Most underrated albums

[Chef2]

Have the Floyd going on my Pandora.

I forgot how many good songs were on Meddle.

One Of These Days
Fearless
Echoes
Pillow Of Winds

But the fact that they put a song on the track of a dog howling (Seamus) is just bizarre.

What other underrated albums can you think of?

Couple more from Ye Olde Chef......

Pump-Aerosmith
Love Over Gold-Dire Straits

 

[MisterCreosote]

Pump isn’t underrated at all. If anything, it’s a little overrated.

The first one that comes to my mind is G ‘n R Lies.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Blind Melon’s debut. Much more than a novelty song. “Soup,” the follow-up, is also great.

 

[Buck]

Violent Femmes first album is only known for 'Blister in the Sun' but is excellent all the way through.
Best album of the 1980s.

Speaking of the 1980s and Pink Floyd, 'The Final Cut.'
Gilmour has lambasted it, but it is better than any post-Waters Floyd album.

 

[QYFW]

Blind Melon’s debut. Much more than a novelty song. “Soup,” the follow-up, is also great.

Yep. That debut is great. And their third and last album, Nico, is also really good. "Soul One" is my favorite Blind Melon song.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Pump isn’t underrated at all. If anything, it’s a little overrated.

The first one that comes to my mind is G ‘n R Lies.

There's probably a case to be made that "Chinese Democracy" is pretty underrated. I haven't listened to it in a while, remember it being OK... but people waited 10 long years to **** all over that album.

U2's "Songs of Innocence" was a terrific album. The actual music was ignored while everyone bitched that it was free. (The new one is pretty good, too.)

 

[CD Boogie]

Have the Floyd going on my Pandora.

I forgot how many good songs were on Meddle.

One Of These Days
Fearless
Echoes
Pillow Of Winds

But the fact that they put a song on the track of a dog howling (Seamus) is just bizarre.

What other underrated albums can you think of?

Couple more from Ye Olde Chef......

Pump-Aerosmith
Love Over Gold-Dire Straits

I think Animals by Floyd might be even more underrated, mostly bc it has even better tracks IMHO.

Also, Fashion Nugget by Cake. That was a press play album for me and my friends circa 1997.

Also, Grace by Jeff Buckley.

And definitely Chinese Democracy by Guns. The title track, IRS and Catcher in the Rye are great ****ing songs and ya never hear any of them on the radio.

 

[Chef2]

Violent Femmes first album is only known for 'Blister in the Sun' but is excellent all the way through.
Best album of the 1980s.

Speaking of the 1980s and Pink Floyd, 'The Final Cut.'
Gilmour has lambasted it, but it is better than any post-Waters Floyd album.

2 Suns In The Sunset is a sweet-ass song.
As for anything post Roger, I would throw in "Momentary Lapse Of Reason" as better than "The Final Cut."

 

[Chef2]

I think Animals by Floyd might be even more underrated, mostly bc it has even better tracks IMHO.

Animals is a great, great album.

 

[jr/shotglass]

The Completion Backward Principle, The Tubes. Classic.

 

[User 149557]

Bob Dylan's Street-Legal is awesome and was never recognized as so.

The Gaslight Anthem's Handwritten is really good in hindsight. I think we just all were tired of the same formula by that point.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Living Colour’s Time’s Up is one of my favorite albums. So, so much better than Vivid.

 

[Buck]

I think Animals by Floyd might be even more underrated, mostly bc it has even better tracks IMHO.

Also, Fashion Nugget by Cake. That was a press play album for me and my friends circa 1997.

Also, Grace by Jeff Buckley.

And definitely Chinese Democracy by Guns. The title track, IRS and Catcher in the Rye are great ****ing songs and ya never hear any of them on the radio.

I love 'Animals.' Currently my favorite Floyd album, but I guess I never thought of it as under-rated even though it is lesser known.
Another record that the actual members of the band seem to crap on a bit.

I think 'Fashion Nugget' is properly rated. Great album.
Also, 'Grace' is a really popular album. Check out Malcolm Gladwell podcast episode on the evolution of 'Hallelujah.' Very good episode.

 

[CD Boogie]

I love 'Animals.' Currently my favorite Floyd album, but I guess I never thought of it as under-rated even though it is lesser known.
Another record that the actual members of the band seem to crap on a bit.

I think 'Fashion Nugget' is properly rated. Great album.
Also, 'Grace' is a really popular album. Check out Malcolm Gladwell podcast episode on the evolution of 'Hallelujah.' Very good episode.

Fashion Nugget didn’t make the top 100 albums of the 1990s by Pitchfork or Rolling Stone. You’re right about Grace in terms of critical appeal, but ya never hear any of his songs on the radio.

 

[Buck]

Fashion Nugget didn’t make the top 100 albums of the 1990s by Pitchfork or Rolling Stone.

Really? That surprises me.
Then you are correct. It is under-rated because that is a great, great record.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Bob Dylan's Street-Legal is awesome and was never recognized as so.

The Gaslight Anthem's Handwritten is really good in hindsight. I think we just all were tired of the same formula by that point.

I should give "Handwritten" another listen. I'm definitely one of those who wrote it off as another warmed-over version the "The '59 Sound." (I love Brian Fallon's first solo record "Painkillers," produced by Butch Walker, whose entire solo career falls into the "underrated" category.)

Another Dylan nomination: "Infidels," which came out during his horrid 80s period. It's really, really good.

 

[Slacker]

"5 Neat Guys' Greatest Hits" is legendary in Canada. Still available on eight-track.

 

[QYFW]

Love "Animals." Perfect album for tedious tasks at work.

 

[User 149557]

I should give "Handwritten" another listen. I'm definitely one of those who wrote it off as another warmed-over version the "The '59 Sound." (I love Brian Fallon's first solo record "Painkillers," produced by Butch Walker, whose entire solo career falls into the "underrated" category.)

Another Dylan nomination: "Infidels," which came out during his horrid 80s period. It's really, really good.

I love Infidels, too.

The last year has had me tapping on "License to Kill" quite often.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

Good call on Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut (Requiem for a Postwar Dream" ... Bought that at a headshop back when those were a thing, just because of the title track, an old MTV favorite (back when music videos was a thing ... you get my drift).

Another one for the list: "Mirror Mirror" by 10cc. The song "I'm Not in Love" got all of the airplay, but the album from top to bottom is full of great tunes.