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    Posted: September 06 2009 at 10:14
Originally posted by hektur hektur wrote:

Under- The Fountain of Lamneth

Hell yeah. That's almost the best song on that album. So symphonic.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 05 2009 at 21:42
underrated... OSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

overrated.... OU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Over- Close to the Edge (Still amazing though, I just think people exaggerate its greatness.)

Under- The Fountain of Lamneth
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Points: 9219 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2009 at 20:27
Overlooked:

Buenos Aires Solo Es Piedra - Alas    http:// www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2060
La Muerte Conto el Dinero - Alas
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Points: 9219 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2009 at 20:11
Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Underrated:
The Night and the Silent Water by Opeth (one of my favorite by them, but is overlooked because it is early in their career)

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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2009 at 16:09
Overrated (I'll only do one so I don't create a huge fuss):
Karn Evil 9

Underrated:
The Shaming of the True by Kevin Gilbert (one of the best concept albums ever)
? by Neal Morse (How is this not in the top 100?!?!)
The Night and the Silent Water by Opeth (one of my favorite by them, but is overlooked because it is early in their career)

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Overrated: Anything from DT
Underrated: Trespass with its magnificient Stagnation. I also think many great tracks by Uriah Heep like July Morning and Salisbury somehow doesn't get the right amount of highlight, but maybe that's just me.
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Overrated
 
Karn Evil 9
Awaken
Lizard (the fact that some rate it at all is enough to over rate it)
 
Underrated
 
Autobahn
Halleluwah (or however Can spells it)
 
 
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Epic tarnished with the bad company it keeps on Works Volume 1 - Pirates ELP
Flat-packed epic (you know that furniture they never supply with the right amount of nuts and bolts ?) Yes - Close to the Edge (a very good and very long pop song)
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Points: 66 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2009 at 10:44
Originally posted by Dorsalia Dorsalia wrote:

Arena's Moviedrome is a much underrated 19 minute song.


I think it's almost perfect.
 
This is EXACTLY what I was thinking when I saw this thread. Good catch.
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Deriving from what I have read from these forums, I'd say Close to the Edge is a bit overrated.
It just doesn't tick to me as brilliant as to others it seems. It could be so much more...

Underrated - this has been mentioned before, but I'll say so again.
Songs of Scheherazade by Renaissance.
A symphonic orchestra has never been used better in a rock composition. In fact at times it doesn't even feel like rock anymore - more like impressionistic classical music.


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strangely "Meurglys III - the Songwriter's Guild" by VdGG does not get the attention it deserves. which other epic starts as a fugue and ends as a reggae?


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Under-rated: ALAN SORRENTI's Aria
                        HERBIE HANCOCK's Hornets
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Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
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Points: 105 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2009 at 15:07
I really like the distinction between underrated and undermetioned, very thoughtful!Clap

Here are some that fit both distinctions IMO.

For songs:

Salisbury (Uriah Heep)
The Valentyne Suite (Colosseum)
Eruption (Focus)
Nihonjin and Too Many People (Far Out)
At the End of the Day (SB)


For epic concept albums:

Generation 13 (Saga)



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Points: 86 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2009 at 19:35
Originally posted by Rare Bird Rare Bird wrote:

Underrated album:
 
Brave New World 'Impressions On Reading Aldous Huxley'

I am so glad to hear that there is an album about the book Brave New World!  I love that book.  Heart

By the way, "Karn Evil 9" is not overrated, in my opinion.  I think it is a wonderful epic.  I'll grant that it does require some imagination to see how the four tracks relate to one another, but that's part of the fun.  To me, ELP seems to be envisioning different eras of the future and comparing those to past and present times.  Or maybe "Karn Evil 9" is supposed to be like a series of science fiction novels.
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2009 at 12:44
Underated:
Syntelmans March of the Roaring Seventies- Amon Duul II (I find myself listening to it alot)
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Points: 20273 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2009 at 11:19
Originally posted by Synchestra Synchestra wrote:

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Overrated: Echoes
Underrated: Atom Heart



 
^this. though i still love both Embarrassed
 
I wouldn't call Echoes over-rated, but AHM way too under-rated. Both are excellent, even though AHM is perfectible.
 
 
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2009 at 10:49
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers?

It gets all the praise it deserves, so it’s not underrated.
It deserves all the praise it gets, so it’s not overrated.

Peter Hammill’s Flight, on the other hand, is an excellent epic that is rarely mentioned. So if not exactly underrated, I surely think it’s undermentioned.

I see you have a quote from the lyrics of "Flight" in your signature. Thumbs Up
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Yes, I do. I’ve always loved the logical twist and the ambiguity of the last line.
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Points: 5286 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2009 at 08:36
Overrated : Flower Kings "Stardust We Are" (and i still like it, but there's so much better songs from this band)
                     Yes : "Tales From Topographic" (all songs)

Underrated : Simon Says "Tartigrade" (Gates of Delirium Tribute)
                        Nuova Era "Io E Il Tempo" (this new italian band)
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Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers?

It gets all the praise it deserves, so it’s not underrated.
It deserves all the praise it gets, so it’s not overrated.

Peter Hammill’s Flight, on the other hand, is an excellent epic that is rarely mentioned. So if not exactly underrated, I surely think it’s undermentioned.

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