Underrated albums from great artists

[moses]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss which un-loved or underrated albums from great artists you love.

Ill start off with Pink Floyd's Division Bell. Whilst this album did not receive the critical claim and attention as albums such as Darkside of the Moon, Wish you were here and The Wall (and received a teppid response from critics at release), I am a big fan of the Division Bell, particularly the tracks "Wearing the inside out", "Take it back", "Keep Talking" and "High Hopes".

Post your underrated gems here.

 

[The Passenger]

Not an album but a song from Pink Floyd. On The Turning Away

Off the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason which was by and large pretty ordinary to be honest. But that song is pure brilliance. It's a shame it doesn't get the recognition it should.

 

[Exe Gesis]

The Soft Parade
Strange Days
Waiting For The Sun
Morrison Hotel
LA Woman

(take your pick)

By the Doors

 

[hawk for 37]

Gold Afternoon Fix by the Church. Liked it better than the acclaimed Starfish. Was panned when it came out.

 

[HARKER]

David Bowie's LOW came out to quite a bit of confusion. His best album for mine.

King Crimsons LIZARD also.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Not an album but a song from Pink Floyd. On The Turning Away

Off the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason which was by and large pretty ordinary to be honest. But that song is pure brilliance. It's a shame it doesn't get the recognition it should.

Totally get this man.

I'm not a massive Floyd fan but this song is amazing.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Two by Prince:

 

[Corrosion]

Ignition - The Offspring

No Code & Yield - Pearl Jam

Down on the Upside - Soundgarden

 

[Norwegian Blue]

AC/DC's Fly on the Wall is very underrated.

 

[Roobs321]

I think A Saucerful of Secrets is a sublime album, it's certainly the most overlooked from Pink Floyd.

Bedtime Stories and Erotica are my favourite Madonna albums.

Suck it and See is my favourite from the Arctic Monkeys. The grower Humbug is similarly underrated.

A lot of albums also suffer critically and/or popularly (at least initially) due to a style change, more controversial subject matter, and/or from merely falling on the wrong side of an emerging attention-hogging zeitgeist music trend.

 

[DEVO]

Three debut albums from the mid to late 70's that I think are greatly under appreciated.

Blondie - Blondie

Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream

Devo - Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo

 

[AtomicBlonde]

I think A Saucerful of Secrets is a sublime album, it's certainly the most overlooked from Pink Floyd.

Bedtime Stories and Erotica are my favourite Madonna albums.

Suck it and See is my favourite from the Arctic Monkeys. The grower Humbug is similarly underrated.

A lot of albums also suffer critically and/or popularly (at least initially) due to a style change, more controversial subject matter, and/or from merely falling on the wrong side of an emerging attention-hogging zeitgeist music trend.

I still think that is the best album she ever made,so underrated both then and now.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Three debut albums from the mid to late 70's that I think are greatly under appreciated.

Blondie - Blondie

One of the great debut albums of all time, it was a hit here before anywhere else (mainly UK and Europe). It's rated pretty strongly still though among music press media (both printed and online).

 

[Prince St]

Meddle by Pink Floyd, often overshadowed by giant albums DSOTM, Wish You Were Here, The Wall, even Animals.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Led Zeppelin III
Quadrophenia

 

[Dory_77]

Undertow by Tool.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Let It Be

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Led Zeppelin III
Quadrophenia

Let It Be

These are underrated now?

 

[WALDENPOND]

End Hits- Fugazi.

Absence-Snowman.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Broken is Nine Inch Nails' best album. Wish, Last, Happiness in Slavery and Suck put it ahead of the Downward Spiral (great album, but only a few songs work well in isolation) and Pretty Hate Machine (a few good songs but a bit too campy and 80s for me).

 

[WealstoneRaider]

These are underrated now?

Yeah in their respective band discographies. Perhaps Quadrophenia less so, but Tommy and Who's Next are the ones usually championed

 

[crownie]

Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night

While selling very well its seems to have been forgotten as time goes on when people talk about their career, it has some great songs like 'little lies', 'big love' and 'everywhere' but what makes it an enjoyable listen as a whole is the lesser known songs in 'mystified', 'family man' and 'isn't it midnight'.

 

[Roobs321]

Agreed, I'll always have a soft spot for that album, and a lot of my most played Mac tracks come from that album (as well as their early blues rock). I'm no real big expert on the Mac though, only have the GH and a few scattered albums.

 

[Damon_3388]

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

The two post Layne Albums from Alice in Chains, 'Black Gives Way to Blue' and 'The Devil put Dinosaurs here.' More than just hold their own amongst AIC albumd

Also Hot Sauce Commitee part 2 from the Beastie Boys and Accelerate from REM