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So I should have titled the first time I’ve done these but okay, this is officially my 2nd post on album choices I’ve seen in the comments on Todd’s career wrecking album series.

For a quick recap, my choices for the 1st set are Union from Yes, Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Movie soundtrack, Chris Gaines Greatest Hits and No Talking Just Head from The Heads aka Jerry, Chris and Tina. Debate in the comments section the awful qualities of those ones again!

Anyways, I’m randomly choosing these 7 albums unless you want to consider the trilogy as one and slim this down to 5? Going on, let’s see:

1. Forever-Spice Girls: According to a Spice Girls YouTube history video, this is only their 3rd album, down to 4 members and the ladies aim for a large update. Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice previously left the group from exhaustion meaning this is a lineup change and sound change. They’re leaving behind the catchy pop anthems, hire an American producer named Rodney Jerkins as well as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and try to sound like Destiny’s Child. Their album releases in 2000 and completely tanks. Only a mere 2 million copies sold worldwide compared to their debut album in 1996 and Spiceworld in 1997. Singles from Let Love Lead The Way and Holler fail to make an impact. A new album to kick off the 21st century that barely moves units, their only album using a 4 woman lineup and the last one ever. Post 2000’s spice girls history is interesting because the remaining 4 try solo careers that sort of run until the mid 2000’s, Victoria aka Posh Spice marries David Beckham they reunite twice as a 5 piece again in 2007 and 2012, Victoria ends up leaving afterwards permanently to focus on her clothing brand and thus the group is down to another 4 piece though this time not having Posh Spice and they finally end their lineup career in 2019
2. The Beginning-Black Eyed Peas: So this is the album I’m most familiar with off the music videos for 3 of the singles or 4 if you count the Imma Be Rocking That Body. Most of us know the butchering of the Dirty dancing sample in Dirty Bit, the braindead loop of Imma Be and then the sudden toneshift of Just Can’t Get Enough. I’m also familiar that I read a Canadian music review of the album that described it as something you cant really care about if you’re drunk and dancing to it, yet is there any other horrible qualities to it? Any non singles that sound crap? Fergies run in the band ended on this album and the remaining 3 reunited in 2015 and later 2020. You know the stuff post 2020 is kind of crap
3. Bionic-Christina Aguilera: I have next to no familiarity on this from 2010 outside of the Not Myself Tonight music video trying so hard to bandwagon off the success of Lady Gaga. Has
4. Uno Dos Tres-Green Day: Only choice I never listened to BUT I did check out 2 reviews for 2 of the tracks off one of the albums for Oh Love and Kill The DJ from a Green Day fan that felt their sound is changing in a way he’s not a fan of. Fans debate between this and their contractual obligation album Father Of All. Can you structure a review on a trilogy of albums and cover most of it in a decent manner that gets the point across? Any of these albums more salvageable than the rest?

Comment below your thoughts!

Rewind to 2018 and there’s a warbling synth song on radio. Is it Pumped Up Kicks from Foster The People? Nah it’s a different key until you reach that strange synth breakdown.

okay maybe it’s some strange remix of Kids from MGMT? Nope it’s not that either and then the lyrics play out of two people meeting at some rich kid’s party and finding comfort that they’re broken.

yeah it’s a song called Broken from a group called Lovelytheband and you just feel tricked. This “aw ain’t it sweet two socially awkward people hooked up at a party“ song fooled you into thinking it’s a mashup using a beat copying Pumped Up Kicks and a synth breakdown reminiscent of Kids. Unlike say Funky Cold Medina combining Christine Sixteen from Kiss for the best, a guitar riff from Hot Blooded from Foreigner and a cowbell off a Rolling Stones song for something cool, this pity song feels lazy and boring.

8 years since its peak, can’t recall Lovelytheband charting anything as successful and its possibly the last of that indie style sounding music from acts such as Gotye and more. Although it’s too early compared to the time Todd reviewed Asher Roth, you guys think Broken is a good choice to mock for OHW?

A pretty wild time for TW. In 2025, Todd delivered the 2 long awaited reviews of Man Of The Woods and Results May Vary.

Now in June 2026, a much request review for Lulu is now complete and now checks off 3 of the most requested awful albums out there. Us fans saw Timberlake awkwardly try to fail fusing several different genre songs on one album, Limp Bizkit cobbling together an album so difficult it saw its own MTV album creation show episode on the process and the mismatch confusion of Lou Reed babbling whatever on his mind over Metallica riffs.

So now is there much hype for the next set of albums fans feel hungry for now? The Beginning? Twisted Angel? I’m In? Thank You? Squeeze? The Big Day?

