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OK we've done your three overrated albums. So now the three underrated.
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (1968)
A complete flop at the time by a band who were out of step with the times. Now held up as a work of genius. And rightly so.
McCartney II - Paul McCartney (1980)
Like 1970’s McCartney, self produced and all instruments (although this the synths) played by Macca. An album that divided the critics at the time but now championed by the likes of Mark Ronson and has a cult following. The above track invents the Gorillaz twenty years before Damon Albarn did.
The Dreaming - Kate Bush (1982)
Like McCarney II, an album that is not looking for commercial success. When released everyone thought she was committing commercial suicide but now people say that without the Dreaming there would have been no Hounds of Love. No two songs sound the same. It’s an album I never tire of listening to. Absolutely brilliantly bonkers.
Scary Monsters. Brilliant and innovative. Maybe his last really groundbreaking album.
Cortez the Killer alone makes Zuma a great album, often overlooked.
Bob Marley always claimed not to like the production, but he was wrong! The last real Wailers album. Much more disciplined than his later, often self indulgent stuff.
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Scary Monsters. Brilliant and innovative. Maybe his last really groundbreaking album.
Cortez the Killer alone makes Zuma a great album, often overlooked.
Bob Marley always claimed not to like the production, but he was wrong! The last real Wailers album. Much more disciplined than his later, often self indulgent stuff.
Your three underrated albums on 11:20 - Feb 19 by Lord_Lucan
I'll be seeing them in a few months at Mods Mayday at The Round Chapel - I'm even forgoing an Amsterdam trip for this.
Can't wait, I saw them at The Corn Exchange in 1981 !!
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Not really heard any of those bands for probably will over 30 odd years. But the second I seen the chords mentioned that tune stuck in my head, was one of those we played on repeat at the time. Lot of those bands are very underrated. Think you could make one hell of an album from a compilation of the best of the chords, secret affair, Merton parkas, the Lambrettas, the moment etc.
Your three underrated albums on 11:20 - Feb 19 by Lord_Lucan
I'll be seeing them in a few months at Mods Mayday at The Round Chapel - I'm even forgoing an Amsterdam trip for this.
Can't wait, I saw them at The Corn Exchange in 1981 !!
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The much maligned Mod Revival of the late 70s/early 80s actually produced a handful of excellent bands, The Chords foremost amongst them. I'd add in Squire, The Purple Hearts and a handful of great singles by the likes of The Name, The Killermeters and Back to Zero. Unfortunately the cartoon pop of the likes of The Lambrettas, Merton Parkas and Secret Affair sullied things and really accounts for the bad rap that the movement as a whole received.
GlasgowBlue - When did anyone seriously underate The Kinks? Surely one of the most lauded bands ever and your choice of album possibly their finest hour.
The first Black Grape album. Mondays have some classics don’t get me wrong but I think I actually first Black Grape album! The other Black Grape albums are complete fluff tho
Just seen 3 but I only posted one- sorry
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The much maligned Mod Revival of the late 70s/early 80s actually produced a handful of excellent bands, The Chords foremost amongst them. I'd add in Squire, The Purple Hearts and a handful of great singles by the likes of The Name, The Killermeters and Back to Zero. Unfortunately the cartoon pop of the likes of The Lambrettas, Merton Parkas and Secret Affair sullied things and really accounts for the bad rap that the movement as a whole received.
I saw The Lambrettas and Merton Parkas back in the day. Merton Parkas could actually play - as can Secret Affair, but they were just different from the power pop Mod revival types.
I like the Chords a lot but I don't regard them as a Mod band but more a band who were liked by Mods. They might disagree with that now but at the time they sort of latched on to the scene - whereas Purple Hearts, Secret Affair, Squire etc were actual Mod bands. The Truth, The Circles and Squire are all at Mods Mayday this year as well.
I went to see The Purple Hearts a few years ago with Bossbeard but the tvvat got his timings wrong and we missed them.
Buzzcocks rode the punk / New Wave bandwagon after seeing The Sex Pistols in Manchester when only about 60 people turned up - amongst the audience were Warsaw - later to become Joy Division, Mick Hucknall, Martin Hannett and Tony Wilson - but in their hearts The Buzzcocks are Mods!
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
Annoyingly people disregard my Buzzcocks mod influenced stand and say it's cr4p but I just found this pic online of Steve Diggle which I think puts the argument to rest.
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
Your three underrated albums on 14:15 - Feb 19 by Lord_Lucan
Annoyingly people disregard my Buzzcocks mod influenced stand and say it's cr4p but I just found this pic online of Steve Diggle which I think puts the argument to rest.
I thought that was Eddie Piller until I enlarged the picture.
Let's be honest, we have all got this in our collection...and we all got it in a bargain bin for a fiver long after we ever stood a chance of seeing him alive:
I keep on dropping this into ericclacton threads but no one ever picks up on them:
And the definitive 'what it feels like to be a free spirit in close minded Britain' album:
REM - New Adventures in Hi Fi. They lost a lot of fans with the release of Monster and this went a bit under the radar, but I’d probably rate it in their top 3/4 albums.
Pixies - Bossanova. Will always pale in comparison to Doolittle, but it’s a really fun album with some great tracks on it.
Interpol - Antics. All of the plaudits go to Turn on the Bright Lights - and I do think it’s a very good debut, but I far far prefer Antics - not a single song that’s less than an 8 out of 10.
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