What albums do you like that most others don't ?

Vexer6 wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

The Yes thread made me think of this, 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' a lot of times is panned almost as bad as stuff like 'Big Generator' but it's always been one of my favorite 2 or 3 Yes albums. I think it's made somewhat of a popularity comeback also.

Speaking of Yes, i'm a big fan of Big Generator as well as Union and Talk.

There is no bad Yes.

Big Generator just doesn't sound like classic 70's Yes, but then that is the nature of progressive rock...it progresses. It and 90125 were suppose to be CINEMA releases. The band had originally formed under that name with guitarist Tevor Rabin writing all the material, some of which was meant for his solo release. Once vocalist Jon Anderson joined the group and they were 4/5 Yes members I guess it just made sense to change the name to the already established YES! Whatever the case, it worked for them.

ultmetal wrote:

Vexer6 wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

The Yes thread made me think of this, 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' a lot of times is panned almost as bad as stuff like 'Big Generator' but it's always been one of my favorite 2 or 3 Yes albums. I think it's made somewhat of a popularity comeback also.

Speaking of Yes, i'm a big fan of Big Generator as well as Union and Talk.

There is no bad Yes.

Big Generator just doesn't sound like classic 70's Yes, but then that is the nature of progressive rock...it progresses. It and 90125 were suppose to be CINEMA releases. The band had originally formed under that name with guitarist Tevor Rabin writing all the material, some of which was meant for his solo release. Once vocalist Jon Anderson joined the group and they were 4/5 Yes members I guess it just made sense to change the name to the already established YES! Whatever the case, it worked for them.

I completely forgot about all that Cinema business.

ultmetal wrote:

There is no bad Yes.

Big Generator just doesn't sound like classic 70's Yes, but then that is the nature of progressive rock...it progresses. It and 90125 were suppose to be CINEMA releases. The band had originally formed under that name with guitarist Tevor Rabin writing all the material, some of which was meant for his solo release. Once vocalist Jon Anderson joined the group and they were 4/5 Yes members I guess it just made sense to change the name to the already established YES! Whatever the case, it worked for them.

The name of the band was still Cinema when Rabin & Anderson first got involved, it became "Yes" when Chris Squire joined because he owns the sole rights to the name "Yes". That is why the album Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe couldn't use the name because Squire wasn't involved.

manny wrote:

Guns n Roses- Chinese Democracy

Alice Cooper- DA DA

Twisted Sister- Love is for Suckers

I have always liked Alice Cooper- DA DA as well. Its different but very funny. I would also throw in Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds. It does not get much love but I really enjoy it.

I'm a big fan of Anthrax's State Of Euphoria. Wore out two cassettes of it back in the day. Still my favorite of theirs'.

I love both of those Cooper discs as well. And the Twisted Sister too.

jstate wrote:

I'm a big fan of Anthrax's State Of Euphoria.  Wore out two cassettes of it back in the day.  Still my favorite of theirs'.

I love both of those Cooper discs as well.  And the Twisted Sister too.

I dig State of Euphoria a lot, as well. Not as much as STD or POT, but at least as much as the rest of their catalog.

ultmetal wrote:

Vexer6 wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

The Yes thread made me think of this, 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' a lot of times is panned almost as bad as stuff like 'Big Generator' but it's always been one of my favorite 2 or 3 Yes albums. I think it's made somewhat of a popularity comeback also.

Speaking of Yes, i'm a big fan of Big Generator as well as Union and Talk.

There is no bad Yes.

Big Generator just doesn't sound like classic 70's Yes, but then that is the nature of progressive rock...it progresses. It and 90125 were suppose to be CINEMA releases. The band had originally formed under that name with guitarist Tevor Rabin writing all the material, some of which was meant for his solo release. Once vocalist Jon Anderson joined the group and they were 4/5 Yes members I guess it just made sense to change the name to the already established YES! Whatever the case, it worked for them.

Sounds like Big Generator is due for a re-review.

There's also Europe: Prisoners In Paradise, Start From The Dark and Secret Society. Grave Digger: Wargames and Digger: Stronger Then Ever.

Drama is another excellent Yes album that has a much worse reputation than it deserves. This is partially due to Jon Anderson not being involved, but regardless of that it's a very strong album and "Machine Messiah" and "Tempus Fugit" are two of the best Yes songs of the 1980s.

S.D. wrote:

Drama is another excellent Yes album that has a much worse reputation than it deserves.  This is partially due to Jon Anderson not being involved, but regardless of that it's a very strong album and "Machine Messiah" and "Tempus Fugit" are two of the best Yes songs of the 1980s.

Those songs rock, that album is killer, and I love Alan White's drumming on it!

White did an in store signing at Northridge Music (During The Ladder tour, I believe) and told him those same things. I had come straight from work and didn't have a copy of Drama for him to sign... got a signed poster, though.

To me, its one of those albums you can listen to from start to finish... and it's one of my "drumming along to" albums.

Although it is my least favorite album of theirs, Mourning Has Broken by Sabbat gets more hate than it deserves.

Guess I should throw Winger's debut in here. One of the most hated albums of its era, yet it has been my best friend since the onset of adolescence. At least one of my best friends.

corplhicks wrote:

Guess I should throw Winger's debut in here. One of the most hated albums of its era, yet it has been my best friend since the onset of adolescence. At least one of my best friends.

