Most underated albums......

yeah phasecorrect those albums are well know in indie/alt. not only that but everything you list about 20 years old. ok 'bend sinsiter'ok was released in 1986 yes??

are this recording deseving as being taken as seriously as 'audiophile recordings' *i'd agree*..:)

i'm not a fan of anything you list besides the fall..:)

ok how about this for underarted, the band of susans. unlike evrything you list no one lists them as an influence ever....and i'd much rather listen to there stuff than sonic youth. which was the only band of that sort to count. to be known at all.

the most over rated had to be nirvana....(the band)

I think Tweakgeek has the right idea (and I agree with him about "Presence").

I'll nominate the Stones "Goat's Head Soup". Yeah, it may have been a let down after the run of brilliance that preceded it, but it's not the waste of tape most critics would lead you to believe. The album has a great drugged out and dreary atmosphere about it and all the songs are good except the stupid "Dancing With Mr.D", which is still partially salvaged by the awesomely nasty guitar riff it's built upon. I'd say it's the last fully satisfying Stones album.

Another overlooked goody is Aerosmith's "Done With Mirrors". This is a pretty solid piece of work and the last good record they made before sliding into overproduced MTV powerballad sorryness. It lacked hit singles which sunk it critically and commercially, but that is probably one of the reasons it's so good compared to the dreck that followed.

Finally, I'll nominate all of the Kinks' mid 70's rock opera albums. "Preservation Act I", "Preservation Act II", "A Soap Opera", and "Schoolboys In Disgrace" were all pretty well savaged by critics, but all of them are perfectly good. I'd easily rank the Preservation set among Ray Davies' best work.

That's a big 10-4 on The Kinks albums that you listed, Curbach

I will admit...this probably wasnt my most well conceived post...I was just trying to stimulate some dialogue...at any rate...now that I look back...most of these releases are pretty old and in some light probably received the attention they deserved justified or not...not to mention recording quality which varies heavily...but hey...nobody died...or wet themselves...or at least that Im aware of...

For underated reggae...Black Uhuru "sensimilla" gets my vote...more extended dub sound...with classic echoey vocals,L to R panning,and some interesting production effects...only downside to alot of dub music...the bass seems to be recorded a bit "hot"...I assume to fatten it up...but I would prefer it more clean if I had my way....