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Points: 38 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2007 at 10:34
[QUOTE=Hyperborea]If boring and bland make an album overrated then Sgt Peppers is def way overrated. Not the Beatles at their best, and not all that significant, as they had already done a concept album in Yellow Submarine, or does that heap of crap not count?[/QUOTe
 
I'm guessing this is a joke and Yellow Submarine is a soundtrack to a cartoon, not really a concept album. Oh, and it was released in 1969.
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Points: 6890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2007 at 21:11
Are we really still discussing this?
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Points: 5296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2007 at 21:14
Abbey Road and Revolver have better tunes and just sound well, better.
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Points: 3596 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2007 at 23:09
O.K., so here goes my take on the whole damn shooting match  - The Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, The Clash's London Calling, King Crimson's The Court of the Crimson King, Genesis' Foxtrot, the Beatles' Sgt Pepper, Rush's Hemispheres, etc etc are not always their most popular or best album. But they did have a certain impact that exceeded other releases in their catalogue.
Overrated needs to take into context that qualification. The Beach Boys are certainly not "Rock" music's most adventurous act. But Pet Sounds sure as hell set off some creative fireworks amongst its' listeners. So, if you are among the Negative Ninnies (as that great American Spiro Agnew liked to say) that just hate such praise for an album you hate, please ... mellow out Moogie. They are usually just signposts where things musical took a new turn. Yes, for me, Abbey Road is better that Sgt Pepper. But the impact of the Pepper album far surpasses any influence Abbey Road had.
So, reflect, genuflect, if you need to; accept that some albums did more to open things up than your favourites (Hey, I still don't see the big deal about the Velvet Underground); just don't spend too much of your LIMITED life span spouting how this or that album is not as "great" as EVERYONE else says. Like, who cares. You can freely listen to the Creation's debut as much as you like. Hey, play Country Joe & the Fish's second album to death, if you want to go that way. But, please accept that some records (oh, that ol' term) have impacted modern music more than others, OK. Smile
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Points: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2007 at 09:50
My personal concern is more with what is underrated.

And it really comes down to what micky perfectlyyyyy stated.


Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

only overrated by those who have no knowledge or concept of the history of rock.
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Points: 362 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:47
Not overrated.... can't ever be overrated.
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Points: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2007 at 20:36
People are forgetting that practically every early pioneer of progressive rock was influenced by this album includiing King Crimson and Yes.  A  Day In The Life might be the first symphonic prog song ever. Within You Without You is very progressive and even Lucy in the Sky With Diamond has mixed meters this album along with Strawberry Fields are one of  most important factors of progressive music starting.
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