The Most Underrated Album Ever?
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Silverchair - Frogstomp, Freakshow, Neon Ballroom, and Diorama
If you mean the most influential album ever that sold the fewest copies, it has to be:
The Velvet Underground & Nico :angels::angels:
The Velvet Underground & Nico :angels::angels:
Bob Dylan - 'Shot of Love'. I don't think it went close to gold, and even the man himself is on record saying that's his favorite album.
Vlad The Impaler
Power Slave
Queensryche: Operation Mind Crime
Certainly! But I also say their next one, "King For a Day, Fool For a Lifetime".
I think that's even more underrated because too many people couldn't get over the idea that Jim Martin was no long their guitarist. On 'King', Mike brought in Trey Spruance from his old band Mr. Bungle. It's a really great album.
I want to agree, but as far as Queensryche albums go, it's not underrated. It usually gets the highest praise out of their albums. Awesome album, but my opinion is "Promised Land". It was painfully overlooked.
Let's see what other albums I can list here.
Anthrax - Stomp 442 (Elektra Records didn't do shit for them, as far as promoting the album is concerned, and that caused a huge shadow over that work. Then Elektra turned around and kissed Metallica's ass when Load came out.)
Pist.On - Number One (Pist.On was another band who got shit for support from their record label, Roadrunner Records. Number One is a fucking great album.)
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds and Animals
Saw them live last week. It was the best I've seen Billy in years.
Technically they aren't back together. Billy just moved on with a new drummer, guitarist, and bassist.
King's X - Dogman
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
King's X - Tapehead
...really, all of their albums. King's X is probably the most tragically overlooked and criminally underrated band. They could easily be considered one of the greatest if not for the incompetent blindness of the media. For those who never heard of them, they're a 3-piece hard rock band from America that combines progressive metal, funk, soul, blues, and I even hear some Beatles influence in parts. They have released 12 albums so far. This is just a fantastic group of musicians. They don't 'showboat' as so many greats do, although I'm sure they could if they choose. The way they work together is very controlled but damned effective. It seems, to them, they care more about the song than they do about showing off, and risking taking something away from the music. Obviously, everything is open to opinion.
A friend of mine is in the process of uploading all of their albums so people can hear them.
Here's some:
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
King's X - Tapehead
...really, all of their albums. King's X is probably the most tragically overlooked and criminally underrated band. They could easily be considered one of the greatest if not for the incompetent blindness of the media. For those who never heard of them, they're a 3-piece hard rock band from America that combines progressive metal, funk, soul, blues, and I even hear some Beatles influence in parts. They have released 12 albums so far. This is just a fantastic group of musicians. They don't 'showboat' as so many greats do, although I'm sure they could if they choose. The way they work together is very controlled but damned effective. It seems, to them, they care more about the song than they do about showing off, and risking taking something away from the music. Obviously, everything is open to opinion.
A friend of mine is in the process of uploading all of their albums so people can hear them.
Here's some:
ralph furley
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underrated means the critics didn't like it right?
Critics and the masses.
I suppose people are also including "overlooked" albums.
True, there is a difference.
ralph furley
Banned
OK then i think "pac man fever" is underrated. the critics only gave it one star but i think it deserves one and a half stars
As a huge music fan myself I like threads like these, but anyway my criteria would be the critics didn't like as much and it sold double wood. That Bob Dylan album I was talking about earlier did get shitted on by Rolling Stone (and a lot of his other albums as well), but I know a lot of Dylan albums that got creamed - Knocked out Loaded, Empire Burlesque, and all the Jesus years albums - and I love these albums. So in that respect I would say when the critics dump on an album that would warrant "underrated" status as well as much as commerical failures.
ralph furley
Banned
definitely
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