under-appreciated albums by major artists

[Dominic]

Long After Dark - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen

like that...

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins

[DasLeben]

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Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins

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Couldn't agree more. I didn't like this CD at first, but now I love it.

Here's a couple more:

Metallica - Load
Rush - Caress of Steel

[shant]

ODB - Nigga Please

[coffeecrazy1]

Versus - Pearl Jam

and...

Smell the Glove - Spinal Tap
Shark Sandwich - Spinal Tap
The Gospel According to Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap
Intravenous de Milo - Spinal Tap

[samjjones]

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Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Versus - Pearl Jam

and...

Smell the Glove - Spinal Tap
Shark Sandwich - Spinal Tap
The Gospel According to Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap
Intravenous de Milo - Spinal Tap

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I don't know if Blood on the Tracks fits the criteria of "underappreciated".

[coffeecrazy1]

Yeah...that was my one question mark...I just never hear it mentioned, but I never hang out with many Dylan fans, either...so it's gone now...my bad.

Rock your [censored] socks off - Tenacious D

[samjjones]

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Yeah...that was my one question mark...I just never hear it mentioned, but I never hang out with many Dylan fans, either...so it's gone now...my bad.

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Good call. I am not a mega-Dylan fan, and even I know that "Blood on the Tracks" is considered one of his masterworks.

[MoreWineII]

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Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins

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Agreed.

[samjjones]

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Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen


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This is a great album. Especially if you just broke up with somebody.

[imported_The Vibesman]

Gonna second OP's noms of Long After Dark and Tunnel Of Love. I think Long After Dark might be Petty's best record, and side B has more awesome unheard songs...The Same Old You is one of my favorite tunes ever...

John Mellencamp: Mr. Happy Go Lucky, and Whenever We Wanted.

[Jack of Arcades]

The best Beatles album: Rubber Soul.

Edit: Pixies - Surfer Rosa.

[samjjones]

I'll throw out Led Zeppelin's "Presence". "Nobody's Fault But Mine" is one of my favorite Zep songs ever.

[beernutz]

What's an album?

[Claunchy]

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What's an album?

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link (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=album)

[YourFoxyGrandma]

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What's an album?

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link (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=album)

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I expected this to be something funny.

[Claunchy]

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What's an album?

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link (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=album)

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I expected this to be something funny.

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Sorry to disappoint. I'll do better next time.

[tinhat]

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I'll throw out Led Zeppelin's "Presence". "Nobody's Fault But Mine" is one of my favorite Zep songs ever.

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I'm going to add "Coda" (I think III is underappreciated too).

[istewart]

Radiohead - Pablo [censored] Honey.

[Popinjay]

Blink-182 - Dude Ranch

[lucas9000]

weezer "pinkerton" (i know most weezer fans adequately appreciate it, but it didn't do well in sales and i think it led rivers cuomo to take the band in a different direction)

prince paul "a prince among thieves" (this should really be talked about as an all-time hip hop classic)

[SmileyEH]

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The best Beatles album: Rubber Soul.


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Absolutely.

-SmileyEH

[Dominic]

bump

[DasLeben]

Oh, that reminds me of another great one:

Blues Traveler - Travelers and Theives

[beernutz]

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The best Beatles album: Rubber Soul.

Edit: Pixies - Surfer Rosa.

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The Beatles: Abbey Road > White Album > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul || Revolver

My pic for most underrated is Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here. I think it is by far their best work.

[Barrett's Last Privateer]

Second Coming - The Stone Roses

[GrekeHaus]

NIN - The Fragile

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Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen


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This is a great album. Especially if you just broke up with somebody.

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Really great that he's featuring this album on his current acoustic tour. He's now played every song on it. Valentines Day (at the last two shows)for the first time(s) ever. I saw All That Heaven Will Allow in Bridgeport. Very nice!

[Soul Daddy]

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The Beatles: Abbey Road > White Album > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul || Revolver

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If this were reversed, I'd agree completely.

[beernutz]

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If this were reversed, I'd agree completely.

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I guess you had to be there. I was.

[Soul Daddy]

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The Beatles: Abbey Road > White Album > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul || Revolver

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If this were reversed, I'd agree completely.

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I guess you had to be there. I was.

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Oh. Wait, I don't see your point. All old people share this distorted view? I'll ask my parents.

[flair1239]

Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones

[Dominic]

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Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen


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This is a great album. Especially if you just broke up with somebody.

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Really great that he's featuring this album on his current acoustic tour. He's now played every song on it. Valentines Day (at the last two shows)for the first time(s) ever. I saw All That Heaven Will Allow in Bridgeport. Very nice!

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I think "Cautious Man" is one of his best songs ever...it gives me chills every time I hear it...I actually made a short film years ago with the same title and theme of the song...

[Dominic]

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Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones

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isn't this generally considered their best work??

[Dominic]

Once more for Dire Straits - Love Over Gold...sheer audacity - opening with a 14 minute-long song - "Telegraph Road" - that Mark Knopfler INSISTED to the record company be the opening single! AND it's an amazing song.

You know how some songs you hear where they're jamming at the end and it fades out and you wish they had just let them continue jamming for the next five or ten minutes?

That's this album - it only has five songs on it, yet it clocks in at over 40 minutes!

Anyone else love this album??

