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Post by lorendavies on Jun 9, 2017 11:45:16 GMT -5
[10 Albums] more Underestimated and Misunderstood that does not deserve the treatment that has received by the critics and the general public since it came to the market or have more critics had more relevant in the world of classic rock. I hope you all can give your lists of discs underestimated ... thanks
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01.- Preservation Act (1973 & 1974) THE KINKS - In my humble opinion the most abused and misunderstood work of all time. In spite of not being the best work created by Ray Davies, it is still one of the theatrical works with a melodic creativity brutal and very well cohesion musically on all the Act 2. He did not get the idea of making big singles because it was an operetta. It is necessary to differentiate what is an Operetta and discs of conventional songs. And neither is it a question of comparing the songs of the first musical stage of the group, it has nothing to do with one stage with the other stage as they do a great majority. This album in its totality has very nice melodic pieces very versatile. Elegance and aesthetically musical of immense artistic value.. Wonderful play for lovers of the best music. a jewel 02.- Minstrel In The Gallery (1975) JETHRO TULL - You do not have bad reviews, but it does not have the importance of huge album that should deserve. Musically with a very complex melodic and musical structure that becomes a delight for the lover of the best music. 03.- Eldorado (1974) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Same as the previous one, it does not have bad reviews but they stay very short. It should be an album remembered by everyone. It's the bad thing about conceptual albums that do not have the same treatment as a conventional album. Loose songs tend to taste more than cohesive albumns without great songs. 04.- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) THE MOODY BLUES - Wonderful album and barely known by the public in the vast majority. It was his second masterpiece after the brilliant Days Of Future Passed. In full maturity created to achieve some of the peak works of his discography and even contemporary music. 05.- The Who By Numbers (1975) THE WHO - It is not a masterpiece, but it is an album of the hidden ones within the discography of The Who. In my humble opinion it was his last great album. 06.- Queen II (1974) QUEEN - Possibly it is the band's most unknown album and it approaches nude masterpiece. An album with a very complex musical structure but at the same time a musical delight. Wonderful 07.- Demons & Wizard (1972) URIAH HEEP - As an album of the band is not badly considered, but it should be a very considered album within the world of rock, beauty in all their vocal harmonies with touching Operistics and progressive. Musically speaking a gem. 08.- Lace And Whiskey (1977) ALICE COOPER - It is an album also very mistreated by the critic and the public and without being a musical jewel if that is an extraordinary album. Highly recommend. 09.- Red Rose Speedway (1973) PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - Album of the most beautiful that can be heard in the discography of Paul. There are not many great songs except My Love, but if you get some beautiful and creative melodies. The album is very well cohesive of beautiful melodies and very achieved and with great meddley of pure beauty. Possibly eclipsed by the huge album " Band On The Run" edited in the same year as the " Red Rose Speedway". That does not remove from a record of much merit. 10.- Oddesa (1969) BEE GEES - A musical jewel that coming from some of the most famous groups in history is very little known today. In fact the first and/or best stage of the Bee Gees their albums are very hidden. 11.- Waiting For The Sun (1968) THE DOORS - Is another great and underrated album, in this album (the third of his career) we find a fascinating tour of extraordinary ballads, beautiful psychedelic pop tunes, fibrous rock songs. The lyrical pop of "Hello I Love You" (a subject that almost entailed a judicial litigation with Ray Davies, in saying that it was a plagiarism of " All Day And All Of The Night", the elegant " Love Street", with A hypnotic combination between organ and piano, or the disturbing " Not To Touch The Earth" are the beginning of an impressive record with classy themes. The suggestive melody lulled by a wailing guitar in " Summer's Almost Gone" next to " Wintertime Love", delicious mix between waltz and pop, the anti-war " Unknown Soldier", where the Doors demonstrate again their little valued melodic talent, " Spanish Caravan", a curious approach from the Doors from Californian acidity to flamenco sound," Yes, The River Knows, "excellent ballad full of style, or the aggressiveness of rock " Five To One" are passages of first-rate music lovers that not even Boring Indian song " My Wild Love" can detract. 12.- New Morning (1970) BOB DYLAN - It was an album that had very good reviews when it came to the market, but does not stop being a cover in his extensive discography, is not really known by the general public. Planet Waves (1974), Blood On The Tracks (1975) and Desire (1976) were more commercial and more recognized, but in my humble opinion were never better works than the New Morning, although they were a trilogy of very good records. In short, they are huge albums that are not exactly the best albums of their corresponding recordings, except for Eldorado ( Electric Light Orchestra), which I think is, the rest are very important works with enormous artistic value, despite not having decent sales.
Pd.: These discs should not be missing in any discotheque of a music lover ........ |
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Post by HollyH on Jun 26, 2017 20:26:13 GMT -5
Great thread, Loren!
Amy Rigby -- Diary of a Mod Housewife -- a great mix of country, punk, feminism, and social satire.
