Is this the worst album of the last 5 years?

A few days I pulled together the list of the highest rated albums of those reviewed on CLUAS in the last 5 years. Now it's the turn of those albums that in the same period got the lowest ratings from CLUAS reviewers. The albums listed below are those that, since 2005, have been awarded less than 4 out of 10 by a CLUAS writer. Among them you will find albums by Placebo, Van Morrison, Smashing Pumpkins, Mercury Rev and James Blunt. 

So what album was considered to be the worst of those reviewed on CLUAS? Well the honour falls into the lap of Björk whose 2007album Volta was awarded a grand total of zero out of 10 by CLUAS writer Rev Jules. It was a divisive assessment if the comments below the review are anything to go by.

Here comes the full list...

Topping the list with a rating of zero out of 10...

• Björk 'Volta' (2007 release)

1 out of 10

• James Blunt 'All The Lost Souls' (2007 release)
• Musiq Soulchild 'Luvanmusiq' (2007 release)
• The Doors 'The Very Best of The Doors' (2007 release)
• Correcto 'Correcto' (2008 release)

2 out of 10

• Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Stadium Arcadium' (2006 release)
• Placebo 'Meds' (2006 release)
• Van Morrison 'Pay the Devil' (2006 release)
• Mercury Rev 'Snowflake Midnight' (2008 release)
• Dan Black 'Un' (2009 release)
• Alabama 3 'M.O.R.' (2007 release)

2.5 out of 10

• Cute Is What We Aim For 'The Same Old Blood Rush...' (2006 release)

3 out of 10

• Smashing Pumpkins 'Zeitgeist' (2007 release)
• The Enemy 'We'll live and die in these towns' (2007 release)
• Linkin Park 'Minutes To Midnight' (2007 release)
• 'Spiderman 3' (soundtrack) (2007 release)
• Cornelius 'Sensuous' (2007 release)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'Original Soundtrack' (2007 release)
• Taking Back Sunday 'New Again' (2009 release)
• Michael Knight (I'm Not Entirely Clear...) (2008 release)
• Panic At The Disco 'Pretty Odd' (2008 release)
• Bill Coleman 'I'll Tear My Own Walls Down' (2008 release)
• Jet 'Shine on' (2006 release)
• Josh Ritter 'The Animal Years' (2006 release)
• The Tyde  'Three's Co.' (2006 release)
• Drowsy 'Snow on Moss on Stone' (2006 release)
• Wonderstuff 'Suspended By Stars' (2006 release)
• Devendra Banhart 'Cripple Crow' (2005 release)

3.5 out of 10

• Great White (2006 release)
• Laura Izibor 'Let The Truth Be Told' (2009 release)
• The Corrs 'Dreams - the Ultimate Collection' (2007 release)

...and scraping in with a score just below 4 out of 10...

• Cansei De Ser Sexy (3.8 out of 10, 2006 release)

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