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Topic: Most underrated album
Posted By: The_Jester
Subject: Most underrated album
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 11:10
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I really think that many albums are really underrated. Just as Love Beach, it's not an extraordinary album but I think it worths listening. Or A Passion Play, I think it's a masterpiece! The greatest masterpiece I heard! I guess Relayer too is underrated, it's my favorite Yes album (altough the mastering isn't quite good). Any others? ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 11:21
Wish You Were Here.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 11:25
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Everything except the first album, Become, by Seventh Wonder:
Waiting in the Wings Mercy Falls The Great Escape ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List 
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 12:30
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It's incredibly highly rated, how can it be underrated? ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Dean wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 12:38
Not much of a jester are you  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 12:39
Sarcasm.  Dude, with all due respect, all those albums who listed are quite revered and celebrated 70's Classic Prog Rock albums. Though some may be so called "controversial", most of the guys on this site, including me, worship those albums.------------- 
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Posted By: deliriumofthethrush
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 12:44
| Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue. It's only got a 3.66 on here, and while I know that's not a low score at all, I feel like it epitomizes a dark realm of modern progressive sounds that aren't enough celebrated enough. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 12:47
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Youth Pictures Of Florence Henderson - Unnoticeable In A Tiny Town, Invisible In The City Maps And Atlases - Perch Patchwork Charts And Maps - Dead Horse Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space TesseracT - One -------------
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:02
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Roger Taylor's 'Happiness?" and 'Electric Fire" remains widely unknown, but they are amongst the greatest albums I've ever heard (though I believe that Roger Taylor could easily be added on the archives in crossover or at least prog-related section, he's not on the archives yet). Uriah Heep's "Wonderworld". A very solid heavy prog album and one of the best albums by Uriah Heep. It's sad to see it with relatively low rating while much less entertaining and original "The Magician's Birthday" is purely over-rated. "Pablo Honey" by Radiohead. It's not that bad!!! "The Book of Taliesyn" by Deep Purple. This is my favourite album from this band. It deserves a higher rating here. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:06
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Okay, I'll be the first to say it again: Underrated is an extremely overrated word, especially on PA ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:16
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Everything DNA has done Genesis' self-titled album Test For Echo by Rush ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:27
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In PA the first to spring to my mind is http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5435" rel="nofollow - Ralf Nowy's Lucifer's Dream I love it from start to finish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DhTXZNueY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DhTXZNueY ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:45
For some people, yes.  They just diss it as boring. As for what I think the most underrated album is: ... Who cares?
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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:49
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If we're talking about PA rankings only - - Abbey Road! It should be more appreciated around here. It's a masterpiece, ahead of ot's time. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:53
| ^ I'm sorry, how is it ahead of its time? |
Posted By: Cthulhu42
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 13:58
An average rating of around 4.5 isn't high enough? |
Posted By: Glucose
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 14:12
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It's From Genesis to Revelation for me.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 14:52
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Big Big Train's The Difference Machine. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 15:04
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's. 
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:38
Off topic, but your avatar is awesome. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:47
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Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me Not many people know it even exists, and it is not listed anywhere in PA, except in my posts about it! Since it's initial release on lp in Germany in October of 1977, it has never been re-issued on any format, and is hard as sin to find. It happens to be my favorite album. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 17:39
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I guess Lizard by King Crimson. Yes, I know that a lot of people on this site like this album, but a lot of web reviewers (including Mark Prindle, John McFerrin, George Starostin, Evan Lublinski) consider it terrible. In fact, I bought it just because they said it was bad, and after the last chords of "Big Top" faded out, I was left dumbfounded, asking myself "Am I listening to the same record that they were describing?"
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 17:52
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The ELPowell album is rather unjustly neglected and I happen to really like ELP's Black Moon.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 18:06
I loved ELPowell. The Score, The Miracle, Touch and Go and their interpretation of Mars were all great. For me, I'd have to say (wearing my bullet proof vest of course) Abacab. I don't think it's half as bad as its critics say it is. I think the title track, Me and Sarah Jane, Dodo/Lurker are all great Genesis songs, and even the poppier stuff on it is fairly quality pop. Another one that I think is really underrated is 90125. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: raeloneq
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 19:11
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I really like Frank Zappa's Sleep Dirt. But, then again, Zappa is underrated anyways.
