# Most overrated albums in the world..ever!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854 "2005-10-05T09:18:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854/61 "2008-10-04T19:47:48Z")

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Bah!

_Dark Side of the Moon_ may be overrated simply because it is so highly rated. It doesn’t necessarily follow that it is not pure distilled audio awesome. Because it is. And I agree with the previous poster that said _Wish You Were Here_ is above perfect. . .and for the record, I’ve never taken an illegal drug.

_Nilsson Schmilsson_ isn’t overrated because I seldom hear anyone mention it at all. If anything, it’s underrated. Harry was a tremendous vocalist. Too bad he spent so much time wasted.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854/62 "2008-10-04T20:17:20Z")

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Another vote for _Dark Side of the Moon_. Whenever I hear that cash register I want to punch something. WYWH is awesome, though.

Due to _The Point_, everything Nilsson does is ok in my book.

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**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854/63 "2008-10-04T20:41:54Z")

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In Utero is much better than Nevermind.

Wish You Were Here is much better than Dark Side of the Moon.

The White Album, Abbey Road, and Rubber Soul are much better than Sgt Pepper’s.

So I can understand calling those albums overrated, to the extent that they are rated higher than superior works in the artist’s own catalog, even though they are good albums.

OK Computer doesn’t belong on the list any more. It is a very good album which at one time was overrated (probably by the very same people who wrote this list), but at this point the hype has settled down. The same holds doubly true for the Smiths.

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**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854/64 "2008-10-05T05:54:16Z")

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The Rolling Stones’ _Goats Head Soup_ has my vote for most over-rated. The cover picture is nausea-making, and the first song “Angie” follows suit. “Angie, Angie, ain’t it great to be alive?” Yeah, Angie, it’s great to be alive, now hit the road. I’m into a younger kid.

Phil

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