The Underrated Albums Thread

[von]

This is a thread for the underdogs. The albums in an artist's catalogue that just get shit on for no good reason. The albums that make their way to the bargain bins well before their time. These are often the stylistic choices later regretted by a band after the media tears them apart. Thanks to a general mob mentality when it comes to popular music, we have albums being released in such a cookie cutter fashion because of those times that someone did step outside of the box ... these are underrated albums. Let's start listing our favorites.

[Dead N' Bloated]

Pantera- Reinventing the Steel
Metallica- St Anger
Alice Cooper- Dirty Diamonds

3 of my favourite albums but not many people dig em.


 

[von]

You're almost brave to list St. Anger, but hey I have it (somewhere) and I dig it more than I don't. I still don't get all the hatred towards it.

 

[crow316]

I dig St. Anger, too.  Its a very aggressive album.  Who cares if it doesnt have guitar solos.   

My list:

Danzig 4
Andrew WK  I get Wet
Anything by Faith No More

[Dead N' Bloated]

I probably should not have mentioned St Anger coz it will just turn into a St Anger Sux thread as they alway do.


 

[GNRreunioneventually]

Dress to kill- KISS


its just a good solid album that has simple but tastful guitars in it Ace is amazing and one of my favorite songs on there is the one Peter sang but Ace wrote called getaway.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

AC/DC's Flick Of The Switch is one that comes to mind. It's the last album they did where Brian Johnson's voice was truly on top form. It seems incredible that two years later on Fly On The Wall they had to drown him in echo.

Nirvana's debut Bleach is one I like, but it usually gets overshadowed by Nevermind and In Utero. It's got loads of cool songs on it: About A Girl, Floyd The Barber, School, Sifting etc.

And of course, there's The Spaghetti Incident. Quality album.

[mrlee]

W.A.S.P Inside The Electric Circus

blackie said its a crap album by them but i think its bloody great!

[Eduardo]

Agree on U2 - Pop

Great album and tour!

The Rolling Stones' Goats Head Soup is criminally underrated and I don't know why. It's one of my favorite albums ever. Great songs like Dancing w/ Mr. D, 100 Years Ago, Silvertrain and specially Winter

Also Springsteen's Born in The USA get a lot of shit because people misinterpret the message of the title song. But it has some awesome tunes in there

[maynard]

u2 - pop
u2 - zooropa
oasis three lastest albums
massive attack 100th window

[DEAD HORSE]

Slash's Snakepit - both
ROger Waters - amused to death
Queen - Hot Space
Metallica - Load
Velvet Revolver - Libertad 

[liesin]

Roger Waters - amused to death

This one is so damn uderrated, masterpiece.

[norway]

Roger Waters - amused to death

This one is so damn uderrated, masterpiece.

yes, it's great
i'd say shout at the devil- motley crue

Since MC often get this cheesy 80's ballad-band sticker, this album is true heavy metal at it's finest

[greendog]

Public Image - Flowers of Romance.

fucking raw!

[BaDoBsEsSiOn418]

Queensryche- Here in the Now Frontier

Stone Temple Pilots- Shangri-La Dee Da

[Bill 213]

Hard Nose The Highway by Van Morrison.........I have no idea why this album slipped into outprinted obscurity...it's actually one of his better works. 

[SLCPUNK]

2wo - Voyeurs

I have always loved this album. It is the perfect marriage of Trent Reznor and Rob Halford.

[cfcsfc]

Good call, Amused To Death is definatly a fantastic album. Water's best solo piece, and in my oppinion, the best solo album from any of the Floyd guys.

Staying with the Floyd theme here, The Final Cut is underrated in my oppinion. Amazing lyrics and compesition. It could do with a bit more Gilmour, but when he does appear he really does make a mark.

[Verse Chorus Verse]

Scott Weiland's 12 Bar Blues. Amazing album.

[D]

Limp Bizkit "Results May Vary"

I love this fuckin album

I wasn't a huge fan of Limp Bizkit before but this album has great lyrics and some damn good melodies.