Broken Records is here, with a mantra to find the single worst album ever created. This week Steve and Remfry take a deep breath and remember the mid-00’s Camden indie landfill scene, as we talk about the self-titled second album by Razorlight, released on the 17th of July 2006.

Led by cocksure, peacocking… er… cock Johnny Borrell, Razorlight represented the absolute nadir of British indie’s coked up, self-important, substances over substance end of days during the first decade of the new millennium. Frankly it’s hard not to hear this tepid, simplistic and juvenile jangling while remembering Borrell comparing himself to Bob Dylan around the time of its release and not be utterly baffled. They ended up headlining Reading and Leeds too! This country!

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Now we’re not saying that this week's Broken Records should be the final episode, but, if it was, we’re pretty sure we’ve found the oddest album ever made. Remfry and Steve are looking for the worst album ever, and so have heard most things… but neither of us have ever heard anything quite like Angelic 2 the Core, the fifth studio album from 80’s Hollywood royalty and child star Corey Feldman.

Released on the 22nd of June 2016, this is an ambitious attempt from Feldman to channel his old friend Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Charlie’s Angels, Adam West’s Batman and Rage Against the Machine… yes, really. Quite what it means, what part of his brain it came from and how it came together we have no idea, but, good lord, you’ve never heard anything like this before.

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Alright partner! It’s Broken Records, you know what we do, keep on rollin’ baby!... Ahem… Our weekly search for the lowest point of music history continues as Remfry and Steve reanimate the corpse of nu-metal and look at Results May Vary, the 4th studio album from rap metal royalty Limp Bizkit, released on the 23rd of September 2003.

As a pair, one of us have fond, warm, happy and nostalgic memories of Limp Bizkit, and Remfry just about tolerates them. But even a bloke with a blue chin strap beard, a wallet chain and a (Hed)pe tattoo can admit that, following the departure of enigmatic guitarist Wes Borland and the general malaise and disdain that the world at large were feeling for anything nu-metal by 2003, this is far from the band’s best work. But just how bad is it? Would we still be willing to let John Otto take us to the Matthews Bridge? Or will that red cap get yet another rap from these critics?

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The search to find the worst album of all time continues with another episode of Broken Records. Steve and Remfry have pulled out Mick Jagger’s Primitive Cool this week, the Rolling Stones frontman’s second solo album, released on the 14th of September 1987.

The Stones were not in the best of places collectively back in ‘87, and, rather than try and fix the internal problems, Mick decided to head off and work on this collection of songs instead, leaving Keith Richards fuming to himself! Would Primitive Cool be the album to break up The Stones?... well… you know the answer to that don’t you! But is this record any good?... you might know the answer to that as well to be fair.

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This week on Broken Records we’re rapping, we’re rapping, we’re rap, rap, rapping. Remfry and Steve continue to look high and low for music's most terrible document by running the rule over 1989’s Standing In The Spotlight by former Ramone bassist turned unlikely hip-hop hero Dee Dee King, AKA Ramone.

Clearly inspired by the early rap scene of his native New York, an impressionable Dee Dee decided to reinvent himself from leather jacket wearing punk rocker to gold chain and backward baseball cap sporting rapper. It’s not exactly the most obvious fit, and Standing In The Spotlight has inspired many laughs at Dee Dee’s expense over the years, but, despite the fact that this is really quite a poorly made record, there might just be a few things to admire about it.

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The quest to find the worst album ever made resumes once again, that’s right, it’s Broken Records! Steve and Remfry have dug deep into the bargain bin once again, and this week pulled out The Truth Is… the 4th album from risible post-grunge goons and Remfry’s namesakes Theory of a Deadman… they’re mates with Nickelback don’t ya know! 

Released on the 12th of July 2012, The Truth Is… is essentially the sound of TOAD frontman Tyler Connolly having a paddy at his ex-wife, who can’t relate to that right?! Welllllllll.... But, maybe we’re just being snobs, maybe we’re just unable to truly understand the cultural differences that make Theory of a Deadman such a big deal in America in comparison with their meagre success here in the UK. Maybe.

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Broken Records is here again, and this week Remfry and Steve are in a very poor mood. It’s almost certainly due to this week's entry into the search for the worst album of all time, as they try to wade their way through Double Wide the debut album from pop, country, rap douchebag and professional mate of Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker. Released on the 30th of May 2000.

So, what’s the deal? Was Uncle Kracker just a harmless, rather forgettable, owner of an annoying one hit wonder back at the turn of the Millennium, or was he, rather, a talentless chump whose album being released was nothing more than the result of the worst kind of lazy, back slapping music industry nepotism? It’s pretty obvious, but listen to find out anyway.

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There seems… to be… no evidence… of good music! Yes, Steve and Remfry are back with Broken Records and continuing the ongoing search for the worst album ever. This week we’re going full thespian, as we look at the debut album from Captain James T. Kirk himself; William Shatner’s 1986 effort The Transformed Man.

Recorded during his lunch break whilst filming an episode of Star Trek (might wanna fact check that), The Transformed Man see’s Bill taking his hand to both music, acting and… er… being really scared for no reason… often all at the same time, as he covers The Beatles, Bob Dylan and, umm, William Shakespeare. A truly bizarre and unique album, this is the moment that Shatner became a true cult musician. 50 plus years down the line, he’s very much in on the joke, but, as we discuss, was he back then? 

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Remfry and Steve cross-examine one of the most derided collaborations in modern music history, that of Lou Reed and Metallica's conceptual double album based on German playwright Frank Wedekind's two Lulu plays. (Originally released on Riot Act #99 26th June 2020).

The album, released somewhat fittingly on 31st October 2011, seemed somewhat doomed from the start, with most people too busy laughing at 'I Am the Table' memes to pay all that much attention to the album's content or concept. We make the case for the defense of Lulu, as there is plenty of interesting ideas and concepts to delve into if you can put aside the troubling lyrics about 'a colored man's dick' (easier said than done perhaps).

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Steve and Remfry once again put their ears through the perennial ringer, taking a deep dive into 1999 the self-titled debut album from Methods of Mayhem, the rap-rock project of former Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee (originally aired on Riot Act #98, 19th June 2020).

Lee's demand to 'get naked' moves neither Steve nor Remfry into shedding their attire, although the album's dreadful archaic beats and Lee's cringe-inducing lyrics do move both journalists to consider leaving the industry altogether. Common sense prevails and instead, we merely relate what a truly torrid and deeply crap album Methods of Mayhem is.

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