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 19:14
| Probably both records by Watchtower , I mean this is the band that invented progressive metal and have few reviews. |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 22:47
But is it underrated? ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 23:04
Thanks!  Toby Driver is an inspiration to me - I love every musical project that guy touches. -------------
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 23:56
I'm a huge motW fan, and I'm working on Kayo Dot's discography. I have yet to hear any of his other projects, but I'm planning to check them out soon so that I can become a full-fledged Toby fanboy .------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 23 2012 at 00:30
Maybe it was meant as a joke.
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 23 2012 at 00:45
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I can add PFM's Jet Lag. Yes it's not majestic like Per Un Amico but it's still a great album, with high quality music. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 23 2012 at 01:51
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In PA terms the one that rankles with me is ELP - Works Volume One. Only scrapes just above two stars. I have a theory that this is the ELP album that most like to take out their pent up anger on about ELP's 'bombastic' approach in general. However it is far from their most bombastic album so there is some irony in this.
Pirates is just about the most perfect symphionic prog track I've ever heard. Fanfare For The Common Man is totally unique. OK there is a load of solo music but mostly its of a very high standard. Keith Emerson's piano concerto is much praised and been performed by orchestras around the world. The Lake and Sinfield songs may not be too everyone's taste I understand but they are still interesting.Palmer's side features some strong jazz rock fusion stuff and a mighty version of Tank.
Overall it should be rating at least 3 stars imho. ELP's crash and burn really happened after this although the negative publicity springing from the orchestral tour probably precipated it. The album was still decent though.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 23 2012 at 02:01
Agree with pretty much everything here but would insist that Lake be held to account for a frankly wretched 20 minutes of anyone's time (apart from Hallowed Be Thy Name) Greg really let the side down here. I do like Carl's portion yet could never get overly enthusiastic about the big band arrangement of Tank. But yeah, Works Vol 1 has stood the test of time and just suffers 'false memory syndrome' amongst it's most virulent detractors. Like Topographic Oceans, it's become one of Prog's 'standard issue' scapegoats. -------------
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Posted By: Ancient Tree
Date Posted: June 23 2012 at 02:57
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wish bone ash albums (they are all underrated) -------------  |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: June 23 2012 at 06:27
I totally agree with what you stated. I gave Works vol 1 a 4 stars review. Moreover , trimmed down to a 50 minute record comprised of :Keith's side - ELP side and a song from Carl's and Greg's side it would be a 5 star one. But then , it's ELP so you gotta take into account all the flak the band recieves.
Another , album that is vastly underrated in my opinion is St Anger from Metallica. It's great fun and a return to metal since the dreadful 90's. This record has a 1.63 rating (including my 4 stars review as a prog reviewer)
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Posted By: aerosolgrey
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 01:03
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Perhaps Yes, Tormato Gentle Giant, The Missing Piece Emerson, Lake and Powell. same Blue Shift', Not the Future I Ordered
Twin Age, Lialim High Jan Akkerman and Thijs Van Leer, Focus |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 16:27
| ^I love The Missing Piece |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 16:49
Agree, very underrated album ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 16:56
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For sure not the most underrated album, but i enjoy Camel's Breathless more than Rain Dances or The Snow Goose. Echoes is one of their best songs ever, plus the album is riddled with catchy melodies and vocal lines. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 19:58
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I knew it was sarcasm but I forgot the emoticon... Damn life... ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 20:02
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I find it quite good too! I don't understand why it is rated so low! ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 05:07
Agreed. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Dami
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 10:25
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Can't go with Test For Echo - got to be the Rush album I have laid aside for the longest time (about ten years now). Caress of Steel, on the other hand. Now THERE is an underrated album. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 11:59
'Cause every once in a while these very same people opt to write reviews / give low ratings to albums they don't like / understand. Such is the fate of good albums.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 12:08
Or it's because they consider The Missing Piece generally a step down from the first 8 albums. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 14:47
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^ Clever point. But GG probably could have done a lot worse if they chose to, right?
