Underrated Albums from great bands?

[OumaFan]

The Bends was one of those albums where every song was good. That and OK Computer were their two best albums IMO, they haven't been quite the same since then, although I liked their last one.

Bleach was a good album too.

[CFH]

A couple more, feel free to add your own.

Sepultura: Chaos AD - Often overshadowed by the more popular and experimental Roots, Chaos AD is an album of comprable quality. Sepultura's traditional thrash style has mostly been replaced by a slower, more groove-laden approach. Chaos AD also provided listeners with their first tastes of the experemental approach the band would take with Roots. This album demonstates why this band, along with Pantera and Slayer, almost singlehandedly kept real metal (ie not Metallica) alive in the 90's. Refuse/Resist and Territory are the more well known songs on this album, but Amen and Nomad as also standouts.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QP7ezd_SA4o

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=52nhSRD38hU

Babyshambles: Down in Albion - Ok, so they may not be a "great band" in terms of ground breaking originality or popularity, but Down in Albion is an outstanding album. I'm going to say something a bit controversial, but it's better than either of the more popular Libertines albums. An EP and another album have come out since Down in Albion, and the band is pretty much unknown in North America. Fuck Forever is probably the best known track on the album, but nearly ever song stands out as a remarkable piece of songwriting.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmoCxXXcwg

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GFnlCjg1OsI

[Trainer Monkey]

Pink Floyd-The Final Cut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ZSSFYeNck

[Trainer Monkey]

The Exploited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiM755xBz80

[Gandalf]

The Clash: Give 'em enough rope
Pulp: We Love Life
Dexy's Midnight Runners: Dont stand me down

[Trainer Monkey]

The Clash: Give 'em enough rope
Pulp: We Love Life
Dexy's Midnight Runners: Dont stand me down

Oddly Give Em Enough Rope is my fave Clash album,it catches the transition between the much cleaner stuff theyd do later,and the earlier go for broke style

[Gandalf]

The Clash: Give 'em enough rope
Pulp: We Love Life
Dexy's Midnight Runners: Dont stand me down

Oddly Give Em Enough Rope is my fave Clash album,it catches the transition between the much cleaner stuff theyd do later,and the earlier go for broke style

You break it down well there. Its definitely an album that slots stylistically right between the first album and "London Calling". The songwriting becomes richer and more complex than on the debut and hints at the confectionary that was to come next. Its an important Clash album IMO and stands up well. "London Calling" is my favourite, such a variety to the songwriting.

[Gandalf]

A couple more, feel free to add your own.

Sepultura: Chaos AD - Often overshadowed by the more popular and experimental Roots, Chaos AD is an album of comprable quality. Sepultura's traditional thrash style has mostly been replaced by a slower, more groove-laden approach. Chaos AD also provided listeners with their first tastes of the experemental approach the band would take with Roots. This album demonstates why this band, along with Pantera and Slayer, almost singlehandedly kept real metal (ie not Metallica) alive in the 90's. Refuse/Resist and Territory are the more well known songs on this album, but Amen and Nomad as also standouts.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QP7ezd_SA4o

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=52nhSRD38hU

Babyshambles: Down in Albion - Ok, so they may not be a "great band" in terms of ground breaking originality or popularity, but Down in Albion is an outstanding album. I'm going to say something a bit controversial, but it's better than either of the more popular Libertines albums. An EP and another album have come out since Down in Albion, and the band is pretty much unknown in North America. Fuck Forever is probably the best known track on the album, but nearly ever song stands out as a remarkable piece of songwriting.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmoCxXXcwg

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GFnlCjg1OsI

Babyshambles are pretty good. There are some cracking tracks on that debut album, but its a few tracks too long for me. Pete Doherty has a way with a tune, but his quality control check can sometimes be wayward.

[Gandalf]

The Bends was one of those albums where every song was good. That and OK Computer were their two best albums IMO, they haven't been quite the same since then, although I liked their last one.

Bleach was a good album too.

For me The Bends is their best album. Its brash and is everything a rock album should be. Ok Computer is brilliant too, but a couple of tracks leave me a bit cold. The Tourist meanders for me and Electioneering doesnt quite hit the spot.

They havent quite been the same since, Radiohead are a very self aware band, perhaps too much so. In rainbows was decent but not on the same level as the second and third albums.