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What is your favourite album that nobody talks about?

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  • 30-06-2015 2:41pm
    #1
    HeathenWolf
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    Personally, mines is Mad Season's 'Above' or Nirvana's Incesticide.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time


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    seachto7
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    Army of Anyone.

    Filter, Welcome to the Fold.

    Filter singer was involved with both


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    bnt
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    Don't know if I could pick just one ...

    Thought Industry - Songs for Insects
    Genesis - Duke
    Tackhead - Strange Things

    Never heard of Tackhead? It's what Doug Wimbish and some mates were up to before he was poached by Living Colour:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MN3XcJf_k

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    youtube!
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    Steven Wilson The RAVEN that refused to sing...christ what a record.


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    happyoutscan
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    Sacred Reich - The American Way
    Nuclear Assault - Handle with Care
    D.R.I. - Thrash Zone
    Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time


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    Gmol
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    Thin Lizzy ( the first Lizzy album)


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    Passenger
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    youtube! wrote: »
    Steven Wilson The Scarecrow that refused to sing...christ what a record.

    Was that a follow up to THE RAVEN that refused to sing? ;)


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    bpmurray
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    Fortress by Alter Bridge - https://youtu.be/sAYrAu-jnMY


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    youtube!
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    Passenger wrote: »
    Was that a follow up to THE RAVEN that refused to sing? ;)


    oh bollox tired from work here brain disengaged:o:o:o


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    Say Your Number
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    Youthanasia by Megadeth is hugely underrated

    Sunset On The Golden Age by Alestorm

    Euphoria Morning by Chris Cornell is another underrated album


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    Dozyart
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    Baroness - Yellow & Green


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    Fishyfreak
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    AC/DC - Powerage

    When anyone talks of classic AC/DC albums, the first two to roll off the tongue are Back in Black & Highway to Hell. But Powerage is (in my opinion) their best work.

    It has it all, amazing lyrics, syncronised guitar work between Mal & Angus, Rudd with such effective and understated drumming, Cliff Williams ramping up the base & Bon Scott's vocals are just brilliant.

    Not a bad song on the album, it's a masterpiece.


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    blastman
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    Fishy, I'm with you on that. It was the first AC/DC album I bought and I didn't get into it at all, initially. Got BiB shortly afterwards and that was my gateway in. Over the years, though, Powerage has grown in stature for me, to the point where it's probably my favourite album of theirs. There's something about it, it always sounded....different, somehow, from the rest of the catalog.


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    Koptain Liverpool
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    HeathenWolf wrote: »
    Personally, mines is Mad Season's 'Above' or Nirvana's Incesticide.

    I talk about Mad Season a lot :)
    Don´t find many to listen to me though....


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    eviltwin
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    Disturbed - The Sickness


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    bnt
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    Another one is Rush's Presto. There are complaints about the sound being too "Hi-Fi", to the point where the band kinda disavows it too. (Though they did play the tltle track on a recent tour.) Well, not only do I like the sound, it has some of the strongest "straight" songs they've ever written. By "straight" I mean that they're not as dependent on those three guys, and I think other artists could do great cover versions of them.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    Roanmore
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    blastman wrote: »
    Fishy, I'm with you on that. It was the first AC/DC album I bought and I didn't get into it at all, initially. Got BiB shortly afterwards and that was my gateway in. Over the years, though, Powerage has grown in stature for me, to the point where it's probably my favourite album of theirs. There's something about it, it always sounded....different, somehow, from the rest of the catalog.

    Said the same thing to my brother last night.
    Had the vinly version with Cold Hearted Man on it, was disappointed when the CD version didn't have it.
    Riff Raff, Sin City, Kicked in the Teeth and Down Payment Blues are superb.


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    blastman
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    Roanmore wrote: »
    Said the same thing to my brother last night.
    Had the vinly version with Cold Hearted Man on it, was disappointed when the CD version didn't have it.
    Riff Raff, Sin City, Kicked in the Teeth and Down Payment Blues are superb.

    I presume you got it on CD since (on Backtracks or Iron Man 2)? :)

    My original (cassette) copy had Cold Hearted Man on it, but didn't have Rock And Roll Damnation, for some reason. I spent years listening to that song on If You Want Blood wondering where the hell it came from!


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    JaseBelleVie
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    I love some of Europe's albums, but particularly Out Of This World and Prisoners In Paradise.


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    #21
    poeticmakaveli
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    Tesla - five man acoustical jam


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    JaseBelleVie
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    poeticmakaveli wrote: »
    Tesla - five man acoustical jam

    I freaking love Tesla! Absolutely awesome band, and that is some album!

    My personal fave album by them is The Great Radio Controversy. "Hang Tough" has to be one of the best 'Pick yourself up, be strong and don't let the bastards wear you down!' songs of all time! :D


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    poeticmakaveli
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    JaseBelleVie wrote:
    I freaking love Tesla! Absolutely awesome band, and that is some album!


    Tesla were very underrated I felt!!
    Yeah the great radio controversy was a super album!
    "The way it is" what a song!
    The new album they released last year I thought was very good and kept that sound!


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    JaseBelleVie
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    Jeff Keith is an amazing vocalist. And yes, Tesla are woefully underrated; one of the best bands to come out of the 80's.


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    smilerf
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    Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour/Himalayan/Baby Darling Dollface Honey

    They are all brilliant


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    Dublin Spur
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    another shout for Powerage

    also love:

    Black Crowes "By Your Side" (1999) and
    Quireboys "little bit of what you fancy" (1989)


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    peter1892
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    'Crank' by The Almighty. It never quite happened for them but I loved that album, here's the opening track:

    https://youtu.be/1qcR42FAtIg

    Oh and another shout for Powerage from me! And Presto...


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    Say Your Number
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    2 by Black Country Communion is another great album that has been completely overlooked

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHcdq1F8MU


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    kev1.3s
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    Not a regular poster here but seen this and had to pop in with my two cents,
    An absolute long term favourite of mine is Amorphus's Elegy.


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    Passenger
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    Say Your Number wrote: »
    2 by Black Country Communion is another great album that has been completely overlooked

    Seconded. Great album.


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    #31
    Putt it there
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    Id have 3 i reckon

    1. Nightlife - Thin Lizzy
    2. Hells Ditch - The Pogues
    3. World painted blood - Slayer


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