Overated albums?

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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    Black albums has two or three good songs on it ("Holier Than Thou"), but a whole lotta crap, too.
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Echoes wrote:
    Black albums has two or three good songs on it ("Holier Than Thou"), but a whole lotta crap, too.

    Maybe it's a Metallica thing but that album is strong from 1-12.
  • cornellisgod
    cornellisgod Posts: 22
    Oasis - Definately Maybe.

    - I've got to be honest i've never understood why this mediocre record gets so much press. Take away the attitude and what you are left with is a bunch of samey, cliched tunes with none being particularl interesting! Except for 'Live Forever' i suppose. 'What's The Story' is a much better album.

    RHCP - BSSM

    - Again, this aint bad and its enjoyable, but Chili's best? Mother's Milk and By The Way are much better. Alot of the songs sound the same, the drums are too thinnly mixed and its a little bland.

    Pearl Jam - Yield

    - SHOCK HORROR!! Look i love PJ as much as anyone, and after Soundgarden they are my favorite band but this album is overrated. Its too mellow, its lacking imagination, there's no danger to the songs etc. Its a good album but Vitalogy wipes the floor with it.

    Sex Pistols - Nevermind...

    - I've never understood why anybody thinks this is a good album. Its utter shite.

    Temple of the Dog - S/T

    - No offence but the popularity of this record baffles me. Its probably the most overrated of the lot. The songs are directionless, cliched and i get bored listening to it. I know it has sentimental value but that doesn't change the fact that it is crap. Just because i love PJ and SG doesn't mean i'm gonna drool all over this album.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    danny72688 wrote:
    Maybe it's a Metallica thing but that album is strong from 1-12.


    I'm just going to agree to disagree, then.
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    danny72688 wrote:
    Maybe it's a Metallica thing but that album is strong from 1-12.


    I'm not a huge Metallica fan, so I could be way off, but didnt they go more mainstream with AJFA and then really cemented their legend with the Black album. Metallica(album) is alot like Ten or Zeppelin IV. They have been played a billion times, but people still like hearin the music. True they may have "better" albums, but every great band has a signature album that has been overplayed, and people are gonna say its overrated.
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Echoes wrote:
    I'm just going to agree to disagree, then.

    Okay that's cool. Like I said it may be just me. Your opinion is fine too, I can see where you're coming from actually, but the album is great to me.
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Oh, Jimmy wrote:
    I'm not a huge Metallica fan, so I could be way off, but didnt they go more mainstream with AJFA and then really cemented their legend with the Black album. Metallica(album) is alot like Ten or Zeppelin IV. They have been played a billion times, but people still like hearin the music. True they may have "better" albums, but every great band has a signature album that has been overplayed, and people are gonna say its overrated.

    I think Metallica was very popular all throughout the 80s especially after the release of Master of Puppets, but went commercial for And Justice. Then they made the Black Album - basically more radio friendly so it was more widely accepted.
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
    Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
  • pipedreams
    pipedreams Posts: 99
    Oh, Jimmy wrote:
    The new Tool is underrated and overrated.

    The song quality is there, but the quantity is not. I feel a little jipped by only gettin 6 songs.

    Don't understand

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  • cellophanehand
    cellophanehand Posts: 34
    oooh not slanted and enchanted..... that's a corker :(

    rhcp last couple. boring.
    pink floyd. dark side of the moon. boring.
    arctic monkeys. yawn.
    libertines... or anything by that f***wit doherty and carl "fifth biggest rock icon ever" barat. neither talented nor iconic. stick to the drugs.
    coldplay. xyzzzzzzzzzz.
    keane. remember them?
    oasis. all of their albums but especially the later ones. for the love of god leave us alone. if we wanted the beatles we'd listen to the beatles...

    the list could go on............. ain't subjective discussions brilliant?!
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  • chris01
    chris01 Posts: 559
    danny72688 wrote:
    Fall Out Boy, Bowling for Soup, The Killers... I could go on and on and on. Let's just say any emo band is overrated (unless you consider Green Day, they are for American Idiot (why the fuck do people act like it's the new Dookie???), but nothing else).


    Actually i think the Killers album is great, lol.

    They're not an emo band (are they?).
    But FOB and BFS can kiss my ass and get dropped from their record label as soon as possible. Utter shite.
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    chris01 wrote:
    Actually i think the Killers album is great, lol.

    They're not an emo band (are they?).
    But FOB and BFS can kiss my ass and get dropped from their record label as soon as possible. Utter shite.

    Sorry I don't think the Killers are emo, but I clump them in 'cause I hate them. They just annoy me worse than Jet...
  • Jammin909
    Jammin909 Posts: 888
    danny72688 wrote:
    Sorry I don't think the Killers are emo, but I clump them in 'cause I hate them. They just annoy me worse than Jet...

    I hate Jet as well. The Killers on the other hand, I like. Only judging from a youtube video- they look boring in concert though. Flowers just stands there like he's in constipated the whole time.
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  • Kraven
    Kraven Posts: 829
    No love for Jet? Whaa, I love them, they put on a great show.

    As far as bands go, Coldplay and Radiohead are two of the most overrated bands ever.

    Yield is overrated on this board by far, its certainly not as good as the 4 albums before it and now it certainly pales in comparison to the Avocado. Also Ten is overrated in the catalog as a whole, a lot of non hardcore Pearl Jam think its their best album and nothing else matters but theyre very wrong. Vs and Vitalogy and at points No Code are much better.
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  • chris01
    chris01 Posts: 559
    Kraven wrote:
    Yield is overrated on this board by far, its certainly not as good as the 4 albums before it and now it certainly pales in comparison to the Avocado. Also Ten is overrated in the catalog as a whole, a lot of non hardcore Pearl Jam think its their best album and nothing else matters but theyre very wrong. Vs and Vitalogy and at points No Code are much better.

    Woah there...... i can see this thread getting a whole lot busier now that you said that, lol.
  • pj_zombie
    pj_zombie Posts: 272
    American Idiot by Green Day and Green Day in general are overrated. Anything emo like Fallout Boy or My Chemical Romance belongs on this list as well. Both albums from Audioslave belong on this list too.
    Pearl Jam Album Rankings
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    1. Ten
    2. Vs.
    3. Pearl Jam
    4. Binaural
    5. No Code
    6. Riot Act
    7. Yield
    8. Vitalogy

    Pearl Jam Song Rankings
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    1. Black
    2. Rearviewmirror
    3. Light Years
    4. Given to Fly
    5. Severed Hand
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    pipedreams wrote:
    Don't understand

    10,000 Days 75:50

    Pearl Jam 49:42

    But half of 10,000 Days is bullshit Tool noise. Vicarious, Jambi, Wings for Marie, The Pot, Rosetta Stoned, and Right In Two are all amazing. The rest is worthless to anyone except people that love everything Tool does, blindly. There are some interesting parts, but for the most part it all coulda been left off and filled with quality material. I expect a few segways since its Tool, but take off Lipan Conjuring, Intension, and Vigenti Tres and replace it with actual music.

    10,000 Day- 50:14

    Pearl Jam- 48:42
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    pj_zombie wrote:
    American Idiot by Green Day and Green Day in general are overrated.

    I only give you American Idiot. Dookie deserves the praise and the others are underrated in my opinion.
  • Bob Weir
    Bob Weir Posts: 850
    Anything by Led Zepplin or the Stones is completly overrated,and pretty much any modern rock.
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Bob Weir wrote:
    Anything by Led Zepplin or the Stones is completly overrated,and pretty much any modern rock.


    Zeppelin could never be overrated. Its not possible. People say they are the best and that just what they are.

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