Good Fan Favorite Albums That Were Overlooked By The Masses?
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OK, so we all "somewhat" agree that Yield and No Code are PJ's top fan favorite albums but it doesn't mean they were their best work; just favorable by the die-hard fans. But still, the 4th + 5th PJ efforts were commercially failures compared to their first three YET are highly regarded by the fans (us).
Anyways, what other fan favorite albums out there that other bands have released but did not sell as well nor get the recognition it deserves?
Try to think of popular bands that have release more than 3 albums including a top seller.
My list!
Alice In Chain's Selft-Titled/Tripod : Did not have many hits as Dirt but it's a really good album that showcase Layne's songwriting skill (he wrote 8 songs on it). Other than the singles/videos that were release, some of the tracks were incredible; Shame In You, God Am, Brush Away and Head Creeps.
Angel Dust by Faith No More : Did not sell as much as The Real Thing but it showed a lot of the diverse musical influences FNM had from metal, hip-hop, jazz, electronic, etc.
Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys : Hey Ladies was probably the biggest single off this album that featured amazing tracks such as High Plain Drifter, Looking Down A Barrell Of A Gun, Egg Man, and the 12-minute outro B-Boy Bouillabaisse that featured a dozen or so songs.
Music by 311 : It's not a great album because most 311 albums aren't "great" but it had 12 solid tracks, so it's a good CD. Visit, Paradise, Hydrophonic, My Stoney Baby, Nix Hex, Do You Right are key tracks for me. I'm surprise this wasn't their breakthrough instead of the self-titled album, which was also good.
Clarity by Jimmy Eat World : Another good album, not great but really strong track-by-track rotation. A Sunday, Ten, For Me This Is Heaven, Blister, Clarity...JEW is a good band, not "emo" as some have labeled them :mad:!
OK, can only of those five at the moment, any others?
Anyways, what other fan favorite albums out there that other bands have released but did not sell as well nor get the recognition it deserves?
Try to think of popular bands that have release more than 3 albums including a top seller.
My list!
Alice In Chain's Selft-Titled/Tripod : Did not have many hits as Dirt but it's a really good album that showcase Layne's songwriting skill (he wrote 8 songs on it). Other than the singles/videos that were release, some of the tracks were incredible; Shame In You, God Am, Brush Away and Head Creeps.
Angel Dust by Faith No More : Did not sell as much as The Real Thing but it showed a lot of the diverse musical influences FNM had from metal, hip-hop, jazz, electronic, etc.
Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys : Hey Ladies was probably the biggest single off this album that featured amazing tracks such as High Plain Drifter, Looking Down A Barrell Of A Gun, Egg Man, and the 12-minute outro B-Boy Bouillabaisse that featured a dozen or so songs.
Music by 311 : It's not a great album because most 311 albums aren't "great" but it had 12 solid tracks, so it's a good CD. Visit, Paradise, Hydrophonic, My Stoney Baby, Nix Hex, Do You Right are key tracks for me. I'm surprise this wasn't their breakthrough instead of the self-titled album, which was also good.
Clarity by Jimmy Eat World : Another good album, not great but really strong track-by-track rotation. A Sunday, Ten, For Me This Is Heaven, Blister, Clarity...JEW is a good band, not "emo" as some have labeled them :mad:!
OK, can only of those five at the moment, any others?
PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
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Clarity is a classic album! Heard them play Blister and For Me This is Heaven when I saw them a few weeks ago,was great. Futures is a bit underrated as well.For anyone who's never heard anything off Clarity,check this out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZR-Y2wU08
Adore by the Pumpkins comes to mind,I can listen to it no matter what mood I'm in unlike Mellon Collie or Siamese Dream.
Ghost of Tom Joad and Devils and Dust by Springsteen are underrated too,Black Cowboys,The Hitter and Jesus was an only Son are the best he's ever written.
Brighten the Corners by Pavement should be more popular than the noisey mess that is Slanted and Enchanted.
Pop is the only U2 album I can listen to,the only album where they sounded remotely human(as opposed to trying to appeard Godlike) and more likeable for it.
