Praised prog albums that you think are overrated

Hi,

Last I looked I had 9 solo albums by SH. I don't dislike the guy, and didn't say I did ... he's very good ... however ... it's more of an issue of so many things out there, than it is my not wanting to hear SH again ... I simply can't afford all the things I want in my collection, and some more SH would be some of it ... specially the classical minded stuff.

(I still feel "guilty" listening to something new on the toog, or elsewhere and not getting the album/CD without having heard it ... and many folks I went for their name ... witness Van der Graaf and Peter Hammill ... ... and I have the CD's!)

I have no issues with the "modern prog" as you suggest ... except when it is on the top ten listed and is a cookie cutting factory! SH, at least, is nowhere near that idea, so you know all is good. But, again, my being able to get all the stuff I want ... could make me more selective, which has been an issue with me for 50 years ... let's see ... new Klaus Schulze, or new Tangerine Dream ... hmmmmm .... ohhh ... new Amon Duul 2 ... and this may sound like I don't care for "modern" stuff, which is not true at all ... for at least 20 years, in the 70's and 80's I was up on many things ... and while I enjoyed SH, there were many things in EUROPE that were a must in my collection ... and I have stuck by them ever since, as you well know ... and saying something about SH, that some of you may not like, is not meant the way you feel about it ... c'mon, I would consider myself one of the original "progressive'rs" long before this site came around ... but sadly, the appreciation of the history and knowledge of more things, is not appreciated ... it tickles the fan'ship of ... "prog rockers". AND WE PLAYED THE MATERIAL IMMEDIATELY ... not waited for folks to say it was a good album! Guy played TLLDOB in its entirety when he went on the air at midnight, and then did it again at 3AM because of the requests ... and SH was played immediately upon arrival.

Appreciation for any work is not an issue for me ... well except punk maybe, because I have to have something to make fun with/of.

As I wrote earlier, I don't think of any album, really, as overrated or underrated. The only things that over/under for me, is the commentary from a lot of folks ... which I find sad given the history of it all, and what brought this site alive for .... for me a sort of "favorite" means that there is not enough appreciation for "music" per se, in its many ways from all over the world ... and to me that's sad ... the greatest of human expressions is "selective" and the rest is not good enough, or is consider trash ... oh well, we do the same thing with God ... so nothing is new!

Exaggerating much?!  Again... 

We are all wrong and you are always right. rather arrogant, don't you think?!

This is a discussion forum, people discuss songs, albums, artists and bands, genres and subgenres and so on, nobody is dehumanizing artists & music... wtf?! 

I did not say you do not fit in the discussion, how did you get that from what i said, i don't know.

But to say that we, users dehumanize music and artists in our discussion is an exaggeration. 

There has always been a diversity of opinions here on PA, people don't agree on everything and this is great. 

How have i implied that I want people to think alike?!  Don't put words in my mouth... 

Hi,

How logical all this is ... but you can think what you want since it is the rule, and the law ... and outsiders be damned!

Look who is saying "repeat" faster than I ever did!

You are explaining what ELP is to an ELP connoisseur. 

I will list two albums from the krautrock sub - genre.

Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh  Despite being rated quite high, I found it almost boring on first listen. Not that it's bad,but it's more suited for meditative listening,IMO. I was expecting more from it.

Tago Mago - Can This is often considered Can's masterpiece but I personally felt that the vocals degraded the inherent nature of the songs. The lyrics aren't anything great and the singer is nonplussed about it. I liked the sound of their debut album 'Monster Movie' more.

If I had to name one album from the top 10 of the studio albums listed on the site, I would choose Tull's Thick as a Brick. After listening to the masterpiece Aqualung, I was expecting an album as good but I was disappointed. Yes, the album is ambitious in scope and I can understand why it has it's fans but it wasn't for me. Maybe I would need multiple listens to appreciate it furthur.

There are other bands like Opeth or Dream Theater listed as well whose works I haven't listened to and I know I won't like because metal as a genre doesn't gel well with me.So, if I list their albums, it would be cheating.