Personally I’m itching for a Black Eyed Peas one since it killed the Fergie lineup and put the band into hiatus after 2011 until a small comeback in 2015, another break and then they collaborate with J Balvin on a Bad Boys 3 soundtrack song in 2020 until they started throwing away that goodwill on that shrieking Shakira team up in 2021.

Id also love a glance at No Talking Just Head since after Crown Royal, it’s the 2nd album that fails on the “overstuffed guest stars album that can’t save it” and uses that concept years before Run DMC tried it. Hilariously is No Talking Just Head at least has a Wikipedia page from the one minor single released including chart history while Crown Royal has no separate pages For any songs outside a link to the Steve Miller song they covered.

For a challenge, I think the Sergeant Peppers film sound track and the Union album is 2 challenges I’m interested for Todd to tackle. First one is a Beatles tribute film soundtrack for a film that’s too Americanized full of covers and the second is a progrock album that tried mashing together 8 members of Yes but replaced some of the actual musicians for session musicians yet spawned a successful cash flow of a tour. Since a covers album and a progrock album seem very unlikely areas Todd is too familiar in, the excitement is imagining him up to the tasks

A lot of famous musicians need inductions for their solo careers outside bands and Robert Plant is no exception.

Yes you might know him more for his band status for led zeppelin lead singer and other solo careers of former band members of other acts from Paul McCartney to John Lennon are more known yet no one can deny that Robert Plant made his own early 80’s solo venture. He’s created albums, he’s toured on his own and there’s archived concert footage for the receipts. Can’t he see his own chance next?

On a related note, Phil Collins recently is finally inducted for his solo career and should it seem fitting if Robert thanked Phil for drums on his own albums or do it at Phils induction? Just curious since they still seemed friends and Collins had toured in the past for Plant.

Black Sabbath in the form of the original members lineup of the original 4 sadly ceased once Ozzy reunited in 2025 for that one last TRULY LAST final concert, performed and passed away just weeks later.

Sadly since Ozzys death, that leaves only the 3 original members and this time, no Ronnie James Dio to step in to try something.

All said and done, any news on the futures for Geezer, Tony and Bill? They going to assist on offering services to new talent? Jam on albums for old legacy musician friends? Tony has his own YouTube channel and first upload I saw there came from a recommendation for the Headless Cross video. A introduction to the Martin run of Sabbath and first Martin run in Sabbath track experience ever.

All opinions here but I’m randomly picking songs I’ve heard from them so far that I think a particular member shines one as one if not their most standout moment:

1. Kashmir: John Paul Jones’s keyboards sections alone connect it altogether. Also is the equipment he uses in the live 1979 knebworth video not far off something a progrock keyboardist such as Rick Wakeman and Jon Lord can use?
2. Stairway To Heaven: Clearly a top moment for Jimmy if his long guitar solo is anything. Heck that alone makes me wonder if Jimmy can tackle a long guitar progrock solo?
3. Immigrant Song: Roberts Howling Vocals and all inspired off of lyrics to a cold part of the world they visited on touring. Now I’m loving his vocal performance on Whole Lotta Love too yet I think those primal young early 70’s screams gives it SLIGHTLY more edge if I can only choose one
4. When The Levee Breaks: John Bonhams opening drum beat that smashes that song forward and is so stuck in my head that I’m planning to try creating a video mashup using it. A beat so legendary that even a group such as The Beastie Boys sampled it

discuss below some of your favourite tracks a particular member shines on!

Rather curious since Phil going into the RRHOF gives way to some serious talent to sing and play some of his solo material for him. Imagine if there’s any good guitar and bass parts that a past legend can play for his induction there on specific songs!

Did his major solo hits that came bundled to a music video stand out in those 2 categories particularly?

I’ve divided the ones Todd referenced, ones related somewhat to the genre Todd reviewed not mentioned and unrelated ones used for a quick gag:

• Related ones related to a 90’s revival of an old music genre and in video: The Brian Setzer Orchestra and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
• Related swing revival ones not mentioned that can work too: Larry Elgart And His Manhattan Orchestra, Jive Bunny and Reel Big Fish
• Unrelated acts dropped in for a fast gag: Kriss Kross to emphasize the 90’s obsession on the word jump. Note I left out House Of Pain from them already covered even though Todd inserted a clip of them already

now these acts can make for an interesting set of episodes for a variety of reasons:

