ITT: Underrated Overrated albums

Fact: If Ian Curtis hadn't killed himself, nobody would care about Joy Division today.

>>71561966
but do you not thing that adds context to the album? It's like saying if Kendrick Lamar wasn't black nobody would care about To Pimp a Butterfly
Joy Division is better because Ian Curtis killed himself because it shows that the lyrics on the albums are actually from a man falling apart not just someone pretending

>>71562146
Agreed that darker albums are far darker when related to an artist's personal life.
Do you think anyone would take Gira nearly as serious if he wasn't in the Israeli jail and working homeless in a literal salt mine when he was young?

>>71562064
underrated on all accounts

>>71561925
What does Underrated Overrated mean?
Praised by plebs but the album's true beauty gets ignored?

>>71561966
yeah it would really not be so overrated if they just didn't push record, you know?

>>71562064
One of my favs of all time, but this is the most "overrated underrated" album there is, not the other way around

>>71562304
overrated as in everyone always shills the shit out of it but you listen to it and it's actually good as fuck

>>71562304
>Praised by plebs but the album's true beauty gets ignored?

It's self-claimed patricians call albums overrated, yet they're actually not. In a sense, with everyone saying it's overrated, an album becomes underrated

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>>71562347

>>71562304
It's underrated and overrated at the same time? At least, I think that's what it means.

Like, In Utero gets passed over in favor of Nevermind in most conversation, so it's underrated, but the big reason why it comes up in the first place is that it's a Nirvana album, and the last one at that, right before Kurt Cobain died; it might hint at band drama/relationships, and it still has pop appeal, which is why it's also overrated.

>>71562265
wait what

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You could put any Pink Floyd album here really. Most people think of Money, Comfortably Numb, Brick in the Wall and WYWH when they think Pink Floyd.

No one seems to mention Any Colour You Like, Echoes, AHM, Fearless, etc

>>71563312
>No one seems to mention Any Colour You Like, Echoes, AHM, Fearless, etc
echoes and any colour are the best

>>71561925
The fact that Closer is better, doesnt make this album "Underrated Overrated"

>>71562265
90% of people who listen to Swans don't know this

>>71563519
Closer is better for atmosphere/mood

Unknown Pleasures is better for cyberpunk bangers.

>>71563858
I always like scouring wikipedia articles of new bands / artists I listen to. Definitely added a lot when I first listened to Swans

>>71562360
This.

>>71565014
more like Overrated Overrated album

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The most fitting album for this topic IMO

>>71562265
I knew he was arrested at 15, but salt mines?

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>>71562265
I get comfort from the fact that even fucking my life up this bad can still lead to good things