Recommend one underrated album you think deserves more recognition

magma69

I discovered the band Tunng recently and have been obsessed with the album Comments From The Inner Chorus. For those who are not aware, Tunng's sound usually comprises lush guitar finger picking, sweeping cellos, electonic beats and vocals. The album stays solid the whole way throughout. I like the way they mix traditional folk music with modern electronica. Anyway here is one of my favourite tracks of the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb0JtmjHbMA

colsku

Good thread idea bud!

Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams

Outstanding

Paul_Hacket

Nice idea for a thread. One band that I enjoyed as a 'yoof' in the 80s but who now seem to have disappeared from even indie-nerd consciousness was The Woodentops.

They had a really nice acoustic-meets-rockabilly sound. Their drummer was jazz trained and could play just bizarrely fast. Their first eponymous album was great all the way through, pretty much all of their singles are worth getting also. If you get 'em on vinyl you can enjoy the nice artwork they always had. They still tour from time to time too.

They were one of those bands who were absolutely stymied by the requirement to mime to songs on most mid-80s TV shows. Their songs were so fast they always looked totally absurd miming. Here they are on French TV, lousy sound and video quality but worth a look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQscb7o0wY8

Miguel_Sanchez

colsku wrote: »

Good thread idea bud!

Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams

Outstanding

I had one of Whitest Boy Alive's albums for a bit and only gave it a cursory listen. But at the Picnic a friend of mine convinced me to go see them and they were tremendous live. Really played their hearts out and the whole tent was going crazy for them.

I'd recommend Why? Haven't got their new album yet but their first two are really really worth giving some time to.

Boo-yah

Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy

fillmore jive

Stone Roses- Second Coming?

Soul Cake Duck

Tv on the radio, amazing band...maybe not very underrated but worth a mention as they should imo be a lot 'bigger'!

Here is a live version of Stork & Owl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T0ngtiDs8

or wolf like me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTy-e6qEWRE&feature=fvst

Great thread..in serious need of some new music!

mosstin

Every single album by American Music Club.

Alias & tarsier....brookland/oaklyn

ljy9fn7qwhgasx

Hopewell - The Curved Glass. For anyone vaguely Mercury Rev/Flaming Lips inclined.

They've moved on quite a bit in the meantime.

lordgoat

Dexys Midnight Runners - Too Rye Ay

TheStickyBandit

I'm wide awake it's morning - Bright Eyes

Bubs101

TheStickyBandit wrote: »

I'm wide awake it's morning - Bright Eyes

Underated:rolleyes:

Digital Ash in a Digital urn. Much better than the above yet rarely gets that praise. Furr by Blitzen Trapper is also amazing

ElaElaElano

American Football's first and last album...they're one of my favourite bands and it's a really beautiful record but they never get talked about much.

whatawaster

The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic

Their only album, unfortunately, as three of the band died in a bus crash soon after its release. It deserves so much more recognition than it gets.
If you like the Buzzcocks/Undertones/Only ones then you'll love it, because every song is like "Ever Fallen in love . . ." mixed with "Teenage Kicks" mixed with "Another Girl, Another Planet."

This is the opening track from the album, called "Modern Kicks." It's a cracker

DOC09UNAM

Mumford and Sons - Sigh no more.

Notorious

Too High to Die by the Meat Puppets. Their style varies a lot, but I suppose you'd just label the band as alternative. Kurt Cobain said he was hugely influenced by the band, and Nirvana played a few of their tracks (Plateau, Lake of Fire & Oh Me) on their MTV Unplugged in NY album. Great album, great band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-HFbNhTTKQ

This track is probably the one on the album which got the band the most recognition on mainstream radio.

cinnamon girl

Anything by the Band of Holy Joy in the 1980s/early 1990s, but particularly Manic Magic Majestic.

loyatemu

Simple Kid - "2"

this song in particular is a masterpiece, but the whole album is good too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2GeeoB3lBM

Sr. Pirotecnic

Purple Hearts - Beat That!

one of the much maligned (often with good reason) second generation mod bands of 1979/80, even within that "movement" they were seen as inferior. It's nothing groundbreaking but is full of great three minute new wavey could be singles.

Seren_

Lycanthropy by Patrick Wolf

I only started listening to it a few weeks ago, and it's so good I've heard a good bit about his later work such as The Magic Position but nothing about this one.

It kind of sall ounds a bit weird at first, but the songs are really catchy. I think Lycanthropy, Wolf Song and Don't Say No are the best songs on the album, but they're all pretty good.