1. Although Kriss Kross is only used as a quick gag for Todd saying Jump is a popular 90’s song word, it’d provide a nice basis into childstar one hit wonders since nearly every previous act used young adults, full grown adults and only the occasional real young star. Hanson featuring 2 young brothers is the closest one that comes to mind of a child star one hit wonders since technically only 2 of them existed then real young and the 3rd one is a teenager already. Maybe it’s a gateway to acts such as Lil Romeo and Aaron Carter in the future?
2. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are mentioned into somewhat playing a part into the name of The Cherry Popping Daddies and they’re the other late 90’s pop band on an old genre revival
3. Reel Big Fish is an interesting case since Sell Out their largest hit isn’t one that cracked the top 40 on the hot 100. One of the ska revival acts the 90‘s spat out.
4. Larry Elgart And His Manhattan Orchestra is from the early 80’s craze of mashups yet his biggest credited hit is Hooked On Swing relating it to a swing revival Zoot Suit Riot jumped on over a decade plus later.
5. Jive Bunny has that case of mashups of old songs that copyright played a huge obstacle in yet their only huge American smash is called Swing The Mood. If anything, Todd can try to research the history of how a mashup hit can chart and all the legalities that can plague them later.
6. The Brian Setzer Orchestra only charted a major hit covering Jump Jive And Wail from Louis Primna and Todd said it’s too clean for him but I’d still want him to cover it for the specifics. A member of The Stray Cats leaves for a solo career only it’s an orchestra project and their huge claim to fame is a 90’s cover of an old Louis Prima song capitalizing on the swing revival of that decade.

share your thoughts below please!

So following Todd’s return to Canadian acts for Seasons In The Sun from Terry Jacks, perhaps 2 more Canadians on the show offer up more? Aldo Nova and Nick Glider but here’s a twist! An American band called Scandal too and you’re probably thinking “can you name me something that connects any of them in one way?” Hang on because at least 2 of them connect:

