Underrated Albums

xdreamsunwindx · #1 03-29-2005, 09:33 AM

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.

dissention · #2 03-29-2005, 09:43 AM

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

ryan8472 · #3 03-29-2005, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by xdreamsunwindx

U2 - October

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

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

)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Of course

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Pink Floyd - Animals (For some reason, never really gets the attention that WYWH, DSOTM and The Wall get)

trackaghost · #4 03-29-2005, 10:50 AM

This one:

Into Light

And this one:

On Discovering Fire

Both exceptional albums that I recommend you all buy now.

hayley · #5 03-29-2005, 11:10 AM

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

Miss Vicky · #6 03-29-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by xdreamsunwindx

The Pretenders - Viva El Amor
Stevie - OSOTM
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It!
FM - Mirage

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.

trackaghost · #7 03-29-2005, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by hayley

Beatles- Let It Be

That's actually my favourite Beatles album.

hayley · #8 03-29-2005, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

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.

trackaghost · #9 03-29-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by hayley

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

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.

dissention · #10 03-29-2005, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by hayley

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

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.

DeadliestPoison · #11 03-29-2005, 11:40 AM

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)

hayley · #12 03-29-2005, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

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.

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.

DeadliestPoison · #13 03-29-2005, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by hayley

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

That would be correct, Hayley.

*continues making love to your mix CDs*

hayley · #14 03-29-2005, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

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.

trackaghost · #15 03-29-2005, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by hayley

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.

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.