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Great unheralded albums of the 2000's

gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
edited August 2010 in Other Music
Some of my favorite albums of the 2000's haven't been given much cred by the critics or the public. But they were great none the less. Here's my list:

Better Than Ezra - Closer
Jay Ferrar - Sebastopol
Remy Zero - The Golden Hum
Neil Finn - 7 Worlds Collide
Rufus Wainright - Poses
Jay Ferrar - Terroir Blues
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea
The Finn Brothers - Everyone is Here
The Trash Can Sinatras - Weightlifting
Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Ryan Bingham - Mescolito
Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears - Tell 'em What Your Name Is!
Jay Ferrar and Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move or I'm Gone (Music from Kerouac's Big Sur)
Ryan Bingham - Roadhouse Sun
7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out
J Mascis and the Fog - Free So Free
Son Volt - The Search
Son Volt - American Central Dust

So, what are yours?
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    There's a ton, but right now, just about every Doves record (been listening to them a bit lately).
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
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  • pjfaninindianapjfaninindiana Northeast Indiana Posts: 311
    Good call on Closer. I really liked Before the Robots too. Here's a few that i love but everyone else seems to hate

    Smashing Pumpkins-Machina The Machines Of God
    Weezer-Maladroit
    R.E.M.-Reveal
  • landingonwaterlandingonwater Posts: 325
    Zwan, seriously? I laughed out loud when I read that. What an atrocious record. And Maladroit by Weezer? What are you people smoking?
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    pjfaninindiana wrote:
    R.E.M.-Reveal
    I agree with this one.
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  • swany24swany24 Posts: 52
    Here are a few albums from the 2000's that I feel are great and underrated:

    Colin Hay - Going Somewhere
    Counting Crows - Hard Candy
    Anthrax -We've Come For You All
    Dan Wilson - Free Life
    The Finn Brothers - Everyone Is Here
    Glen Phillips - Winter Pays for Summer
    Jackie Greene - American Myth
    King's X - XV
    Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain
    Willy Porter - How to Rob a Bank
  • pjfaninindianapjfaninindiana Northeast Indiana Posts: 311
    landingonwater wrote:
    Zwan, seriously? I laughed out loud when I read that. What an atrocious record. And Maladroit by Weezer? What are you people smoking?



    Seriously, i don't understand how people can hate Maladroit. It rocks and is filled with great songs. In all honesty, it's the only one of theirs i can listen to straight through from start to finish.

    Oh, and Zwan was pretty good too.
  • landingonwaterlandingonwater Posts: 325
    pjfaninindiana wrote:
    landingonwater wrote:
    Zwan, seriously? I laughed out loud when I read that. What an atrocious record. And Maladroit by Weezer? What are you people smoking?



    Seriously, i don't understand how people can hate Maladroit. It rocks and is filled with great songs. In all honesty, it's the only one of theirs i can listen to straight through from start to finish.

    Oh, and Zwan was pretty good too.

    I think Maladroit when Weezer really fucking bombed. Blue and Pinkerton are two of the best albums of ever made, in my opinion. I know those albums like the back of my hand. I probably know those albums more intimately than any Pearl Jam release. But Maladroit had to be the biggest load of crap ever. At least Green was DECENT fun pop music. Maladroit was just bizarre. It only got worse after that.

    As for Zwan, it can't get much worse than "Yeah."
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    landingonwater wrote:
    pjfaninindiana wrote:
    landingonwater wrote:
    Zwan, seriously? I laughed out loud when I read that. What an atrocious record. And Maladroit by Weezer? What are you people smoking?



    Seriously, i don't understand how people can hate Maladroit. It rocks and is filled with great songs. In all honesty, it's the only one of theirs i can listen to straight through from start to finish.

    Oh, and Zwan was pretty good too.

    I think Maladroit when Weezer really fucking bombed. Blue and Pinkerton are two of the best albums of ever made, in my opinion. I know those albums like the back of my hand. I probably know those albums more intimately than any Pearl Jam release. But Maladroit had to be the biggest load of crap ever. At least Green was DECENT fun pop music. Maladroit was just bizarre. It only got worse after that.

    As for Zwan, it can't get much worse than "Yeah."

    But have you actually listened to the entire Zwan album?

    Jesus I/Mary Star of the Sea could have been a Melon Collie outtake. Yeah was kind of cheesy, but the album flat out rocked.
  • flintstonedflintstoned Posts: 118
    Gotta agree - Zwan album was decent. Nothing epic but definitely worth a listen.
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  • dustinparduedustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    some pretty good pics here. I definitely agrees with SP "Machina," Zwan "Mary Star Of The Sea," and BTE "Closer." If I remember right. "Closer" didn't really get any promotion because the distributor went belly up in 2001.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    J Mascis & the Fog- Free so Free

    Everyone seems to pour praise on the two newest dino jr albums and they should they are awesome but Free so Free is on the same level for me. J has been writing good songs for quite some time now.

    Jerry Cantrell-Degradation Trip

    So maybe the whole double album is a little much but some great music on there. Much of it on par or better then the new AIC album.

    Ryan Bingham- both his albums were great i agree w/ OP on this
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