What's your fave albums that you wish more people knew & loved the way you do?
 

Hi guys

Random thread title but I was recently asked this on a formspring site and thought it was a great question! Also a fantastic way to get to know what everyone likes and discover some new music.

So - what are those albums that you love and can never believe that others don't know and love like you do??

A lot of mine arise from the fact that I like so much music that isn't mainstream/popular/known at all in the UK so apologies if people here don't think ther're really random.

There are a few albums that I always try and get people to listen to but my first instincts are either:

Judee Sill - Judee Sill (1972),
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
The Alice Band - The Love Junk Store (2002).
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 or The Last Remain Of The Dodo (1999)

Here's a track from each of them:

Judee Sill - Lady O (She gave it to The Turtles then released her own version)



Kylie Minogue - Did It Again (really hard to choose one from this album but I just love this video!)



The Alice Band - Nothing On But The Radio (a real favourite!)
These girls only had the one album in 2002 and then disappeared without a trace!



Aimee Mann - Red Vines (Album version is better but couldn't find it on youtube)



Ok - thoughts??

Great topic!

If I had to pick only one, I'd have to say it's Neko Case's 2006 album Fox Confessor Brings The Flood. It's a brilliant album. It inspires a strange feeling in me, almost like a nostalgia for a time in my life that has never existed. That's the best way to put it.

Another one that's been very important to me personally is Jessie Baylin's You. It's no longer in print, and was a self-issued release. She was signed to a major label after that and re-recorded many of the songs for her debut album. I am one of the lucky few that have the original Jessie Baylin album.

YES. Her best album, IMO. I listen to it on a weekly basis.


Here are some of my hidden gems:

Erik Hassle: Hassle
Original Broadway Cast: [title of show] (if you like showtunes, this is a great album. very underrated)
Jay Brannan: goddamned
Kelly Clarkson: My December
Kish Mauve: Black Heart
The Submarines: Love Notes/Letterbombs and Honeysuckle Weeks

My picks are either from lesser known artists, or a big artist's underrated album.

Lucinda Williams - West
Roseanne Cash - Interiors
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Metallica - Load
Evanescence - The Open Door
Rammstein - Herzeleid
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Kylie Minogue - X
Spice Girls - Forever
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules --Their stuff with Dio was soooooo good, yet the majority only think of Ozzy.
Dio - Lock Up the Wolves, Strange Highways, Killing The Dragon

and many more...

Oh ok hmmmmmm.

The Gate to the Mind's Eye-Thomas Dolby
Shangri-La-Mark Knopfler
Rick Danko-Rick Danko
Pro's and Cons of Hitchhiking-Roger Waters
The first 4 Peter Gabriel albums
Contact From the underworld of Redboy-Robbie Robertson
Out of the Cradle-Lindsey Buckingham
Tambu-Toto

Mick

Basically, everything by Hanson after Middle of Nowhere and This Time Around.

Underneath


The Walk


Thinking About Something

Melanie Safka - Born To Be



Racing Cars - Downtown Tonight



The Beach Boys - Surfs Up (Definitely not their most appreciated, especially in comparison with Pet Sounds)



^ This song is pretty damn eery to me...

Rupert Everett - Into The Vortex



R.E.M. - Reckoning



Eva Cassidy - American Tune
John Martyn - Solid Air
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Rufus Wainwright - Want One
Loudon Wainwright III - Last Man On Earth

Seriously impressed that you know and love Impossible Princess - particularly because you're in the US where that album did no business at all at the time - if ot was even released! The only place it did well was Australia. My favourite track from it is Cowboy Style - it's incredible!

I really like My December too.


I tried with West but I just couldn't get into it much. I do own it though and still break it out ocassionally. Good call on Interiors, such a statement from Rosanne! I've been a huge Kylie fan for over 20 years and, try as I might I can't love X as an album, other than The One, Wow and In My Arms, all of which she did when I saw her last month. What on earth is going on in Nu-di-ty?! I used to like Spice Girls Forever but now I think that, other than Holler which I still like, it's aged badly. :sorry:

Not really just an Album but i always wanted to find more Mariah fans, especially when i was younger and real crazy about her. :o :blob2:

Oh! How can I have forgotten to add Belinda Carlisle - Real (1993). Perhaps her best album and way, way underrated and forgotten about!

