Generally “discredited” albums you like

And I as well.

Aw, hell, I'll just make a thread for it.

And so he did.

Jewel fans apparently aren't at all fond of 0304, but I love "Doin' Fine" at least.

Manic Street Preachers' Lifeblood is one album I thoroughly enjoy that seems to get quite a bit of flak >_>;

edited 31st Jul '13 4:34:51 AM by Geogaddi

The two albums Mötley Crüe released in the 90s, Motley Crue (The Corabi album from '94) and Generation Swine (The reunion album from '97). Neither got a lot of respect; the former alienated fans who wanted Vince Neil back and didn't like the grungey sound, and the latter was kind of missed opportunity, since they managed to bring back Neil but squandered it by fiddling around with electronica and industrial elements (which was, again, what the fans didn't want).

Regardless, on their own terms, they aren't bad at all. Motley Crue was hard and heavy, sleazy and unapologetic, and yet still insightful and meaningful. It updated the sound of the band phenomenally, and the inclusion of Corabi's versatility as a songwriter and a guitar player proved that the band could be very well rounded in terms of musical ability, giving us classics such as the freewheeling "Hooligan's Holiday" and the lamenting "Misunderstood", along with gems such as "Poison Apples", "Smoke the Sky," and "Power to the Music".

Generation Swine... *sigh*... it was a well-done album, but it's not hard to see why the band considered it a disappointment. The album had an overabundance of ballads ("Glitter", "Rocketship", and "Brandon") and carried the general feeling that the incorporation of NIN-esque keyboard and sampling work was unnecessary. However, like the last album the band does show a good degree of diversity, shuffling through hedonist sleaze in songs like "Let Us Prey" and "Find Myself", self-contemplation on "Flush" and "Confessions", as well as fast-paced, headbanger tunes like "Generation Swine" and the remake of "Shout at the Devil". And let's not forget "Beauty", "Afraid", and "A Rat Like Me"...

Yeah I do like those as much as the earlier work (NSD more than Ecstasy though). I think NSD gets the most flack cause Ozzy was on the verge of getting kicked out and it shows on the album, but other than that there's some great tracks on it.

The Tigers album Human Renascence.

Credited with killing GS, but has real musical genius behind it.

GS?

Group Sounds(basically Japanese early rock crossed with folk)

I know Bleach by Nirvana isn't considered bad, but I think it's almost as good as Nevermind.

I love the Corabi Crue album. It helps that Corabi has a stronger voice than Neil by far.

I quite like Comedown Machine by The Strokes, i even think it's better than Is This It.

I really like David Bowie's mid-90's albums.

I didn't realize until recently how much some people hated Justice's Audio, Video, Disco. I know † is considered the better album and I, personally, enjoy the first album more, but I don't think AVD is as bad as some people say.

edited 17th Oct '13 8:05:13 PM by FingerPuppet

I like Kiss's disco albums.

Hot Space is not nearly as bad an album as many will have you think. The only real bad song on there is probably Body Language (why they released that as a single, I'll never really know...), but the rest of the album is pretty sweet. Sure, it's not typical Queen, but did Queen really have a definitive mold at that point? They started out doing Hard Rock and then transitioned by the very next album into some pretty heavy Progressive stuff, then mellowed out by the third and stayed there for roughly 2 or 3 more albums. After that, I think it's safe to say anything goes with them.

I think people give them shit because it's funk, and for some reason that's good enough justification for calling it sub-par? I can totally get why you probably don't think it's the best album they made, but I'm in the camp that thinks Queen almost never made a bad song (a rare breed for any artist, that's for sure), and this is no exception. Even if you don't believe that, you can't honestly tell me this album is completely terrible.

I would second that "Hot Space" is not as bad as it's made out to be. Maybe it was just the perception that it was capitalizing on the success of "Another One Bites The Dust," or maybe the album was just a casualty of the Disco Backlash, but for whatever reason "Hot Space" gets a lot of unwarranted hate. It's not my favorite Queen album, but it certainly has its moments.

Born Again by Black Sabbath, only album with former Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillian, also their heaviest pre-90's almost without a doubt. I'm on the HOT LINNNNNNNNEEE.

edited 28th Oct '13 4:59:07 PM by ZestierThanThou

Not really "discredited", but i rarely ever hear anyone praising Green Day's Insomniac nowadays. Personally, i think its their best album, its got all the catchy hooks people associate with Green Day mixed in with a darker vibe.

Despite Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon not agreeing with me, I count The Great Escape to be one of the best offerings from Blur.

I don't think too many Blur fans would disagree with that, even though I much prefer the self-titled.

As for me, I legitimately enjoy Brain Drain. Sure, it's full of late-Eighties trash-metal excesses, but it's that same "trashy" element that makes the Ramones so endearing, and the melodies are mostly good anyway—especially "Pet Sematary."

The first time I tried to listen to that album, I didn't make it halfway through the first song...dunno what it was, but it annoyed me intensely. It sat on my CD player for a few months, and then on a lark I gave it another try, and whatever was bothering me was gone because I was instantly hooked and it didn't leave my car for the better part of a year.

KISS had disco albums? I usually hear Dynasty touted as “their disco album” but apart from “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” and maybe one other track, I don’t hear it. The rest just sounds like a regular KISS album to me.

Despite the fact that half the fandom seems to hate it, John Henry has always been one of my favorite albums by They Might Be Giants. It really resonated with me when I first heard it (around the age of 13), and a lot of the songs on it are brilliant. (The End Of The Tour always gets me choked up!) Sure, it's a departure from their usual stuff, especially their earlier stuff, but it's a damn fine album in its own right.

Also, someone mentioned, earlier in the thread, the concept of a mix consisting entirely of songs that aren't much like a band's usual fare...I think I'll have to do that. It sounds fun, and I do love making mixes.

edited 21st Nov '13 7:02:54 PM by AceyEnn

John Henry only seems particularly different to me when you compare it to their earlier stuff. Since then they've done a lot more modern rock, REM-ish tracks (though not necessarily to the point where it chokes out everything else). While most of the album is kinda dominated by that vibe, I still say it has some of their best songs (I feel the same way about "The End of the Tour"), and even the ones that aren't their best are still pretty damn good when you think about how hit-or-miss TMBG's albums can be at times. Some of the more memorable tracks from that album for me would include "Subliminal", "Snail Shell", "NyquilAKA Driver", "I Should Be Allowed to Think", "Spy" (though I'll admit, this one kinda peters out by the end, and while it's more polished than the version on the Why Does the Sun Shine EP, that version also has more energy to it), "No One Knows My Plan", and "Meet James Ensor" (which might be one of the catchiest songs TMBG has ever put out and the catchiest song ever written about a lonely artist who lived with his mother and died alone and friendless).

See, when I think of underrated They Might Be Giants albums, I think of Mink Car. That one seems to have been largely ignored by both the band itself (at least, judging by the one time I got to see them live) and the fans—though, granted, considering there was just a tribute album put out last year with artists covering all the songs from the album, it seems like it's finally starting to get the respect it deserves.

I also feel like The Else is a bit underappreciated. I will admit, that album has a much less diverse sound for all its songs than most of the band's albums, but most of the songs on it are pretty great. Maybe just skip over the first three tracks and you'll be digging into a wonderful album. (Seriously, while I don't mind those songs, I do feel like they are the worst songs on the album, and I don't know why they would front-load the album with its worst songs.)