Agreed, don't really understand all the hate they got.

For Running Wild, some disliked albums I enjoy are Masquerade, The Brotherhood, Victory and Rogues En Vogue.

Both Yes - Drama and Running Wild - Masquerade are fantastic, unless one hates progressive rock and speed metal, respectively.

Vexer6 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Guess I should throw Winger's debut in here. One of the most hated albums of its era, yet it has been my best friend since the onset of adolescence. At least one of my best friends.

Agreed, don't really understand all the hate they got.

For Running Wild, some disliked albums I enjoy are Masquerade, The Brotherhood, Victory and Rogues En Vogue.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Both Yes - Drama and Running Wild - Masquerade are fantastic, unless one hates progressive rock and speed metal, respectively.

Haven't heard the new record yet, but all Rvnning Wild for me is good to great Rvnning Wild.

corplhicks wrote:

Guess I should throw Winger's debut in here. One of the most hated albums of its era, yet it has been my best friend since the onset of adolescence. At least one of my best friends.

  

IMO, Winger is one of the most underrated bands from that era.

S.D. wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Why do I keep hearing that Frolic in the Park was an unpopular album? I thought it was even better than Ultra-Violence. Has my opinion been in the minority all these years?

Thrash purists have problems with anything different.

It was sort of a letdown from the Ultraviolence, but ACTIII was even wimpier.
They started changing before the grunge era, if they had just waited...

Vexer6 wrote:

DakotaRogers wrote:

Most others don't like "Set the World on Fire," "Obsessed by Cruelty," and Cryptic Slaughter's "Convicted"?

Wait, what? Are we going by what real metal fans like, or just the shitty reviews from Encyclopedia Metallum?

Most people seem to not like Set The World On Fire much compared to the rest of Annihilator's catalog, and a lot of fans find Obsessed By Cruelty to be Sodom's weakest effort(mainly due to the poor production).

They are not real SODOM fans.

Only Annihilator I really loved were the demos and the first LP Alison Hell, so can not comment as a diehard fan or collector
(I've heard the rest of the discography and it is ok.)

Dio-Angry Machines; it happens to be my fave Dio album.

mlotek wrote:

Vexer6 wrote:

DakotaRogers wrote:

Most others don't like "Set the World on Fire," "Obsessed by Cruelty," and Cryptic Slaughter's "Convicted"?

Wait, what? Are we going by what real metal fans like, or just the shitty reviews from Encyclopedia Metallum?

Most people seem to not like Set The World On Fire much compared to the rest of Annihilator's catalog, and a lot of fans find Obsessed By Cruelty to be Sodom's weakest effort(mainly due to the poor production).

They are not real SODOM fans.

Only Annihilator I really loved were the demos and the first LP Alison Hell, so can not comment as a diehard fan or collector
(I've heard the rest of the discography and it is ok.)

Well Ult dosen't like the band's debut album either, are you saying he's not a "real" Sodom fan?  

Vexer6 wrote:

mlotek wrote:

Vexer6 wrote:

DakotaRogers wrote:

Most others don't like "Set the World on Fire," "Obsessed by Cruelty," and Cryptic Slaughter's "Convicted"?

Wait, what? Are we going by what real metal fans like, or just the shitty reviews from Encyclopedia Metallum?

Most people seem to not like Set The World On Fire much compared to the rest of Annihilator's catalog, and a lot of fans find Obsessed By Cruelty to be Sodom's weakest effort(mainly due to the poor production).

They are not real SODOM fans.

Only Annihilator I really loved were the demos and the first LP Alison Hell, so can not comment as a diehard fan or collector
(I've heard the rest of the discography and it is ok.)

Well Ult dosen't like the band's debut album either, are you saying he's not a "real" Sodom fan?  

i have nothing to say about Ult or his massive Popeye arms   
but I find almost every band's best releases are usually their fist two records and then they start changing.
Yes, sometimes it's good, but original fans wonder what happened to to the sound they were brought to?
eg. first 2 LP's compared to later ones by - Bathory, Fates Warning, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Exciter

What about Death? There's a band that got considerably better after their first two releases.

NO.
We are on opposite sides of the fence here.
I dig some prog , and jazz, but not when it wrecks metal I like.

DEATH totally wimped out and went proggy after Spiritual Healing. Should have changed the name.
I was a DEATH fan before the first album was out and didn't like how Chuck thought he had to prove himself as a superior musician with that stuff & Control Denied.

mlotek wrote:

NO.
We are on opposite sides of the fence here.
I dig some prog , and jazz, but not when it wrecks metal I like.

DEATH totally wimped out and went proggy after Spiritual Healing. Should have changed the name.
I was a DEATH fan before the first album was out and didn't like how Chuck thought he had to prove himself as a superior musician with that stuff & Control Denied.

How the hell is an album like Sound of Perserverance "proggy" in any way? Also what's so bad about an album being "progressive" anyways? I don't see why that's such a dirty word(that actually sounds like something I would read on Metal Archives). Chuck wasn't trying to "prove himself" he was simply evolving and I don't see why people couldn't accept that.

My favorite Death albums are easily Symbolic and the Sound of Perseverance.