[istewart]

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Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones

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WTF

[Harv72b]

How does one define "major artists"?

Asia - Alpha
Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy

Now, if you this were underappreciated artists...

[KDawgCometh]

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My pic for most underrated is Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here. I think it is by far their best work.

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though animals is my favorite, I definetly don't disagree with wywh. Animals isn't that big among non-floyd fans either

[Jules22]

50 Cent - Guess Who's Back?

i fully expect to be flamed for this, but all these songs are pre eminem and dre, and i think they're very good. understand that i also loved get rich or die trying and enjoyed the massacre, altho it did not have staying power.

[hobbsmann]

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Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones

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isn't this generally considered their best work??

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But it's also the least mainstream of the four albums they released in the late 60s/early 70s

[beernutz]

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The Beatles: Abbey Road > White Album > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul || Revolver

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If this were reversed, I'd agree completely.

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I guess you had to be there. I was.

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Oh. Wait, I don't see your point. All old people share this distorted view? I'll ask my parents.

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Don't worry, you'll eventually acquire the abilty for rational thought; if you live long enough. Ask your parents, they'll back me up.

[natedogg]

Prince - Dirty Mind
While it's highly praised by critics and hard-core prince fans, most who know of Prince don't know this album... but they should.

natedogg

[DarkForceRising]

I didn't read all of the replies but Long After Dark is one of my favs. One Story Town rules.

[DarkForceRising]

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Gonna second OP's noms of Long After Dark and Tunnel Of Love. I think Long After Dark might be Petty's best record, and side B has more awesome unheard songs...The Same Old You is one of my favorite tunes ever...

As a long time Petty fan I must say it is bitterly disappointing that, after seeing him live three times since '99, he has never done a Long After Dark Song live. Hard Promises is also incredible.

Everybody has heard The Waiting and Woman in Love but who knows Kings Road and Something Big?

BTW, if you Petty guys want to hear the album he never made check out The Pinetops- Above Ground and Vertical. I happened across these guys by chance and I swear to Christ this could have been old lost TP songs.

[CaptSensible]

Are ANY Beatles albums under appreciated?

[CaptSensible]

Between The Buttons by The Rolling Stones. Yes it was heavily Beatle influenced but it's a fantastic and unique pop/rock record. The production and mixing is great. Charlie is hitting one of his many peaks and songs like Miss Amanda Jones are eternally listenable.

Also:

Any album by the Kinks between 1965 and 1970

[Forbin]

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Oh, that reminds me of another great one:

Blues Traveler - Travelers and Theives

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My favorite Blues Traveler album, the one I keep going back to. Four was definitely their most popular, and their first one has a good numer of fans. But, T&T is the best.

It really sucked when Bobby died.

[KaneKungFu123]

nt

[Dr. StrangeloveX]

i love animals.

[PokerBob]

Wilco-A.M.
The Replacements - All Shook Down

[rusellmj]

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Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones

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isn't this generally considered their best work??

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[beernutz]

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My pic for most underrated is Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here. I think it is by far their best work.

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though animals is my favorite, I definetly don't disagree with wywh. Animals isn't that big among non-floyd fans either

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I was going to first put Animals, which is also a great album, but I've been listening to WYWH literally since the day it came out 30 years ago and it still sounds fresh to me.

[Soul Daddy]

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The Beatles: Abbey Road > White Album > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul || Revolver

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If this were reversed, I'd agree completely.

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I guess you had to be there. I was.

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Oh. Wait, I don't see your point. All old people share this distorted view? I'll ask my parents.

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Don't worry, you'll eventually acquire the abilty for rational thought; if you live long enough. Ask your parents, they'll back me up.

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Not quite. My mom told just me that she liked Herman's Hermits more than The Beatles. Oh, the shame.

[beernutz]

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The Beatles: Abbey Road > White Album > Sgt. Peppers > Rubber Soul || Revolver

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If this were reversed, I'd agree completely.

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I guess you had to be there. I was.

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Oh. Wait, I don't see your point. All old people share this distorted view? I'll ask my parents.

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Don't worry, you'll eventually acquire the abilty for rational thought; if you live long enough. Ask your parents, they'll back me up.

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Not quite. My mom told just me that she liked Herman's Hermits more than The Beatles. Oh, the shame.

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Dear lord. Is there any chance you were adopted you poor boy?

[beta1607]

Nirvana - Unplugged

[Roy Munson]

Nebraska-Bruce Springsteen

Others include

Fair Warning-Van Halen
Animals-Pink Floyd
Katy Lied-Steely Dan
See How We Are- X
Revolver- The Beatles

[HtotheNootch]

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Second Coming - The Stone Roses

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NH Sir

[Iplayragstoo]

Caress of Steel - Rush

[grtflone]

I was wrong last night. Bruce hasn't played all of TOL on this tour. He hasn't played the title track and one other (which I can't remember right now). Check out www.backstreets.com (http://www.backstreets.com) for details.


Born To Run 30th Aniversery edition on the way!

[brendons31]

Nirvana - In Uetero
Pearl Jam - Vs, Ten, Vitaology

[mike l.]

trans by neil young kicks ass

[MasterShakes]

Pearl Jam's whole catalog after "Ten", but mainly "Binaural" and "No Code". No, they're not going to sound like they did on "Ten" again, and I'm glad (31 live shows and counting for me).