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60's
Overrated: Every Beatles album
Underrated: Trout Mask Replica
70's
Overrated: What's Going On
Underrated: Lorca
80's
Overrated: The Joshua Tree
Underrated: On Fire
90's
Overrated: Every Oasis album
Underrated: Together Alone
00's
Overrated: Kid A
Underrated: Frances the Mute
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1960s
overrated: THE ROLLING STONES
underrated: THE SMALL FACES
1970s
overrated: "a night at the opera" queen
underrated: "back to the egg" wings
1980s
overrated: "born in the usa" the boss
underrated: "confessions of a pop group" style council
1990s
overrated: "ok computer" radiohead
underrated: BLUR
2000s
overrated: so-called "modern punk"
underrated: NEIL & TIM FINN
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60's
Overrated: Every Beatles album
Can't agree with such a sweeping generalization..............Think you need to go and reconsider , put the albums into the historical context and then think...............without them there would be no other albums music to listen to just samplers and padded exploitations of singles ! To quote Keith Richards ............The Beatles moved everyone from Singles to albums! They moved outside the 2 mins 30 seconds single track world !
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15-08-2011, 19:29
(This post was last modified: 15-08-2011, 19:32 by SteveO.)
I nearly choked on my apple !!!! All Beatle albums Overrated !!!!!!
To each his own I guess, it's your opinion Ibrahim !....maybe you knew you'd stir something up?...lol
Here goes:...mostly artists not albums...if I felt that the artist was overrated I didn't know much about their albums any road
1960s
Overrated: I can't think of any....the music was too good....I was there when it was happening !
Underrated: anything by the Kinks
1970s
Overrated: Metallica
Underrated: Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
1980s
Overrated: Sisters of Mercy
Underrated:Richard Thompson
1990s
Overrated: Metallica
Underrated: Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
2000s
Overrated: Metallica
Underrated: Opeth and Agalloch
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mtthwibrahim Wrote:60's
Overrated: Every Beatles album
Underrated: Trout Mask Replica
70's
Overrated: What's Going On
Underrated: Lorca
80's
Overrated: The Joshua Tree
Underrated: On Fire
90's
Overrated: Every Oasis album
Underrated: Together Alone
00's
Overrated: Kid A
Underrated: Frances the Mute
You try, it's fun
i love this thread you have started and the obvious discussion that a couple of your answers are/have already given but........
my opinion differs to yours and is along the same lines as Gryphon when describing the Beatles albums as being overrated!
likewise from the 1970's...."whats going on", i felt it was a landmark achievement for social and political comment by a "black" artist from a "black man's" point of view.
1980's....it wasnt just The Joshua Tree that was underrated IMHO as i feel 90% of U2's material and status in music is grossly overrated!!!
1990's....Oasis basically spearheaded Britpop with their first two albums and inspired many a young band from the UK from '95/'96 onwards,
i felt they also gave so-called "safe" music the kick in the arse it needed as music was going nowhere between 88-94, i also feel they were as important to music back in the day as the Sex Pistols were back in 1977.
still on the 1990's....the Finn Brothers have been considered underrated by the general public since their earliest days in Split Enz...but thanks for acknowledging their "underrated" tag!!!
BRAVO!!! for starting an interesting and thoughtprovoking thread my friend!
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Peggy Lee's Black Coffee is one of the known first concept albums. also the first jazz album done by a pop star. Many people believe The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first, but it was preceded by many other albums that meet the definition, including The Velvet Underground's first album.
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17-08-2011, 11:35
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Are you trying to say in a diplomatic way that Sgt. Pepper is overrated, J......lol ?
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SteveO Wrote:Are you trying to say in a diplomatic way that Sgt. Pepper is overrated, J......lol ?
i think he is saying that most people think "sgt.pepper" was the first real conceptual album of the rock era.....
John Cash also released 'concept' albums prior to "sgt peppers".
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SteveO Wrote:Underrated: anything by the Kinks
I love the Kinks and of course think you are absolutely right!
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Right on, Trace !!! Very very underrated and under appreciated in my opinion !
TraceNspace Wrote:I love the Kinks and of course think you are absolutely right!
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