Really? I remember no-one dare having anything other than fulsome praise for it. Oasis were the biggest band in the country just after it came out.
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Albums which were dismissed upon release, but time has turned them into classics.
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Totally agree. In fact, I'd say Morning Glory is a good example of the opposite - an album that got lavish praise when it came out and has lost a lot of its allure since then. I would say that Definitely Maybe is more generally regarded as Oasis's best album now.
Return of the Rev
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voltage 78,79 and 80now classics
Ex-Staffs Gull
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It's all subjective, but for me Dirk wears White sox by Adam and the ants was nowhere near as big as the pop albums that came after, but still love to listen to it with some classic tracks. Not sure how it is generally regarded though. Never trust a man with egg on his face ..
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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one of my all time favourite albums, quite spooky really as only last night Dont Be Square (Be There) (From Kings Of The Wild Frontier) popped up on my pod and was thinking that (without the intro) It was the only one that sounded anything like anything from DWWS although the albums were only 2 years apart.
Back to the original question, I'll suggest any of Sparks albums from the early 70's My favourites are Woofer and Halfnelson, although Kimono and Propaganda seem to have a lot of followers these days
Agreed. Sam's Town was total crap IMO.
Exactly. That second album was widely acclaimed from the start!
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voltage 78,79 and 80now classics
Vaultage 78 was on of the first albums I ever purchased. Not sure it's a classic though.
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Good shout. Flabby, indulgent and ramshackle upon release. Whilst I do not consider it a classic it has certainly gained a acclaim over time. In fact I'm going to listen to this album today.
Definitely go with Velvet Underground & Nico. Got this originally about a year after release, on import. I first heard Heroin played on a late night radio station and it just flew in the eye of all the stuff I was into at the time (early JA and the Dead etc). I was forever bandying the album around to my mates to very lukewarm response! Around 1970 it was covered in a rock mag called Cream, and was already being talked up as a classic, but the VU albums in my view never really took off until Lou Reeds solo career had started, this immediately gave rise to the interest in the VU. Of course they were already well known for sure, but that particular debut album has never looked back since then. I still play it a lot
A famous quote, is that although hardly anyone bought this debut album, everyone who did started a band
A famous quote, is that although hardly anyone bought this debut album, everyone who did started a band
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Agreed wholeheartedly. Flowers is now regarded as a sell out in my opinion. Hot Fuss was awesome, the rest just pop.
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Them, The Sorrows, Octopus, Gracious, Spring, Czar, Tomorrow, The Gods, The End, Cressida, Fox, Billy Nicholls ....... loads of artists that created classic LPs in the 1960s that didn't get discovered until eBay, basically, saw a lot of people seeking them out.
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Village Green
An absolutely great album, originals of which are highly valued. I still have my copy, although I have since bought it on CD. Ray Davies - a legend, esp for the line "I like my football on a Saturday.............." on Autumn Almanac.
An absolutely great album, originals of which are highly valued. I still have my copy, although I have since bought it on CD. Ray Davies - a legend, esp for the line "I like my football on a Saturday.............." on Autumn Almanac.
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Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Men at Work - Business as Usual
Dexys - Searching for the Young Soul Rebel
Japan - Quiet Life
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Men at Work - Business as Usual
Dexys - Searching for the Young Soul Rebel
Japan - Quiet Life
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In more recent times of the 1980s, there have been many undiscovered CDs, one of which was The Adventures - Sea Of Love, imho.
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Icehouse issues several CDs, yet remained in the shadows too
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NME and Q were both not too impresssed originally although a few years later Q gave it a rather different review when it was voted as one of their top ten all time albums.
Good shout, although I'm not sure about it being not understood. However, it was well ahead of its time and even now doesn't feel that dated. Unfinished Sympathy remains an all-time classic track.
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Crowded House - Woodface.
Virtually ignored upon release over here. Once Fall at your Feet was a hit, they were in the media and charts almost non-stop for the following five years.
Virtually ignored upon release over here. Once Fall at your Feet was a hit, they were in the media and charts almost non-stop for the following five years.
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That is an excellent call although I'm not sure it's not still just a cult album. I think the band were so disillusioned with the reception the album received and each other that they broke up just after it was released?
I still listen to it occasionally and it certainly stands the test of time