NightOfJoy Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Mazzy Star "So tonite that I may see". I loves me some Hope Sandoval! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I think the album's hilarious. I can't believe all of the hate. It's nothing amazing, but it's still funny and doesn't deserve all of the bashing it gets from weezer "fans" and critics. This is the mindset you have to have when listening to this. I think it is a blast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 It's really fun, which is a much needed reprieve from Make Believe which was just way too serious. Maladroit is my choice for an underrated Weezer album. I love that thing like I would my first born child. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The poster above got the wrong REM album - New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the criminally underrated member of the REM discography. This was the last album with Bill Berry on board, and it also totally vindicates the artistic direction they had taken on Monster by incorporating the best elements of the glam-rock/celebrity culture skewering themes into the broader REM palette.You may have a point. I bought that soon after it came out, but haven't listened to it (or Monster) for a long time. I just began to associate Monster and NAIHF with the post-Berry era, but I do recall liking several songs on each CD when they 1st came out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 or maybe they got it right. you know. their right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Is that to me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keeprockalive88 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 This is the mindset you have to have when listening to this. I think it is a blast. Exactly. It's like they want to make an album that is musically trash just to make a point that they don't give a crap about what people think so they're just going to have fun with the music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Amen, dude. ditto and ditto on the house of freaks and on the search and the first gutterball record Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panther Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The songwriting of Conor Oberst, no joke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Pretty much all of Carla Bozulich's work is criminally underrated. Her remake of Willie Nelson's Redheaded Stranger is wonderful, possibly even better than the original (which is saying a lot, since I love Willie Nelson and I love that album), and the first Geraldine Fibbers album is a classic, if not the second one, too. I think her most underrated work is Evangelista's latest album. It's dark and haunting but stunningly beautiful, too. Probably one of my favorite albums of not just this year but the last few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 no particular order...... Minutemen--Three Way Tie (for last...) Ramones --Too Tough To Die Richard Hawley--Cole's Corner Fleetwood Mac--Say You Will Friends of Dean Martinez--A Place In The Sun Terry Reid--River The Weakerthans--Reconstruction Site Maqiladora--Ritual of Hearts Doug Martsch--Now You Know... The Dream Sydicate--Live at Raji's --Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jracette Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 You may have a point. I bought that soon after it came out, but haven't listened to it (or Monster) for a long time. I just began to associate Monster and NAIHF with the post-Berry era, but I do recall liking several songs on each CD when they 1st came out. I do think Up is somewhat underrated nowadays - when it came out I loved it for a period, then soured on it (the next two REM records were sort of responsible for that) and then I went back and listened to it again a couple of months ago and had my opinion of it rehabilitated somewhat. But New Adventures, THAT is a great album. By the way, we are talking about a band that, for most of my musically-aware life, could do no wrong so take what I say on the topic of REM with a grain of salt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 no particular order...... Ramones --Too Tough To Die --Robert Not the first Ramones album I ever heard, but the first one I ever bought. I still have the cassette. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I do think Up is somewhat underrated nowadays - when it came out I loved it for a period, then soured on it (the next two REM records were sort of responsible for that) and then I went back and listened to it again a couple of months ago and had my opinion of it rehabilitated somewhat. But New Adventures, THAT is a great album. By the way, we are talking about a band that, for most of my musically-aware life, could do no wrong so take what I say on the topic of REM with a grain of salt. I agree 100% with all of the above. Other underrated records...Rocket from the Crypt- Circa:Now! (Scream, Dracula, Scream gets the accolades and the airplay, but give this one a chance; it's simply one great rock song after another)M. Ward- Transistor RadioCentro-matic- Distance and Clime (fans tend to overlook this one for some reason)The Who- The Who By the Numbers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 The Who- The Who By the Numbers They Are All in Love and How Many Friends are two of my favorite Who songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 They Are All in Love and How Many Friends are two of my favorite Who songs. I knew there was something about you that I really liked and this is it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Bruce Springsteen --- Lucky Town The backlash from Bruce dismissing the E Street Band combined with the Over produced LA sound of Human Touch (released on the same day as LT) led to this gem being somewhat dismissed. Guitars galore, Personal and intimate songs and production that doesn't get in the way of the songs. The 92 tour and band were unfairly criticized. This was a very good backing band and a really energetic tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Bruce Springsteen --- Lucky Town The backlash from Bruce dismissing the E Street Band combined with the Over produced LA sound of Human Touch (released on the same day as LT) led to this gem being somewhat dismissed. Guitars galore, Personal and intimate songs and production that doesn't get in the way of the songs. The 92 tour and band were unfairly criticized. This was a very good backing band and a really energetic tour. absolutely agree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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keeprockalive88 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fortuneinmyhead Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 underrated and mostly unknown album is "801 Live" a group that Brian Eno toured with in the 70s after his time in Roxy Music. Great live cuts of Eno favorites and a couple of cover songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Frank Black - Teenager of the Year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Frank Black - Teenager of the Year.As good as this is, I think his Fast Man, Raider Man gets little/no recognition and it's pretty damn good. Escpecially the Fast Man part. I'll put a vote in for Shawn Mullins' 9th Ward Pickin' Party, too, for this category. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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