New York Magazine
The Ten Greatest Albums Made by Actors
March 19th, 2008
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Save (maybe) for professional athletes, is there anyone on planet Earth worse at making music than actors? We doubt it! From Joey Lawrence to Jamie Foxx, thespians have been responsible for some of the most ear-splitting, nauseating, craptastic sounds ever committed to partially recyclable plastic discs. Still, given the sheer volume of movie stars that've attempted to make non-embarrassing records, at least a couple must have succeeded … right? As a public service, Vulture listened to every album ever made by any actor (including several by Bruce Willis and the Accelerators) and made a comprehensive list of the very best ones. See it, after the jump!

10. Steve Burns, Songs for Dustmites (2003)

Who'd have ever guessed that under the striped shirt and the propensity for teaching 3-year-olds to count (he hosted Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues for seven years) was a talented songwriter and huge Flaming Lips fan? After quitting Clues in 2002, Steve Burns holed up with Lips producer David Fridmann and recorded a dozen orchestral pop songs that could easily be mistaken for leftovers from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, even if you aren't high on LSD. Despite some strong reviews, Dustmites came and went without getting much attention. Luckily, though, Burns was not discouraged — he's currently working on another record that also sounds like it might turn out pretty great.