Underrated Albums
 

So this is a bit of a spinoff of Dissention's thread... Which albums do you find underrated? I'm talking stuff like OSOTM, Heroes Are Hard to Find, the bastard red-headed stepchild that is the second album... etc. Albums you love but they don't get the love they deserve, or hated albums you love. Including but not limited to Fleetwood Mac.

Here's some of mine -

Blondie - Plastic Letters
U2 - October
The Pretenders - Viva El Amor
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow (any SATB, really)
No Doubt - The Beacon Street Collection
Garbage - BeautifulGarbage
Stevie - OSOTM
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It!
FM - Mirage

Just out of boredom. We have no work to do today in school, and yet they make us come in. Wtf.

Telling Stories- Tracy Chapman
No Exit- Blondie
Heathen- David Bowie
Foreign Affair- Tina Turner
Nancy Sinatra- Nancy Sinatra
Stevie- Other Side of the Mirror
Alfie soundtrack- Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart
Medusa- Annie Lennox
No Frills- Bette Midler

I totally agree. Might as well stick Boy in there too. :nod:

Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (everyone always says how it wasn't as good as the earlier ones...I think it's just as good or better :shrug: )
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Of course :p )
Pink Floyd - Animals (For some reason, never really gets the attention that WYWH, DSOTM and The Wall get)

This one:

Into Light

And this one:

On Discovering Fire

Both exceptional albums that I recommend you all buy now.

Is Heathen underrated? If it is, it shouldn't be. It's one of his best.

U2- Zooropa
Beatles- Let It Be
Bruce Springsteen- Tunnel of Love & Human Touch
Jeff Buckley- Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals
MC5- Back in the USA
Morrissey- Your Arsenal
Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
Patti Scialfa- 23rd Street Lullaby & Rumble Doll

When it comes to music, I don't really think along the lines of underrated albums - I usually think in terms of underrated artists, so this thread is a bit difficult for me. It would take a great deal of thought to come up with a list of my own.

Of those you've mentioned-
As much as I love the Pretenders, I wasn't particularly impressed with "Viva El Amor" none of the tracks really stood out to me and I didn't find the album particularly memorable.
"Other Side of the Mirror" - I am of the not so popular opinion that Stevie's solo career started great and then went progressively downhill with each new album. This one, being the fourth solo release, is no exception.
"You're Gonna Get It" - I suppose this one is a little underrated and tends to get lost in the shadow of the album that followed it, "Damn the Torpedoes," but when I think of underrated Petty, I usually think "Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)" - which tends to be ignored because it is stylistically very different from anything else Petty has done.
"Mirage" - I'm sorry but I really can't stand this album. It's reheated Rumours but without the magic. Don't get me wrong, I like "Gypsy," "Hold Me" and some of the others, but as a whole I just don't like it.

That's actually my favourite Beatles album.

Mine too! A lot of it is sentimental, for me. I remember my dad picking me up and dancing with me to Let It Be when I was a kid, and my grandma used to do this great, hilarious dance whenever "Get Back" would come on- her name was Loretta, and she loved bopping around whenever they'd sing "Get back, Loretta!"

It's a great album.

Definitely :nod: I remember loving it as a kid too.

It's not too many people's favourite Beatles album, so I was pleased when you mentioned it.

Yeah, at least in Bowie circles. I don't understand the dislike for it one bit, it truly is one of his best albums. It doesn't get much better than Sunday and Heathen (The Rays) in terms of Bowie.

Blondie - Autoamerican, the Hunter (both are always ignored in favor of friggin Parallel Lines)
Stevie - OSOTM
Siouxsie & Co - Peepshow dopa[soda <3
Poe - Hello (everyone always looks over it in favor of Haunted, but Hello's awesome in it's own right)

I'm such a fan of his cover of "Cactus." It's teh sex. RIGHT, GREG? :)

"Slow Burn," "Slip-Away," "Sunday," and "Cactus" are my favorites.

That would be correct, Hayley.

*continues making love to your mix CDs*

Oh HO OHOHOH, don't stop. Don't ever stop.

Oh, and let's add Rock A Little to my list. Because I lurve it.

Well the Pixies rawk! So cool Bowie covered that song.

