Most Underrated Album?

[scotto263]

The Lion King Soundtrack

It was full of good songs by Elton John, and a good score by Hans Zimmer. I guess it wasn't critically popular because the critics thought it was full of filler, and had two versions of the same song.

I think it is one of the best soundtracks around.

[silvermorgan]

I would say Cheap and Evil Girl, by Bree Sharp. She was shuffled into the one hit wonder category with the David Duchovny song, but she's a great musician with a unique voice.

[NardDog]

Lemonheads-Lovey

this band got unfairly tagged with the "novelty act" label. And Evan Dando was seen to many as a male alternabarbie doll. Also, an unfair depiction

It's a Shame About Ray was their breakthrough album. This was the predecessor. An eclectic mix of folk- post punk-metal and whatever else struck their fancy. A love song to a Stove a Gram Parsons cover plus the funniest answering machine message ever put on an album.

stand out songs include:
Half The Time
Ride With Me
Li'l Seed
Stove
Come Downstairs

...but really there's no filler on this album...33 minutes of perfection

[redtom]

They Might Be Giants - John Henry

Perhaps the most masterful collection of They Might Be Giants, they really did well with the transition to a normal four-member band (Bass, Drum, Guitar, Keyboard/singer) style of rock, that mixed very well with their style of up-beat, alternative rock. It also includes my favorite (Yet also most underrated) song, "A Self Called Nowhere."

[Tor Johnson]

Oct 6, 2008 18:51:57 GMT -5 RedTom said:

They Might Be Giants - John Henry

Perhaps the most masterful collection of They Might Be Giants, they really did well with the transition to a normal four-member band (Bass, Drum, Guitar, Keyboard/singer) style of rock, that mixed very well with their style of up-beat, alternative rock. It also includes my favorite (Yet also most underrated) song, "A Self Called Nowhere."

I agree with That. TMBG is one of my favorite bands. They are working on their next album right now "Here Comes The Science" which i hope has more songs on it like "Why Does The Sun Shine?"

[NardDog]

I'm sure most of you have heard of Queensryche. If you haven't, they are a prog metal band...arguably the first true one and are worth checking out. Their most popular album was Empire which included their biggest hit Silent Lucidity and was fairly or unfairly said to have ripped off Pink Floyd(most likely Comfortably Numb meets Wish You Were Here...which I hear but I think the Queensryche song has it's own identity). Their most Critically acclaimed album is Operation:Mindcrime...a great one and pound for pound the most cohesive story/concept album with a great story/theme... with The Wall being a close second but for my money Operation Mindcrime is better. Less personal than The Wall but more chilling as I see it(it has Orwellian themes...kinda like 1984 meets the Manchurian Candidate in a modern setting[1988...although 20 years old it still seems like a modern world with maybe the televangelist allusions being the only thing that possibly slightly dates this]). Their most musically diverse album is probably Promised Land and like Mindcrime it definitely has some things going on in it that set it apart and make it a superior release in terms of variety.


But even though all this is the case, I find myself coming back to this album equally as much as Mindcrime:

Rage For Order

It's criticized by most Queensryche fans as having too much of a commercial sound. Which might have seemed true in 1986 when it was released but to me it has aged very well. There is enough variety to keep you interested. Besides a healthy dose of heavy songs. There are some mid-tempo songs(I Dream In Infrared, The Killing Words etc.) that at the time might have seemed like they were pandering to the "power ballad" but in retrospect can be heard as straddling rocking out with being mellow very successfully. Also included is the great cover song(better than the original IMO) Gonna Get Close To You. As far as stalker songs go...Every Breath You Take ain't got nothing on this...wonderfully creepy and would never be mistaken as a "love" song like Every Breath You Take has been.

[Lounge Lizard]

Medeski, Martin & Wood's album Uninvisible is a great underrated album. Lots of songs with great funky beats and awesome drumming from Billy Martin. This is one of the best Contemporary Jazz albums from one of the best Jam bands.



Best song: Nocturnal Transmission