Elvis Costello -- Get Happy! -- a tribute to Stax soul records that confused most listeners at the time, who wanted a follow-up to Armed Forces. Those of us who were willing to go where Elvis was going would be with the guy for life.
Graham Parker -- Struck By Lightning -- anyone who only knows GP's work with the Rumour needs to hear the richness and depth of his solo work. Poignant, tender, wicked smart, and tuneful as all get-out.
Harry Nilsson -- Nilsson Schmilsson -- a voice to die for, and a lot richer musically that he gets credit for.
Ian Dury and the Blockheads -- Reasons to Be Cheerful-- funny, jazzy, and dark. Pay attention to every word.
Lyle Lovett -- Joshua Judges Ruth -- one of the great songwriters of our time, equally ignored by the rock/pop and country/western establishments. Heart-breakingly wise and true songs, sung by a voice that never fails to stir my heart-strings.
Marshall Crenshaw -- Jaggedland -- what happens when a power-pop genius dives into his jazz side? Complex, wise, emotionally moving songs you'll never forget.
Neil Young -- This Note's For You -- you think you know Neil Young? This shattering album of jazz-inflected soul-baring takes it to the next level.
Nick Lowe -- Dig My Mood -- the album whereon the quintessential pub rocker/punk godfather discovered his second act as a country-tinged singer-songwriter, with wit to spare.
I could add more, but until then, please listen to these outliers!
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Post by HollyH on Jun 26, 2017 20:27:11 GMT -5
PS thank you Loren for giving some love to Red Rose Speedway, which I think has so much amazing stuff on it!
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Post by lorendavies on Jun 28, 2017 9:19:49 GMT -5
PS thank you Loren for giving some love to Red Rose Speedway, which I think has so much amazing stuff on it! Hi Holly !!! To me it seems a very good album composed with very beautiful songs all of them and that are to the same height of quality except My Love that is the jewel of the album. Red Rose Speedway & Venus And Mars are two of my favorite albums by Paul Mccartney and the one that was through the colossus Band On The Run affected and eclipsed these very good albums of Paul. I love Red Rose Speedway because it is not an album of great singles and yes of a set of meritorious melodies that makes of a very pleasant disc and adding three great bonus tracks HI, HI, HI, C'MOON and THE MESS (live) . So it's a very covert album inside Paul Mccartney's long record. Pd.. I also have many albums that in my opinion are very underestimated and I will gradually put them. I hope HollyH that you also putting them gradually ... Thanks |
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Post by martin53 on Jul 18, 2017 17:47:54 GMT -5
Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days
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Post by lorendavies on Jul 20, 2017 9:10:55 GMT -5
Death Ladie's Man (1977) LEONARD COHEN - Album underestimated within the discography of Leonard Cohen. Criticism as the public did not welcome this new work to get away from folk music. It was the most pop album of the entire career of the composer, with precious and meticulous melodies in all his courts. Leonard Cohen was not satisfied with the production of the album in charge of Phil Spector especially in the songs "True Love Leaves No Traces", composition that pleased to L.C. "Do not Go Home With Your Hand" with collaboration in Bob Dylan's choirs and the other song I do not remember in which Cohen was not satisfied with the work of Phil Spector. For Cohen it was an ordeal to work with Phil Spector in which he carried a pistol to the recording studios. Cohen refused to play the songs of this album to please the producer of this work. In conclusion and in my humble opinion without the best but neither of the worst albums of Cohen I find a beautiful and great melodies. The great composers are considered when they do not do the same thing and Leonard Cohen here demonstrated it in doing the same thing.
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Post by martin53 on Aug 6, 2017 14:51:46 GMT -5
The Turtles - Turtle Soup
Produced by Ray Davies. Easily their finest (and last!) album.
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Post by lorendavies on Aug 20, 2017 8:58:05 GMT -5
Black Sabbath (1970) Black Sabbath - Tremendous album eclipsed by their next and successful album "Paranoid", and far superior to this (my opinion). Dark, sinister, big riffs and the great solo guitar of the great Tommy Iommy. A jewel within Classic rock that has served many groups from the eighties forward to lend their influences. It has no bad reviews and is well considered, but it's not a pile job!.
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Post by lorendavies on Sept 5, 2017 9:17:27 GMT -5
Between The Buttons (1967) THE ROLLING STONES - The album, which was reviled in its time by not conforming to the previous R & B musical rhythms of the London quintet, "Between The Buttons" is a disco wonder that combines with diversity the pop sensation of the golden age of the genre with baroque strokes, blues rock, folk pop, psychedelic ... and echoes of the Kinks, Dylan or Beatles in songs with ironic perspective on relationships.
The LP contains excellently arranged songs (with Brian Jones interpreting multitude of instruments) that deserve to be appreciated in their esteem.
between the buttons back cover They showed the Rolling Stones with this work that when they wrote pop they could compete with anyone in melodic creation. In addition to this record, you just have to discover the 'B' faces of singles from the early years of their career to realize their talent in this field.
