Name an album you cannot believe is not more widely and highly regarded.
Don’t say “Appetite for Destruction”… the key word here is “underrated”.
Let’s turn on some folks to records they may not know are worth a listen.
I’ll start:
Chevelle, Sci-Fi Crimes
10 years later it never gets old… brilliant.
Emitt Rhodes – solo album where he played everything.
Renaissance – their first album (sometimes called “Kings and Queens”), which was a spinoff of the Yardbirds and is complete different from the Annie Haslam group.
Kak – amazingly good psychedelic rock
Spirit – “The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.” – one of the top albums of all time.
It’s a Beautiful Day – one of the most beautiful albums of rock music ever.
Slayer - haunting the chapel
I hope this thread doesn’t deteriorate into “who can name the most obscure album” wankfest.
I would vote for David Gilmour’s 1978 solo album. A solo album from a major band from a time when solo albums were more common and were given at least some air play. It’s pretty good IMO and yet doesn’t sound like “Pink Floyd lite”, like A Momentary Lapse of Reason does.
Wow, hell of a coincidence you mentioned Slayer, because I almost started this thread with South of Heaven. :eek:
Reign in blood/south of heaven/seasons in the abyss are all highly regarded already. Haunting the chapel is the one that always seems to get skipped and is, for my money, the most criminally underrated.
Agreed, but I wouldn’t call it “under-rated.” That’s the label I would apply to their sophomore effort “Marrying Maiden.” That album is criminally ignored.
I’ll do soundtrack albums cause I’m the only collector I know (Though I know there are others out there) and when I die, my collection will go to my kids on a thumbdrive and probably never be heard.
Capricorn One-Jerry Goldsmith
Damnation Alley-Jerry Goldsmith
The Omega Man-Ron Grainer
Jeremiah Johnson-John Rubinstein and Tim Mcintire
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean-Maurice Jarre
Beat Girl-John Barry
Here’s a couple of movies:
Rumblefish-Great soundtrack and an underrated movie.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me-The criticism was it was weird for the sake of weird and didnt make any sense…???..made sense to me.
Rumble Fish - was that the one Stewart Copeland did? Agreed, it is an excellent album. (I’ve never seen the movie though.)
Catholic Girls
Shades of the Go Gos
**Drama **- Yes
Released in 1980. Regarded by many as one of the least of the Yes albums, and by some as not really a Yes album. Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman were out, Tever Horn and Geoff Downes were in.
This is maybe my favorite Yes album. Machine Messiah is AMAZING!! Chris Squire was fire!
Tempus Fugit! With, as my friend once described it, the bass line written by God. IMO the best Yessong ever.
Dylan’s “Christian” records.
We Are the Pipettes by … The Pipettes. (Pronounced “pip-ettes” for you science lab folks.)
Retro girl group stuff with modern sensibilities. A bunch of bad timing things plus continuous turnover so this album was nearly “it” for the group.
Harry Nilsson did an album of classic standards. He has a great voice for those kind of songs. I had the LP years ago. Never could find it in any other media. Now I can’t even remember the title. Alas.
Here’s Harry performing it live at the BBC in 1973: A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
Roger Waters: Amused to Death.
Huh, I’m not a huge Slayer fan and did not know this one. I’ll have to give it a listen.
Mine?
The Dark Element - self titled
Lame album cover, but was my favorite album from 2017. I eagerly await their second album. Shame so few people noticed this one.
Can you tell me what it is you like about this album? Because to my ears that sounded like the intro to a Anime show.