Aye aye! I love Fripp's droning notes and especially "Big Top". Almost 80% of the album is good IMO. Those guys might as well just give up on reviewing music.
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Posted By: aerosolgrey
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 00:06
| Certainly, the pop turn begins here and the tracks get a bit shorter(some proggers will automatically deduct points for that) and less complex. But I would say though the turn toward pop has begun, they certainly haven't arrived yet. I just saw that AllMusic gives it a mere 2 stars. The reviewer says it is "imbalanced" and actually calls Giant For A Day more consistent. |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 22:49
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I don't like how people use ''understand'' so often when they talk about music. It is a proper term for many things but not for everything. The Missing Piece is a easy album to understand. Bitches Brew ain't easy to understand but many bands in progressive rock make easily understandable albums. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 00:41
| ^ Maybe what you mean is that the use of the word "understand" is sometimes not enough when trying to explain something. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 14:15
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there are too many albums that deserved better: Cromwell - Burning Banners - 1997 Deja-Vu - Between The Leaves (1976) Minotaurus - Fly Away (1978) Pax Romana - Trace of Light - 2005 Airbag - Identity -2009 Twelfth Night - Fact And Fiction - 1982 Richard Wright - Broken China 1996 anything by Landberk anything by Poverty's No Crime the two albums of the progressive metal band Tunnelvision (from Finland) Sieges Even - criminally underrated in my humble opinion Conception - anything by them, great progressive metal that's all for now, I'll be back... |
Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 14:58
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Colours by Eloy - I love that album and return to it time after time - How can it have a low score? I guess I have a weird taste, and doesn't align with any others on this forum. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 15:07
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 15:14
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 15:37
I'm glad you like it!!
My favorite track is Meridiani, phenomenal guitar by Mussida and some killer bass line by Djivas in the second part.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 01:11
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 05:25
Agreed!! I rank Control and Resistance higher than most progmetal albums, it's absolutely genius. Wonder where Cynic got their 'unique' fusionmetal style from then look no further. Dream Theater and Fates Warning seems to have get all the credit on the progmetal genre which is unfair, I hope Watchtower's two albums get's far more attention over the next years (if the majority can stomach Teccio's voice that is!). Also, Psychotic Waltz rarely get's mentioned here either but their two first albums are masterworks of the genre and remains unique to this day. Like WT they definitely deserve more attention, their albums are rated highly though.  Last, Vauxdvihl's 'Dimension Logic'. Check it out, metal fan or not! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: January 26 2013 at 17:24
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Fruupp - Modern Masquerades. Sure, Fruupp worship their musical roots, but doesn't every prog band? Gong - Shamal. Sure, it isn't Daevid Allen's crazy creation that we all know and love, but it is one of the funkiest and most atmospheric pieces of prog I know. Glass Hammer - Chronometree, Lex Rex, The Culture of Ascent and If. IMO, these four albums are masterpieces that have been dismissed due to their clear Yes and ELP influences. Yes - Drama. IMO, Drama captures the true essence of prog.
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: January 26 2013 at 23:28
My first though for this subject was Counterparts. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 04:26
Glass Hammer have put out a number of mighty albums but the best for me the best is The Inconsolable Secret. The first disc is perhaps standard issue retro prog although of a very high standard (Matt Mendians on drums is superb) but its the second disc thats elevates this album. Beautifull semi medieval sounding symph prog. Totally unique and great to listen to. This album got dismissed for it slightly unuusal structure which has to be the worst reason ever for marking down a prog album!
Drama is a good shout. Probably my favourite Yes album once you get past the holy triumvirat of The Yes ALbum, Fragile and CTTE. Remarkably fresh recording for the time and perhaps only marked down because no Anderson and Wakeman were present?
