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What is Your Underrated Album?

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veloxStrix

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What is that one album that you adore but doesn't seem to get any love from anyone else? Be it old or new, I want to know about it.

I'll start us off with my favorite album from a band that doesn't get half the attention it deserves.

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Simple Math (2011) by Manchester Orchestra
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It's a storybook of personal failings, hopes, and sorrows all backed by a wild, alternating dance of vivid, mellow ballads; harsh screams; and gorgeous, larger-than-life melodies.

You can listen to the whole thing here.


So what you got?
 
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Greddleok

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That's a fantastic album OP, you're not alone in your love of it.

I have a hard time thinking of one, since most of my friends don't like the music I like and vice versa, however there are probably a ton of people out there who do.

Off the top of my head Matriarch by Veil of Maya. The new vocalist really alienated a lot of the fans, but I think he added some new depth to the music and freshened the sound overall.
 
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Data West

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Not totally ignored, but I love, love, love Nirvana's Bleach. I think it's their best album, and I'm always sad it's not more the direction they went in. Which is funny given how much Cobain disliked the direction of it.
 
Andrew Korenchkin

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I don't adore it, but I quite like Jedi Mind Trick's A History of Violence, and I thought Jus Allah did a good job and dropped plenty of hot verses (probably the main criticism of the album, which I don't really get). It's definitely not a perfect album, but it's damn good. Not to mention it's some of Stoupe's best production ever, overall.
 
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Breads

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For me it's Night at the Opera from Blind Guardian. Decade and a half and I've only ever met one person who's even aware of it and I've met 0 people who even care.

And Then There Was Silence is my jam.

I mention Goat Rodeo Sessions and people call me pretentious.

These days though basically all of Zappa.
 
Dee Dah Dave

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90's England on a disc! Jarvis also went to my school which makes them extra special round my ways.

I wouldn't say the album or band was underrated but more largely forgotten.
 
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venomenon

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Breads said:
For me it's Night at the Opera from Blind Guardian. Decade and a half and I've only ever met one person who's even aware of it and I've met 0 people who even care.

And Then There Was Silence is my jam.
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Great album for that track alone, although I prefer the version of ATTWS on "Memories of a Time to Come".

I nominate "Steadfast" by Forefather. Not the best-known band to begin with and I think people prefer their earlier albums.
 
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teruterubozu

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Yes - Drama

Purists rip it cuz it's not Jon Anderson, but I think it's one of the most pivotal album of the 1980s. A true melding of prog and pop.
 
Maedre

Maedre

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veloxStrix said:
What is that one album that you adore but doesn't seem to get any love from anyone else? Be it old or new, I want to know about it.

I'll start us off with my favorite album from a band that doesn't get half the attention it deserves.



It's a storybook of personal failings, hopes, and sorrows all backed by a wild, alternating dance of vivid, mellow ballads; harsh screams; and gorgeous, larger-than-life melodies.

You can listen to the whole thing here.


So what you got?
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great choice! Manchaster Orchestra is completly underrated.
 
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Auctopus

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Dee Dah Dave said:
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90's England on a disc! Jarvis also went to my school which makes them extra special round my ways.

I wouldn't say the album or band was underrated but more largely forgotten.
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Oh what planet is this album underrated? If anything it's overrated, PULP have headlined festival after festival (including Glastobury) on the success of this album's songs alone.
 
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veloxStrix

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Oersted said:
Isn't what you describe more overlooked than underrated?
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Yes. In a world where we use dictionary definitions for every world, it's definitely more overlooked than underrated. But I think - at least in my region - the two terms are interchangeable for most situations.
 
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liquidtmd

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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.
 
