100 Great Artists and Albums That BEA Forgot (Below Top 1000)
by jhuik

Basic rule: artist's top rated album must finish out of the top 1000 on the site... Here's the fuller description: I love BEA and in general BEA users have a pretty good handle on what's really worth preserving, and albummaster's algorithms really rock. I love how Doolittle, Slint, the Pogues, Prince Billy and a lot of other great but unusual artists make the top 1000 (Deerhunter, Iron and Wine, Pavement, on and on). Here are 100 albums that are really (often surprisingly) uderrated by the BEA Collective. Rules: No more than 1 album by any artist as there are so many that fit the bill. Artists must not score a single album in the top 1000 when the album gets added to this or any other chart of mine. And must be at least 3 years old. I deprecate my own preferences to some degree and used a sort-of-algorithm to find some I don't even really know about. I try to lean toward unfairly-forgotten but there are some 'established artists' who I think have somehow ended up dissed by history, too. There is also a forum thread where users have suggested additions (http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13385). A couple of interesting trends I notice is the site's obvious slant away from women artists and the whole jazz > the blues thing (which I disagree with, period). Let me know your favourite unfairly-forgotten album and artist in the comments.

A separate chart of mine, '100 Great Albums By Established Artists' has a bit of overlap as the title suggests is less 'underground-cred' focused. See http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=26933

• Chart updated: 06/21/2024 01:15
• (Created: 09/07/2015 17:01).
• Chart size: 92 albums.

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All Hail West Texas 

 The Mountain Goats

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Great lyrics, unique sound, lots of love, but inexplicably can't even crack the top 1200. [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

168 charts

Rank Score:

1,065

Rank in 2002:

27

Rank in 2000s:

260

Overall Rank:

1,593

Average Rating:

 78 (186 votes)

Comments:

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Shoot Out The Lights 

 Richard & Linda Thompson

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Rolling Stone Magazine favourite. BEA users... different story. [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

225 charts

Rank Score:

1,097

Rank in 1982:

22

Rank in 1980s:

241

Overall Rank:

1,543

Average Rating:

 78 (231 votes)

Comments:

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Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album 

 Daniel Johnston

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Well, this guy. He's influenced EVERYONE... and not even 50 BEA users. [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

818

Rank in 1983:

32

Rank in 1980s:

308

Overall Rank:

2,014

Average Rating:

 74 (174 votes)

Comments:

7

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What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? 

 The Vaccines

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I expected the Vaccines to crack the top 1000 at least. [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

234 charts

Rank Score:

943

Rank in 2011:

39

Rank in 2010s:

284

Overall Rank:

1,781

Average Rating:

 73 (374 votes)

Comments:

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Hard Again 

 Muddy Waters

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Honestly, this is just a shame. Not even top 2000 for this MUSICAL LEGEND!? Let me tell you my opinion on the whole jazz-is-much-more-sophisticated than-the-blues thing. Not his most original but certainly most accessible. [First added to this chart: 09/13/2015]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

333

Rank in 1977:

65

Rank in 1970s:

723

Overall Rank:

4,249

Average Rating:

 78 (132 votes)

Comments:

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Night Falls Over Kortedala 

 Jens Lekman

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Loved by those who know him as one of the best lyricists out there. [First added to this chart: 09/13/2015]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

1,143

Rank in 2007:

26

Rank in 2000s:

235

Overall Rank:

1,491

Average Rating:

 79 (182 votes)

Comments:

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Bring The Family 

 John Hiatt

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Topped many best-of-the-year lists in 1987. Truly great songs. Not even top 2000. [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

333

Rank in 1987:

57

Rank in 1980s:

628

Overall Rank:

4,261

Average Rating:

 75 (105 votes)

Comments:

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8.

1989 

 Taylor Swift

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WHAT!??????

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

270 charts

Rank Score:

1,654

Rank in 2014:

16

Rank in 2010s:

152

Overall Rank:

1,049

Average Rating:

 66 (459 votes)

Comments:

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Dig Your Own Hole 

 The Chemical Brothers

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Hey you forgot about these guys? [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

287 charts

Rank Score:

1,423

Rank in 1997:

23

Rank in 1990s:

224

Overall Rank:

1,216

Average Rating:

 76 (419 votes)

Comments:

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John Prine 

 John Prine

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Americana long, long before there was a kind of music called Americana. [First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

1,127

Rank in 1971:

39

Rank in 1970s:

291

Overall Rank:

1,511

Average Rating:

 79 (229 votes)

Comments:

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100 Great Artists and Albums That BEA Forgot (Below Top 1000) composition

Country	Albums	%
	54	59%
	19	21%
	14	15%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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100/100  !	06/25/2018 12:52	YikYak	193	92/100
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From YikYak 06/25/2018 12:54 | #217249

This is a fantastic chart! I would love it if you add some more descriptions, when you get the chance of course

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From Grimaticus 04/26/2016 08:37 | #164567

Thanks for putting this together

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From exileonthehell 11/05/2015 04:25 | #152510

Great job, some picks ar very good. But some albums are now in the top 1000, or are descending/ascending every week.

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From jhuik 09/18/2015 23:41 | #150006

@meccalecca Thanks very much for the comment and rating. 1000 is a cutoff point, selected at random I suppose, but with some interesting effects. Agree that these are not all forgotten. Still, it's an interesting exercise. There could be an interesting chart of 'out of the top 2000 only,' etc.

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From meccalecca 09/17/2015 22:46 | #149937

Good chart. No complains from me. There's some stuff I don't care for and see why it was "forgotten" (the vines, everclear, edward sharpe) but there's stuff I love immensely that I agree deserves far more respect than it gets (andrew bird, go-betweens, bobb trimble).

My only criticism may be that the parameters are too broad. Being outside of the top 1000 isn't really that forgotten considering how many charts some of the records do appear on.

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From Radioscope 09/12/2015 12:35 | #149572

Nice chart, interesting picks. I am especially surprised to not see Stars of the Lid and Mountain Goats in this list, I thought they were more acclaimed here. Most of the rest is not known to me, so I will take a look.

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