What's the least acclaimed album you love?

As a side note, did we ever poll Big Shiny Tunes 2?

Yep!: Favourite track from Canada's 5th biggest selling album of all-time "Big Shiny Tunes 2"

I listened to Edges of Twilight a lot, but did eventually get rid of the CD in my early 20s because I thought it looked embarrassing in my CD collection. Haven't listened to it in about 20 years but looking at the track listing right now I could remember most of the songs. Sister Awake is the one I remember liking the most. I should listen to it.

Yeah, that's her favourite.

Yes I got my Jameses confused

Me I like The Bazaar and Inanna and especially Silence... this album really got into some tightly controlled cacophony

Edges of Twilight is better than I expected tbh.

I unfortunately have The Tea Party to thank for my introduction to "what all the Indian instruments are called and what they do"

I managed to listen to half of Edges of Twilight. It's not really that bad, but I don't need or want any of this.

It's not really that bad, but I don't need or want any of this.

New board description.

TRIPtych was my intro. Some good singles off that one. I imagine some of the deep cuts are pretty dire, though.

Daughters self titled album is my favorite thing they've ever done including the new stuff. Usually is pretty forgotten.

I still love the Tomorrow, in a Year by The Knife, Planningtorock and Mt. Sims. Generally unloved.

I feel like I was shouting into the void with Self Defense Family's Have You Considered Punk Music last year. Still love it.

The Sunn/Scott Walker collab might get some more love now due to recent sad events but I was genuinely shocked at how little acclaim it got comparatively to how much i loved that thing.

For this question thought I'm going to go with the Mountain Goats - Goths. Its my favorite by them and easily one of my favorite albums of the decade. It definitely got a fair amount of love but they have a lot of acclaimed albums and this generally probably isn't considered top tier. And that is a testament to a lifetime of excellent releases. It's also very different than the others and i love it very much.

Love is a funny word to use in the case of Rick Dees' "Disco Duck" album, but hey.

can't actually remember any full albums if i look at the tracklistings but i probably really enjoy a modern talking album or two

Siegbran to thread.

Modern Talking were the best. I still play that shit now. I even wrote a musical based on their songs back in the 90s (in my head, but still).

ot unacclaimed but inexplicably underrated, I would trade Buke And Gase for the entire oeuvre of both Kate Bush and Sonic Youth

― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, March 31, 2019 4:48 AM

Meant to ask if you're a huge fan of Kate Bush and Sonic Youth?

Could Buke & Gase support a thread because I'm thinking of getting Riposte soon.

Daughters self titled album is my favorite thing they've ever done including the new stuff. Usually is pretty forgotten.

I only listened to it again when the new one came out, but 'The Unattractive, Portable Head' is such a great song.

i don't even know how to process my appreciation of jason falkner's _all quiet on the noise floor_ as kind of perfect statement of power pop and pop formalism, in structure, technique, and delivery. but a) i don't know if anyone outside of 100 people have ever heard it b) i am not a musician, critic or anything, i just like that genre generally and holy shit c) trying to like stuff other ppl don't know is an annoying trait.

Some bloke came in the shop. I said hello. He started singing:"Is it me you're looking for..." I added:"I can see it in your eyes." He turned around and fistbumped me saying I had top taste and asked if I knew of Paul Young.

One of the better clients. Lol. But no, I hate the song, dude. Lol

Siegbran to thread.

Modern Talking were the best. I still play that shit now. I even wrote a musical based on their songs back in the 90s (in my head, but still).

― breastcrawl, Wednesday, April 3, 2019 10:41 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice

Thomas Anders and Modern Talking Band (how they're billed) played my city on Wednesday :'(

i don't even know how to process my appreciation of jason falkner's _all quiet on the noise floor_ as kind of perfect statement of power pop and pop formalism, in structure, technique, and delivery. but a) i don't know if anyone outside of 100 people have ever heard it b) i am not a musician, critic or anything, i just like that genre generally and holy shit c) trying to like stuff other ppl don't know is an annoying trait.

― Hunt3r

fuck it i'll listen to that record, i've only heard his record with r stevie moore but it was pretty good and i like power pop

seriously that experience is just goddamn normal for me, you know what power pop i listen to? goddamn hussalonia, there are maybe about five people who know who that dude is

feel free to drop by the thread where i just post shit i love but can't actually talk about to anybody because maybe three people have heard it, the more the merrier

Some bloke came in the shop. I said hello. He started singing:"Is it me you're looking for..." I added:"I can see it in your eyes."

that song was one of my mum's favourite songs when I was a kid. for kinda sad reasons, it was her sort of theme song for a failed relationship. although I can't stand the song myself I can't hate it either

It's more that nobody has heard it, but I found out the first self-titled Autre ne Veut is on streaming services, and that might still be my album of the decade. Love it so much.

Xpost it is actually a good song. Just heard it a gazillion times way back. :-)

Co-sign all that Tea Party talk upthread, have always loved The Edges Of Twilight, especially the songs where they amplified the Zep love and Eastern elements to a huge scale, the big drum break in Sister Awake is genuinely thrilling after all these years.

I don't think it's hated or anything - it just kind of fell into a crack in the earth upon release, as one would expect, but the Cult's 2012 album Choice of Weapon is really good.

Metal Machine Music for me - glad to see it's received several mentions on this thread already. When I first heard it (the Buddha Records reissue on CD) I was quite disappointed, expecting some kind of rip-your-head-off wall of feedback. But now I appreciate it as almost a relaxing record.

It's really beautiful. It's the only Lou Reed record I ever listen to anymore (I spent years trying to get into him and the VU before finally giving up).

I still stand by my answer at the start of this thread.

i like mmm too, it is a quite soothing listen.

I just realised it's most likely 'Monsters' by Meat Puppets

Ha; I remember buying that record in high school after hearing Huevos and Up On The Sun, liking both a lot, and wanting more of that; I put it in my Walkman and was instantly like "What is this terrible pseudo-metal?" (I love metal, but that wasn't what I wanted from the Meat Puppets at all.) I turned around and returned it; luckily, my friend's family owned the store and he let me pick something else instead.

First track I heard was 'Light' on the radio, which is a kinda Grateful Dead sounding thing, but I was at home with the heavier stuff on the record, not having heard them before, I love the whole thing, Linn-Drum and all but the last track 'Like Being Alive' is absolutely beautiful.

Well, your post has me revisiting them on Spotify, for the first time in ~30 years, so maybe I'll check it out.

I guess my real answer should be Tremolo by Blue Rodeo, generally regarded (when it's regarded at all) as a generic mid-career MOR album but was genuinely mind-expanding for me as a kid, esp the closing run of songs, which include Cowboy Junkies style slowcore, intricate instrumental gorgeousness, and the closest they ever got to cutting a punk tune.