# Albums perhaps not widely known that you think should be huge **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161 "2017-08-20T01:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/41 "2017-08-28T17:13:05Z")
Local Cleveland band from my college days The Jangles - Sweet Providence [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV3pvFAwYuw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV3pvFAwYuw) I am amazed you can actually find this on Amazon still ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/42 "2017-08-29T00:23:42Z")
[The Record Company’s](http://therecordcompany.net/music/) _Give It Back To You._ Off The Ground, Turn Me Loose, and This Crooked City are awesome. I’m posting from a work computer, so sorry, no youtube links. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/43 "2017-08-29T01:30:26Z")
[Refused - Shape of Punk to Come](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHhe6ziuo3k) One of the last really interesting and original rock/punk albums I’ve heard (and it came out in '98.) Just a crazy mish-mash of hardcore punk, jazz, techno, and just _energy_ and punk spirit the whole way through. And fresh. I haven’t heard anything like it before or since. This album really should be much bigger than it is. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/44 "2017-08-29T03:26:44Z")
I don’t know that it should be “huge”, but my absolute favorite Steve Miller album is the relatively unknown [Recall The Beginning; A Journey From Eden](http://www.allmusic.com/album/recall-the-beginning-a-journey-from-eden-mw0000837343). It’s an in-between album, lost in the shuffle between his SF psychedelic blues period and the big pop hits that started with Fly Like An Eagle. It has everything from Do Wop to lush acoustic ballads and it has some of Steve’s finest lead guitar work in _[Fandango](https://youtu.be/XpPDYSAuGOU)_. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/45 "2017-08-29T03:47:50Z")
Thirding Minutemen and Refused. > [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I always thought that Permanent Waves by RUSH was great but overshadowed by the great albums Hemispheres and Moving Pictures. Aw duuuuuuuude - Farewell to Kings! And of course, my go-to, my staple, and _never_ given its due - [The Philosophy of the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQqK1CjE9bA&t=4s)album. Hoping to start the 3,427th doper Shaggs tizzy.😛 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/46 "2017-08-29T04:15:13Z")
Oil and Gold by Shriekback FEAR - The Record ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/47 "2017-08-29T04:28:26Z")
I was rather surprised that Gaia Riva didn’t become relatively famous, at least in Europe. Her album “Frantic” is full of songs that seem like easy pop winners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIt9mxC8qZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxjNVmPbKeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFxo-lTfXzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOINDnb4ghM That’s the first half of the album. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/48 "2017-08-29T14:10:35Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > [The Record Company’s](http://therecordcompany.net/music/) _Give It Back To You._ > Off The Ground, Turn Me Loose, and This Crooked City are awesome. > I’m posting from a work computer, so sorry, no youtube links. If it’s not to gauche to quote oneself, I’m now on my home computer, and can linky-link: [The Record Company: Give It Back To You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC5tyn48v2Y&list=PLgWmP-F0RTPNvhCjdD0Dc5DYTxyPvNZIH) ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/49 "2017-08-29T16:57:41Z")
Hedningarna, a Swedish group. Tra (wood) is the album name. Stunning album. Never gets old. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/50 "2017-08-29T17:03:41Z")
Benjamin Booker. Have you seen my son. Punkish growl. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/51 "2017-08-29T18:10:10Z")
> [@boson](#): > > Benjamin Booker. Have you seen my son. Punkish growl. So people know- that’s a song, not an album. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/52 "2017-08-29T19:45:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Hey! “Take 5” is five and a half minutes, has no lyrics whatsoever, is 5/4 throughout, and gets airplay! 🙂 I only wish record and radio companies kept this in mind when deciding what gets pushed/played. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/53 "2017-08-29T23:21:31Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > I only wish record and radio companies kept this in mind when deciding what gets pushed/played. Juliana Hatfield’s “My Sister” was pretty popular back in the early-mid 90s, at least around here, and that was a 5/4 pop song. (Though only normal pop song length, and plenty of vocals.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/54 "2017-08-29T23:29:01Z")
Also, have you ever tried counting Outkast’s “Hey Ya”! It’s actually pretty fun. The beat subdivision is 4-4-4-2-4-4. I always wondered what the heck the rhythmic oddity in there was, and then I counted it. Ah ha! ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161/55 "2017-08-30T01:33:01Z")
My vote is for 59 Sound (2008) by The Gaslight Anthem. Every song is catchy and band has serious Springsteen obsession. They are broken up now, they never reached this high after. Damn good album and good concert to go along with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161.md?page=2)