So what's your favourite band's most underrated album ? Personally I think The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse deserves much more praise then it gets theres hardly a weak track on it but its hardly ever gets recognised among their better stuff
Most Underrated Album From Your Favourite Band
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Well Radiohead are my favourite band and all there albums are critically acclaimed - except 'Pablo Honey', but that actually is a bit shit.
I think the Manic Street Preachers' album 'Know Your Enemy' is massively underrated. It has some interesting writing and musical juxtapositions on there, though I guess the length of it put people off.
I think the Manic Street Preachers' album 'Know Your Enemy' is massively underrated. It has some interesting writing and musical juxtapositions on there, though I guess the length of it put people off.
Always liked the Manics, saw them play live at Oxegen last summer and they were amazing so I might go and check this one out
Morning View by Incubus
Simply awesome.
Simply awesome.
New Order - Get Ready
Legacy of Brutality by The Misfits maybe. Or maybe The New America by Bad Religion.
Beck - Sea Change.
Simply a stunning album.
Simply a stunning album.
The White Album is often underrated, though not by music journo types.
It has some dross on it but it has more amazing songs than pretty much any other album.
Sergeant Pepper, on the other hand, is massively overrated. It obviously was quite revolutionary at the time, and had good artwork, but when it comes down to it there are two great songs on there, four or five good ones and a fair bit of rubbish.
It has some dross on it but it has more amazing songs than pretty much any other album.
Sergeant Pepper, on the other hand, is massively overrated. It obviously was quite revolutionary at the time, and had good artwork, but when it comes down to it there are two great songs on there, four or five good ones and a fair bit of rubbish.
The Manics are my favourite band, but Know Your Enemy is horrific.
My vote would go to the oft-maligned Gold Against the Soul.
'Gold Against the Soul' is a pretty poor album. I've yet to meet anyone else who likes 'Know Your Enemy', which makes me like it more for some odd reason.
You rebel.
Nothing like going against popular opinion.
I go through stages where I think Gold Against the Soul is average, but then a few months later will listen to it and love it.
Lifeblood was a pretty underrated album as well.
I don't know how anyone could listen to 'Wattsville Blues' and not think 'this is maybe the worst music I've heard, but it's genius'.
GATS has a couple of decent tracks (La Tristesse in particular) but most of it is bland, half-arsed, wannabe hair metal. Lifeblood is a decent album but I go through phases of liking it and hating it, like you with GATS.
I totally agree, I have no idea why people rate it so highly.
I really like the Kinks - Something Else, so many great songs on it and different syles and Dave Davies maturing as a songwriter.
When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up
One of my favourite Manic's song
Never really a big fan of them to be honest but some of their early stuff was good, things seem to have gone downhill badly though with A Hundred Million Suns, absolutely awful album
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique...21 years later and its thought to be their best work, but at the time i remember people hating it and critics calling it "musical suicide".
Pearl Jam - No Code
Pearl Jam - No Code
As for underrated albums I'd go with Bleach by Nirvana.
I also really like Zeitgeist by Smashing Pumpkins
I also really like Zeitgeist by Smashing Pumpkins
Lovely choice.
Now it's simply impossible for me to name *a* favourite band, but among my favourite bands almost everything they released was criminally underrated, or simply never rated at all.
Like Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath
Example tune: Pentecost Hotel
But to try and stay on topic, I do think Second Coming fits the bill. I do understand why it got the reception it got at the time, given the anticipation -- I was a bit disappointed too! -- but with hindsight I'd say it deserved so much better.
Example tune: Ten Storey Love Song
I think Evil Empire by RATM is seriously underrated. For me it's their best album
I often find Kinks albums to be underrated. They're not my favorite band, but up there. I'd say that Muswell Hillbillies is one of those underrated albums and even their self-titled first album.
Great call Mike. Always been a massive fan of the Manics and never understood why this album isn't rated in the slightest.
