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Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:46 pm
by magma
scspkr99 wrote:Overrated tune and album threads are kinda disappointing but w/e
Maybe you should make an overrated threads thread.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:49 pm
by dubfordessert
speaking of which, By The Way aint that good either.
i remember when i was 12 and RHCP were "My Favourite Band". christ.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:51 pm
by Forum
Battle of Los Angeles.
Loved it when it first came out but there was something a bit too clinical about it, got bored of it far quicker than the first 2 albums
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:53 pm
by scspkr99
magma wrote:
Maybe you should make an overrated threads thread.
It just seems that people are way more motivated to hate on stuff rather than support it. It's not like over rated means anything
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:55 pm
by fassyman
magma wrote:Dilla - Donuts
Not in any way shit in the slightest, in fact, it's pretty bloody good, but it's definitely overrated to heeeeeelll.
init.
dillas best work was for other artists, the stuff he put out as himself dosn't do much for me
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:00 pm
by magma
dubfordessert wrote:speaking of which, By The Way aint that good either.
i remember when i was 12 and RHCP were "My Favourite Band". christ.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is still an unfuckwitable classic though.
Battle of Los Angeles.
I kind of still love this album, but finally, we agree... definitely overrated!

Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:04 pm
by magma
scspkr99 wrote:magma wrote:
Maybe you should make an overrated threads thread.
It just seems that people are way more motivated to hate on stuff rather than support it. It's not like over rated means anything
It's just for fun really... half the stuff I've posted I actually like, but other people like far too much. We're all disagreeing with each other too, so it's not like the forum are saying "You're a dick if you like these albums" en masse.
I agree when it's a thread specifically hating on a certain artist or whatever... but this is pretty harmless. It's just something to pass the time.
Of course, it could be argued that jumping into a thread just to complain about the thread is just as negative behaviour... that's a purrrty glasshouse you're throwing stones from...

Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:07 pm
by scspkr99
Yeah it's a fair point. I just find the idea of overrated and underrated kinda arrogant.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:08 pm
by nousd
I never really got Scuba's first album,
perhaps we do have A Mutual Antipathy
or maybe it lacked substance.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:12 pm
by BaronVon
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:21 pm
by Squarebear
baron_von_carlton wrote:Pink Floyd - The Wall
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Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:21 pm
by magma
scspkr99 wrote:Yeah it's a fair point. I just find the idea of overrated and underrated kinda arrogant.
Fair enough. I figured all the disagreement and LOLs should be enough to demonstrate that it's all fairly light-hearted opinion and pretty harmless... having a bitch and moan is useful for the psyche sometimes (as you're currently finding out, I suspect

)
But anyway... back to albums that
in my extremely humble opinion have been a little bit overhyped by the media:
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
I bought this because a review told me it was "Back to the standard of Highway 61 Revisited". It's most assuredly not.
Actually, despite him being possibly my favourite act ever, I could go on about overrated Dylan albums all day.
baron_von_carlton wrote:Pink Floyd - The Wall
Yes, this. DO NOT GET. I saw about half of Roger Waters performing the whole thing live at Roskilde the other year. In the end we just couldn't take it anymore... went to see Tool. Tool were great.
sd5 wrote:I never really got Scuba's first album,
perhaps we do have A Mutual Antipathy
or maybe it lacked substance.
You and Me. Outside. Now.

Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:24 pm
by idontreallygiveashit
Burial 1 + Burial 2
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:26 pm
by scspkr99
magma wrote:scspkr99 wrote:Yeah it's a fair point. I just find the idea of overrated and underrated kinda arrogant.
Fair enough. I figured all the disagreement and LOLs should be enough to demonstrate that it's all fairly light-hearted opinion and pretty harmless... having a bitch and moan is useful for the psyche sometimes (as you're currently finding out, I suspect

)
I hadn't read the thread like
That said I'd prefer a shit album thread to an overrated one but that's more one of my own bug bears.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:26 pm
by PinUp
idontreallygiveashit wrote:Burial 1 + Burial 2
I agree. I just don't "get" burial, i thought I did once but then I listened again and it had gone.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:27 pm
by Forum
PinUp wrote:idontreallygiveashit wrote:Burial 1 + Burial 2
I agree. I just don't "get" burial, i thought I did once but then I listened again and it had gone.
I get it and will always love those 2 albums but he's not some god of garage like some people make out and i think there's others have done it better
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:29 pm
by JBoy
Anything by burial is generally overrated, people cream themselves over his music like he's the new mozart.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:36 pm
by capo ultra
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:00 pm
by magma
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.
Re: Most overrated albums?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:06 pm
by constrobuz
pretty much everything