Some just plain out get overlooked because something bigger comes out roughly the same time. Some are overshadowed by other albums in a band's catalog. Others are forgotten because they were initially panned. These are a few off the top of my head. Something like this is a great way to find gems you may have missed or re-discover ones that for whatever reason you just forgot. so, let's here 'em.
The Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour Yeah a Beatles album, who would have thought that. Honestly, do you ever here people wax poetic or drone on about this one like they do about Sgt Pepper, White Album, or Abby Road. Sadly, no they don't. Look at the songs on this one, jeez o pete such a great record. But all anyone talks about is Sgt Pepper.....
Pablo Honey/The Bends (a tie) - Radiohead Again, people go on and on, and on about how great OK Computer. OK Computer is great, but come on. Listen, I mean LISTEN to Pablo and the Bends with headphones and tell me they are not at least equals of Computer if not better in the case of The Bends. I'm a Bends man myself.
Menace To Sobriety - Ugly Kid Joe Yeah I'm sure people will roll their eyes at this one. This is really a great album and actually received pretty positive press when it came out. UKJ is actually fairly good if you get past the radio friendly "hits". The fact that this album is completly devoid of tv, radio, or family friendly songs makes it all the better. Do not knock until you actually hear it. 3 words can describe it: BITTER, ANGRY, and DRUNK.
Pinkerton - Weezer Initially panned upon release. What the hell were people thinking? I guess they wanted another Buddy Holly. Their best album I think. This is what emo should have been instead of the Hot Topics fake goth bullshit it is now. Nothing they released since has been able to touch this, or their debut.
Good thread Mike!
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I still know every word to every song of this awesome album
Benefit by Jethro Tull is a huge one. Fantastic, uncharactistic album. Desire and Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan; no hits on either but really excellent albums overall. Terror Twilight by Pavement is significantly better than Wowie Zowie in my opinion, but the latter gets much more credit. Voodoo Lounge by The Rolling Stones exceeds its reputation. I'll think of more later probably.
Any Kinks album that I've heard. Kinks are very underrated and don't get mentioned often enough with the other great British bands of the 60's and 70's.
Although its critically praised, not that many people seem to be familiar with Love's Forever Changes.
I agree with Pinkerton. I read that Rolling Stone gave it a bad review and have since changed their minds and now call it a great album.
QuoteAny Kinks album that I've heard. Kinks are very underrated and don't get mentioned often enough with the other great British bands of the 60's and 70's.
Completely agree. The Kinks are amazingly underrated. Muswell Hillbillies and Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneyground are brilliant recods and Shangri-la off Arthur is one of the greatest rock songs ever. I don't think it helped their longevity that their music went really downhill in the 80s.
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Two absolute masterpieces which don't get near enough accolades:
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Hum's Downward in Heavenward. Best alt rock album to come out in the late 90s by far, imho.
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Not sure if this is gonna work - One is Simian's Chemistry Is What We Are.
Sadly original lineup's no more.
Another one is Tears for Fears' Everyone Loves A Happy Ending;
and also the ex-band Grandaddy...
Godspeed You Black Emperor...
list goes on & on...
Cheers,
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k, i second that emotion. is it canadiana? are we alone? think not. first heard that avalanches in a bistro in islington. warm voices, cool sounds in the tundra.
any thing at all by PREFAB SPROUT.
The Avalanches are ozzies, mate!
Link:
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Sadly only one LP to their name.
AL
THE ' CANADIANA ' refers to K & I being Canadian. so question is - is this limited to the tastes of canadians? i think not.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding stjohn & thanks to dragonboy.
The Avalanches were big in UK & Australia too.
Simian's LP:
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Hum's Downward in Heavenward. Best alt rock album to come out in the late 90s by far, imho.
Perfect example of why I started this. Completly forgot about Hum.
QuoteTHE ' CANADIANA ' refers to K & I being Canadian. so question is - is this limited to the tastes of canadians? i think not.
Leonard Cohen is world famous and I don't think anything he does is overlooked.
Some overlooked albums from overlooked but important Canadian bands:
This album from 70's-80's underground Hamilton, Ontario band Simply Saucer was praised on Pitchfork as one of the great overlooked albums and they are right:
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Here's some influential Canadian punk albums from the 70's (also from Hamilton):
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From Vancouver:
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And, if you think you know jazz guitar and you've never heard of Lenny Breau, then do yourself a favour and seek out albums by this late great and tragic (and untouchable) guitarist:
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Pink Floyd's Obscured By Clouds
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My favorite Floyd album. ;)
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My favorite Floyd album. ;)
I knew I liked you. ;)
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My favorite Floyd album. ;)
I knew I liked you. ;)
Well, that and animals.
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QuoteLeonard Cohen is world famous and I don't think anything he does is overlooked.
