Most underrated album

I-Juca Pirama wrote: Yes - A time and a place.

the Who - Face Dances
the Who - By Numbers
David Bowie - 1.Outside
Keith Emerson - Nighthawks (Soundtrack)
Keith Emerson - Inferno (Soundtrack)
the Nice - Elegy
the Nice - Five Bridges
the Nice - the Nice
ELP - Works Volume 1
ELP - Works Volume 2
ELP - Black Moon

N-sz wrote: Uh, my favorite album, duh. But seriously, I think Ommadawn should have been at least recognized as much as Tubular Bells. And why doesn't anyone ever talk about Hergest Ridge? What's up with that?

Those albums are well liked here and there is a recent thread about Oldfield somewhere.

 

Ommadawn 4.33

ole-the-first wrote: Queen — Hot Space

For me Queen II among common fans, News of the World/Jazz on this website.

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds

I would like to ADD:

Beardfish - The Void
Eloy - Inside
Kaipa post-70s -  All their post-70s albums are rated lower than they should be.  I love the group.
Kansas First album and Song For America I like better than Leftoverture and Point Of Know Return (they are not underrated though since they are rated high on PA)
Mostly Autumn - I love the group and many albums are rated lower than they should be.  Especially the two most recent albums.
Peter Hammill - I can crank up the rating on quite a few of his albums.
Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep (This may be their best album.  It is excellent, but people will not like it as much as the Neal Morse Era)

I will definitely second these albums that were already mentioned:

Rush - Caress Of Steel
Eloy - Colours
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
King Crimson - Lizard; In The Wake Of Poseidon
Jethro Tull - Stand Up; This Was
King Crimson - The ConstruKction of Light
Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Yes - Drama

Opeth - Morningrise

Yes, its rough production and raw songs, but its an underrated gem (if you like extreme prog)

There are many latin american albums that deserves more attention here, despite the good rating of some of them:

- Los Jaivas - Los Jaivas (also known as El Indio)
- Los Jaivas - Obras de Violeta Parra
- Nexus - Metanoia
- Invisible - Durazno sangrando
- Kharmina Buranna - El arte de seguir vivos
- Kharmina Buranna - Seres humanos
- Cazuela de Cóndor - Pasión, pánico, locura y muerte
- Elfonía - Elfonía
- Jaime Rosas - Creciendo
- Matraz - Tiempo

Give it a try!! Prog on!

Camel's debut album never seems to get a lot of attention (compared to Mirage or Moonmadness). Its a really good album IMO.

I would say Relayer and Going For The One but they seem to be rated pretty good on here. Tormato has some really good moments, though its not as strong of an album as first two mentioned.

Rush's synth period (1982-1987) seems to get more hate than it should. Signals and Grace Under Pressure are my two favorite albums by them.

The 1976-1980 period of Genesis seems to get dismissed quite a lot but they did a lot of great stuff then, too. And despite its rated good,  Nursery Cryme doesn't seem to get a lot of attention, compared to Selling England or Foxtrot or Lamb. NC definitely one of my fav Genesis albums.

I love the Renaissance album 'Camera Camera' - now that's quality Prog from 1981 - hardly anyone notices it, and those that do..................... Another excellent album is Rick Wakeman's 'Silent Nights' - top-notch crossover album if there ever was one.

Edited by Tom Ozric - July 23 2013 at 01:15