In a track full of masterpieces, we want to highlight this album so singular and mistreated by the "enlightened" of its time with songs like "Let's Spend The Night Together", "Back Street Girl", "All Sold Out", "Yesterday's Papers", "Connection, "Who's Been Sleeping Here", "Miss Amanda Jones".
As an anecdote to quote that the extraordinary ballad "Ruby Tuesday" (appeared in the American version of the disc, not in the British version) was written by Brian Jones and Keith Richards (dedicated to a groupie), although it finished being credited by advertising decisions to the pair Jagger / Richards, adding to the frustration of the great musician.
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Post by lorendavies on Sept 6, 2017 9:06:30 GMT -5
Mind Games (1973) JOHN LENNON - One of the less valued works of the ill-fated John Lennon, who here also assumed production tasks.
It does not lack virtues to this album to appreciate it like one of the most obtained works of the native of Liverpool alone.
The song that gives title to the album (with a production similar to the one that Phil Spector developed in "Imagine") is undoubtedly the most remembered of a disc in which the ex Beatle shows its well-known melodic capacity in wonders like "One Day ( At a Time), "where he uses the falsetto," Out Of The Blue "or the glorious" You Are Here, "all of them taking their beloved Yoko Ono as inspiration.
Other highlights of the album are "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)", an extremely sensitive piece, "I Know (I Know)", "Bring On The Lucie (Freda People)", "Tight As," a duplicitous folk-rock of the best Bob Dylan, the upbeat "Intuition" and the vigorous rock of "Meat City."
An album to be contested with the participation of leading musicians such as guitarist David Spinoza, drummer Jim Keltner or saxophonist Michael Brecker. In spite of all my favorite album although it is not the best is Walls And Bridges of 1974
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Post by lorendavies on Sept 13, 2017 9:21:20 GMT -5
Nobody Fools (1976) SLADE - an LP that the group Slade published when its better stage within glam rock already had finished. In spite of this it is a very good disc that counted on the production of Chas Chandler, the former member of the Animals.
The album shows the diversity of this undervalued British ensemble and includes singles co-written by rhythm singer / guitarist Noddy Holder and bassist Jimmy Lea (alongside them were lead guitarist Dave Hill and drummer Don Powell) "In For A Penny, "a great track with Kinks/Beatles influence on vocals and melody and psychedelic traits on gait," Let's Call It Quits "... I got something here for you, it's big enough for two ... with so much rock'n'roll influence 50's like Boogie Rock, or the homonymous "Nobody's Fools" LP opening with Noddy not letting her lover go in a pleasant half-time crossing power pop with soul.
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Post by lorendavies on Sept 13, 2017 9:52:35 GMT -5
A New World Record (1976) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Great album by Jeff Lynne's ELO, a composer obsessed with Beatles music.
In "A New World Record", showing their excellent taste for orchestration, they sound Guitars with resonances of Harrison, pianos reminiscent of Paul McCartney and rhythmic times to Ringo Starr.
The production, as always is standard in Lynne, focuses on getting the melodic compositions of catchy choruses to be adorned with sound effects and epic orchestral arrangements with emphasis on strings.
The LP features the delightful ballads "Shangri-La", "Mission" and "Telephone Line" and the rock pieces "Do ya" or "Rockaria", where Jeff seems to cross Little Richard with McCartney.
The jewel of the album is "Livin 'Thing", whose consumption continues today to be a sublime poetic hedonism. "A new world record" is an underrated and masterful pop record.
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Post by martin53 on Sept 13, 2017 11:24:11 GMT -5
I don't think that The Electric Light Orchestra's "A New World Record" was an underrated album! It got excellent reviews, it sold very well and the group lifted off to new horizons.
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Post by lorendavies on Sept 14, 2017 9:10:37 GMT -5
I don't think that The Electric Light Orchestra's "A New World Record" was an underrated album! It got excellent reviews, it sold very well and the group lifted off to new horizons. Hi Martin53 !! I mean it's not an album that is very considerate. Had successes, yes !!! but it's a very forgotten album, and I think very few people would tell you that the song "Livin 'Thin" is on this album. In general, almost all albums of the Electric Light Orchestra are greatly underestimated especially their progressive albums "ELO I" and "ELO 2". |
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Post by lorendavies on Sept 14, 2017 10:12:10 GMT -5
Trafalgar (1971) BEE GEES - An underrated LP of the Bee Gees that continued its path pop and soft rock started in the 60s with orchestrations and psychedelic and baroque influences in melancholy, sophisticated, sweet, sentimental tones.
Although the weight of almost all compositions, as was standard, fell on Barry Gibb, one of the best songs of the album was written and sung by Maurice Gibb: the homonymous ballad "Trafalgar."
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