Albums you got didnt like, then got into months/years later

[AussieBoy]

was thinkin about some cd's originally got, wasnt a fan of 1st listen or didnt do much for me to start with but then got into months or in cases a year later, some where by bands already liked some where ones that were new


The Used - S/T (was only into first 3songs when 1st came out, then picked up 6months later n loved it)

Dashboard - Poison Trees (loved this band hugely, liked Dusk & Summer heaps, was let down with this, spun it a few more times 2years later, n stoked on it, still not my fav but no so let down as when first got)

Tool - Lateralus (recommended by a friend, couldnt get into it, seriously after about 15th listen was obsessed)

HIM - greatest hits (same with Tool)

NFG - Coming Home (was shattered when it was all slow, few months later was now is up there with S/T and S&S as my favs by them)

Parkway Drive - Killing With A Smile (i just wasnt adapated to music this heavy when first hearing it)

[murrich]

The Blood Brothers - ...Burn Piano Island, Burn
Heard about 4 years ago, didn't like at all.
Heard again last year, I like it a lot now.

[kianacarly]

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American. I listened to it once when I first got it, apparently didn't care for it, and passed it off as a bad buy. Wow, even though I was like ten, I was still dumb. Now my favorite band.

Brand New - Deja Etendu. I don't think I even listened to it at all when I got it when it first came out. I didn't even realize I owned it until a year or two ago when I saw the album artwork on the Internet, knew it looked familiar, and looked everywhere for it.

[Here It Goes]

I didn't overly care for Blue by Third Eye Blind at first, but it's great. Also, Plans by Death Cab for Cutie, and In Defense of the Genre are both albums that I liked but have grown to love.

[Here It Goes]

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American. I listened to it once when I first got it, apparently didn't care for it, and passed it off as a bad buy. Wow, even though I was like ten, I was still dumb. Now my favorite band.



This also. I liked it the first time I heard it, listened to "The Middle" a million times like everyone else did (actually proud that I bought that album like a year before that song hit the fan), but they're probably my favorite too. Great album.

[kianacarly]

This also. I liked it the first time I heard it, listened to "The Middle" a million times like everyone else did (actually proud that I bought that album like a year before that song hit the fan), but they're probably my favorite too. Great album.

I don't even remember when exactly I got it, but I was definitely young. Must've gotten it with birthday money or something. I remember getting mad because I considered it a waste of money for the longest time. I ended up liking it by the end of the year though, after I went back to it. Of course I didn't like it in the same way I do now (now that I actually know something about music other than "this is so catchy! Woo for everything on the radio!").

Also, I don't think I was a big fan of Blue either. Love it now.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Husker Du - New Day Rising

Thought it was kind of boring when I first got it but I really warmed up to it over time. It's what I've been listening to the most the past couple of days!

[kianacarly]

Oh, I almost forgot, Katy Perry - One Of The Boys. I was definitely adamant about not liking Katy Perry when I Kissed A Girl played on the radio every half hour, and when a friend made me listen to Ur So Gay. But eventually I gave the album a chance, and while I still only gave it about a 75%, I listen to it on a daily basis. Too bad the songs I like the most didn't make it on the actual album. Still catchy as shit.

It also took me years to get into Matchbox Twenty.

[_><_]

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works.


I didn't like it at all after the first listen, but now it's one of my all time favourites.

[Forever.Zero]

The Mars Volta - Amputecture
- Listened to it , didn't click.Put it on again months, like MONTHS, after, Love it now

[jay_klinkhammer]

The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse.



I think I bought it because it was recommended after I bought the first Circa Survive album.

I think I had it for a good 18 to 24 months before I tried it and it was great.


The thing that threw me off was the beginning of the first real song....that drum part sucked, but then the rest of the album is great.

[Broden Terry]

Panic at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

I bought it when it was first released and just disliked the majority of it upon first listen. I listened to it occasionally in the build up to Pretty Odd and still just really couldn't get into it. I found myself really enjoying the new record and came back to give A Fever You Can't Sweat Out another listen literally a few days ago and I'm really, really liking it.

[fadedmemories]

Deja Entendu (1 year) and Anhedonia (8 months)

[tbqh ellie]

The whole Taking Back Sunday discography.
I know, I missed the trend by about 5 years. I was very stand offish about it because everyone and their brother liked it.

