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    Posted: July 02 2019 at 21:12
What are albums that you think deserve higher scores on PA?

For me I would definitely say

Focus 3 - Focus (3.79)

Remember the Future - Nektar (3.90)

Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes (3.89)

A Nod and a Wink - Camel (3.95)

I feel as though these are atleast 4.0 or over for sure


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hah... I'll toss ELP's first 6 into the kiddie.. every single one of the them severely underrated on this site. Then again this site is overrun with limp dicked Genesis fans so one could understand.. I guess..  why albums that are the antitesis of prog..  its greatest collection of talent... the greatest keyboardist in rock much less prog.. one of the very top handful of drummers to grace prog.. and one of the greatest vocalist in all rock (as well as a very underrated instrumental talent himself.. remember.. Fripp thought him better than himself) not to mention the one single group one could point to that made prog what it is.. and made it as popular as it once was.  

so ELP ain't cool.. and does nothing for my insomnia.. f**k them and give me my Genesis. Give it 3 stars.. yeah sure...
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I believe that consistency rather than inspiration is given to much consideration here in general. Keith Emerson is my hero and will always remain so. There are very few musicians that could conceive something like Tarkus or many of the other great tracks that ELP recorded. Problem is that side two is 'what the f**k is that' . ELP was a band with one genius , one moderately talented vocalist/guitarist and a powerhouse drummer . Now if Hendrix had lived and joined I just wonder what might have achieved. Perhaps Lake would have been forced to take a back seat. So what I am saying is that ELP probably are rated correctly it's just that as fans we only think of the inspired stuff. A rating of an album has to include all aspects of the album so I'm not even necessarily saying that the ratings are wrong. Take out Benny The Bouncer from BSS and probably an extra 0.2 or 0.3 would suddenly appear on the rating but you can't tell reviewers to just ignore the bad moments can you?!

Anyway underrated albums? . Perhaps Aphrodite's Child - 666 but 3.9 is not terrible. In fact anything with a  rating of 4 or over can never be underrated imo. I was going to suggest Refugee or Six Wives but both those albums have decent ratings although I would like them to be higher. I do sometimes wonder if bands or artists that lean more towards keyboard are sometimes a bit underrated but I've never looked that much into it.


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In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria (3.76)
Descensus by Circa Survive (3.75)
Handmade Cities by Plini (3.87)
The Way Forward by Intervals (3.75)

All four are incredible albums that are well deserving of over 4.00, and in the case of Coheed and Plini, some of my favorite albums of all time. Especially the Coheed album, it's simply a masterpiece.


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Free Hand - Gentle Giant - 4.28 ...their greatest album IMHO; should be at nor near No. 1 on PA.

Moving Waves - Focus - 4.09....in my top 10 albums.

World Record - Van Der Graaf Generator - 3.83...I absolutely love it; which is more than I can say for their other albums.

There's The Rub - Wishbone Ash - 3.89..... IMHO the pinnacle of instrumentality, harmony, production and unbelievable songs/tracks. Just about my favourite album of all time.

Liege and Lief - Fairport Convention - 3.78.....It is still beyond me how Fairport is not designated Prog Folk on PA. This is a freaking masterpiece and is one of the greatest awe inspiring albums that has ever been recorded.




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Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play,"King Crimson's "The Construction of Light" and "The Power to Believe," most of Nektar and Renaissance's catalogs, and a lot of Camel's music as well. 
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Focus 3 and Moving Waves---
Tales-- of course---come on still sounds amazing and while not perfect -- it is 90 min long
Free Hand--their best album
Duke Genesis--3.49? Duke Suite is amazing Dukes Travels and Dukes End bring it up to a 4.


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Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans - My favorite LP of all time and it doesn't crack the Top 100? Suspect!
Transatlantic Bridge Across Forever - If Wobbler, Opted and Steven Wilson make the the Top 100...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery - Only their first LP is good enough? Wrong!
Jethro Tull A Passion Play - Their proggiest album. And their best? 
The Flower Kings Stardust We Are - Why? Because it's great.
Big Big Train Folklore - Possibly my favorite 21st Century LP.
Neal Morse Question Mark - Neal's finest hour!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I believe that consistency rather than inspiration is given to much consideration here in general. Keith Emerson is my hero and will always remain so. There are very few musicians that could conceive something like Tarkus or many of the other great tracks that ELP recorded. Problem is that side two is 'what the f**k is that' . ELP was a band with one genius , one moderately talented vocalist/guitarist and a powerhouse drummer . Now if Hendrix had lived and joined I just wonder what might have achieved. Perhaps Lake would have been forced to take a back seat. So what I am saying is that ELP probably are rated correctly it's just that as fans we only think of the inspired stuff. A rating of an album has to include all aspects of the album so I'm not even necessarily saying that the ratings are wrong. Take out Benny The Bouncer from BSS and probably an extra 0.2 or 0.3 would suddenly appear on the rating but you can't tell reviewers to just ignore the bad moments can you?!