Found That Soul
Ocean Spray
Dead Martyrs
The Convalescent
All brilliant tunes. Might have to give that a blast tomorrow
Again, love it. Those opening 4 tracks never fail to get me totally pumped up.
Vietnow and Down Rodeo ftw!!!!
Bit depressing to admit this but the combination of my shoddy memory and the emergence of MP3s means I can't even think in albums any more, only playlists.
Mind you, I thought the second Stone Roses album was nowhere near as shit as everyone else seemed to think. I quite liked it.
Mind you, I thought the second Stone Roses album was nowhere near as shit as everyone else seemed to think. I quite liked it.
I agree with the bit about Sgt Pepper, it's got a right load of crap on it. As for the White Album, I can't understand the thinking behind it - lets fill four sides of vinyl with 70% shit. Why?
Pet Sounds is a far superior album of that era, but I really like Smiley Smile too. Just the way it sounds and the home-recorded ethic to much of it after Brian had binned the Smile recordings still stands up well.
I quite like Trompe le Monde, which is probably the least well received Pixies album:
I must also admit that I'm quite a fan of this, too:
I'm still fond of Queens of the Stone Age's self-titled debut album from '98. It's the one I come back to more than any of the others.
The band's first proper Metal album after a couple of Hardcore efforts, Souls at Zero is generally under-appreciated compared to other albums the band made in the 90s.
I agree about Trompe le Monde because it seems to have had a lot more replay value than their other albums bar Bossanova. But Smiley Smile just depresses me whenever I listen to it, simply because it's a reminder of what could have been. I don't care for the renditions of Wind Chimes or Heroes and Villains in particular - they're just poor imitations of their original compositions.
I think The Jesus and Mary Chain's Automatic is an underrated album. It doesn't get the acclaim of Psychocandy, and probably rightly so, but it has a dynamic feel which I like.
Very true, but I do like Little Pad, Fall Breaks..., and even She's Going Bald. Just the organ sound on it I really like in particular.
I have all the original Smile stuff as well, so it's almost like hearing a lo-fi cover of some of that stuff when listening to Smiley Smile. I still enjoy it - more so than the "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" album anyway. That album leaves me with "what could have been, if only..." feeling much more than Smiley Smile. It's the vocals more than anything, I think.
fecking right! But man, 5th tune is probably the best of the lot, Snakecharmer absolutely rules
Absolutely amazing record. I cannot get in on CD or Vinyl for anything under £40 and it's driving me insane
It is going to be remastered and released again this year.
Metallica - Ride the lightning
W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Anthrax - Spreading the disease
Killing Joke - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Killing Joke - Outside the gate
Megadeth - The system has failed
Megadeth - Countdown to extinction
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Henry Rollins - The End of Silence
Helloween - Gambling with the devil
W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Anthrax - Spreading the disease
Killing Joke - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Killing Joke - Outside the gate
Megadeth - The system has failed
Megadeth - Countdown to extinction
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Henry Rollins - The End of Silence
Helloween - Gambling with the devil
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
One of my favourite bands anyway. No. 4 is a fantastic record, although Sour Girl did get a lot of focus the rest of it didn't get much attention at all.
One of my favourite bands anyway. No. 4 is a fantastic record, although Sour Girl did get a lot of focus the rest of it didn't get much attention at all.
Hot Space by Queen
Not very well liked when it came out and most Queen fans hate it.
But I quite liked it ,played it quite a few times and it grows on you , well it did me.
Not very well liked when it came out and most Queen fans hate it.
But I quite liked it ,played it quite a few times and it grows on you , well it did me.
I just remembered that my favourite Mercury Rev album is not one that is particularly well rated - See You on the Other Side:
Yeah, great shout, I nearly posted it myself. Rarely has a debut album started with three such strong tracks. 'Mexicola' is my favourite off the album though. Be interested to see what they do with the re-master as the 'rawness' was always part of what made it a great album.