most over-rated albums

[atomship47]

IV/zoso - l.z.
the wall - floyd
nevermind - nirvana
the final cut - floyd (this is tongue in cheek and pointed at p.f. purists. a buddy and i have an ongoing, good-spirited debate about the beauty of this album. he thinks gilmour is amazing on guitar on the album. i agree. he thinks the album is great because of the "perfectly well-placed guitar bits". i contend that one is so desperate to hear gilmour play on the album that, when he finally does, you're ecstatic!)

those are just a couple off of the top of my head. i'll leave the beatles alone.

[Feldman]

If you're talking the rock/pop genre, for me it'd be a tie between Sgt. Pepper and Dark Side of the Moon.
Can't stand either one.

[TheKillerPenguin]

Dark Side of the Moon, definitely.

[DEK]

Everything by the Rolling Stones

[filtersweep]

Most of this year's Grammy winners...

[lsits]

Paul Simon - Graceland. It won all those Grammy awards and all the critics said it was the best thing since sliced bread. It put me to sleep.

As far as Pink Floyd goes, "Meddle" is my all-time fave.

[classic1]

Paul Simon - Graceland. It won all those Grammy awards and all the critics said it was the best thing since sliced bread. It put me to sleep.


+1

I've got two others that I think are overated for the very same reason.

REM - Automatic for the People
U2 - Joshua Tree

[classic1]

IV/zoso - l.z.
the wall - floyd
nevermind - nirvana


I'd probably agree on 'the Wall' but not the other two. Why are they overated? That Led Zepplin album has one of the best opening salvos ever - Black Dog, Rock n Roll, Battle of Evermore and Stairway to Heaven. Nevermind doesn't have a dud cut on it IMO.

[atomship47]

I'd probably agree on 'the Wall' but not the other two. Why are they overated? That Led Zepplin album has one of the best opening salvos ever - Black Dog, Rock n Roll, Battle of Evermore and Stairway to Heaven. Nevermind doesn't have a dud cut on it IMO.

this is really a tongue-in-cheek thread. i really wasn't looking to get anyone worked up. i love l.z. i love zoso. i love the battle of evermore and when the levee breaks. i call it over-rated for only a couple of reasons; i think when you measure that album against l.z.'s potential, it doesn't make their top 4 album list. i listen to all of their other albums more often than i listen to IV. "rock n roll" is covered waay to often for my taste. and i don't like how "mainstream" stairway has become. it's almost like the standard, don't-have-to-think-about-it answer to the question; "what's the best song ever written."

i watched a documentary on the making of nevermind. i do agree there is some genius in the engineering of that album. however, i think the musicianship is lacking and it gets too much credit for being "the album that changed top 40 rock" or "the album that killed hair-metal." its as if cobain's death had more to do with neverminds impact on rock than the album had while he was alive.

i may be showing my age here....but one of the things about '80s metal, it produced some of the greatest technical rock guitarists. and after they got it out of their systems, many of those virtuoso's went back to their jazz, fusion, classical and/or blues roots in the '90s. unfortunately (imo), the seattle sound and grundge rock was more about angst and lyrics and less about composition and musicianship. of course, there are exceptions (i.e. pearl jam).



on the flip side, i guess i can see what people would say joshua tree and dark side are over-rated. their commercial success is reason enough alone. however, they both are on my most under-rated list. to this day, i listen to both of them and am awestruck by them. ocassionally, i'll discover "new" things as i listen to dark side.

[531phile]

anything by JT

[classic1]

Jethro Tull?

[531phile]

Justin Timberlake.

[free_pizza]

I've got two others that I think are overated for the very same reason.

REM - Automatic for the People
U2 - Joshua Tree
im one of the biggest u2 fans there is, and i actually agree with the joshua tree, its a decent album, but i really dont know what all the fuss is about.

[georgiaboy]

this is really a tongue-in-cheek thread. i really wasn't looking to get anyone worked up. i love l.z. i love zoso. i love the battle of evermore and when the levee breaks. i call it over-rated for only a couple of reasons; i think when you measure that album against l.z.'s potential, it doesn't make their top 4 album list. i listen to all of their other albums more often than i listen to IV. "rock n roll" is covered waay to often for my taste. and i don't like how "mainstream" stairway has become. it's almost like the standard, don't-have-to-think-about-it answer to the question; "what's the best song ever written."

i watched a documentary on the making of nevermind. i do agree there is some genius in the engineering of that album. however, i think the musicianship is lacking and it gets too much credit for being "the album that changed top 40 rock" or "the album that killed hair-metal." its as if cobain's death had more to do with neverminds impact on rock than the album had while he was alive.

i may be showing my age here....but one of the things about '80s metal, it produced some of the greatest technical rock guitarists. and after they got it out of their systems, many of those virtuoso's went back to their jazz, fusion, classical and/or blues roots in the '90s. unfortunately (imo), the seattle sound and grundge rock was more about angst and lyrics and less about composition and musicianship. of course, there are exceptions (i.e. pearl jam).



on the flip side, i guess i can see what people would say joshua tree and dark side are over-rated. their commercial success is reason enough alone. however, they both are on my most under-rated list. to this day, i listen to both of them and am awestruck by them. ocassionally, i'll discover "new" things as i listen to dark side.

Nevermnd was not Kurt's favorite either. He like Butch Vig and everything but felt the album did not have a raw feel. In most of the footage I have seen, it seem "School" was Kurt's favorite song.

[georgiaboy]

+1

I've got two others that I think are overated for the very same reason.

REM - Automatic for the People
U2 - Joshua Tree

I think Joshua Tree is a great album. Even the b-sides on this album are great i.e. "Running to Stand Still" is one of my favorites. Also, Brian Eno mixing is first rate.

As, far as R.E.M. goes there best stuff is there older stuff from Murmur, Fables of the Reconstruction, Dead Letter Office was great. Their older stuff is more punk. Having said that, R.E.M. is not a supergroup. And certianly, on "Automatic for the People" is a nice well-mixed nice sounding cd, but not even the best of their own work and not anything special. R.E.M. as a band are nothing spectacular. Just a buch of guys like you and me who wanted to play in a band. What makes R.E.M. special to me is spearheading the college radio undergound scene in the early 80's.

[atomship47]

im one of the biggest u2 fans there is, and i actually agree with the joshua tree, its a decent album, but i really dont know what all the fuss is about.

ironic, i'm really not a fan of u2 at all. i have joshua tree and achtung baby. that's it. and i'd put achtung baby in the under-rated list.