Dudess

The Wedding Present - Bizarro

furiousox

'The Nymphs' by the Nymphs

pljudge321

Feeder - Swim their first ep/album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y68QB4x_jvU

kagni

Mclusky - Mclusky do Dallas.
From around 2002. This always sounds great when I put it on.
One of my favourite albums of all time.

myles79

genuine thanks colsku and jeff lebowski, its rare these days with a wife and kids i get time to find new bands i really love, but after listening to why the vowels pt 2 and whitest boy alive im getting that buzz again..........EDIT......................... maybe its just the alchohol ..i hope not

Shane St.

the verve's debut a storm in heaven magical magical album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiMbqZqjZFI

DigiGal

Sixteen Layers-I Am No One

Ouravit

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
Its a beautiful thing. Faultless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfx3yL2IdV8

Morgans

The Divine Comedy - Promenade.

Simultaneously grandiose and silly. Bigger than music.

The best album that ever came from this island. IMO.

aDeener

Be Here Now

mosstin

Morgans wrote: »

The Divine Comedy - Promenade.

Simultaneously grandiose and silly. Bigger than music.

The best album that ever came from this island. IMO.

What a ****ing wonderful record. As is Liberation, mind.

WhitestBoyAlive

Kings of Convenience - Riot on An Empty Street

Although Whitest Boy Alive are also good

olhos

most bands being mentioned are uk, irish or usa. check out belgian band deus, been around since about 95. the only band i buy on the day of the release. highlite cd, the ideal crash.

builttospill

olhos wrote: »

most bands being mentioned are uk, irish or usa. check out belgian band deus, been around since about 95. the only band i buy on the day of the release. highlite cd, the ideal crash.

The Ideal Crash isn't underrated. it got rave reviews across the board. See I don't get this thread. Most people are naming albums that are rated highly; they just haven't been commercially successful.

My choice is At Action Park by Shellac. It got mixed reviews but I reckon it was the kind of sound Kurt Cobain was desperate to make when Nirvana recorded In Utero. Instead he had to bow down to the record company.

The Pontiac

Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix

fillefatale

MBV's Strawberry & Wine, you can't even so much as buy it now.

myles79

The Veils - The Tide That Left and Never Came Back
from "The runaway found"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugOkKZQbZBk

wandatowell

Rosie by Fairport Convention; love that album

myles79

knock knock by smog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjjJfnAM7E

myles79

arab strap (live album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKAIht_TY78

SM01

Mazzy Star - Among My Swan.

gasolinehorsey

builttospill wrote: »

The Ideal Crash isn't underrated. it got rave reviews across the board. See I don't get this thread. Most people are naming albums that are rated highly; they just haven't been commercially successful.

My choice is At Action Park by Shellac. It got mixed reviews but I reckon it was the kind of sound Kurt Cobain was desperate to make when Nirvana recorded In Utero. Instead he had to bow down to the record company.

ideal crash is overrated i thought, much better reviews than the album

'worst case scenario' and 'in a bar, under the sea' on the other hand, amazing albums that didn't get the recognition they deserved

Daithio

Following on from another thread, Gomez - In Our Gun

Miguel_Sanchez

myles79 wrote: »

knock knock by smog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjjJfnAM7E

That is a fantastic album. One of my favourites of all time.

0ubliette

Early Day Miners - Jefferson at rest

Best album released this decade IMO, yet never seen anyone mention it and you wont find it on any 'best of' lists this december.

builttospill

gasolinehorsey wrote: »

ideal crash is overrated i thought, much better reviews than the album

'worst case scenario' and 'in a bar, under the sea' on the other hand, amazing albums that didn't get the recognition they deserved

Just saw this now. Tell that to the guy that suggested The Ideal Crash. You should be quoting his post and not mine. Just for the record I don't rate Deus that highly. However, regarding their albums I completely disagree with you. Worst case Scenario is probably their worst album. A load of Frames-lite indie standard dogshyte complete with dodgy lyrics and wannabe lounge room meanderings. They kind of matured with the Ideal Crash but there was always something a bit off about them. I reckon it's a bit of the foreign band syndrome where they try to be as much like the English speaking bands as possible intead of being themselves. They just can't pull it off cos it's not in their nature.

Another underrated album is Alien Lanes by Guided by Voices. Now it got good reviews but everyone always raves about Bee Thousand. Alien Lanes is my favourite of theirs and is usually overlooked when publications are doing best album polls.

loyatemu

gasolinehorsey wrote: »

ideal crash is overrated i thought, much better reviews than the album

'worst case scenario' and 'in a bar, under the sea' on the other hand, amazing albums that didn't get the recognition they deserved

+1 - "In a bar..." is their masterpiece. With the exception of "Instant Street" I found "Ideal Crash" pretty boring.

homerun_homer

Mansun's Six. One of my desert island discs, so much variety.

gasolinehorsey

the god machine - one last laugh in a place of dying

one of the finest albums ever made, and it never got any critical acclaim, will always be in my top 10 fave albums

TelePaul

The 'Into the Wild' soundtrack, Ed Vedder. Best album I've bought in ages.