Of course Leonard Cohen is world famous but 'I'm Your Man' doesn't get mentioned nearly as much as his first three albums, and it's as good as/better than two of them. 'New Skin For The Old Ceremony' should be getting more accolades too.
D.O.A. are criminally underrated. As are Nomeansno (and The Hanson Brothers).
This EP should be praised by more than just a good portion of MMJ forum members:
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QuoteQuoteLeonard Cohen is world famous and I don't think anything he does is overlooked.
Of course Leonard Cohen is world famous but 'I'm Your Man' doesn't get mentioned nearly as much as his first three albums, and it's as good as/better than two of them. 'New Skin For The Old Ceremony' should be getting more accolades too.
Just like MJ listed Magical Mystery Tour, I think its perfectly valid for famous/popular artists to have underappreciated albums.
I dont own Im Your Man, but New Skin for the Old Ceremony is most likely my favorite Cohen album. I definitely agree with that one being underrated
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Yeah I love this album too. Mmm Bop
still kills!!! ;)
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QuoteBenefit by Jethro Tull is a huge one. Fantastic, uncharactistic album. Desire and Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan; no hits on either but really excellent albums overall.
Im going to throw the red flag on Desire fitting this category.
Maybe you could say it doesnt have a hit, but Id say Hurricane, Isis, and One More Cup of Coffee are all pretty famous Dylan songs.
Its 1 of my 3 favorite albums from Dylan, and Ive heard numerous other people rank it similarly. Once you get past Blonde on Blonde, Dylan's best is mostly preference. I cant think of any of his first 10 albums Id call underrated....
...except maybe his debut since it went undrafted in the Debut Album Draft :o
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Yeah I love this album too. Mmm Bop still kills!!! ;)
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;D
When he posted that, all I could think of was the MMM Boppers my sister still swears by as good.
What other Hanson bros are there besides the guys in Slap Shot?!
Cheeky bastard(s)!
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Jaimoe! Jaimoe quick!!...someone talked about Slap Shot!!! ;)
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Jaimoe! Jaimoe quick!!...someone talked about Slap Shot!!! ;)
The garage punk Hanson Brothers have nothing on the "real" ones.
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Jaimoe! Jaimoe quick!!...someone talked about Slap Shot!!! ;)
The garage punk Hanson Brothers have nothing on the "real" ones.
There's a punk band named after the Hanson's? How have I missed this? I should start a punk band, the Hanrahan and the Hocky Wife Dykes or Ogilthorpe and the Goons :P
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In Aeroplanes Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
That album is excellent. Everybody should own it. If you don't love it the first or even the fifth time you hear it, most of you will eventually. WHERE'S THE NEW MATERIAL? What's Jeff Mangum doing with his life?
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Great album, but I wouldn't consider it overlooked. It's like the indie rock bible for a lot of people.
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Great album, but I wouldn't consider it overlooked. It's like the indie rock bible for a lot of people.
Agreed
Im pretty sure that album has been jizzed on more than Tara Reid, and Im not even an indie guy and know of this fact.
This one will only make sense to a few here (DB, Mark, pennylane). I'm almost leaning towards this is a better album then their debut. At least musically..
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Great album, but I wouldn't consider it overlooked. It's like the indie rock bible for a lot of people.
Agreed
Im pretty sure that album has been jizzed on more than Tara Reid, and Im not even an indie guy and know of this fact.
I get your point, it's huge in the indie scene, but I still think it's underappreciated in a larger sense. The album sounds more like folk than indie rock to me so I think a lot more people should hear this album, not just the indie kids.
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In Aeroplanes Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Great album, but I wouldn't consider it overlooked. It's like the indie rock bible for a lot of people.
Agreed
Im pretty sure that album has been jizzed on more than Tara Reid, and Im not even an indie guy and know of this fact.
I get your point, it's huge in the indie scene, but I still think it's underappreciated in a larger sense. The album sounds more like folk than indie rock to me so I think a lot more people should hear this album, not just the indie kids.
Im not an indie kid, and I like this album a good bit. MMJ is probably the most indie band I listen to, and I wouldnt call them indie.
Although the only reason Im familiar with the album is friends from college who were big in the indie stuff
This album qualifies on all accounts:
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Not quite as exciting as their monumental Marquee Moon, but Adventure is really excellent. It also contains a number of Television's best guitar songs like "Foxhole", "Ain't That Nothin'" and the haunting "The Dream's Dream".
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I second those emotions.
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Should be praised as much as, if not more than, that first Arcade Fire record. Next to You Fogot It In People, it's my favourite Canadian album of the decade.
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The Go - Whatcha Doin'
jack white's only album with'em. this band is pretty much rock n' roll at it's finest. every one of their records is under appreciated/overlooked, not just the one with jack white. i often wonder why they are not bigger. maybe it's the fact that they never tour, and i'm still big on the detroit rock scene.