Anyway underrated albums? . Perhaps Aphrodite's Child - 666 but 3.9 is not terrible. In fact anything with a  rating of 4 or over can never be underrated imo. I was going to suggest Refugee or Six Wives but both those albums have decent ratings although I would like them to be higher. I do sometimes wonder if bands or artists that lean more towards keyboard are sometimes a bit underrated but I've never looked that much into it.



Side Two has been much-maligned over the years. Yet it has always sounded great to me!!! I'm in the minority here but ELP deserves so much better. Tarkus, Trilogy and BSS belong in the Top 100 along with the debut. Those three LP's are better than most of the albums ranked higher...IMHO.
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I'll start with a disclaimer, I don't generally use the term underrated in quite this way. Usually I refer to specific claims made about music where I feel that one can present an objective case for someone holding an album in too low esteem (for instance, it may be because they got certain facts wrongs which affected their evaluation or because, in the case of a review I've seen, they hadn't actually listened to the whole album or in the right order, and in the case of some ratings it was clear that it was rated before being listened to at all). All I essentially mean n my list below is that people haven't rated these as highly as I would. That doesn't mean they're wrong and I'm right, or vice versa. That said, if I trawled through the reviews, I might well be able to find dubious claims from which I might be able to infer that it likely has been underrated. I think people who are not familiar with a style of music/category are more likely to underrate, as I think albums are general best rated against others of their ilk (the right comparisons and reference points are important). We all have our biases. By the way, for me Acquiring the Taste is GG's best, but that's my taste.

Ralf Nowy - Lucifer's Dream (3.22).   Soon after adding this it only had a rating of 2.0, thankfully that did go up. As one review says, "[it] can only be recommended to universal collectors of the German music history." But I love it and am not a universal collector of the German music history (that said, I do have plenty of Bach in my collection and quite a lot of Kosmische musik).

The Residents - Mark of the Mole (3.02). This is very easily the lowest rated of The Residents first nine albums at PA, yet this is one of my very favourite The Residents albums. I can understand that it wouldn't be for most people, especially if your idea of adventurous is Kenny-G.

Robert Wyatt - The End of an Ear (3.19). I think this is a great solo "debut".   I wouldn't put it up there with Rock Bottom, but it would at least still be a solid four star album to me. A number of 2 star reviews bring down the average -- I think it's just too avant-garde for some people, and not enough like some later Robert Wyatt albums to some people.

Fabio Frizzi - Manhattan Baby (with Walter Rizzati, Francesco de Masi , and Piero Piccioni (2.00). That seems to me a harsh rating for what I think is a solid soundtrack. I also consider his Zombi 2 (3.50) album lowly rated, as well as Paura nella città dei morti viventi (City of the Living Dead) at 3.02 really lowly rated (but then not everyone is into Italian horror movie soundtracks). This is lovely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqTxE--zDI

The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (3.42). I love Acid Folk and related music, and think this to be an exemplary example of the 60s UK folk. I find this album mesmerising. That to me is a very low rating for what not only do I find such an enticing album, but also a historically significant one of its ilk.

A review I found of it elsewhere:

"Back in the Seventies I used to have a cat that miawed a lot when it wanted feeding. It made an awful noise until it saw you get out the Whiskas and then dollop a pile of smelling fishy paste onto its plate. Only then would it stop its incessant racket. I prefered the cat to this godawful mess of dung."

Hellebore - Il y a des Jours (3.50). Solid five stars for me.

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (3.36). It's the lowest rated of any TD album betwixt 1970 and 1976. I love this album, and this was the album that got me interested in TD, and I find it interestingly different from later TD albums. I guess it might be too reminiscent of some early jammy Pink Floyd to some. I was going to say Zeit by TD, but the rating has gone up to 3.64, which is fair for such an album that would be bound to divide listeners.

Pink Floyd - More (3.15). Speaking of jammy Pink Floyd, I thoroughly enjoy this OST, and "Cirrus Minor" is one of my Pink Floyd faves (reminds me so much of a Vladimir Cosma track), the tranquility of which is shattered by the rocking "Nile Song".

Comus - To Keep From Crying (2.79). Okay, I also only gave it a three even though it's more like four stars in terms of my enjoyment. The album is inconsistent, but it's one that I feel gets too easily dismissed by those who love First Utterance and ignored by those who dislike Comus because of First Utterance. I find it rather interesting that the compilation album of the first two albums (this came out years before Out of the Coma) Song to Comus: The Complete Collection has a 4.53 rating, and aside from "bonus tracks, half that album is To Keep From Crying. I've heard some people completely dismiss To Keep From Crying, but I'd be surpised if many fans of First Utterance wouldn't at the least like the tracks "Children of The Universe" and "To Keep From Crying".

