McBobbin Ok computer. I'm not a big radiohead fan, I just don't get them
'The Bends' is one of the best albums I own - But totally agree with the panning of 'OK Computer', partly because it got so much undeserved industry hype, and partly because it was just utter Dog Toffee. (karma police aside)
Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon,anything by Eminem,Holst- the planets suite,rolling stones - exile on main street,Duran Duran -Rio,the entire recorded history of the grateful dead and most of anything produced by frank Zappa
Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon,anything by Eminem,Holst- the planets suite,rolling stones - exile on main street,Duran Duran -Rio,the entire recorded history of the grateful dead and most of anything produced by frank Zappa
But, in the mainstream, Zappa was never "rated", so can't be "overrated". While, I couldn't disagree more with your view, I can understand that you'd need an attention span somwhat longer than the average of around five minutes.
Each to their own but I recall this image of Zappa sitting astride a toilet as the artwork for one of his far too many albums.that summed him up perfectly for me.
Never got into the hype of the stone roses or the artic monkeys. However as i don't buy albums where I don't 'get' the initial songs then I can't really judge them. Just not my cup of tea in the first place.
The Beatles. They are a decent band and wrote a lot of good songs, but no-one ever came close to being over-rated like they did. U2, Coldplay, REM, Bruce S. and OK Computer as others have said.
I feel I have to defend Dark Side of the Moon and Different Class though. They are both magnificent albums.
Odd one this, because I have never listened to whole albums by artists I don't like. Same as a lot of contributors to this thread, I suspect ;-). But as Michael Jackson is the most overrated artist in history, I will vote for Bad.
I don't think Oasis are great, but who hasn't sung along to one of their "anthems" in the pub late at night?
Obviously, this thread is going to divide opinion - I'd beg to differ on a few of the above. For example Dark Side of the Moon's a pretty good album, but I'll admit possibly not as good as Wish You Were Here.
Anything by Pink Floyd - Ponce Rock for wannabe university hippies. Anything by The Stone Roses - Ian Brown is about as talented as my toe. The Smiths and Morrisey, anyone who likes this guff should have their ears cut off. Utter Drivel. Sergeant Pepper by The Beatles - Revolver and Rubber Soul are much better albums IMO.
I agree with almost the entire thread, apart from the ones that got into stuff people don't like rather than stuff that's overrated. I think to make the latter judgement you have to able to see what's good in the album. "Let's Get It On' and 'What's Going On' by Marvin Gaye were both overrated in my view, although you don't hear them touted around as classics as much nowadays as you used to. Talking Heads first two albums ditto. Capt. Beefheart, 'Trout Mask Replica' - I like quirky as much as the next man, but he did better albums.
I've tried giving this a go time and time again over the years. I've actually sat there and analysed, dissected, wined 'n' dined the soddin' thing and STILL haven't a clue why it's held in such high regard. Yeah of course it's got a couple of great tracks on there but this album consistantly appears in polls as one of the finest pieces of work in the history of modern music....and i'm at a complete loss as to why.
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Ok computer. I'm not a big radiohead fan, I just don't get them 'The Bends' is one of the best albums I own - But totally agree with the panning of 'OK Computer', partly because it got so much undeserved industry hype, and partly because it was just utter Dog Toffee. (karma police aside)
Different Class - Pulp
Lol.
Anyway, U2 - what a waste of oxygen.
U2, Coldplay, REM, Bruce S. and OK Computer as others have said.
I feel I have to defend Dark Side of the Moon and Different Class though. They are both magnificent albums.
Obviously, this thread is going to divide opinion - I'd beg to differ on a few of the above. For example Dark Side of the Moon's a pretty good album, but I'll admit possibly not as good as Wish You Were Here.
Anything by The Stone Roses - Ian Brown is about as talented as my toe.
The Smiths and Morrisey, anyone who likes this guff should have their ears cut off. Utter Drivel.
Sergeant Pepper by The Beatles - Revolver and Rubber Soul are much better albums IMO.
Maybe some of these albums are sounding dated today and haven't stood the test of time ......but they were totally ground breaking at the time.
My nomination: Nirvana - Nevermind.
I've tried giving this a go time and time again over the years. I've actually sat there and analysed, dissected, wined 'n' dined the soddin' thing and STILL haven't a clue why it's held in such high regard. Yeah of course it's got a couple of great tracks on there but this album consistantly appears in polls as one of the finest pieces of work in the history of modern music....and i'm at a complete loss as to why.