Belinda Carlisle - Goodbye Day (fan-made video) from Real (1993). I have never met anyone else who owns this album!

I loved early Mariah - everything up until Butterfly. I still really like Emotions, Someday and Dreamlover. Her Unplugged album is brilliant and I still play it.

I'm now waiting for someone to say they love Neil Young's 80s stuff and say that Landing On Water and Trans are underappreciated masterpieces - pfffft!

I lived on the unplugged album when i was 13. :) :thumbsup:
I like the more recently ones too , but sometimes a little too much annoying rappers. I dont know why she always gets them. Sometimes the Songs would really be much better without them ! :shrug:

Whats your favorite by her ?

Joseph Arthur: Redemption's Son. Actually, anything by Joseph. It's unfortunate he has never broken out as a star. He's got more talent as a musician/singer/songwriter/producer than any one person I can think of. He's the whole picture, a whole talent. And he's one of the most prolific and varied artists I know too. I will admit in some ways I enjoy having Joseph as my private pleasure, though. It makes the music seem even more personal to me.

Madonna: Bedtime Stories. I really hate this album is glossed over because of it's successor, Ray Of Light. To me, this is probably Madonna's most honest, real work. And I think the way it slowly transitions from being an R&B album, to a very existential, ethereal, almost Spanish influenced album as it wraps up is just so genius. It's such an unlikely transition, but it is still striking to hear every single time I listen to the album.

Sheryl Crow: Wildflower. This album was pretty much universally lampooned, even by Sheryl fans, and it didn't sell very well compared to it's predecessors. I still stand by my opinion that it was absolutely the perfect album for Sheryl to make at the perfect time. And it's tremendously enjoyable as a folksy concept album to boot.

Amy Winehouse: Back To Black. Yes, over 10 million people have bought this album, and Amy's a bona fide superstar because of it. But do you ever hear anyone discuss the music? The album is sublime. Amy's the real deal... she just oozes talent. This one album single handedly sparked a revival in roots-style Soul and R&B. And for just reason... it's THAT good. I hate Amy's personal problems have wholly overshadowed her immense talent.

Oh, there are a LOT...here is a SMALL sampling:


Leon Russell - 1st album (the blue one)
Leon Russell - Leon & The Shelter People
Leon Russell - Leon Live
Leon Russell - Carney
Leon Russell - Stop All That Jazz
Leon Russell - Asylum Choir II
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Dave Mason - Split Coconut
Traffic - On The Road
Traffic - Welcome To The Canteen
Blind Faith
Fleetwood Mac - Time
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Fleetwood Mac - Heroes Are Hard To Find
Peter Green Splinter Group (any of them)
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - A Hard Road
Robert Johnson - The Complete Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters - Live At Newport
Howlin' Wolf - London Sessions
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
Allman Bros Band - Shades Of Two Worlds
Allman Bros Band - Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas
Allman Bros Band - Hittin' The Note
Allman Bros Band - Live At The Fillmore
The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Derek & The Dominos - In Concert
The Cruzados - 1st album
Todd Sharp - Walking All The Way
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends w/Eric Clapton - On Tour (the box set)
George Harrison - Cloud Nine
The Beach Boys - Holland
The Beach Boys - Sunflower
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap
Humble Pie - Rockin' The Fillmore
Humble Pie - Smokin'
Prince - LotusFlower
Prince - Around The World In A Day
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It
Billy Preston - Encouraging Words
The Challengers - Surfbeat
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Tribute To Jack Johnson
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Dave Brubeck Trio - Take Five
Modern Jazz Quartet - Under The Jasmine Tree
Modern Jazz Quartet - Space
Ravi Shankar & Friends
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Smetana - The Moldau
Holst - The Planets
Michael Hoenig - Departure From The Northern Wasteland
Pentangle - Sweet Child
Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat
Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back, My Friends
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Orbit Service - Space & Valium
Orbit Service - Songs From Eta Carinae
Orbit Service - Asphyxia

YES YES YES YES YES!!! :blob2::blob2::blob2: This album is too amazing for words, High Hopes is one of the best songs ever. And speaking of Black Sabbath, it's the Tony Martin albums and Gillan's album which I think are really underrated. I love Headless Cross and some songs on Born Again like Trashed and Zero the Hero. Can't stay Ozzy-era because of the vocals but love the Dio, Gillan and Martin albums :nod: The less said about Seventh Star though the better...