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Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:44 pm
by Forum
I've never even heard of Gomez

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:47 pm
by wub
southstar wrote:I've never even heard of Gomez
They won the Mercury in 1998 and were touted as the 'saviours of British rock' and everyone at my college went apeshit for them.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:47 pm
by magma
wub wrote:Gomez - Bring It On
Massive hype around Gomez, this album was utter shit. Come to think of it, Gomez were utter shit.
Yep and yep.
The Strokes - Is This It?
Massive hype around The Strokes,
Yep. Properly overrated.
this album was utter shit. Come to think of it, The Strokes were utter shit.
But no and no. Good album, great live band.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:49 pm
by bass_culture
wub wrote:
southstar wrote:I've never even heard of Gomez
They won the Mercury in 1998 and were touted as the 'saviours of British rock' and everyone at my college went apeshit for them.
One of my favourite bands :t:

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:51 pm
by wub
bass_culture wrote:
wub wrote:
southstar wrote:I've never even heard of Gomez
They won the Mercury in 1998 and were touted as the 'saviours of British rock' and everyone at my college went apeshit for them.
One of my favourite bands :t:
I can understand why people would like them, but the whole Whippin Picadilly era of publicity for them left a sour taste in my mouth, then Basement Jaxx brought out Remedy and I moved away from guitars altogether for a while.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:56 pm
by bass_culture
wub wrote:
bass_culture wrote:
wub wrote:
southstar wrote:I've never even heard of Gomez
They won the Mercury in 1998 and were touted as the 'saviours of British rock' and everyone at my college went apeshit for them.
One of my favourite bands :t:
I can understand why people would like them, but the whole Whippin Picadilly era of publicity for them left a sour taste in my mouth, then Basement Jaxx brought out Remedy and I moved away from guitars altogether for a while.
I was a bit to young to appreciate them back in 98, my mum had the record and I didn't really "get it". Was about 2002 when I started getting into their music.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:56 pm
by bass_culture
wub wrote:
bass_culture wrote:
wub wrote:
southstar wrote:I've never even heard of Gomez
They won the Mercury in 1998 and were touted as the 'saviours of British rock' and everyone at my college went apeshit for them.
One of my favourite bands :t:
I can understand why people would like them, but the whole Whippin Picadilly era of publicity for them left a sour taste in my mouth, then Basement Jaxx brought out Remedy and I moved away from guitars altogether for a while.
I was a bit to young to appreciate them back in 98, my mum had the record and I didn't really "get it". Was about 2002 when I started getting into their music.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:02 pm
by magma
wub wrote:Basement Jaxx brought out Remedy
There's a point.

*quietly steps back from thread*

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:05 pm
by kingldub
Sublime - Sublime. Seriously.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:07 pm
by Forum
Im surprised no ones mentioned Endtroducing yet (not that i think it has any place in this thread)

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:08 pm
by Genevieve
kingldub wrote:Sublime - Sublime. Seriously.
The ultimate 'bro' band. I don't think ANYONE into music still really takes them seriously. "Sup bro, let's chill and have some brewskies and bump to that Sublime dude. Have a toke or two. It's gonna be sweet"

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:11 pm
by wolf89
Oh god I fucking hate sublime. Thank fuck someone else agrees

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:12 pm
by magma
southstar wrote:Im surprised no ones mentioned Endtroducing yet (not that i think it has any place in this thread)
:oops:

I love it, but it might be a little bit... I'll tell you what definitely is, though:

DJ Yoda - How To Cut & Paste series.

All of them.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:15 pm
by wub
Daft Punk - Discovery
Bloated ego trip of an album.
magma wrote:DJ Yoda - How To Cut & Paste series.

All of them.
Agreed. Though the first one was high-lair-e-ouse when I first bought it, but on revisit plays it's just a bunch of shit skits with a few Ugly Duckling style raps thrown in.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:16 pm
by Forum
When i first bought that album one of my mates told me that the black guy in the record shop on the cover was dj shadow. I literally believed him for about 5 years

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:49 pm
by InternetSlaveMaster
Genevieve wrote:Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Agree, never liked that album, wasn't better than Deathcrush IMO.

Also, what I've seen people say of the new Smashing Pumpkins album, I was genuinely stoked when I saw so many die hard fans say such good things about the songs that were gonna be on it. After I listened to it... come on.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:58 pm
by wobbles
SCope13 wrote:Mine's definitely Straight Outta Compton.
Fuk u

Threads shit

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Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:03 pm
by Shum
magma wrote: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.
hell no bro, hell no.

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:08 pm
by dubfordessert
smashing pumpkins GAAAAHHH Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness could have been a single LP release and it would have saved everyone a lot of time.

Gish and Adore are worth mentioning, but after 4 SP albums (not gonna say a word against Siamese Dream)i really feel I've given billy corgan enough of my life

Re: Most overrated albums?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:12 pm
by hugh
Elbow
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