The Onion A.V. Club’s Least Essential Albums Of 2003 gives you a good list of albums to avoid, containing such entries as “Least Essential Image Makeover” (Jewel’s 0304), “Least Essential Tribute Album” (The Acoustic Coffee House Presents: A Female Tribute To Creed), and “Least Essential Vanity Project” (Russell Crowe & 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts’ Other Ways Of Speaking).
