I noticed in the recent https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132920" rel="nofollow - Cool Britannia topic, which sadly I have nothing much of an educated or interesting nature to add, that the song "Creep" was specifically mentioned from the Radiohead debut Pablo Honey.  Like many (I'm in Canada), that is the first song I heard from Radiohead and it is the track off that album I have seen mentioned by far the most times.  That was a hit single, but I way prefer Blow Out" which to me is the standout track on that album and I have not noticed being given much attention (mind you, I lead a pretty isolated life and when it comes to music often judge by my memory of discussions in PA).  I have read that "Blow Out" is Jonny Greenwood's favourite from Pablo Honey and that it is a track Radiohead has played in concert many times.

So what are some favourites of yours off albums that get overshadowed by a more famous track or by more famous tracks?

While quite a popular expression in certain areas of the film industry, It's Hard is not one of The Who's most popular albums, but I really like it (it's the first album I bought on cassette), especially for "I've Known No War" which does get overshadowed by "Eminence Front" in particular.

With Led Zeppelein IV, "Stairway to Heaven is massive, and I like it a lot too, and I also have heard "Rock and Roll" playing a lot on the radio, in a commericial (and I kind of hate that song).  I'm most into "When the Levee Breaks", "Misty Mountain Hop", and especially "4 Sticks" of that album, which give me chills in part.

The Prophet's Song - Queen 

Welcome Home - Metallica

The same can be said of Zep's splendid Physical Graffiti. There are, of course, radio staples like "Kashmir", "Trampled Underfoot", "The Wanton Song" and "Custard Pie", which are all really great songs, but "Ten Years Gone", "In My Time of Dying" and the absolutely beautiful acoustic "Bron-Yr-Aur" are my favorites.

The Dark Elf wrote: The same can be said of Zep's splendid Physical Graffiti. There are, of course, radio staples like "Kashmir", "Trampled Underfoot", "The Wanton Song" and "Custard Pie", which are all really great songs, but "Ten Years Gone", "In My Time of Dying" and the absolutely beautiful acoustic "Bron-Yr-Aur" are my favorites.

Indeed.  I especially particularly love "Ten Years Gone" off that album.  "In the Light" and also "Down by the Seaside" are some others I really like.   Superb album.

The most notable example that comes to my mind currently is Talking Heads's Remain In Light from which most people only know "Once In A Lifetime" which is a great song but I personally prefer "The Great Curve" and especially "Born Under Punches"

I love the epic Echoes like everyone else, but everyone else don't seem equally exited about Meddle's A-side - or Fearless.

I also feel that the only "big" track on Trespass is The Knife but I have a soft spot for nearly the rest of the album and White Mountain in particular (btw the streaming numbers on both those songs has got to be wrong on Spotify)

^^ That is true of me with "Once In A Lifetime" for Remain in Light.  That and "Psycho Killer" are the first songs I think of when thinking Talking Heads.  Both were hits that  have loved.

^^ "Fearless" was the first Pink Floyd track I really loved and remains one of my very favourite songs by anyone.  The first album I ever bought by anyone was Pink Floyd's compilation Works and "Fearless" was the standout for me.  "Echoes" is amazing, but when I made yet another playlist (just for my own pleasure) with two tracks per artist, "Fearless" was THE Pink Floyd one I knew I wanted.  That said, "Pillows of Winds" is another personal fave (love the atmosphere).  And "One of These Days' was one of the first Pink Floyd tracks that stood out to me.  As for Heresie, "Jack the Ripper" is the one which I would first think of.  Love it. And I love "White Mountain" from Trespass (my first fave off that album).

I had expected that people's overshadowed faves would quite often be favourites of others. To poorly adapt a phrase, "The more we are different, the more we find we are the same, and vice versa".

I'll do Stereolab, and I think this would be a globally and locally less popular pick.  I got into Stereolab due to a 90s British music meets sometimes, very, very dark sketch comedy radio show by Chris Morris (of Brass Eye and The Day Today etc.) called Blue Jam.  Both "Cybele's Reverie" off Emperor Tomato Ketchup and "The Flower Called Nowhere" off Dots and Loops were used in the radio show.  I adored them and still do.  Those were my first favourites when hearing the full albums.  I also know from reading that "The Flower Called Nowhere" commonly overshadows the rest of Dots and Loops.  Interestingly, "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse" is the major epic of the album at over 17 minutes, but I would still say it is overshadowed by "The Flower..." That said, while I love the whole album, I would go with the penultimate album song, "Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious" as my album favourite.

Overshadowed by Supper's Ready.

It's a great, great underrated song. It's also one of my favorites.

Yes! Along with the aforementioned "Bron-Yr-Aur" the third side of "Physical Graffiti" is one of the best sides of vinyl ever IMHO.

I have always rated the first side of "Meddle" very highly except for that canine howling at the end of it, which somehow warrants the whole side being dismissed by some.