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Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 06:14
 Why? Edit: Hm, apparently I'm responding to a months-old post. Still, my question remains. |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 07:26
Yeah I really like The Inconsolable Secret too. I guess I just haven't listened to it enough to fall in love hehe  |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 07:30
| The ConstruKction of Light |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 14:36
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Here it Is But in all seriousness, Cheer-Accident - Salad Days ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 16:24
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Judging by PA ratings I guess? Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest (1970) 3.21 | 98 ratings It isn't flawless (no BJH album is in my opinion), but it has three very great songs (out of 7) which makes it worth 4.The Gathering - Always (1992) 2.43 | 37 ratings It sounds a bit unpolished, but the music is genuine. I find three very good songs there. Its rating should go up +1 at least
Saga – Images At Twilight (1980) 3.04 | 98 ratings Oh no....what can I say. It should go up at least +1. I would say 4.5.. Saga – Behaviour (1985) 3.12 | 72 ratings At least the rating doesn't indicate that it is dismissed as forgettable pop rubbish. And there is a very big difference between this and the album that followed (which had 2 good songs though). But I would say 5...which makes it quite underrated. Their first albums up until -85 are all very underrated. Yes – Yes (1970) 3.12 | 72 ratings Isn't this underrated? Survival is my favourite Yes song. Camel - The Single Factor (1982) 2.59 | 235
ratings So many ratings, how can they be wrong? Well,it's easy to be mistaken. My initial reaction was that I didn't take it too seriously, but then I started liking it more and more, I had to confess that I really liked the pop songs, and the album has a very nice sound. But there are more atmospheric stuff as well, so it's a nice mixture of extroverted , energetic pop and more introverted atmospheric instrumental stuff. Camel's pop oriented songs is very uplifting, and there's a lot of feeling in it. They haven't lost their soul here, not at all. Maybe this is the most underrated album...rated below 3. |
Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 17:03
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Monster Movie. People seem to think it's "primitive" but it's just as good as the rest of Can's output ig you ask me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 17:07
| Oh yes, the Aerosol Grey Machine. It isn't a masterpiece, but it's great! |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 17:09
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 17:28
Underrated as hell. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 01:25
| Free Hand by Gentle Giant. It should be in the top 10 albums of all time but it is not (currently no. 58 rating 4.27). C'mon. Let's get it in there. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 02:47
Both albums may have a low prog factor, but I still think the first Yes album is fantastic, because the compositions are so good! Anderson already was a great songwriter, and the instrumental parts are also very good, and the band plays with high energy. Also Camel's Single Factor, which got it's name because the record company wanted a hit single, but it has great pop songs on it, I quite agree, and I like especially the tracks on which Andy Latimer collaborated with Anthony Phillips, like Heart's Desire / End Peace. |
Posted By: Memory Cube
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 16:57
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"Theme Of Secrets" by Eddie Jobson.
My all time favorite album, and probably one of the greatest composed albums ever made. Another is "Atavachron" by Allan Holdsworth. Some might disagree, but I think it's a masterpiece of Jazz Fusion, and one of the best albums of the '80's. |
Posted By: Mythical Mike
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 17:13
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I think a lot of Neo-prog is very underrated.
Although, I probably have to say one of my top favorite albums that is very underrated is Moonshine by Collage. |
Posted By: CKnoxW
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 17:54
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Ha, I realize that this is a 6 month old topic resurfaced by newbs like me, but oh well. The Final Cut is one of my favorite Floyd albums but never seems to be mentioned by other fans. Falling Into Infinity is probably tied with Scenes From a Memory as my favorite Dream Theater album, yet everybody hates on it all the time. |
Posted By: Cthulhu42
Date Posted: July 21 2013 at 11:32
| Definitely The Final Cut. |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: July 21 2013 at 12:54
| Shrine of New Generation Slaves by Riverside is always the first that comes to my mind any time someone mentions the phrase "underrated album". So emotional, so powerful...Also very interesting musically. I guess direction changes throw people off sometimes... Only explanation I've got. |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 22 2013 at 19:43
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Klaatu - Hope Rick Wakeman - Myths & Legends Absolute masterpieces in different ways. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 22 2013 at 23:52
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The term "underrated" is often misused to list albums we like that most others dont. The one prog album I truly consider underrated (and by that I mean "under-heard" or not even given a chance) is Devil Doll's "Eliogabulus". Devil Doll's other albums are very good but they tend to wander around like walking through an abandoned asylum looking for ghosts. I can understand why a prog fan would write off Devil Doll if they heard one of the other albums first, but "Eliogabulus" is a coherent, concentrated, breathtaking dose of musical evil that must be heard to be believed. If you appreciate the darker side of prog - especially VDGG - you owe it to yourself to give this one a spin. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 23 2013 at 01:13
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.
