CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED ALBUMS IN MUSICIn the oversaturated world of pop and rock music, a lot of good records don't get the attention they deserve. Or they get unfairly critically lambasted and nobody buys them.
On the other hand, some records get a disproportionate amount of accolades and everyone in the entire freakin' world buys them. Even if they're not that great.
Pop music history is littered with records both wildly overrated and criminally underrated. Over here you have our list of overrated albums. We didn't always agree, and it very nearly came to fisticuffs a few times (*AHEM* Eminem *Cough*). But we worked it out as best we could.
And here are some of those underrated records. They're not the MOST underrated. There are WAY too many to narrow it down like that. They are simply records we think deserve another look for one reason or another.
Weigh in below about which albums you think are underrated.
1. The Music, The Music (2002)
2. A Grand Don't Come for Free, The Streets (2004)
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Chinese Democracy, Guns N Roses (2008): There was NO WAY this album wasn't going to be underrated - too much waiting, too much hype, too much pessimism/guarded optimism. 'Chinese Democracy' sold 5 million copies, which would be awesome for most bands but we're talking about GNR here. It's not a masterpiece but the vocals are great, the musical experimentation is highly sophisticated and the whole thing is bombastic and utterly unapologetically power pop metal. So clearly a labour of love it would be ungenerous not to give it its due. 4. he Ego Has Landed, Robbie Williams (1999)
5. #1 Record, Big Star (1972)
6. Blackout, Britney Spears (2007)
7. Midnight Vultures, Beck (1999)
8. Liz Phair, Liz Phair (2003)
9. ome Gave All, Billy Ray Cyrus (1992)
10. Fearless, Jazmine Sullivan (2008)
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