Heathen wasn't underrated here in the UK. It was even nominated for the Mercury Music award in 2002.
He was beaten by Ms Dynamite that year I think.

Hmmm...
 

pd[a]sfoa]s[d RAL <3<3<3

*whisks Hayley away for a week of HOT LURVE* Age ain't nothing but a number!!

Even in my old age, I still have skin like a baby's ass. And don't you forget it.

Yeah. Too bad they don't perform any of the songs from the album live.

I know
 

For real! I bet Stevie could really pull off that airy voice she has on that track these days.

How about The Chain? It would make a great opener.

He desperately needed a good album after the monstrosity that is the Hours... album. :laugh:

You know I actually really like the Hours album. I totally love the track Thursday's Child and Seven and Survive are pretty good too.
The one I've never liked is Earthling. I just didn't get Bowie doing the jungle/dance thing. I like I'm Afraid Of Americans (great lyrics) but the rest I can't take to.
The only other Bowie albums to get a thumbs down from me are Tonight (apart from Blue Jean and Loving The Alien) and Never Let Me Down (no redeeming tracks at all!).

I do love Bowie though, I even like the first Tin Machine album!

Hours, Tonight, and Never Let Me Down are the only ones I do not and can not listen to. I rushed out to get Hours the day it was released and practically cried when I listened to it. I just find it...dull. It's so uninteresting and middle of the road adult contemporary crap, I never would have expected anything quite like it. I'm glad he scrapped the Toy album, lawd knows what it must have sounded like. :shocked:

I like Earthling quite a bit, but I also like Black Tie White Noise, so...:laugh:

U2 The Unforgettable Fire
John Mellencamp Human Wheels
Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love
Alanis Morrisette Under Rug Swept
Van Morrison Days Like This
Tori Amos A Sorta Fairy Tale
Rodney Crowell Fate's Right Hand

The Smiths-Louder Than Bombs.

I'm WORD'ing you on those two!

I like Black Tie White Noise. I remember when it came out, it was like phew, he can still make good music! Jump They Say is awesome.

I think you should give Hours another go, or at least Thursday's Child. It really is a grower believe me. :nod:

I love Hours too and am iffy on Earthling. "Thursday's Child" is one of my favorite Bowie songs.

A lot of Mellencamp's later stuff is overlooked. The self-titled album of a few years ago is very good.

I was actually meaning to include it on my initial list! I love "Your Life Is Now" and "Eden Is Burning" especially. Some of the albums I only like certain songs off of, but they're still good. I really like the Rough Harvest album, too.

Me too Hayley! The video for Thursday's Child is great as well.

I think Josh just needs to give it a chance and he'd love it as much as us.

Go listen to it now Josh!!!!

I've tried, dammit. :laugh:

I probably will give it a spin tonight, though. I'll give it a shot. :p

Ooh! I thought of one...

Julian Lennon - Photograph Smile...I LOVE this album...

Michelle N. - Peace Beyond Passion - I love this album

Pink Floyd- Animals
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
The Cult- Beyond Good and Evil
Black Sabbath- Heaven & Hell
Black Sabbath- Mob Rules
Aerosmith- Draw The Line
U2- October
Anthrax- Volume 8: The Threat is Real
Anthrax- Persistence of Time
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door
Alice Cooper- Brutal Planet
Bruce Dickinson- Accident of Birth
Possessed- Seven Churches
Amon Amarth- Versus the World
Stevie Nicks- OSOTM
Stevie Nicks- Rock a Little

The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - Pink Floyd
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Dancing Down The Stony Road - Chris Rea
This Is Where I Came In - The Bee Gees
Pilgrim - Eric Clapton
A Funk Oydessy - Jamiroquai
Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
Waiting For My Rocket to Come - Jason Mraz

American Life - Madonna
Erotica - Madonna
The Dreaming - Kate Bush
The Hunter - Blondie
Eat To The Beat - Blondie

Hole - Live Through This
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
FM - Tusk
Stevie - RAL
Nirvana - Incesticide (so much better than Nevermind)

How weird, I just popped that in and was about to post it in this thread!

It's a great album, I love it. I've had Malibu on repeat for, like, twenty minutes. :laugh: