The most underrated album(s) of all time
What do you think is the most underrated album(s) of all time?
The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit
Combat Rock by The Clash
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
(the original 'concept' album)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Best road listening album ever.
"Modern" "alternative" rock: Saint Julian - Julian Cope
White guy soul: Hats - The Blue Nile
Pure, sheer unadulterated pop: Good Humor - Saint Etienne
Grifffff, I love you.
I think I gotta agree with that.
The Monks - Suspended Animation
Hocus Pocus by Focus, actually, wait a minute, the original release may have been on In and Out of Focus. That one. Since I only have it on vinyl it's been years since I heard it, but I do remember the rest of the tracks being very good, and usually ignored because of the yodelling thing.
Hamburger Concerto gets props also.
I don't think Days of Future Past or Ziggy are underrated. In my book, they're both exceptionally great albums.
Iron Butterfly - Metamorphosis
Ziggy is not underated - agrees with spexx on that, but does feel that the Moodies are too often dismissed as a 'MOR' FM-rock band. As for Focus, love them and saw them live last year at me local rock venue (unshamed plug for 'The LimeLight' at Crewe)......
but for real underated, you gotta look at the three seminal bands of British rock....
The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and the Alexis Korner Set
the Yardbirds are far from underrated, but Iron Butterfly definitely gets a second from me. Its a pity that people've only heard In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
but does feel that the Moodies are too often dismissed as a 'MOR' FM-rock band.
No way. Jeez, they're brilliant. MOR they definitely are not.
I don't think Days of Future Past or Ziggy are underrated. In my book, they're both exceptionally great albums.
I guess I'd put Combat Rock in the same category. I was the only one in my group listening to Ziggy so thats my bias, whereas we all had a copy of Combat Rock.
How about Aimee Mann - I'm with Stupid?
Combat Rock has become a punk ICON, I dont think it can qualify as underrated, except among people who dont like punk.
dinosaur: dinosaur (later to become dinosaur jr.)
the cure: pornography/disintergration/bloodflowers (it's a trillogy)
pink floyd: animals
rem: eponymous
ian moore: just look it up
govt' mule:see above
squirrel bait: skag heaven (the base for all this screamo shit.. in 1988)
Fugazi: 13 songs
man or astro man?!? : is it? (second album off of estrus records) best surf album in 40 years..)
ooh! can I go on and on and on and on?!?!?
and let's not forget sam the sham and the pharrohs... by the by ? mark and the mysterions (sp?) are still making music
Soul Mining, The The. Seemingly ignored, but an impeccable album, IMO.
Probably not the most underrated of all time, but 2 albums I grew up with that very few people seem to have heard of: Dizrythmia by Split Enz and Go For It by Stiff Little Fingers.
I discovered them both in the mid-eighties, and they were very different to the music my friends were listening to. The Endz gave me a lifelong (so far!) respect for Neil & Tim Finn, and SLF introduced me to a more accessible form of punk (70s punk terrified me - I was too young to appreciate it when it was around).
If I come across people who also liked these albums I feel an instant bond with them - they were the soundtrack of my adolescence.
BTW, how do you insert images into the text? I only know how to attach and that inserts it at the bottom....
Jimmy Spheeris - Isle of View
...Hocus Pocus by Focus...
I had never even heard of this album until I saw one of the tracks on a list of "top ten drum performances of the 1970s" in
Modern Drummer.
I've still never heard it, but it's on my list of things to get.
Rift by Phish. Changed the way I listen to music. then Nectar, Junta, then the rest in any order.
Matt Mays self-titled. Neo-Neil Young, great sound.
Cowhead- Animals is awesome- required listening, IMO...
Keeper of the Seven Keys - Helloween
Great power/speed-metal. Awesome German singer, and two amazing guitarists.
I had that Stiff Little Fingers LP, but when I saw these guys warm up for The Clash in 1979, I was hooked.
This is the voters poll of the top 885 musicians/bands/songs something like that. I found a few that were, in my opinion, wayyyy outta place. Like Prince ahead of Yes????? oh well take a look.
http://xponentialmusic.org/vote/index.phpThe most talented and awesome band of all time is Porcupine Tree. I always drag em out for these kinds of polls, but it's just true. Frigging amazing.
Bands like Poison overshadowed some bands that were much better but didn't have the public relations machine or got suffocated by the grunge era. Some are a little glammy, some aren't:
Blue Murder
Badlands
Riverdogs
MSG
Killer Dwarfs
Dangerous Toys
Salty Dog
Trouble was a great metal band that never got the play they deserved. As far as what we call classic rock today, Montrose should've been huge. In thrash, Testament and Megadeth are way better than Metallica instrumentally and songwriting-wise. And Anthrax is cooler. Yet Metallica got all the money. I dunno. Maybe it's all just my personal preference.
This is the voters poll of the top 885 musicians/bands/songs something like that. I found a few that were, in my opinion, wayyyy outta place. Like Prince ahead of Yes????? oh well take a look.
http://xponentialmusic.org/vote/index.php
That list makes me want to set puppies on fire. Death Cab for Cutie? 311? Panic at the Disco?
Ooo. Porcupine Tree made it on. But still.
Have you heard Grassroots?
Porcupine Tree are cool, but they arent that good.