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: August 29 2013 at 16:47
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Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon Procol Harum - A Salty Dog Rush - Caress Of Steel; Fly By Night; s/t Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped Tangerine Dream - Zeit (Caravan - s/t) (Egg - s/t) Out of all of them, From Genesis To Revelation by miles...
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Posted By: OberheimRush
Date Posted: August 30 2013 at 01:31
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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. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 30 2013 at 21:50
Many of those got 4 stars.....how is that underrated..? The only one that didnt get at least 3.5 was the first genesis lp.
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Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:46
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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!
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 17:02
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Deep Purple — The Book of Taliesyn Queen — Hot Space Black Sabbath — Born Again King Crimson — The ConstruKction of Light ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Nighteyes
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 04:42
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Opeth - Morningrise Yes, its rough production and raw songs, but its an underrated gem (if you like extreme prog) |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 10:03
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Syd Barrett "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett." People were stumbling onto a lot of this stuff over the next 20 years, maybe without hearing this album but maybe sensing it in the culture somehow. I'm not saying at times it's not disturbing. One can put together one good prog album out of taking various tracks as some tracks are just kind of guitar strumming. For those proggier tracks, sometimes listen to just one channel at a time. Baby Lemonade is interesting in that way. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 22:07
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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 |
Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: September 04 2013 at 19:37
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Fly from here - yes
As a prog related album, I think agents of fortune (blue oyster cult) is much underrated by P.A... |
Posted By: Jabez7
Date Posted: September 23 2013 at 18:50
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Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
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Posted By: drakness
Date Posted: January 30 2014 at 19:23
Magnification by Yes |
Posted By: Woj
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 19:24
For me Queen II among common fans, News of the World/Jazz on this website. |
Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 22:09
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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? ------------- https://blankspacerecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Blank Space Records |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 23:25
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=839
Ommadawn 4.33
Hergest Ridge 3.94
Tubular bells 4.03 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 23:34
I meant more in general, not on PA. Definitely, on PA Ommadawn is one of the highest rated albums and is rated higher than Tubular Bells. But outside of that, you usually only hear people talk about Tubular Bells and Moonlight Shadow (not even anything else from Crises). Not complaining about the popularity of Tubular Bells; I think it's well deserved; I just think it's weird that after becoming so popular for that that his other albums got such little attention in comparison. ------------- https://blankspacerecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Blank Space Records |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 23:54
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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 -------------
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Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: February 04 2014 at 08:29
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Yes - A time and a place. ------------- Without charity, there is no salvation |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 11 2014 at 21:58
Do you mean "Time and A Word" By Yes? If so, I agree that it is a bit underrated, as well as Drama and Magnification. ------------- Z |
Posted By: admireArt
Date Posted: February 11 2014 at 22:03
| NO-MAN's "FLOWERMOUTH"! |
Posted By: arctarus2708
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 01:13
| Are you kidding....no contest the album is Floyd's animals... I've seen them a couple of times and they play absolutely nothing from it....it falls between The Wall and Wish you were here... so it's in the middle of the "peak period" of one of the most influential and successful bands of all time...and yet NADA |
Posted By: ebil0505
Date Posted: March 26 2014 at 10:29
I was about to post that 
Those songs have aged really well in my opinion. While they certainly aren't that proggy you still gotta love them. ------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: March 28 2014 at 22:46
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I am tired of Renaissance’s “Azure D’Or” getting dumped on. Sure, it has shorter songs and lacks the orchestral arrangements, but damn, it still has some of their stronger compositions IMO. Jekyll and Hyde, The Flood at Lyons, The Discovery always give me chills. ------------- Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously. Silly human race! Yes is for everybody! |