[whataclush]

was thinkin about some cd's originally got, wasnt a fan of 1st listen or didnt do much for me to start with but then got into months or in cases a year later, some where by bands already liked some where ones that were new


The Used - S/T (was only into first 3songs when 1st came out, then picked up 6months later n loved it)

Dashboard - Poison Trees (loved this band hugely, liked Dusk & Summer heaps, was let down with this, spun it a few more times 2years later, n stoked on it, still not my fav but no so let down as when first got)

Tool - Lateralus (recommended by a friend, couldnt get into it, seriously after about 15th listen was obsessed)

HIM - greatest hits (same with Tool)

NFG - Coming Home (was shattered when it was all slow, few months later was now is up there with S/T and S&S as my favs by them)

Parkway Drive - Killing With A Smile (i just wasnt adapated to music this heavy when first hearing it)


same here.

[SSLYBY]

OK Computer

[UnderMyDreams]

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
blink-182 - Untitled
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Gaslight Anthem - 59 Sound

[DejaNew]

The whole Taking Back Sunday discography.
I know, I missed the trend by about 5 years. I was very stand offish about it because everyone and their brother liked it.
Except for New Again right?

[fightinirish217]

Blink - untitled

Only really listened to the singles for a long time, then finally heard the whole album maybe a year ago and its just awesome.

[IWasHerHorse]

Bearvsshark - I bought Terrorhawk and didn't like it, but still put it on my mp3 player, then about 3 monthes later a song came on shuffle and I loved it. It's one of my favorites now.

No Age - I heard hype about this band last year and downloaded Weirdo Rippers. I thought it was garbage. I just re-listened a couple days ago and realized I'm retarded.

[fenderrock89]

Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child
I listened to it when it first came out.. just wasn't really into it. Last year, I started listening to it again and it just blew me away.

Bayside - S/T

DCFC - Plans
Same was I was with Manchester Orchestra. Just wasn't into it until later on.

[11:11]

All of JEW
blink-182- S/T
Brand New- TDAGARISM
Taking Back Sunday- TAYF

[voncorn]

Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors

Took me three years to get into, a friend of mine gave it to me when I was in the seventh grade, didn't do much for me at all then, but I relistened to it after a terrible breakup with a girl in late '07, I couldn't stop listening to it.

[symbiote28]

Panic at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

I bought it when it was first released and just disliked the majority of it upon first listen. I listened to it occasionally in the build up to Pretty Odd and still just really couldn't get into it. I found myself really enjoying the new record and came back to give A Fever You Can't Sweat Out another listen literally a few days ago and I'm really, really liking it.

really? i listened to it once and i knew they were something special. until they changed their style on Pretty. Odd.

[fanberlinboy]

I've never listened to a JEW album and liked it on first listen. I always end up liking it a month or two later, though. I didn't get into The Rocket Summer on first listen either.

[heyzombiehitler]

Thrice- The Alchemy Index Vol. 1 & 2


I did not like it at first, but now I love it.

[kianacarly]

Oh yeah, The Rocket Summer definitely had to grow on me. I first heard them when I saw them as openers at a show, and while the set was fun I thought his voice was extremely annoying. Some of the songs remained stuck in my head though, and I picked up the album a few weeks later and really liked it.

[seraph1214]

All of Thursday
Taking Back Sunday - WYWTB
Saves the Day - In Reverie
Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin...

[ReignofFiction]

Four year strong - rise or die trying
There was just something really annoying about them at first, then I randomly gave them a second listen and got fairly addicted.

[thespearkid]

Emperor X - Central Friendhugger or whatever it's called.
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island

[boxingwithstars]

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

[Chromefox]

Years: Deja Entendu, Absolution
Months: OK Computer, Kid A

[FullCollaspe]

Cursive- Happy Hollow

Didn't like at first, but now has become one of my favorite Cursive records.

[Broden Terry]

really? i listened to it once and i knew they were something special. until they changed their style on Pretty. Odd.

I guess I just didn't like the whole dance vibe that's present throughout. I'm really enjoying it now though. I think it's great.

[Jumpoff]

Weezer - Blue Album / Pinkerton
Propagandhi - Today's Empire Tomorrow's Ashes

[Richard Maxim]

It took me about 2 years but now i'm in love with mutiny by syg and am uber pumped for their new record.

