Albums you love that are not considered the artist's best.

Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed

 

This just came up again today:

Caress of Steel
Dirty Work
Big Generator
Think Visual
Along The Red Ledge
L.A. Light Album
The Soft Parade
No Pier Pressure
Sam's Town

 

Pure Prairie League-Two Lane Highway
Neil Young-Neil Young
Steely Dan-Gaucho
Allman Brothers-One Way Out
Grateful Dead-Reckoning
Beatles-Love

 

I consider it the best release of the Flo & Eddie / Zappa lineup, which is my least favorite Zappa period.

 

Spooky Tooth - Witness.

 

DeCapo

 

Darklands - Jesus and the Mary Chain
Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
Neil Young - Comes a Time
Echo & The Bunnymen - Echo & The Bunnymen (1987)
Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Cafe
Paralamas do Sucesso - Bora Bora

 

Neil Young- Zuma

 

It helps to name the artist , there are 5 titles here I have no clue who the artist is

 

Agree that helps!

Rush
Stones
Yes
Kinks
Hall and Oates
Beach Boys
Doors
Brian Wilson
Killers

 

There isn't a single Title there that would not definitively reveal the Artist upon a google search if you didn't already know them.

 

I like the idea that you would have to look it up if you didn't know of it...I purposely do that a lot around here...you might get into it that way.

 

Maybe. More likely people will just shrug and move on, though!

FWIW, I had to look up your last 2. I knew the others by title but wasn't aware of the Brian Wilson or Killers albums...

 

R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant

 

Let it be - The Beatles

 

On this forum? Nah...I don't believe that for a second!

 

Wings ~ Wild Life
vinyl or fame cd.

 

A few of mine:

Iron Maiden - Killers. Sure it doesn't get "panned" by fans but I'm pretty sure it's safe to say they attained their biggest fame with the Dickinson albums that followed. I just love the rawness of this album - almost like a punk / metal hybrid.

Rush, Grace Under Pressure. Lots of people lament the poppiness and synth-heavy sound of this album but I just love it. Perfect 80s synthpop/prog hybrid, some interesting lyrics and IMO strong songwriting.

Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors. While this was the official "comeback" album with their classic lineup I remember it going virtually un-noticed. It wasn't until the vastly more successful Permanant Vacation came out that these guys regained their pre-breakup status. While I liked that album too, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for this vastly less commercially successful album. It rawks!

The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan. No huge hits on this one unlike the more famous Elephant but I find the songs more consistent and interesting. May be my favourite album of theirs

 

John Denver - "I WANT TO LIVE". Sadly, those aspirations ended in 1997.
Love some of the "dreary" songs on it, but these days I prefer "DRUTHERS", ironically. ("If I had my druthers...")
(The track list is not showing the actual running order.)

 

Black Sabbath- Technical Ecstasy

 

Yes - Drama

Rush - Grace Under Pressure

Toto - Isolation

Toto - Kingdom Of Desire

Asia - Arena

Asia - Aura

Rainbow - Bent Out Of Shape

Talk Talk - It's My Life

The Feelers (NZ) - Playground Battle

 

Pink Floyd atom heart mother and meddle

 

Sweet Freedom-Uriah Heep

 

I think that's a pretty popular choice for (one of) his best.