Here's another one I thought of: Bionic by Christina Aguilera.
Her fanbase hates it, but I think it's easily the best she's done so far and the most original.
...Not really discredited, but definitely ignored by most Judas Priest fans - Rocka Rolla
Experience. It's a fucking INCREDIBLE album, and shows Liam at the top of his game from the get go, but since Oldskool Rave is a Dead Horse Genre it doesn't get much attention.
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.Death Magnetic was the first album I ever heard where the mastering was so poor I couldn't listen to it.
How could anyone let an album go out like that?
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.While I'm not really a huge Aerosmith fan, I think Done With Mirrors is good enough to have been their comeback instead of Permanent Vacation.
As far as eighties pop-metal goes, it's better than anything Motley Crue or Poison or Bon Jovi did around the time (though I'd say it's not as good as Guns N' Roses would be later on; maybe on par with Def Leppard).
On Through the Night by Def Leppard. I'm not one of those fans who'd say it's their only good album becauase it's the heaviest (though to be honest it's not really as heavy as records by Sweet or Slade at the height of their popularity) but I'd say it's not bad, and it'd be interesting to say what kind of spin they'd put on the songs if they did them live today.
I actually thought Pete Townshend’s experiments with synthesizers on the Ken Russell Tommy soundtrack were pretty interesting. The main problem with the soundtrack was who was singing. Since when could Ann-Margret sing rock? Since when could Oliver Reed sing at all?
"A Thousand Suns" by Linkin Park. I think it's a good album with some ambition and willingness to change. Of course, its hatedom likes to paint it as the worst thing in the history of ever, or something.
The only album I've ever really noticed the mastering on was RHCP's Californication.
As for mostly discredited albums, I'll bite and say that I'm a bigger fan of Relapse than I should be, considering how much I hate Encore and Recovery. I also think that Druqks is Aphex Twin's third-best album, and that ISAM is much better than Bricolage.
Druqks gets a lot of YMMV, I've usually got my iPod on shuffle, so I usually don't notice lack of album cohesion, so I've come to rather like the album.
Why can I never spell it right?
edited 31st Jul '11 6:27:39 PM by inane242
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.I'd have to say Wishville, Catherine Wheel's last album, the response to which was a factor in their break up. I liked it a lot.
Pitchfork's review of the album begins: R.I.P. Here lies Catherine Wheel...
edited 31st Jul '11 8:56:20 PM by Daremo
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.People don't seem to like Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire that much when it comes to Rush's discography, due to the synthesizer spam.
Well, you know what?
I like the synthesizer spam. In fact, GUP to HYF is my favorite era of Rush. Try that on for size!
People also don't like Vapor Trails because of the poor mastering (Loudness War casualty! Goddamn you, masterer). I don't like the mastering either, but the songs themselves are good.
EDIT: Somebody needs to find a Vapor Trails vinyl (because vinyls usually have much, much better sound quality due to not being jacked up for loudness to the point where the waves clip
) and convert it to digital. Seriously.
edited 31st Jul '11 10:00:54 PM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.![]()
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I'm not sure whether to heartily agree or disagree with that statement.
(That is, I think you're right, but perhaps not for the same reasons.)
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.The Royal Scam and Gaucho by Steely Dan (their two lowest-rated albums on Allmusic, though I doubt fans dislike them quite as much), pretty much anything by MC Hammer but especially Too Legit to Quit (which was following a tough act, granted); 5150 by Van Halen (or: Eddie plays more Oberheim than guitar in this).
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I have only heard of one of those bands.
So I'm evidently doing something wrong here.
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....