[Mikey Paine]

Pretty.odd. - Panic at the Disco

[kazuma_ootaro28]

The Mars Volta - De-loused In the Comatorium
Radiohead - OK Computer
mum - Summer Make Good
Saves the Day - Sound the Alarm
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Underoath - Lost In the Sound of Separation
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

[thespearkid]

jay-z - american gangster

[CalRahhh]

Since I tend to do this with a whole band's body of work as apposed to single albums, I'll just list the bands:

Fall Out Boy
My Chemical Romance
Bring Me The Horizon
Parkway Drive
Suicide Silence
Converge (now one of my two favourite bands)
The Wonder Years
Bloc Party
The Devil Wears Prada
Enter Shikari
Brand New
Deftones
Taking Back Sunday

A lot of these were due to a phase I went through from about 13-16 where I only listened to "true" metal, and slagged everything else off. I wouldn't have been caught dead even mentioning FOB, MCR, or BMTH in a sentence without the words that followed being of hate toward them. So essentially I'm now getting into all the music that everyone was into 3 to 4 years ago when they were 14 and 15, whilst still listening to what I used to as well. Better late than never i guess.

[EchoPark]

It was a good 10 years before I really enjoyed "Dear You" by Jawbreaker.

[Wait_For_It]

Augustana's All The Stars And Boulevards

[mallrat37]

i absolutly hated the academy is...
and now they are one of my favorite bands of that genre

[stupidtyonparad]

deja entendu. yup, dont believe me, its cool. i really didnt think it was that good at all for like the first year i had it. and GUERNICA of all songs was one of the few i could stand listening to

[stupidtyonparad]

Years: Deja Entendu, Absolution
Months: OK Computer, Kid A


talk about answers i didnt expect to see from you

[chipdip18]

Bright Eyes - Lifted
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

[GeeBee]

Thursday- War All The Time
Emery- The Question

Both are non-catchy on first listen. Then one day, you're like..."oh...this is brilliant"

[bradsonemanband]

everclear - sparkle and fade

[chipdip18]

Thursday- War All The Time
Emery- The Question

Both are non-catchy on first listen. Then one day, you're like..."oh...this is brilliant"


I agree with War All The Time, but i still to this day can't get into Emery.

[GeeBee]

I agree with War All The Time, but i still to this day can't get into Emery.

Start from the most recent and work your way back if you decide to give it another go.

[chipdip18]

Start from the most recent and work your way back if you decide to give it another go.


Maybe, but i doubt it haha.

[GeeBee]

Maybe, but i doubt it haha.

I see you have quite the...eclectic taste in music. Judging by your profile, Emery may not work for you, haha.

Kudos on the Arrested D, though. Good taste is good taste.

[chipdip18]

I see you have quite the...eclectic taste in music. Judging by your profile, Emery may not work for you, haha.

Kudos on the Arrested D, though. Good taste is good taste.

Yeah, i think if i had tried listening to them a few years ago it would have clicked.

Gotta love Arrested Development, there are too many good things to say about it.

[nlo13]

as a band, the fall of troy. i hated hated hated the whole screaming thing. then i gave it another shot and now they're currently my favorite band and opened up an entire genre to me.

[micahistheballs]

I agree with War All The Time, but i still to this day can't get into Emery.
I loved Emery so much a few years back. Now, not so much.

[PengusNiugnep]

Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
The first indie album I ever listened to, actually. I used to think it was boring but once I gave it a serious listen I loved (and still love) it.

[champman1010]

Both Deja Entendu and Devil and God...as well as Blink s/t

[phil19]

the album that comes to mind straight away is a wilhelm scream - mute print. listening to it now i cant believe i didnt like it when i first heard it. its one of my favourite albums

[dearsarah420]

Lost in The Sound Of Separation - Underoath.
Idk why, I just couldn't get into it. It seemed too different than They're Only Chasing Safety for example.
But now, I'm listening to it in full everyday xD.

Singularity - Mae.
The only song I loved right away was Just Let Go. I miss the piano melodies that were so present in The Everglow for example.
But, after forcing myself to listen to it for a few months, I'm finally attached to it.

