From what I've seen, the majority of artists that are known for having classic albums have at least 1 or 2 albums that are disliked by so many (I often use the website AOTY to look at album ratings and have noticed this with so many classic artists).

Obviously music is very subjective but I'm often left wondering how these artists that must have great taste (Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Roger Waters, David Bowie) didn't notice some of the things that the majority of listeners hear if these artists are known for devoting everything to making their work sound great. I often think it's because everybody has their own very unique taste so eventually if you're putting out loads of music you're going to put out work that doesn't resonate with some, but it often doesn't seem to be that random, there'll often be albums that are completely adored from track to track to suddenly an album that almost nobody enjoys any part of.

A lot of people say artists lose inspiration which I understand, but it goes back to the question of how would you not hear that you've lost inspiration somewhat and refrain from putting the project out?