Magma - Merci (2.57). Okay, maybe this is Magma's weakest album, but I still think it's mostly good. I love side two, especially the last two tracks. This is a similar case to To Keep From Crying. I suspect that many people have dismissed this too easily as they haven't got beyond the opening track (I don't mean people who reviewed it). Or that initial distaste tainted the whole impression of the album. I like "Call From The Dark (Ooh Ooh Baby)" as it's some ridiculous fun even if unintentionally ridiculous. Actually, the rating is fair, and not far off how I'd rate it.

Magma - Attahk (3.70). Not a bad rating by any means, but it's one of my very favourite Magma albums. Personally, of Magma's studio albums I'd rank Kobaia the highest. It has 4.04, and I think that's a solid five star, kick-ass double-album debut (much better than K.A. for me, and I really like K.A.)

Cos - Babel (3.73). Not a bad rating, but rated considerably less than the first two. To me Cos first three albums are all 4.5 to five star efforts, though I guess Viva Boma would be my top-ranked one followed by the debut.

Brave New World - Impressions On Reading Aldous Huxley (3.72). Again, not a bad rating, but this happens to be one of my favourite albums in Krautrock.

Igor Wakhevitch (& Salvador Dali) - Être Dieu (2.60). I love every Wakhevitch album and would rate all of them higher than they are at PA. This is comfortably a four star album for me.

Heldon - Un Rêve Sans Conséquence Spéciale (3.24). Every Heldon album is not rated as highly as I would rate them, but this is a particular favourite of mine that I would rate 5 stars.

Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets (3.84). It is higher rated than it used to be, and a 3.84 is hardly bad, but this is the lowest rated of Art Zoyd's first eight and is one of my favourites by what I have often called my favourite band.

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Dou no Kenbai (3.42). While I do prefer the Osorezan part, I think the whole album is quite brilliant. It's one of my very favourite albums from Japan, and I love Japan.

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Chi no Hibiki Higashi Yuroppo Wo Utau (2.56) Not Prog, so I guess that might drop the rating (that said, Kind of Blue is the top-rated album in the JRF category despite long pre-dating the electric-Miles period that got Davis included), but Chi no... is a gorgeous album to my ears.

Pascal Duffard - Dieu est Fou (3.59). If I hadn't reviewed this album then the rating would be lower. I think it's a wonderful obscurity, and is fairly unique (at least in my collection). This was my first addition and review back in 2007.

I'm sure I could think of lots more, and find lower rated ones of albums that I love, but I'll stop there. If I look for real obscurities, I'm sure I'll find ones I think seriously underrated with very minimal ratings. That said, I genuinely love The Shaggs' Philosophy of the World (not sure how I'll rate it when it finally gets added to Zeuhl). ;) I'm certainly not someone who automatically think that others should hold the same music in the same esteem, rank music, or think about music as I do (I'm not someone who generally makes claims of best and worst, although I think one can objectively given the right frameworks). To each his or her own tastes and ratings.

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Hi,

I do not rate albums ... why? I want to give them all the highest rating, because they were such an inspiration and the love I have for them is not defined in a number!

Some things, are beyond my comprehension, though .... and I do not think that folks are listening to it properly to make a good judgement. things like the aforementioned LIEGE & LEIF, and INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND, ANGE (specially Au Dela du Delire), ALAN STIVELL (that most still can not handle because they think Enya is the ultimate "celtic".!!!!!! 

The whole listing is insane, and for me, it only shows how people are enamored with music that is detailed by FORMAT rather than its incredible ability and design ... I like great songs like everyone else, but I appreciate something that is format'less and a piece of music that really drives your guts and heart. I'm almost thinking of the early DJAM KARET, first 3 or 4 albums that are just way up there and exciting and some of the neatest soundtrack of your mind music that rock has ever done ... no one else even comes close ... they are not, today, as clean as "Dark Clouds, No Rain", but the beauty and lack of design is still there, and is wonderful ... but PA is not about "soundtracks" ... it's about material that has lyrics to tell you what it is about, because few people have the imagination to find out what the music is about without being told what (supposedly!!!!!) it is!

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Probably the first solo album of the most underrated guitar player on this site. In my opinion a 5 star album. I deliberately don't name him.


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Animals is underrated tbh
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Originally posted by CristauxFeur CristauxFeur wrote:

Animals is underrated tbh


If Animals is underrated at 4.52 with 3521 ratings at PA, then methinks that Pink Floyd's pre-Dark Side of the Moon albums are all really underrated.
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Here’s a challenge: find an album rated 3.0 or less which you feel deserves four stars or five. 90125 (Yes) is the only one I can come up with at the moment, and it’s just barely below 3 (2.98).

