Your favourite recordings that everyone else hates


Any of you have favourites that were rejected by reviewers and / or the public in general ? Well, here's your chance to bare your soul and plead your case before the Audiogon Court of Jesters : )

How about discs that you love even though the recordings are decidedly "lo-fi" ? Bootleg's don't really count, but you can list them anyhow : ) Sean
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sean
I have the 1st CD by "Gravity Kills" its kind of a cross between Marilyn Manson and a car wreck crash sound.
I first heard them on the radio but their time on the air waves was short lived.
During this period they played locally at a small rats ass venue in Roch.NY I figured if they were playing there, they were going no where.
When I bought the CD I had 2 others to buy (all used) and I didnt have enough money when I paid up.I had to decide which CD to put back so decided to put the Gravty Kills back and I told the kid at the counter I'd be back sometime to get it if it was still there as I really like the band.He replied "It will still be here,they suck" It pissed me off a bit he said that,but who am I to argue (me?)
Yep,he was right.3 weeks later and I had my CD.
I love this band and I can NOT figure out why they didnt make it big.The music is hard with cool sound effects.
I bet someone shows up here to back me up on this band but commercially,they were flops.
Great thread Sean.....been to summer band camp yet? :>o
Rammstein, with out a doubt. The lyrics are in German so Americans will not give in but the industrial-metal band has an addictive groove and excellent recordings so maybe some of you will try a disc or two. Hard core fans love the first, Herzeleid but the new one , Mutter is killer. The fact is that all 3 are great.
Brainwater (good name) I have 'Mutter' and love it! Its very piston fast,hard driving metal.
It does wear on ya a bit with the German lyrics and you soon imagine you are listening to a Nazi rally,but I like it.
Rammstein has toured in the US with other big name bands and had a video on MTV a few years back.
I'm partial to "Who's a Funkadelic", which is verboten in many funk catalogs (the anti-George lineup). Also "Performance" and "Metromania" are 2 of my absolute favorite Eloy albums, though most found them to be a low point in Eloy's long career (Frank Bornemann won't even talk about them). Just because they tell you it's good/bad doesn't mean a thing!
Probably Yes "Close to the Edge" a really terrible sounding recording with harsh hashy hard sound but I am still emotionally tied to that music from my youth and even like it today although I certainly don't play it every day. "Close to the Edge" could make even the best speakers sound bad.By comparison Yes's "The Yes Album" made a few years earlier has much more natural sound, also "Going for the one" a few years later also cleaner more natural sound.