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Amory

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Radiohead's "Pablo Honey". There are some really good songs on that album (Thinking About You, Anyone Can Play Guitar, Stop Whispering, Blow Out, and yeah, Creep) but The Bends and OK Computer are so big that no one gives a shit about Pablo Honey
 
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Catvoca

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I think Julian Casablancas and The Voidz album is a masterpiece. It feels like no one gave it the time it needs to grow on you, and some critics seemed to just see it as a weird off shoot and used it as an excuse to bash the singer. It's legitimately unlike anything else and features staggering pieces of music. Human Sadness might better than anything The Strokes produced, and I'm an enormous Strokes fan

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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.
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I'm not a huge Oasis fan but I agree with this. Dig Out Your Soul was the best album they put out since their first two but it seems like it's mostly forgotten.
 
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JoeNut

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The Zutons - who killed the Zutons

Absolutely fantastic album, haven't listened to it for ages. they wrote "valerie" and it's on this album. That's when they sold the song to Amy Winehouse and she stole all their thunder
 
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liquidtmd

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JoeNut said:
The Zutons - who killed the Zutons

Absolutely fantastic album, haven't listened to it for ages. they wrote "valerie" and it's on this album. That's when they sold the song to Amy Winehouse and she stole all their thunder
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It was a fantastic album.

It was a solid cover Winehouse did and deserved its success but it is a shame it dwarved their album in a way.

I imagine they bagged so much in the way of royalties though for it...

Incidentally though, I thought Valerie came on the second album?
 
Sorcerer

Sorcerer

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teruterubozu said:
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Yes - Drama

Purists rip it cuz it's not Jon Anderson, but I think it's one of the most pivotal album of the 1980s. A true melding of prog and pop.
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I think Horn was a perfect match here. If you are going to lose Anderson, this was the way to go. A shame we couldn't get more.
 
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Haloid1177

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Rush: Grace Under Pressure

After Moving Pictures and Signals, this album is always forgotten about or just generally ignored by most Rush fans, when the truth of the matter is that it remains one of their best. With songs like Distant Early Morning, Red Sector A, and Between the Wheels, it deserves a spot with the best of Rush that it never seems to get.
 
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supermarioworldE

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Here My Dear - Marvin Gaye

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Gaye's most personal album. A result of his divorce from Anna Gordy, Here My Dear was a very open look into the man's mental and emotional state at the time. So much honest anger, bitterness, and remorse.

No other album I've heard has successfully conveyed the pain of breakups better than Gaye's classic. Which makes it a shame that the album was overlooked at the time of release.
 
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inked_illusion

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Weezer - Maladroit

Back then I didn't even know that they made this album. It was easily forgotten since Dope Nose was overshadowed by the monster singles of Island in the Sun of the Green Album and Beverly Hills of Make Believe.

However, the album is very consistent and varies with lots of songs from the Pinkerton-esque Slob to the happy go lucky Burndt Jamb to even my favourite on the album, Love Explosion. This was probably the last album where the band had fun experimenting with new sounds before playing it safe for the next albums. Even their B-sides are top notch like We Go Together, Living without you and their early demos of the album's songs. Overall, they tried really hard to vary it up without selling out but it didn't pan out with fans at the time.
 
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JoeNut

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liquidtmd said:
It was a fantastic album.

It was a solid cover Winehouse did and deserved its success but it is a shame it dwarved their album in a way.

I imagine they bagged so much in the way of royalties though for it...

Incidentally though, I thought Valerie came on the second album?
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Hey you might be right, i haven't checked.

Regardless, the albums great!
 
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Melkezadek

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Tends to be overshadowed by the previous Randy Rhoads albums. I thought it was a very solid record, with a beautifully haunting use of synth that really added to the atmosphere.
 
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Retne

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People always seem to criticize this album for not falling in line with Sentenced's heavier sound but to me Crimson is a great goth rock album. I remember listening to this album on repeat as I played through the first Soul Reaver. I loved it then and I still love it now. If you ever want to indulge in moroseness this is a good soundtrack to do it to.
 
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Data West

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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.
 
Davey Cakes

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Bobby Brown's King of Stage.

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It's the kind of album that you'd find in an old moldy crate somewhere, but man, some of the songs are just ear worms for me.
 
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March of the Crabs

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Lagwagon - Hang
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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.
 
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