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Yeah, does "underrated" mean anything more than "I like it more than the average rater?" At least this time the question is more precise, referring explicitly to the PA rating. Much better than all the other "under-/overrated" threads (rated by whom?).

I don't believe ratings can be objective, they're all personal. Still in my own perception I have a distinction between "how much I personally like an album" and "how I'd rate its quality", the latter referring more to qualities that can be explained and discussed and maybe in some sense measured, the former about a "magic" that just speaks to me personally without any clearly intellectually understood reason that I could communicate.

Although these go often hand in hand - those that I'd rater higher than they are rated have, apart from some to me obvious transparent and communicable qualities some personal magic as well. OK, some examples:

Renaissance - Camera Camera (2.48, should have 4 at the very least) Extremely creative and varied with a solid number of killer tracks. In my view unfairly voted down because people don't like the sound of the early eighties and the turn that band took, rated on its own merits it should be much better.

Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (3.65 - 5 stars night and day). Incredible collection of 100% unpredictable genius compositions. Sound is strange but you get used to it. I don't quite understand why this is rated so low - just the turn to shorter more transparent songs?

Holger Czukay - Movies (3.67 - no way this is not 5 stars). OK I accept this is not for everyone, simply too progressive. Use of sampling on this album is top innovative, super original musicianship, big fun. Nobody has done an album in the whole of prog history including the present that is even remotely similar to this one.

King Crimson - Beat (3.05 - knowing this all the 37 years it exists and playing it a lot 5 stars hands down). This has been called "too commercial". Are you out of your minds people? Just because an album has one or two melodies that a mainstream radio listener could like it's not a commercial album. This one has Requiem and Neurotica, for ... sake! It's not a clone of Discipline either but can hold its own very well, thank you very much. Super sharp album with truck loads of highlights.

Didier Malherbe - Bloom (3.56, would've been much lower had I not reviewed it at 5 stars). Such a fresh and joyful album, you don't know what you're missing!

Robert Fripp and The League of Gentlemen (2.75 - should be 4.5 or so). Obviously rated down for lack of progginess, more early eighties syndrome actually. Yes the time was right for shorter straighter sharper music and Fripp delivered it, and he did it with all his creativity and competence. No the quality of music is not measured by the number of time signature changes per song! 

Camel- Breathless (3.14 - probably wouldn't rate this 5 so not that underrated, but strong 4 without a doubt). Just had a look at Camel ratings on allmusic. Know which ones are rated highest? Right, Rain Dances and... Breathless! And I know where they're coming from. Inventiveness can cost a band dearly on PA if that inventiveness leads them away from the orthodox prog paths... 


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Anything below a 5.0 for Sieges Even's The Art Of Navigating By The Stars is criminal. Production, songwriting, lyrics, playing, it's all there.

Originally posted by patrickq patrickq wrote:

Here’s a challenge: find an album rated 3.0 or less which you feel deserves four stars or five. 90125 (Yes) is the only one I can come up with at the moment, and it’s just barely below 3 (2.98).

That's really difficult, actually. On the top of my head, I think Aura's first two albums are the closest I can get. Yes' Talk might is probably closer.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Camel- Breathless (3.14 - probably wouldn't rate this 5 so not that underrated, but strong 4 without a doubt). Just had a look at Camel ratings on allmusic. Know which ones are rated highest? Right, Rain Dances and... Breathless! And I know where they're coming from. Inventiveness can cost a band dearly on PA if that inventiveness leads them away from the orthodox prog paths... 

Allmusic reviews are all over the place though lets be honest. I think breathless is pretty lightweight compared to what they were doing. Definitely a 3 star for me, Echoes caries the album to a degree.
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans - My favorite LP of all time and it doesn't crack the Top 100? Suspect!
Transatlantic Bridge Across Forever - If Wobbler, Opted and Steven Wilson make the the Top 100...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery - Only their first LP is good enough? Wrong!
Jethro Tull A Passion Play - Their proggiest album. And their best? 
The Flower Kings Stardust We Are - Why? Because it's great.
Big Big Train Folklore - Possibly my favorite 21st Century LP.
Neal Morse Question Mark - Neal's finest hour!


Bridge Across Forever.
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Originally posted by patrickq patrickq wrote:

Here’s a challenge: find an album rated 3.0 or less which you feel deserves four stars or five. 90125 (Yes) is the only one I can come up with at the moment, and it’s just barely below 3 (2.98).
 

An 'almost' is Glass Hammer - Three Cheers For The Broken Hearted (3.03). This was below 3 until I posted a 5 star review although I admit that I gave it a 5 star review to raise the rating (it's mentioned in my review). So actually perhaps maybe it kinda sort of counts!?
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