The Worst Follow Ups In Recent Memory

First off, let's get this out of the way: John Mayer is a jackass. I really like his music and I think he is pretty funny on Twitter, but he has a bit of jackassness to him that was proven in his infamous "Playboy" interview where he talked in depth about masturbating and then dropped a racial slur. But that wasn't what bothered me the most about that interview. What did was when the author of the story said that Mayer's newest album, "Battle Studies" was his best album yet. When I read that, I dropped my Hot Pocket right in my lap. "Battle Studies" sucks. There is one song that I really like (Heartbreak Warfare), 2 or 3 that I think are okay, and then the rest of it just isn't very good. It's like his record label called him up and said, "Uhhh John, you were supposed to release an album a week ago." and Mayer freaked out and wrote 11 songs in 15 minutes. What is really disappointing about it is that I really like John Mayer's previous three albums. I thought his previous release, "Continuum", was fantastic. He went from an acoustic guy to a straight up blues singer. He had really great songs that felt heartfelt. Now...he is doing duets with the likes of Taylor Swift. He went from doing songs like this:



To this:


Ugh.

This got me to thinking. Who else has just completely gone from putting out a great album to putting out something better suited for a dumpster?

Weezer Pinkerton to The Green Album

Went from this:


To an album that featured a song that was in an Olsen Twins movie.


The worst thing about this? The Green Album isn't even in the top 3 for worst Weezer albums.

Dashboard Confessional The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most to A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar

Shut up, Dashboard used to be awesome.

Went from this:


To this:


Dashboard went from intimate to douchey in one album. Plus, that has to be one of the worst videos I have ever seen. If I wanted to listen to Dashboard with electric guitars, I would listen to Further Seems Forever. I bet no one gets that.

Death Cab For Cutie Plans to Narrow Stairs

This was the first time that I had ever been disappointed in anything that Ben Gibbard has ever been involved in. But something about his latest release just rubs me the wrong way. I really like only 3 or 4 songs on the album and get pretty bored by all the cliche lyrics that he scatters throughout the album.

Went From:


To this unforgivable piece of garbage:


The Killers Hot Fuss to Sam's Town

This has to be number one for my most disappointed follow up albums. I love Hot Fuss. There is not a song on the album that I don't like and seriously, who doesn't love "Mr. Brightside"? I was very excited when the Killers released "When You Were Young" as the first single because that's a great song. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for any other song on the album. I find the whole album to be best defined as cheesy.

Went from this:


To this:


I'm sure there will be a disgruntled Taylor Swift fan who will find this and leave a hateful comment.