Most underated albums......

I could list hundreds here but I'll only mention one....."This Was" by Tull.. Their first and way best album. A blusey great with Mick Abrahams on guitar. Abrahams, also overlooked and underated,left after this album to form Bloodwyn Pig and a couple of solo albums then fell off the map.Tull never made an album to get back to the heights of "This Was". The whole band was on fire for that disc and never sounded or played better. They had far more commercial success and recognition later with "Aqualung" and several others but they never made another as good.

A masterpiece from the 80's;

Tears for Fears- Songs from the big Chair.

john hiatt, "two bit monsters" and 'all of a sudden"--before he did the americana thing hiatt was marketed as a sort of american elvis costello; "all of a sudden" in particular got dressed up in all sorts of new wave sonic dross. underneath it all, however, are many of his best songs (pink bedroom, which was covered by roseanne cash being the best known, but "something happens" and "cop party" et.al. really show what a great writer he was).

"Jack the Toad" by Savoy Brown.

One of the most fun of its kind overall and coherent from start to finish.