1. Fantasy-Aldo Nova: You ever noticed that this song sounded rather rough and in need of a tune up? Turns out the version you grew up on is a demo version rushed out for radio that Nova himself never finished. He wrote a lot of music in the start and the demo version of Fantasy that ended up selling like hotcakes ended up his surprise hit. peaked at 23 on hot 100 and album it’s on sold 2x platinum. However once his followup album yielded lesser charting singles, his label overcorrected by adding more studio interference thinking that’ll help him even though he scored Fantasy as a big hit without higher ups breathing down his neck. Followup singles under their management failed to chart. Although they never found another hit from Aldo, they didn’t let him leave in a case of “you can’t leave us as we don’t want to risk another label snatching you up”. To rub salt in the wound, the label called Portrait Records holding him hostage isn’t allowing him to make new music and he has unreleased songs ready to go. A fun fact is Fantasy was composed at the power station studio run by a man called Tony Bongiovi where Aldo actually played most of the instruments on that debut single and in the background cleaning up is get this A YOUNG MAN CALLED JON BON JOVI. Yep, Jon pre fame started off as a janitor at his cousin Tony’s studio called The Power Station (ironic because another band called The Power Station in the 80’s had their own Tony, Tony Thompson of Chic for their drummer) and Aldo Composed his smash single at the same place and became friends with him one day. Earlier however In 1982, Aldo gets a call from Jon to help him record a demo called Runaway. Nova shows up to supply guitar, Hugh McDonald supplies bass and Frankie Larocca on drums among others. Remember Frankie for later. Yeah so the janitor eventually leaves to create one of the most successful 80’s American hair metal bands of all time and the friend he called up to play guitar on his demo is stuck under a label sitting on his contract. Years later in 1991 once Portrait releases Aldo Nova from his contract, Jon is composing a song called Blaze Of Glory for the Young Guns sound track and calls up Aldo again for guitar work. Ends up creating that famous guitar riff and end result? Jon scores a #1 hit, one of the highest year end hits of 1991 and no credits to Aldo. Ends up helping Nova write an album called Blood On The Bricks on a vanity label and it failed to make any impact though the title track reached 14 on the mainstream rock chart. Returning to the shadows again, Aldo again surprisingly scored success for another artist called CELINE DION for her 1996 album Falling Into You and won a Grammy but for assisting in someone else’s success. Also wrote lyrics for her 2002 hit A New Day Has Come and then retreated to his home of Montreal. Created a rock opera from 2008 to 2018 of 25 songs and accidentally fell down a flight of stairs in 2022 cancelling half a dozen tour dates from injuring his spinal cord. Pretty wild for a guy that charted a rough draft of a song, supplied guitar for a young bon Jovi and won an award for producing for Celine Dion.
2. Hot Child In The City-Nick Gilder: Alright we’re still on for Canadians and this time is a man called Nick Gilder. Starting off in a Vancouver based glam rock band called Sweeney Todd that actually included a young Bryan Adams! Sweeney Todd charted a successful single named Roxy Roller for 3 weeks in 1976. Gilder feels there’s more success to be found and so he takes his songwriting partner and guitarist James McColluch to leave the band and leaving Bryan Adams to replace him. Eventually he creates his 2nd solo album City Lights after some time and spawning the smash hit Hot Child In The City. Based on his experiences on seeing young child prostitutes ages 15 and 16, surprisingly it reached #1 in 1978 in Canada and the US For such a happy sounding song on a sad topic. Post hit history is rather small. 2nd us single Here Comes The Roller stopped at #44 in 1979 and 3rd and final us single also in 1979 You Really Rock Me Stalls at #57. Nick retained a few more successful charting songs in Canada but even those dry up in Footsteps in 1985 flopping at #93. Thankfully he is one of those acts that writes for other successful artists from Pat Benetar to Bette Midler, Joe Cocker and previous covered OHW Toni Basil. He does receive a opportunity to write for another act in 1984 but I’ll save that next!
3. The Warrior-Scandal: Now we’re moving onto the twist choice of a US band and if you’re confused to the inclusion of an entire band now especially one from America next to 2 Canadian ones, just hang on. Okay so Patty Smyth is a Brooklyn raised girl who’s daughter to a mother that first started as a trapeze artist, then secured a job as a nightclub owner and later a manager that managed Link Wray of Rumble fame. Yep, the one song Jimmy Guitar used to play Air Guitar to and recently played on real guitar for the 2024 RORHOF induction ceremony! Her father is a construction worker. her parents actually divorced at some point and she saw an arrest for standing on a street corner trying to score drugs. Along comes a guitarist called Zack Smith that hires her for a band called Scandal and Patty is the lead singer. Their first single Goodbye To You off their self titled EP on Columbia Records actually turned into their best selling EP, music video received heavy MTV airplay and yet it stalled at #65! Okay rather mixed results but here’s a twist in 1983! Remember Jon Bon Jovi? Turns out he briefly joined the band to play guitar in 1983 and showed up in their music video for Love’s Got A Line On You that same year though it only rose to #59 But 1984 saw them their biggest success. Of course he left and launched his own success especially thanks to sone assistance from Aldo Nova! Next album called Warrior scored a massive hit in the title track called The Warrior. Written by surprisingly Nick Gilder And Holly Knight. Yep the Canadian that sang Hot Child In The City co-writes the biggest successful single to a band where the lead singer is a daughter to a mother that manages Link Wray! Charts to #7 and #46 on the 1984 year end hot 100. Patty however felt embarrassed by the theatrical video for The Warrior and describing it later she didn’t expected to resembled something of the Broadway musical Cats. None of Scandals other singles did well. In 1984, Hands Tied and Later Beat Of A Heart in 1985 each stalled at #41. The other members disappeared throughout the making of The Warrior Album. One highlight is drummer Tommy Price getting a better money offer from Billy Idol and a cut of the album sales since Scandal didn’t offer that. Zack and Patty actually hated other and Keith Mack the 2nd guitarist ended up the only member left once the tour ended. In a shocking opportunity opener, Eddie Van Halen actually called up Patty to offer her the new lead singer chance to replace David Lee Roth exiting the band. However as she was 8 months pregnant and needs to move to LA, Smyth actually declined feeling she isn’t interested moving to a new location. Sammy Hagar actually ends up getting the gig and the Hagar era of course is a success. Patty later said she regretted turning it down once Van Halen rise back up again and that Eddie told her to keep quiet of her as the 1st choice so Sammy isn’t aware he’s the 2nd choice which she stayed quiet on for years. Post Scandal fame saw her in a few neat opportunities. She teams up for some work for Don Henleys solo career providing backing vocals on Beast Of Burden and End Of Innocence plus they collaborate for Looks Like Love Ain’t Enough for her 1992 self titled solo album, sings for the 1994 song Look What Love Has Done for the Schwarzenegger comedy Junior and marries tennis player John McEnroe in 1997 raising 2 daughters. Scandal is still active only with Patty and Keith left and 2 new replacements since Zack is elsewhere and the others have either died in the case of Tommy or limping along in the case of Jon Bon Jovi.

so whats the connection to all these 3 choices? Jon Bon Jovi!

Think of this: Aldo Nova in 1982 provides guitar work on a demo called Runaway for Jon while he’s a young kid sweeping at the power station for his cousin Tony and then later gets called back in 1991 to create a guitar riff for Blaze Of Glory, Nick Gilder writes The Warrior for Scandal that themselves saw Jon in the band in 1983 playing guitar and is in their video Love’s Got A Line On Me! Funny how that turns out.

comment below for these choices!