[Paulb-182]

The Early November - Rooms Too Cold

I just couldn't get into it for the longest time then it just clicked

[Drown_The_City]

Deja Entendu (1 year) and Anhedonia (8 months)
agreed. I downloaded teh graduate for free on this site and it sat in itunes for a while

[Drown_The_City]

And Senses Fail. I bought the From the Depths EP and hated it til I heard 187 again at a friends house

[tawtaw]

Slow Motion Daydream by Everclear

[Overpass]

Closure in Moscow - The Patience and the Penance.

Everyone i knew absolutely adored this EP but it just sounded really odd to me for the first 6 months or so. Heard them live once though and they blew my mind - currently a favorite.... possibly more than First Temple.

[turtlejack]

well green day is my favorite band
i got all their albums
and i got the new one "21st century breakdown"
and at first... i wasnt too into it.
i liked a couple songs, one or two
then bout 3 weeks later, i started really getting into it.
like rediculously into it. And now i cant stop listening to it.
theres something amazing bout that CD.

[reesa]

most of anberlin's stuff.

and i hated paramore's Riot when i heard 'misery business' then got into it because my twin sister would play 24/7 and i got use to it. now i love it.
same with all time low. i use to really hate pop punk shiz now i've grown to think it's actually pretty good stuff.

[murrich]

well green day is my favorite band
i got all their albums
and i got the new one "21st century breakdown"
and at first... i wasnt too into it.
i liked a couple songs, one or two
then bout 3 weeks later, i started really getting into it.
like rediculously into it. And now i cant stop listening to it.
theres something amazing bout that CD.


I think it might be your age.

[friskycurtain]

The Silence In Black and White by Hawthorne Heights

I originally bought it put it into my CD player and was shocked at how awful it was. The first two songs where unbearable to listen to...I gave it another shot the next day and yet again could not sit through the whole CD....so I put the CD in with all the others I had and didn't listen to it over 3 months....then one day I wanted some music while I was playing Tony Hawk...I seriously could not understand why I had hated the album

[stupidtyonparad]

well green day is my favorite band
i got all their albums
and i got the new one "21st century breakdown"
and at first... i wasnt too into it.
i liked a couple songs, one or two
then bout 3 weeks later, i started really getting into it.
like rediculously into it. And now i cant stop listening to it.
theres something amazing bout that CD.


i think i was 15 when american idiot came out and the same thing happened to me

[deanster321]

The Deftones self-titled, and Converge's output in general. Also, now I think of it, Biffy Clyro's first two or three albums.

[whataclush]

The Open Door - Evanescence

[Srsly]

Motion City Soundtrack

[flks511]

Where You Want To Be

[ezco25]

SAY ANYTHING!!!

...is a real boy i listened to it like twice didnt like it, besides, i kept "EVERBODY HAS A MOLLY" and "SPIDERSONG" and than a year later when "IN DEFENSE OF THE GENRE" came out i started trying to get into say anything.... thats where is a real boy came to my liking...

[b4u4get]

Funeral for a Friend - Memory And Humanity. Well, Hours and Tales Don't Tell Themeselves caused the same reaction that can be described as a disappointment, but some time later it turned out to be great and end up on favourite releases of the year lists.

The Killers - Day & Age. I still think it's their worst album, not that it's bad, just not good as others.

[Greg.Kushlan]

Trophy Scars- Bad Luck

I was really into Alpabet. Alphabets, and when I heard the songs off of this album I wasn't too sure about it. I was listening on shuffle and Bad Winter came on and then all of a sudden I started to love the album.

Set Your Goals- Mutiny
Their vocalists annoyed me at first, but then eventually I grew into them and love the album now.

[eliselovesmusic]

Panic! at the Disco - Fever You Can't Sweat Out


As for their second album? (Pretty.Odd.)
Well.
I'm still waiting to warm up to that.

[RTStrychnine]

Rise Against-Siren Song

Tim's hair bugged me in the Give it All vid... I hated them until recently.

[CollectiveConfusion]

I think it might be your age.

buuuurn... but i agree 100%, i was around that age when american idiot came out and was really into it

[1mastalker]

As Blood Runs Black-Allegiance(The first time I listened to ABRB I couldn't even listen to a full song then 1 month later I tried listening to them again and now whenever any song from that album comes on I listen to the entire album all the way through)

Catherine-Rumor Has It:Astaroth Has Stolen Your Eyes(Exact same situation with Allegiance)

[Prem]

The Mars Volta - Amputecture
it just clicked eventually.

