Most overrated albums?

darjama · Post by **darjama** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:28 am

ooh, I'm going to take some heat for this one:

anything by Shellac

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:56 am

*sets darjama on fire*

red cross · Post by **red cross** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:58 pm

But I meant it about "Smile"...

Why?

GooberNumber9 · Post by **GooberNumber9** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:52 am

Dangerous thread to be sure, but I'm glad there are others in the world who probably sigh a little inside when someone wants to play all of the White Album or Sgt. Pepper's. I love the Beatles, and I even love a lot of songs on those albums, but for some reason listening through them all the way through doesn't thrill me.

Now Dark Side of the Moon? There you've gone too far. Freakin' amazing, at least in my book. My opinion is warped because I can listen to Thick As a Brick all the way through without getting bored.

I'm going to be really daring and say: Anything Elvis. Never understood what the big deal was about him.

Todd Wilcox

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:17 am

GooberNumber9 wrote:I can listen to Thick As a Brick all the way through without getting bored.

The CD I have has the full album and then a live performance of the thing...and I can listen to THAT all the way through!

Johnny B · Post by **Johnny B** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:56 pm

Anything by Led Zeppelin. Especially the fourth album. If I never have to hear "Stairway" again...

I say this having just recently bought a copy of LZ II.

Back in Black is ok, but Highway to Hell and Powerage are better.

And I like pretty much everything in this thread. Even though some of it is overrated.

directaction · Post by **directaction** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:31 pm

GooberNumber9 wrote:Elvis. Never understood what the big deal was about him.

Oh god, Elvis is possibly the most overrated ever. He's almost as bad as Pat Boone doing Tutti Frutti. See for yourself:

Here's Elvis doing "Hound Dog" -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_67J_wGxSw

And here's Big Mama Thornton's original version -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3s4v-02P6c

No contest. It boggles the mind how he ever got on the radio in the first place.

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:37 pm

directaction wrote:
And here's Big Mama Thornton's original version -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3s4v-02P6c

Daaaaaaaamn. I knew she did the original, but I'd never heard it before. Wow. That sounds more like 1963 than '53. Thornton and her band were definitely ahead of their time.

Rigsby · Post by **Rigsby** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:59 pm

directaction wrote:
GooberNumber9 wrote:Elvis. Never understood what the big deal was about him.
Oh god, Elvis is possibly the most overrated ever. He's almost as bad as Pat Boone doing Tutti Frutti. See for yourself:

Here's Elvis doing "Hound Dog" -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_67J_wGxSw

And here's Big Mama Thornton's original version -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3s4v-02P6c

No contest. It boggles the mind how he ever got on the radio in the first place.

He was white.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:22 am

Rigsby wrote:
directaction wrote:
GooberNumber9 wrote:Elvis. Never understood what the big deal was about him.
Oh god, Elvis is possibly the most overrated ever. He's almost as bad as Pat Boone doing Tutti Frutti. See for yourself:

Here's Elvis doing "Hound Dog" -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_67J_wGxSw

And here's Big Mama Thornton's original version -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3s4v-02P6c

No contest. It boggles the mind how he ever got on the radio in the first place.

He was white.

and a he.

Big Mama Thorton's version just blew me away.

Jeff

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:11 am

Frank Sinatra.

mikeyc · Post by **mikeyc** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:58 am

Topping my current overrated list:

Arcade Fire. Their stuff just doesn't do it for me.

I can listen to Thick As a Brick all the way through without getting bored.

That's impressive! I can't even get through the "Living In the Past" single...

This is probably the only way I can listen to Jethro Tull:
http://www.channel101.com/media/shows/s ... rock_6.mp4

jv · Post by jv » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:07 pm

ubertar wrote:
directaction wrote:
And here's Big Mama Thornton's original version -->>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3s4v-02P6c
Daaaaaaaamn. I knew she did the original, but I'd never heard it before. Wow. That sounds more like 1963 than '53. Thornton and her band were definitely ahead of their time.

Actually, that film is from the 60's.
Here's the '53 version (still way better than Elvis):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xcK6Ct22Y8A

directaction · Post by **directaction** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:29 pm

that is pretty sweet

drumzealot · Post by **drumzealot** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:16 pm

Over rated albums? Specifically albums?
1. Everything by Beck
2. Everything by Alicia Keys. She is good, but not THAT good. Not ?sweep the Grammies? good. I?d fuck her though
3. The Strokes: Is This It? = Worst piece of poo ever. Don?t me started on these asshole fuckwads. I am hard pressed to say that an album does more harm than good. This is one of them. I would rather be forced to tweak rail after rail of meth, while strapped to an uncomfortable chair wearing only a diaper and flip flops while a group a hot 19-yearold girls make fun of my penis, while being forced to listen to Menudo Sings the Partridge Family for a solid week than be subjected to another run through of this recording. Although production wise, I respect it. I just despise them as ?artists.?
4. Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out. Look Brubeck is great guy and a very decent pianist/composer (although he didn?t compose Take Five), but nothing on this recording was either new or exceptional. Its fame (ironically) can be accounted for by culturally embedded racism. I say this is ironic because Brubeck is a staunch anti-racist, a true-blue man of integrity who is willing to accept whatever consequences may result from his unrelenting stance on what he believes to be right. And he believes that racism is wrong. But from a purely musical perspective, the shit is WAY over rated.
5. Run DMC: Raising Hell. This is on my list, not because it is a bad album, it?s a good album with 3 really great cuts?and yes, it was the first popular release to mix rock and rap (which led to such crap as Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and?oh god?ICP). But their first full-length release ?Run D.M.C.? is much better. I feel that this recording had its finger on the pulse of the times and had a more pronounced impact on the foundation of popular hip-hop than Raising Hell.
6. Anything by The MC5: just plain boring. I find it quite lifeless. I enjoy The MC5 for about 5 seconds

I just bought Brian Wilson?s Smile on LP after owning and devouring the CD for a long time?absolutely amazing in every way; the lyrics, the arrangements, the playing, the engineering, and the mastering for vinyl is noticeably different (better?) than the CD. This is easily among the top 20 pop LPs of all time.
Sgt. Pepper may be the ?penicillin,? of rock, the voice of a generation, a watershed/milestone in pop music and culture,?but Smile would have been all that and more (in terms of historical importance) had it been released before Pepper. Aside from all the historical importance/affect on pop culture/critical acclaim stuff?it?s just a great listen.
I find the original recordings from the 60?s particularly inspirational: raw, unedited genius. On the DVD there is some old footage of Wilson playing piano and singing Surf?s Up?spine tingling. Brian Wilson truly is an unmatched pop music genius. This music is so?fucking good.
After considerable thought and time listening the only room for criticism I could entertain is that it?s a bit corny. At times I also feel that the transitions between sections are a bit disjointed, especially on Roll Plymouth Rock.

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