I suspect this has been done before... but here goes. What preferences in an artists catalog do you have that go well against the usual critics/fans choices?
I seem to be all alone with REM in that I prefer
Fables of the Reconstruction to Automatic for the People
Or Pink Floyd
I'll take Animals any day over The Wall
And Led Zeppelin
I'd rather listen to III than IV or II
Then there's Black Sabbath
Where I take Sabbath Bloody Sabbath over Paranoid
In an even more Classic vein with Foghat
I'd rather listen to Energized than Fool for the City
Finishing with ZZ Top
I'm all in on Trest Hombres, but can skip Eliminator
Black Sabbath definitely, at least 3 albums before Paranoid: the first one, Master Of Reality, Heaven & Hell and there is a strong argument to be made for Vol. 4
Porcupine Tree, I'd take Lightbulb Sun over anything they've recorded, although Fear of a Blank Planet is a close one
Queen, Queen II and maybe even Sheer Heart Attack over A Night At The Opera
Black Sabbath definitely, at least 3 albums before Paranoid: the first one, Master Of Reality, Heaven & Hell and there is a strong argument to be made for Vol. 4
Porcupine Tree, I'd take Lightbulb Sun over anything they've recorded, although Fear of a Blank Planet is a close one
Queen, Queen II and maybe even Sheer Heart Attack over A Night At The Opera
Rush, Permanent Waves over Moving Pictures
U2, The Unforgettable Fire and War over Joshua Tree without question
Yeah, Heaven and Hell is my fave overall.
Sounds like I need to make another run at that Porcupine Tree album.
I’m not much of a U2 fan, but War was my preference as well.
I could go on and on forever with this. But this is just some that go against some popular classics on this site anyway. It's not that I think that they're bad albums, I just prefer different ones.
I'll start with two that have already been mentioned.
REM
Murmur over Automatic For the People
Led Zeppelin.
Houses of the Holy over l, ll or lll.
Bowie
Diamond Dogs over Ziggy Stardust
Joni Mitchell
Hissing of Summer Lawns over Blue
Daft Punk
Homework over Discovery
Aphex Twin
Selected Ambent Works Volume 2 over Selected Ambent Works Volume 1
Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline over Blood on the Tracks
The Doors
Strange Days over The Doors
Fleetwood Mac
Tusk over Rumours
Electric Light Orchestra
Face the Music over New World Record
Pink Floyd I like the whole discography thru The Wall more than DSOTM
Dylan basement tapes more than Blood or HWY 61 or Bringing it all back home
Joni Mitchell Ladies Of the canyon over blue
Santana Live with Buddy Miles or Love Devotion Surrender over Abraxas
Dennis Wilson Bambu over Pacific Ocean Blue
Love Da Capo and Black Beauty over Forever Changes
Neil Young Everybody Knows over After The Gold Rush and Harvest
I may also like Zygote by John Popper more than any of his work with Blues Traveler and Don't Worry About Me by Joey Ramone more than anything he did with the Ramones.
Ummagumma over the Wall
Diamond Dogs over Ziggy Stardust, but David Bowie over Dogs
Eldorado over Face the Music _________________ When the stewardess is near do not show any fear.
Too $hort Shorty the Pimp better than Born Too Mack
ICE T Power over OG Original Gangster
2Pac The Don Killuminati over All Eyez On Me
Lil Kim Hardcore over Notorious KIM
Redman Malpractice over Muddy Waters
LL Cool J Radio over Momma Said Knock You Out
Beastie Boys license to Ill over Paul's Boutique
Jay Z Un Plugged and Reasonable Doubt Over The Blueprint
Ice Cube Death Certificate over Amerikkka's Most Wanted
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