Underrated Albums from great bands?

[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.