In Defense of the Outcasts - Which "Unpopular" albums of a band do you like?

[Onslaught_fei]

Sepultura's Chaos AD. I still like Sepultura during this album. Roots is where they really go to ****.

[killer_roach]

Disturbed - Believe

I can't believe (no pun intended) that Disturbed fans reputably hate on this album. Great musicianship, great guitarwork in particular. Dan Donegan must've had his creative juices flowing because nothing he's done since matches the guitarwork on this album. Songs like "Prayer", "Awaken", "Remember", "Breathe", "Devour"... really makes me wish Disturbed never strayed away from this style.

The fact that this album isn't better accepted surprises me... but, that being said, far easier to defend it than, say, Ten Thousand Fists or Asylum...

[a21schizoidman]

It's overlooked more than despised, but I enjoy Give 'Em Enough Rope more than the average Clash fan, I'd say. I think it has some of Mick's best guitar work ever.

that's easily my favorite Clash album

[seriousbusson]

GEER is up there for me, as well. Actually, it might tie with London Calling on certain days.

As for me, I really like Stormbringer, although I don't know how unpopular that is. Then again, Burn is my favorite Deep Purple album overall, so I might just be a Mk III whore.

[a21schizoidman]

for me, Born Again by Black Sabbath fits this thread

[Runesmith]

The Cars - Shake It Up (seems like a lot of people, music critics included, think their first two albums are really the only ones worth listening to in full)

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith & Devotion, Exciter, Ultra, Speak & Spell, Playing the Angel...honestly, anything that isn't Violator.

White Zombie - Their first two albums.

The Cure - 4:13 Dream, The Top, and the self-titled album.

Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside

The Misfits - Famous Monsters

TSOL - Any of their straight-forward hard rock, decidedly non-punk albums.

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (critics loved it, the charts hated it)

REM - Monster

David Bowie - Earthling

Interpol - Antics, Our Love To Admire

Ministry - Twitch

[Ultimatum]

Husker Du - Land Speed Record
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.

Strangely enough, it has some of my favorite GY!BE moments and was really one of my first memorable experiences with the band.

[instantdeath999]

Merzbow's Animal Magnetism is actually one of my favorites from the man, despite the overwhelming hate from most noise fans.

I haven't heard this one, why do people hate it so much?

[Lameboy19]

hate me all you want, but The Red Album was above average.

I love that cover of "The Weight" and "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived" is the best Weezer song since Green

[TheDescent]

Iron Maiden - The X Factor
A lot of Maiden fans snubbed Blaze Bayley, of course the Bayley years weren't Iron Maiden's best years, but The X Factor is an album that surprisingly still holds up for me even today, incorporating the same formulaic styles of their late 80s albums with that creative touch backing it up. This album is actually preferred over even to their acclaimed The Number of the Beast. "The Edge of Darkness" and "Sign of the Cross" are both immensely solid works.

NOnonononono... I agree that "Sign Of The Cross" is a kickass song, but seriously, the bailey-era is like the dark age of maiden. IMO they went downhill from "Fear Of The Dark" album, despite having an awesome title track, and they came back with brave new world, great underrated album, imo.

New Adventures In Hi-Fi - R.E.M.

This is really an underrated album, and considered a B-Sides collection by REM fans themselves, but even If I'm not their best fan, I think that this record got really some precious gems. How the west was won, E-bow the letter, New Test Leper, So Fast So Numb, and the magnificent Electrolite. That song almost bring me to tears every time I listen to it.