The Go: One of Detroit's Most Overlooked Treasures Returns to Seattle
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Magnet Magazine's "75 Lost Classics"
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Quotejack white's only album with'em. this band is pretty much rock n' roll at it's finest. every one of their records is under appreciated/overlooked, not just the one with jack white. i often wonder why they are not bigger. maybe it's the fact that they never tour, and i'm still big on the detroit rock scene.
The Go: One of Detroit's Most Overlooked Treasures Returns to Seattle
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i have a feeling this is highly appreciated, and not overlooked by most...
just my opinion
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Great album!
The Beach Boys last gasp before they went into total greatest hits mode, Carl and The Passions, Holland, and In Concert
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God there are just too many to mention.
For me the most underappreciated band of all time was Blind Melon and one of the most underappreciated albums EVER is "Soup". This record... start to finish... is perfect. I never, ever get tired of it.
I think some major overlooked albums, to me, to start with are Neil Young's "Mirror Ball"... a band called Brad's (Stone Gossard's side band with the MIGHTY Shawn Smith) first album "Shame"... too many to mention!
Mirror Ball may be overlooked now, but it certainly made lots of noise when it came out.
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For me the most underappreciated band of all time was Blind Melon and one of the most underappreciated albums EVER is "Soup". This record... start to finish... is perfect. I never, ever get tired of it.
Agreed. But I think Nico is their best and underappreciated even amongst Blind Melon fans.
Every Buffalo Tom Album.
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i have a feeling this is highly appreciated, and not overlooked by most...
just my opinion
by most? really? so you think if you stopped 10 random people on the street that more than 5 of them would say that it's a great album. I think you'd be lucky to find 2 people out of ten that have ever even heard about it. If you mean by most people you know I'm going to assume you hang out with indie kids (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Maybe I should make myself clearer still: Aeroplanes Over the Sea is underappreciated by mainstream standards. When compared to the Jonas Brothers, it is underappreciated. In my book this album should have won Grammy's and gone quadruple platinum with singles shooting up the Billboard charts, but that didn't happen. So in my opinion it is underappreciated. Paula Cole won the Grammy for Best New Artist the year this album came out, so next to Paula Cole it is underrated. Anybody have a problem with that?
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In Aeroplanes Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
i have a feeling this is highly appreciated, and not overlooked by most...
just my opinion
by most? really? so you think if you stopped 10 random people on the street that more than 5 of them would say that it's a great album. I think you'd be lucky to find 2 people out of ten that have ever even heard about it. If you mean by most people you know I'm going to assume you hang out with indie kids (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Maybe I should make myself clearer still: Aeroplanes Over the Sea is underappreciated by mainstream standards. When compared to the Jonas Brothers, it is underappreciated. In my book this album should have won Grammy's and gone quadruple platinum with singles shooting up the Billboard charts, but that didn't happen. So in my opinion it is underappreciated. Paula Cole won the Grammy for Best New Artist the year this album came out, so next to Paula Cole it is underrated. Anybody have a problem with that?
Youre reasoning is a little skewed ;D
If you ask 10 random people on the street if they know who Lil Wayne is, whose sold millions and millions of albums, I bet more often than not less than 4 people will say yes. And that might be high.
I think the point myself and about a handful of other people here who dont think this album is underrated, is because most anyone under 40, who listens to music or genres similar to NMH, has heard of this album and appreciates it.
Just because everyone and their grandmother hasnt heard this album doesnt mean its underrated. If some guy who jerks off to Mozart concertos has never heard of this album, it doesnt mean its underrated. People who dont listen to music like NMH are a moot point in an underrated discussion.
FWIW, I recently did an "Acoustic Song Draft" with 16 other people, and 3 NMH songs were picked, including 2 in the first 45 picks - and this was on a fantasy football message board.
The Dillards- Tired to do "bluegrass-rock" the same time as Gram Parsons and the others in California were doing "country-rock". These 3 albums they did are fantastic and ahead of their time.
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For me the most underappreciated band of all time was Blind Melon and one of the most underappreciated albums EVER is "Soup". This record... start to finish... is perfect. I never, ever get tired of it.
Agreed. But I think Nico is their best and underappreciated even amongst Blind Melon fans.
I will say I love the Nico album... I mean I love everything they have done really... but to me SOUP is their masterpiece. Start to finish it is just a perfect album.
Yes Soup Perfect Start To Finish. In my top 5 every time.
Nico has great songs, but you can tell it is more of a hodge podge.
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Nico has great songs, but you can tell it is more of a hodge podge.
EXACTLY! I mean no disrespect to Nico, I love that album as well. But it's a collection of unrecorded numbers, different versions of previously recorded songs (alt. No Rain.. which is awesome too).
Either way they are both great albums, can't go wrong with either of them.