Underrated Albums - Top List

Arwen Evenstar said:Honestly, anything by White Stripes works for me.

I guess I have to agree with her on that one.😳

And for the record, I’ve always thought The Smiths were totally overrated... I just never really got what the big deal was about them.🙄

Michelle Hall9 said:honestly, I think The Smiths are overrated... I just don't get the hype🙄

well isn't that cute...
(those 2 stupid dogs know what's coming 😁)

Brenda Scott14 said:I honestly think "Is This It" by The Strokes is super overrated. Like, I just can't get into it—it doesn't really move the needle for me at all. ☕

Man, I totally forgot about that take... But for me? The Strokes are just straight-up boring. Honestly! Their first album was okay enough, I guess, but everything after that? Not for me.

Please, just don't go back to those old Coldplay days 😠

I honestly just can't bring myself to stomach this whole Belle & Sebastian obsession. 🙄

Brenda Scott14 said:Honestly, I think "Is This It" by The Strokes is totally overrated. Like, it just doesn't move the needle for me at all. ☕

Well, personally? That album is easily in my top 20 greatest of all time.😁

Timothy Jones85 said:Personally, I’d put this album right on my list of the top 20 greatest of all time.😁

Honestly, you manage to surprise me with something new every single day!😲 😁

.........if only my girlfriend felt the same way😢 😁

is that a compliment or an insult?🙂

It’s mostly just a bit unpleasant, I suppose 😈 😁

gentlepuma20 said:Oh, how precious...
(those two mindless idiots have no idea what's coming 😁)

BUT IT'S TOTALLY WRONG😁

Nah, that’s just my personal take on them.😳 They don't mean anything to me, honestly.😳

ari peka nikkola said:Look, I just don't get the hype around Marvin Gaye and "What's Going On." I own the record; it’s fine, really, but for God's sake, everyone puts it in their top ten all-time lists—hell, even higher. I just can't wrap my head around why people think it's that revolutionary...😕

Maybe you just don't have the right gear 😁... Seriously, try listening to it on some high-quality headphones (either clip-ons or closed-back ones so you don't lose those deep frequencies)... I mean it; cheap speakers will strip away a massive amount of the subtle, layered background textures that make Marvin's production so incredibly rich...

It’s definitely a candidate for the #1 spot, not just a top 10 album 😁.

When it comes to overrated music,

The Ramones—pretty much anything they put out, 🙂

The Rolling Stones—about 90% of their catalog

Miles Davis - On the Corner (this one is tricky because people either worship the ground this album walks on or absolutely despise it; I’d say I land somewhere in the middle. It’s fundamentally interesting, sure, but it's definitely overhyped)...
Maybe even Kind of Blue. Look, it’s a truly fantastic, timeless masterpiece, but I still think it gets too much credit, even if it feels almost sacrilegious to say that given it dropped back in 1959...

The Supremes, Jackson 5, and all that Motown commercial pop from that era (yeah, including Marvin Gaye before his 1971 peak and the untouchable What's Going On)—it’s fine for background listening, but it doesn't hold much actual substance...

Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love below—I honestly cannot wrap my head around the glowing reviews for this bland, mediocre mess. The only standout track worth a damn is "The Way You Move."

About 90% of Rap and Hip-hop albums, regardless of when they were released, that constantly get shoved onto "Greatest of All Time" lists. Most of them just have one or two solid hits surrounded by a pile of garbage. There are very few albums where the entire project is actually good...

I don't know why, but even though I consider myself a metalhead, I just can't stand Metallica. That one album with the orchestra wasn't half bad, I guess, but the rest is just trash. I'm not really into the Sex Pistols or that kind of stuff that gets hyped up for no reason when it doesn't actually hold up. Sometimes I feel like albums from obscure singers or random bands are better than the tenth release from a major group that just sounds exactly like everything else they've done.

Rachel Bailey86 said:I don't know what it is, but even though I consider myself a metalhead, I just can't stand Metallica. I mean, that one album they did with the orchestra wasn't half bad, but everything else? Absolute trash. Honestly, I’m not even feeling the Sex Pistols or those kinds of bands that everyone hypes up for no reason when they aren't actually worth the noise. Sometimes I swear, some random underground singer or an obscure indie band puts out something better than the tenth studio album from a massive group that's just recycling the same tired formula over and over again.

I’m in love! Seriously. It happened. I'm a goner.🙂

Man, I just had a sudden flashback—those guys The Strange... what an incredibly pretentious, high-brow mess they were... 🙂

I won't get bogged down in specific names, but honestly, I am more than relieved that the whole Britpop hype era is finally behind us... back in that '97-'98 window... NME used to get under my skin more than any other publication ever could... And the saddest part is, there actually was some real potential there...

Anyone claiming that *Awake* or *The Number of the Beast* are losses just doesn't get the genre. Period.

Carol Jackson45 said:That Barrett solo hits totally differently for me. 😁 😁 😁

Let's see here...
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, actually pretty much anything by Floyd...

One of these days you're gonna end up biting your own tongue off, and then maybe you'll finally be able to package those words of yours up in a plastic bag and sell them. 😁

William Rodriguez36 said:One day you’re gonna swallow your own tongue. Then you can try selling those pathetic little words of yours in a Ziploc bag. 😁

You think they're actually gonna write? 😬

I'm putting them up on eBay right now. 😉

Dead Kennedys said:You think people will actually buy them? 😬

I’m gonna list them on eBay right now. 😉

Only if they're vacuum-sealed, man. 🙂

Look, DSOTM is a legit work of art, regardless of how much it's played, and you gotta respect the creativity even if the music makes you want to crawl out of your skin.

Take Tool, for instance. Who's actually gonna sit there and claim 'Lateralus' is just some uninspired garbage? Maybe Twilight, but honestly, you can't take them that seriously anyway. 😁

Kevin said:I won't even get into specific names, but honestly? I’m just glad the whole Britpop hype era is dead and buried. Back in '97-'98... Nomad used to get under my skin more than any magazine ever could. And the worst part is, they actually had potential... which makes it even more of a bummer.

Look, Nomad was easily one of the best things to ever happen to American music journalism. 1998 was such an incredible year—you had Nomad, Massive Attack, Black Box Recorder, Ash, Air, Fatboy Slim basically running the show. So yeah, I'm actually glad you were getting worked up over it! 👋