Most overrated albums?

[magma]

Overrated tune and album threads are kinda disappointing but w/e

Maybe you should make an overrated threads thread.

[dubfordessert]

speaking of which, By The Way aint that good either.

i remember when i was 12 and RHCP were "My Favourite Band". christ.

[Forum]

Battle of Los Angeles.

Loved it when it first came out but there was something a bit too clinical about it, got bored of it far quicker than the first 2 albums

[scspkr99]

Maybe you should make an overrated threads thread.

It just seems that people are way more motivated to hate on stuff rather than support it. It's not like over rated means anything

[fassyman]

Dilla - Donuts
Not in any way shit in the slightest, in fact, it's pretty bloody good, but it's definitely overrated to heeeeeelll.

init.
dillas best work was for other artists, the stuff he put out as himself dosn't do much for me

[magma]

speaking of which, By The Way aint that good either.

i remember when i was 12 and RHCP were "My Favourite Band". christ.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is still an unfuckwitable classic though.

Battle of Los Angeles.

I kind of still love this album, but finally, we agree... definitely overrated!

[magma]

Maybe you should make an overrated threads thread.

It just seems that people are way more motivated to hate on stuff rather than support it. It's not like over rated means anything

It's just for fun really... half the stuff I've posted I actually like, but other people like far too much. We're all disagreeing with each other too, so it's not like the forum are saying "You're a dick if you like these albums" en masse.

I agree when it's a thread specifically hating on a certain artist or whatever... but this is pretty harmless. It's just something to pass the time.

Of course, it could be argued that jumping into a thread just to complain about the thread is just as negative behaviour... that's a purrrty glasshouse you're throwing stones from...

[scspkr99]

Yeah it's a fair point. I just find the idea of overrated and underrated kinda arrogant.

[nousd]

I never really got Scuba's first album,
perhaps we do have A Mutual Antipathy
or maybe it lacked substance.

[BaronVon]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

[Squarebear]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

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[magma]

Yeah it's a fair point. I just find the idea of overrated and underrated kinda arrogant.

Fair enough. I figured all the disagreement and LOLs should be enough to demonstrate that it's all fairly light-hearted opinion and pretty harmless... having a bitch and moan is useful for the psyche sometimes (as you're currently finding out, I suspect )

But anyway... back to albums that in my extremely humble opinion have been a little bit overhyped by the media:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times
I bought this because a review told me it was "Back to the standard of Highway 61 Revisited". It's most assuredly not.

Actually, despite him being possibly my favourite act ever, I could go on about overrated Dylan albums all day.

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Yes, this. DO NOT GET. I saw about half of Roger Waters performing the whole thing live at Roskilde the other year. In the end we just couldn't take it anymore... went to see Tool. Tool were great.

I never really got Scuba's first album,
perhaps we do have A Mutual Antipathy
or maybe it lacked substance.

You and Me. Outside. Now.

[idontreallygiveashit]

Burial 1 + Burial 2

[scspkr99]

Yeah it's a fair point. I just find the idea of overrated and underrated kinda arrogant.

Fair enough. I figured all the disagreement and LOLs should be enough to demonstrate that it's all fairly light-hearted opinion and pretty harmless... having a bitch and moan is useful for the psyche sometimes (as you're currently finding out, I suspect )

I hadn't read the thread like

That said I'd prefer a shit album thread to an overrated one but that's more one of my own bug bears.

[PinUp]

Burial 1 + Burial 2

I agree. I just don't "get" burial, i thought I did once but then I listened again and it had gone.

[Forum]

Burial 1 + Burial 2

I agree. I just don't "get" burial, i thought I did once but then I listened again and it had gone.

I get it and will always love those 2 albums but he's not some god of garage like some people make out and i think there's others have done it better

[JBoy]

Anything by burial is generally overrated, people cream themselves over his music like he's the new mozart.

[capo ultra]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

[magma]

Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Never really understood the hype on this. Blue Lines and Protection most-assuredly-fuck-yes, but Mezzanine seemed to make it into all the "Best Albums Ever" lists and it was pretty mediocre compared to the rest of their work.

Propellerheads - Decksdrumsandrocknroll
"Whatdyumean MAGMA, it's like DANCE MUSIC MADE BY JAZZHEAD HIPSTERS FROM BATH! FINLAY QUAYE TOLD ME IT WAS BRILLIANT"

Coffee table as fuck. Spybreak!'s still good when it's soundtracking Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss shooting up a lobby, mind.

[constrobuz]

pretty much everything