[AussieBoy]

Rise Against-Siren Song

Tim's hair bugged me in the Give it All vid... I hated them until recently.

haha! i hated his hair too cause it reminded me of this dickhead i know with same style at the time and i just wanted to dislike them cause of that, cant theyre now one of my bands

[kianacarly]

Panic! at the Disco - Fever You Can't Sweat Out


As for their second album? (Pretty.Odd.)
Well.
I'm still waiting to warm up to that.

I still hate Fever. I actually liked it when I heard the Purevolume demos and when the album first came out, but I was also in middle school and liked crappy music. I can't even go back to that album. I cringe every time I hear Lying Is The Most Fun. They were actually pretty decent when I saw them open for The Academy Is... back in 2005 or 2006. They were a lot more tolerable live than now. I can't stand what he does with his voice live anymore.

I thought Pretty. Odd. was a lot better. Still around a C+ effort, and it didn't have much lasting power for me, but I did enjoy Northern Downpour quite a bit.

[TSLROCKS]

Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Absolutely despised this album. Thought it was so dreadfully boring. Months later it became one of my all time favorite albums. Copeland is now one of my favorite bands

The Starting Line - Based On A True Story

Wasn't as poppy as I was expecting but after I saw their set at Warped Tour I went back to it and loved it. Now is probably my favorite album that has come out of this scene

[caveBEAR]

Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Absolutely despised this album. Thought it was so dreadfully boring. Months later it became one of my all time favorite albums. Copeland is now one of my favorite bands

The Starting Line - Based On A True Story

Wasn't as poppy as I was expecting but after I saw their set at Warped Tour I went back to it and loved it. Now is probably my favorite album that has come out of this scene

Definitely. TSL was one of the first bands to 'mature' from straight high-school pop punk and I just wasn't ready to grow up with them. When I finally did and revisited it, it clicked.

[Cyga]

Mogwai - Young Team

First time I heard it, I didn't see any point to pretty much half of the music. That's all changed.

[theguy77]

haha OK computer, huge example for me. i simply couldnt comprehend it when i was 16 and its now a top-notch favorite of mine.

[Z-train]

Siamese dream

[Nourez]

Green Day - Warning

[TheFallOfMike]

Pinkerton by Weezer. Prior to buying it, I'd only heard the Blue Album, so I was put off by the new direction they had taken. A few months later, I just thought I'd sit down and listen to it the whole way through, and now it's almost topped the Blue Album for me.

[Scream_Alesana]

All the Tool albums i dident like Tool at all untill I accidently put on my Zune

Now they are awsome!

[thefaceless]

Say Anything - Junior Varsity + In Defense of The Genre
Thursday - A City By The Light Divided and War All the Time
Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux

[envytheliving]

Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger

At first, I thought it was just okay, but now I'm really starting to warm up to it.

[Agraceful]

Self-Titled/Untitled/Death Star album by Dance Gavin Dance.

First time I popped it in and listened to "Alex English", I was in shock at how different they sounded, but now it's all grown on me and I LOVE Kurt as their vocalist now.

[spriltsc]

Angels and Airwaves- I-empire

[thefinestline.]

Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie

I had issues..

[Trail]

Angels and Airwaves- I-empire


Ditto

[spunkmastaflex]

actually, this might be hard to believe but...

Say Anything - In defense of the genre (I absolutely loved is a real boy and this album was just too different)

[wtfmates]

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago, I didn't like when I first heard it. His voice sounded odd and the music seemed too quiet and fragile. Went back and listened to it a few months later and fell in love.

The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last And Always was another one that I just couldn't get into when I first heard it, but later it became one of my favorite albums of all time.

Same with:

The Downward Spiral
Deja Entendu

[Trail]

Deja Entendu!

Aha. Yes took me a while to get into Brand New at all to be honest. I had to really work on them to find something i liked, however the first album, which i feel is drastically different in its sound to the following two records, was an instant hit for me, helped get me into the band and enjoy the latter two albums.

[kafe]

Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala