Lesser known albums that every music buff should hear

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DarkSideOfTheComputer





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I will use this as a check list.
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Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
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I'll just rip the albums off my chart that are on less than 10 charts:

Women - Public Strain
Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Mercury Rev - Boces (on 15, close enough)
Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
Dirty Three - Horse Stories
Dirty Three - Whatever You Love, You Are
Sleep - Dopesmoker (on 12, close enough)
The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon
Oval - 94 Diskont

and then some others that come to mind:

Amon Tobin - Bricolage
Exuma - Exuma I
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
Sarah June - In Black Robes
Sun Ra - Atlantis
Sun Ra - The Magic City
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I've only heard of a couple of these albums so great start. Thanks guys.
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purple wrote:
I'll just rip the albums off my chart that are on less than 10 charts:


John Coltrane - 'Impressions' + 'Meditations' + 'Coltrane Live at Birdland'
Robbie Basho - Venus in Cancer
Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Joe McPhee - Nation Time
Егор и Опизденевшие - Прыг-скок
Les Rallizes Dénudés - '77 Live
Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics
Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
Ulver - Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
New York Art Quartet - New York Art Quartet
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - In the Heart of the Moon
Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity
Arvo Pärt - Alina
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You'll probably know at least a couple of these, but anyways:

The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
Orange Juice - The Orange Juice
Art Webb - Mr. Flute
Tortoise - Tortoise
Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
St. Etienne - Tiger Bay
Sebadoh - Bakesale
The Jesus Lizard - Down
Rose Royce - Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom
Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
The Impressions - This Is Our Country

Also, if you're remotely interested in hip-hop I could suggest a bunch more.
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Doing same thing as Purple (these may no tbe obscure but they are certainly not widely ranked on BEA):

Robyn - Robyn (well hey, if nezzle can use someone like van i can use this)
Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
The Carpenters - Close To You
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
The Human League - Reproduction
Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery
Ultravox - Vienna
Journey - Frontiers
Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky
Neu! - Neu! 2
Bob Dylan (self titled_
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Borve Baunehoj wrote:

Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics


I second this recommendation.
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Hex by Bark Psychosis


Methodrone by The Brian Jonestown Massacre


Lullaby Land by Vampire Rodents


Songs Of Pain by Daniel Johnston


Deathconsciousness by Have A Nice Life


Astigmatic by Krzysztof Komeda


Einstein On The Beach by Philip Glass


New History Warfare Vol 2 Judges by Colin Stetson
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Some great recommendations above, and a few I haven't even heard of Smile I like this thread.

My additions:

Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
This Heat - Deceit
Marine Girls - Beach Party
Marine Girls - Lazy Days
Red House Painters - Down Colourful Hill
Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Scott Walker - The Drift
Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls & Marches
Sun Ra - Jazz In Silhouette
Books - Lemon Of Pink
Morphine - Good
Glenn Branca - The Ascension
John Martyn - Solid Air
Dalek - Negro Nerco Mekros
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
12 Rods - Gay?
Leila - Like Weather

I'll edit some more on later.
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