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Bad Religion-The Grey Race
Blind Melon-Soup
INXS-Welcome to Wherever you Are
Cowboy Junkies-everything other than The Trinity Sessions
Pearl Jam-Binaural
anything/everything by Catherine Wheel
Bush-Golden State
I haven't heard anything from Chase This Light because Futures kind of drive me away from them, same thing with Incubus' A Crow Left Off The Murder, they lost me with that album. Weird thing is, I considered Riot Act and "Avocado" sh!tty releases yet I'm still a hardcore P-Jammer; I guess after 5 straight incredible albums and a decent Binaural, they still have already made a big impact in my life so I can't just dump them like yesterday's dates
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Faith No More - Angel Dust
Blind Melon - Soup
Black Crowes - 3 Snakes & 1 Charm
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
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not really sure if its a fan favorite, but its mine
Listen to this track, "Seven Black Roses":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZBt4VTcUA
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I always found that Led Zeppelin III is underrated, Bleach by Nirvana, No Code by Pearl Jam, Badmotorfinger is a much better album than Superunknown, but im not sure it is underrated or overlooked.
The Tumbler is a great album. I only own that and the 2 disc greatest hits.
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But Five Leaves Left and Pink Moon and all of his rarities and outtakes = gold.
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great call. this one got totally swept under the rug because of Scott's issues @ the time
-It's just all over the place. Takes the best elements of Slanted and Crooked and turns into something frantic, peaceful, and meaningful all at once.
Beck - Sea Change
Tom Waits - Alice (beautiful album)
QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze (my favourite record of theirs)
Incubus - Crow Left of the Murder (fuckin' awesome album, which i listen to way more than Make Yourself)
Hell he did not even reissue it on cd until a few years back.
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wow, I think this is the first time I've seen the Catherine Wheel mentioned on this board. I'm a big fan. very cool mid-late 90s alt-rock. I saw them a few times back in college.
Devil's and Dust was a #1 album, it's hard to say it was overlooked.
I will say that Springsteen's second album (though it has sold a boatload of copies retroactively) was one of the greatest albums of all time, and it was largely ignored.
'98 - 9/1 9/4 9/18
'00 - 8/6 8/7 8/15 8/17 9/5
'03 - 4/9 4/15 4/19 7/11 7/12
'04 - 10/6 10/8
'05 - 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/15
'06 - 5/27 5/28 7/7 7/13 7/18 7/22 7/23
Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love
Tom Petty - Hard Promises
John Mellencamp - Whenever We Wanted to
Kiss - Creatures Of The Night
Black Crowes - Three Snakes And One Charm
Iron Maiden - Killers
Queensryche - Rage For Order
Queen - Queen II
2005 - 9/15, 9/16, 9/30, 10/1, 10/3
2006 - 5/5, 5/12, 5/13, 5/27, 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/3, 6/23, 7/22, 7/23, 12/2
2007 - 6/27, 8/3
2008 - 6/14, 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/24, 6/25, 6/27, 6/28, 6/30, 7/1
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
Yep, it's overproduced, with the "ironic" backing vocals and Chris MacGregor's wanky solo. Also, Hazey Jane II's horn section is lifeless and utterly lacking in swing. But I digress.
duuude COULD NOT AGREE MORE about the aic self titled. first thought that came to mind. shame in you is possibly aic's best song.
if we aren't couting pj albums then:
chris cornell - euphoria morning
stp - shangri la dee da
screaming trees - dust
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Agreed. Nebakanezer might be my favorite BC tune ever. Such a heavy, cool riff and dark lyrics.
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Hmm, maybe not, but it gets FAR less praise than Magic on this board.....
Devils and Dust is a WAY the better record.....
Magic should be retitled Autopilot....
Oh yeah it's a really great record, but it's not really a rock record, and this is a board for a rock and roll band therefore...
If Magic didn't have the holy motherfucking hell compressed out of it it probably would still be the better record... plus everybody really loves the E Street Band.
I thought it was for all kinds of music....?
But yeah Magic is way compressed.....and the lyrics on that album? Meh.....