Albums that are generally overlooked but that you think are ‘classics’

Freebird

Guided By Voices // Bee Thousand

PengaMax

Jeff Waynes war of the worlds part 1 AND 2 - outrageous sounds throughout

koneguitarist

Teyeplayer said:

For those of a west-coast country-rock persuasion: 
Poco - ‘A good feelin’ to know’

I got this album, amongst others by the band. 

Teyeplayer

koneguitarist said:

Teyeplayer said:

For those of a west-coast country-rock persuasion: 
Poco - ‘A good feelin’ to know’

I got this album, amongst others by the band. 

It’s a personal favourite, always felt that it sounds like a band having a really great time playing together. And some cracking songs of course. 

koneguitarist

Criminally underrated band, especially the earlier albums Deliverin’ and picking up the pieces, but Crazy eyes, is great as well. Most only know Rose of Cimmaron which is a great album, but I love Richie Furay’s voice

Philly_Q

JAYJO said:

Gerry Rafferty   Night Owl
Blondie  Autoamerican
The Specials  More Specials
Bob Dylan Slow traim coming
The Beatles  live at the Hollywood bowl

All from 1979-80, just coincidence or was that a significant time for you? 

I started buying albums around that time, or just before - I had Slow Train Coming (that was his Christian phase, wasn't it?) and I often contemplated buying Night Owl, but never did.  Then I got into hard rock and metal and that's pretty much where I stayed.

koneguitarist

Souther Hillman Furay band Trouble in Paradise. 

Reverend

Trouble - s/t
Sanctuary - Into the mirror black 
Bang - s/t
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Sixteen Horsepower - Secret South 

tone1

The Cult - Love 
Lemonheads - Come on feel the Lemonheads
ACDC- Powerage 

Teyeplayer

koneguitarist said:

Criminally underrated band, especially the earlier albums Deliverin’ and picking up the pieces, but Crazy eyes, is great as well. Most only know Rose of Cimmaron which is a great album, but I love Richie Furay’s voice

Agreed, Richie Furay is a great singer and cracking songwriter. Always seems strange that he didn’t do as well as Stills and Young.

And you beat me to it on the Souther, Hillman, Furay band.

I’ve also a soft spot for Manassas and Stills II.  

Stuckfast

ICBM said:

Lloyd Cole - Love Story

Yes! His best album by far and almost completely overlooked.

Also:

The Triffids, Present the Black Swan

Longpigs, The Sun is Often Out

Alasdair Roberts, Too Long in This Condition

Shirley & Dolly Collins, Love, Death & the Lady

Baader Meinhof, s/t

The Pretty Things, Parachute

Trees, On The Shore

Cass McCombs, Catacombs

KDS

Off the top my head

aerosmith Pump
dylan’s love and theft

TheMarlin

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird
I - The Magnetic Fields
The Clown - Charles Mingus
Souljacker - Eels
Bitter Tea - The Fiery Furnacea
The Soft Bulletin- The Flaming Lips
Barafundle - Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
An Elpee and two Epees - Ivor Cutler
Stonechild - Jessca Hoop
Crush Songs - Karen O
Lost Horizons - Lemon Jelly
From Kinshasa - Mbongwana Star
Nancy and Lee - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
No Rest for the Wicked - New Model Army
Senor 007 - Ray Barretto 
Strong Persuader - Robert Cray
Agaetis Burjun - Sigur Ros
 No more to the dance - Silly Sisters
Tourist - St Germain
Guerrilla - Super Fury Animals
Vampyros Lesbos - Vampire Sound Inc
Take me to god - Jah Wobbles invaders of the heart

Marlin 

mudslide73

Beck - Morning Phase. It's beautiful.

zepp76

I’ll probably get shot down for this but...

 Iron Maiden: The X factor with Blaze Bayley

 Personally I think it’s a fucking brilliant album, some cracking songs on there.

Habanero

Waysted - Save Your Prayers

octatonic

Both Jellyfish albums.

ICBM

Reverend said:

Aphrodite's Child - 666

Fantastic album.

Demis Roussos!!!

Philly_Q

Habanero said:

Waysted - Save Your Prayers

Yeah, that was good.  Danny Vaughn and Paul Chapman in that lineup.  I haven't heard it for a very long time though, I don't know if I'd still like it.

yocky

Great shout for Red Red Meat already 

Chavez - Ride the Fader
David Lee Roth - Eat em and Smile
Deus - Worst Case Scenario 
The Drones - Wait Long by the River.... 
Dalek - Absence
Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life 
Heatmiser - Mic City Sons
Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
Howlin Rain - Howlin Rain
Hum - Downward is Heavenward 
Icarus Line - Penance Soirée 
Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary 
Mansun - Six
McLusky - McLusky do Dallas
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Shudder to Think - Pony Express Record
Witch - Witch