being disappointed back when Works Vol. 2 and Love Beach were the last two albums, but then Black Moon and In the Hot Seat defied expectations! Because who would have known that there could actually be two even worse, way worse, final albums from ELP...

CCR - Mardi Gras The Doors - An American Prayer ELP - In The Hot Scene Led Zeppelin - CODA Pantera - Reinventing the Steel

Endless River by Pink Floyd, Full Circle by The Doors, 78 In The Shade by The Small Faces, Cut The Crap by The Clash.

The Velvet Underground with the album Squeeze.

The Clash, The Doors and Slayer springs to my mind immediately.

I was quiet surprised that they forgot CCR Mardi Gras

The only one that springs to mind surprised it wasn't mentioned Civilian

First album that came to mind was “Full Circle“ by the Doors. “Chinese Democracy “ by GNR if they don’t release another one. Not horrible but I’ve got no desire to listen to it again.

Good beer, good selection of bad albums - no complaints here - and good preview. Worth doing some research into where the original Heart of (Mid)Lothian was before the next show - no, it's not Tynecastle...and it's not a brewery.

Watching on catch-up and drinking Spanish lager 😂😂

Brains Daaaaaark, God's favourite brew!! Most of my favourite rock bands are still around in some guise or other and still releasing albums. However, the original Bad Company released a really poor last album in Rough Diamonds. Thin Lizzy went downhill from Black Rose onwards, however the bands last album Thunder & Lightning was so much better than the preceding three.

This and Friday at the fun house are my favourites

Slayer - Repentless

No contest - Pink Floyd Endless River. Absolute MINCE from my favourite band. Great show again guys. Cheers, Graeme 🍻

I really tried so hard to get into Calling All Stations, and I eventually just had to give up. Being such a hardcore Genesis fan, who loves all the 80s albums, and even likes We Can't Dance which I know gets a lot of stick here, I just couldn't find anything I really liked about Calling All Stations, and it has a few tracks which I think are worse than anything from those later Collins era albums. Sorry guys.

I love Belhaven black, i get from Amazon thanks for the recommendation Stephen Actually prefer to Guinness mate

Very entertaining, gents! The two that immediately came to mind were both mentioned, that being Aerosmith and The Eagles. Music From Another Dimension definitely FEELS like a double album; the damn thing just seems an endless slog. And the less said about Long Road Out Of Eden, the better. Bland songs, bland performances, even a bland cover. And for a record that had been looked forward to by their fans for so very long, it just seems like the most disappointing final album, hands down.

Queen - Made In Heaven (I'm not counting the Paul Rodgers album, just the albums they released as Queen.)

It will probably not end up being their final album, but the first example coming to my mind is the last release by the Smashing Pumpkins, it is absolutely horrendous, beyond garbage. Corgan lost it a long time ago already, big time. Thankfully this doesn't take anything away from my love of Siamese Dream.

The Endless River is getting a lot of scorn--and I get it, to a certain point. Steven pointed out that it felt like a bonus disc without the main disc accompanying it. I think that if the music on Endless River had been issued not as a "studio album", but as a companion to The Division Bell, it would have been far less maligned. Now for the music itself, I love it. I really like albums like this--instrumental, atmospheric stuff. The vinyl presentation is gorgeous as well, and playing it over four sides breaks up the listening experience in more digestible intervals. I would have picked The Clash - Cut the Crap and the two Doors albums without Jim Morrison (unless you count An American Prayer). Velvet Underground's Squeeze works too, though it's actually not a bad rock record--just not a good VU record.

Perfect timing for the topic. Hackney Diamonds anyone?

Ahh, brains dark.. Used to drink that in Swansea pubs in the 80's

CCR - Mardi Gras is my vote.

Boston, Life Love & Hope. It is to the debut what a tricycle is to a Porsche.

Everything must go - steely Dan

First one off head /. GENESIS/ 9️⃣7️⃣ Calling all STATIONS 👍💯

Don’t think much of 13 by Sabbath

Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Black Sabbath - 13 Queen - Made in Heaven Buffalo - Averege Rock n Roller Soundgarden - King Animal Beatles - Let it Be

I'd suggest Black Sabbath's 13, but it was definitely better than Forbidden! Echo & the Bunnymen's last album may end up being a rather bland covers album from 2018 (and of their own songs at that...). I could claim Gang of Four, everything after their second LP is just very very bad... Those newer Pixies albums are total bin-tier too. The less said of those 2010s Pop Group albums the better... Also, may be low hanging fruit, or non-applicable but...Coda as the last entry of Zeppelin's discog is...unmotivating, and I don't particularly like that last Who album either, but I don't care for any full albums they put out after By Numbers, sadly...

Black Sabbath. The bonus and unreleased tracks were all better than the songs that actually made the album.

Savatage: Poets and Madmen Triumph: Edge of Excess Tesla: Shock

thumbs up to the Burning Witches t shirt

KISS - Monster Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension

This was a fun one, gents, so thanks for damaging your ears by listening to something so bad all for our entertainment. Others have mentioned some of my initial thoughts but didn't see the Squeeze, the final album by the Velvet Underground, mentioned by anyone. Well, first is whether it should even be a VU album though it was released under the band's name. The first album is said to have created a thousand bands. This [hopefully] last album may have made some give up on music altogether! Awful is too nice a word to describe it. Thanks again for the fun. Cheers!

I like Far From Home, My favorite song is Some Kinda OF Woman I think it's Funky and has a nice Groove.