Underrated Albums from great bands?

[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.

[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

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.

Dont get me wrong,London Calling is an allmost a perfect album,but it does lose the raunch factor that the first record had. Give Em Enough Rope hits the middle ground between the two,just look at the contrast between English Civil War and Stay Free.
I can never diss on London Calling,its practically a Beatles Album,in that,if you cant find a song you like on it,you obviously dont like music. But Rope caught them right in transition.
The Clash really might have been one of the most amazing groups to ever breathe air. In 1982 I cut my first mohawk,because Joe Strummer had one.

[Gandalf]

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.

Dont get me wrong,London Calling is an allmost a perfect album,but it does lose the raunch factor that the first record had. Give Em Enough Rope hits the middle ground between the two,just look at the contrast between English Civil War and Stay Free.
I can never diss on London Calling,its practically a Beatles Album,in that,if you cant find a song you like on it,you obviously dont like music. But Rope caught them right in transition.
The Clash really might have been one of the most amazing groups to ever breathe air. In 1982 I cut my first mohawk,because Joe Strummer had one.

One of the reasons "Give 'em enough rope" is good because its just 10 songs and there really isnt much fluff on there. With "London Calling" I can skip "Lovers Rock" easily and can think of a couple of other tracks that I dont think stand up. "Give 'em enough rope" is short, perhaps 37 minutes long, you dont need the skip button at any point. And in "Tommy Gun" and "Safe European Home" you have two of the best 3 minute "pop" songs ever written. I never ever get tired of hearing those at full blast.

[Fenster]

Miles, you sound like Patrick Bateman

[Fenster]

Can The Bends be classed as underrated? It always ranks highly is those silly "most influential albums" and "greatest of all time" lists.

Anyway.. i love it. Reminds me of a certain period that seems great now. I was a Radiohead fan from Pablo Honey days.. saw them live loads back then. Amnesiac is one of my favs too.

[CFH]

Can The Bends be classed as underrated? It always ranks highly is those silly "most influential albums" and "greatest of all time" lists.

Anyway.. i love it. Reminds me of a certain period that seems great now. I was a Radiohead fan from Pablo Honey days.. saw them live loads back then. Amnesiac is one of my favs too.

I assume it's more popular in the UK then it is over here. It was moderately successful in comparison to their later stuff, but it carries no where near the weight or influence of OK Computer over here. I happen to think it is a superior album.

[Fenster]

Can The Bends be classed as underrated? It always ranks highly is those silly "most influential albums" and "greatest of all time" lists.

Anyway.. i love it. Reminds me of a certain period that seems great now. I was a Radiohead fan from Pablo Honey days.. saw them live loads back then. Amnesiac is one of my favs too.

I assume it's more popular in the UK then it is over here. It was moderately successful in comparison to their later stuff, but it carries no where near the weight or influence of OK Computer over here. I happen to think it is a superior album.

Yeah that's probably right.

In Britain there seemed to be a million Radiohead/Thom Yorke clones.. like there were worldwide a million Nirvana/Cobains, Pearl Jam/Vedders etc...

[Gandalf]

Miles, you sound like Patrick Bateman

Hahahaha!

Thats quite scary actually.

[Fenster]

Miles, you sound like Patrick Bateman

Hahahaha!

Thats quite scary actually.

hmm.. I guess it could be

I thought it once before reading you talking about albums.

Substitute the bands you are talking about for "Whitney Houston" or "Huey Lewis and News", it's a chapter straight out of "American Psycho"

[Gandalf]

Miles, you sound like Patrick Bateman

Hahahaha!

Thats quite scary actually.

hmm.. I guess it could be

I thought it once before reading you talking about albums.

Substitute the bands you are talking about for "Whitney Houston" or "Huey Lewis and News", it's a chapter straight out of "American Psycho"

Ive only seen the film, not read the book. Thats a bit unnerving, I had never considered the likeness before. The good thing is that I really dislike Huey Lewis and the News and Whitney Houston.

Right, I guess its about the time I should wander out and murder a few locals with an axe or a various array of household appliances.

[El Kabong]

Miles, you sound like Patrick Bateman

Hahahaha!

Thats quite scary actually.

If you wrote entire chapters about The Clash THEN I'd worry....as it is you sound MILDLY like Patrick Bateman....just don't go smothering a chick's vagina with brie and sticking a starved rat into her.....(read the book, it's a little more edgy than the movie as you may have figured).



Fore! - Huey Lewis and The News
Innocent Man - Billy Joel

[Gandalf]

Miles, you sound like Patrick Bateman

Hahahaha!

Thats quite scary actually.

If you wrote entire chapters about The Clash THEN I'd worry....as it is you sound MILDLY like Patrick Bateman....just don't go smothering a chick's vagina with brie and sticking a starved rat into her.....(read the book, it's a little more edgy than the movie as you may have figured).



Fore! - Huey Lewis and The News
Innocent Man - Billy Joel

I shall indeed try to restrain myself from carrying out that lurid act. Ive never read the book before, so I might try and get a copy next time im up in Seoul. Nothing can shock me so Im ready for any graphic depictions of murder and mutilation.

[amat]

I have to interject with rap, sorry.

Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmz2KwXylAY

Well reviewed and all but never regarded as a classic, I think is one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Not one great song especially at first listen but when you listen to the overall theme of the album and then disect it line by line it's great. Great commentary, good mix of punchiles (if you ego trip you just lose your luggage) and since 9th Wonder left the group they haven't been the same, the beats are fucking awesome. Since then they have just turned into music industry critics essentially. There isn't one track I could post that would blow anyone away but it comes together as something great when you get the jist of the group. College educated rappers without the stupidity of most every other rapper out there. Not that they are really backpack coffeehouse guys but you aren't going to find them talking about ridiculous shit that no one actually does. This album sold 30 thousand after being one of the most hyped albums of the year. Very sad. BET actually rejected their single from this because they felt it talked down on black people just because it made fun of the image that is projected out there. I'm to grown up to get mad about it now, haha, but it is fairly sad.

Listen to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlUl4RaAruw