Albums Deserving Greater Recognition

[RFNAPLES]

Albums Deserving Greater Recognition might make a great second chart for this site if ranked separately from the Best Ever Albums:

1. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)-Wu-Tang Clan
2. So-Peter Gabriel
3. The Kinks Are Village Green Preservation Society-The Kinks
4. Songs for Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
5. Sound of Silver-LCD Soundsystem
6. Lust for Life-Iggy Pop
7. Urban Hymns-The Verve
8. Kick Out the Jams-MC5
9. Synchronicity-The Police
10. Stankonia-OutKast
11. In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra
12. Green River-Creedence Clearwater Revival
13. Time Out of Mind-Bob Dylan
14. Suicide-Suicide
15. Metallica ("The Black Album")-Metallica
16. Cheap Thrills-Big Brother and The Holding Company
17. Let It Be-The Replacements
18. SMiLE-Brian Wilson
19. Fear of Music-Talking Heads
20. Machine Head-Deep Purple
21. One Nation Under a Groove-Funkadelic
22. The Blueprint-Jay-Z
23. Live at the Regal-B.B. King
24. Exile in Guyville-Liz Phair
25. Call Me-Al Green
26. Dig Your Own Hole-The Chemical Brothers
27. The Who Sell Out-The Who
28. Something/Anything?-Todd Rundgren
29. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road-Lucinda Williams
30. Aja-Steely Dan
31. Mothership Connection-Parliament
32. Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield
33. Van Halen-Van Halen
34. Pretzel Logic-Steely Dan
35. The Low End Theory-A Tribe Called Quest
36. Out to Lunch-Eric Dolphy
37. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton-John Mayall
38. Violent Femmes-Violent Femmes
39. The Score-Fugees
40. Bookends-Simon and Garfunkel
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[maxxy]

Thread already exists (underrated albums)
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[RFNAPLES]

Yes and I contributed to that string. But I see a difference between a ranking/rating and recognition. An album may have a high, low, or no ranking on a chart but still be deserving of greater recognition. Perhaps it deserves a higher ranking/rating and greater commercial success too.

Furthermore I wanted to suggest that this site actually consider a separately rated chart of Albums Deserving Greater Recognition. Perhaps it would be limited to albums not appearing in the top 100 or 200 of the overall chart.
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Butch Vig, in general.

[Jesper]

Two that come to mind that I dearly love, but are often overlooked:

- Peter Gabriel's fourth album (called Security in the US): dense, layered, stunning lyrics and melodies, great textures, very innovative use of synthesizer sampling, clever and integrated use of African tribal percussion

- The Blue Nile - Hats: wonderfully moody and atmospheric. Hi-fi stuff too.

[telefunker]

Big Star - #1 Record

Listening to it now and it seems to me as tuneful and heartfelt as any other esteemed guitar/pop record.
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[Norman Bates]

Fairfield Parlour, "From home to home" (1970)

[dp39]

either/or
grace
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