Nothing underrated about Illmatic.
Thank you for this, I'll check this out. I've never heard of this album, but Hoss was fantastic.Lagwagon - Hang
Most people don't know punk/metal/pop hybrid band Lagwagon and if they do, it seems they're more familiar with their 90s albums like Let's Talk About Feelings (which has the awesome May 16 from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2). This sadly means that a lot of people are unaware of what is genuinely one of the greatest punk/rock/metal/whatever albums ever written, 2014's Hang.
It's weird that a band that has been around since the late 80s put put what is by far their best album around 25 years into their career but they did and it fucking slays. If they didn't stay true to their roots on a small independent label this album would have been massive.
It's an album with the overarching themes of death, extinction and humanity losing its empathy and it is just perfect. Beautiful music and moving, personal lyrics with some badass riffs and killer drumming. For a bunch of 50 year old dudes they still kick ass and it is one of my all time favourite albums.
Check out Obsolete Absolute,Western Settlements and Reign. So good.
Really fun, energetic punk album with a ton of diverse hits that never stray too far from their sound. it's a shame they never followed it up. Though be warned, it's a VERY 2004 album.
Pink Floyd - Soundtrack to More (1969)
More was a film that almost no one remembers. More was the first full album released with no Syd Barrett influence. It exists in a hole, along with the highly experimental Ummagumma, between Syd era and the long jam albums that predated the Waters-led concept album era.
No one seems to rate it except me. It is my favourite Floyd album. There's some outstanding stuff, from the proto-hard rock of "Ibiza Bar" and "The Nile Song", through "Green is the Colour" and "Cymbaline" (both live favourites of the era, the latter of which often extended from the 5 minute album track to 12 minutes or so) to the likes of "Main Theme", which with a bit stronger bass drum wouldn't sound out of place in 90s techno clubs.
Such variety and yet hardly anyone listens to it.
Ibiza Bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAt3NjGa-M
Main Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmtK1X-5OgE
Cymbaline live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0PBkZu3fkE
The heyday was over, the fall from grace was written about, the well received ish 'Dont Believe the Truth' had been and gone and this swansong from Oasis is barely mentioned.
Falling Down, The Turning (especially the alt Noel version), a barnstorming Bag It Up, The Shock Of The Lightning and generally the whole album flows well.
Sure it won't convert people but it was an exceptionally solid body of work and if released by a bunch of unknowns would have been heralded as the start of something special.
It's weird how this album exists in such a flux that, reception-wise, it probably qualifies as underrated, yet it's impossible to overlook that this is easily one of Kanye's most influential albums.
Really fun, energetic punk album with a ton of diverse hits that never stray too far from their sound. it's a shame they never followed it up. Though be warned, it's a VERY 2004 album.
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto. It's in the running for their best album.
Lots of albums come to mind for me. All of these are classics as far as I'm concerned:
I don't think the general reception matches my love for these albums.
Oh, and I'm liking the Lagwagon mentions. Hoss is the best.
Combat Rock took years for me to comprehend and understand but now it's one of my favourites. Songs I used to hate like Red Angel Dragnet, Know Your Rights and Atom Tan are awesome looking back. Straight to Hell is also one of the most beautiful songs ever written (but I always liked that one). That Osker album rules too.
As for Lagwagon, check out the new one (Hang) if you haven't. By far their best album, and I say this as a die-hard Hoss lover. In Your Wake is one of the best closers I've ever heard. Perfect mixture of Lagwagon's punk, metal and pop influences with some phenomenal lyrics.
are cope and hope any good? I forgot about this band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS5-lXv_xUc
fuuuuck
Pink Floyd - Soundtrack to More (1969)
More was a film that almost no one remembers. More was the first full album released with no Syd Barrett influence. It exists in a hole, along with the highly experimental Ummagumma, between Syd era and the long jam albums that predated the Waters-led concept album era.
No one seems to rate it except me. It is my favourite Floyd album. There's some outstanding stuff, from the proto-hard rock of "Ibiza Bar" and "The Nile Song", through "Green is the Colour" and "Cymbaline" (both live favourites of the era, the latter of which often extended from the 5 minute album track to 12 minutes or so) to the likes of "Main Theme", which with a bit stronger bass drum wouldn't sound out of place in 90s techno clubs.
Such variety and yet hardly anyone listens to it.
Ibiza Bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAt3NjGa-M
Main Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmtK1X-5OgE
Cymbaline live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0PBkZu3fkE
Adore is usually my go-to on this subject, but that's been mentioned so...
Also just about anything from Nick Drake, Van Morrison or George Harrison. I never hear them brought up like ever. Pink Moon and Astral Weeks are two albums I listen to constantly.
not feeling these strings in mighty. I like this band when they're sparse or when they Rock the Fuck Out like on pride. thanks for the rec Kris.
Thank you for this, I'll check this out. I've never heard of this album, but Hoss was fantastic.
I'm actually not sure if I listened to it yet. I just added it on Amazon Music, though.
This is an album that both stands as a shining example of modern electronica and a love-letter to the history of the genre. From the intense build-up and release of Hinterland that could easily slot into one of Daft Punk's live sets, to the austere sounds of Midnight Koto feeling like tribute to Bowie's Moss Garden from Heroes, it's everything electronica has been.
Yet it never feels stale nor does it sound stuck in the past. It's very much the sound of 2014, sweeping synth symphonies that are right at home on radio stations such as 6Music and an emotional core that's revealed in powerful songs such as Heaven, How Long or the delicately beautiful Song For A Granular Piano.
It's not only the best album of 2014; it's the first album in four years to earn itself a spot on my overall Top 20 Albums.
Bark Psychosis - Hex (Post Rock)
Animals is absolutely underrated when there are people who think The Wall is better than it. It is my favorite of the four albums between Dark Side and The Wall.Pink Floyd - 'Animals' is friggin amazing. one of the best albums i ever heard.
i often see it being referred to as underrated, and it was apparently not all that well received by critics when it was first released ...so i guess i'll go with that one.
Yeah! Bonsai Superstar is cool too.
Brainiac - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
most overlooked and underrated band of the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adh8F8Bb-A0