[Music] Lesser known album tracks which you believe deserve wider exposure

[DIFFBROOK]

Nice song, love the mandolin, but wtf has it got to do with Maidstone?

Absolutely nothing. Very much a throw away song, at a time when they had strong songs for their 1991 LP "Play"

I think Chris Difford thought it would be a nothing song, so couldn't be bothered. But you are right, the mandolin makes this song.

 

[Weststander]

From the 1993 album Debut

 

[Trotty]

Lady fantasy from the Mirage album by Camel

 

[Hungry Joe]

First single from the album that cemented R.E.M. in the big time but much overlooked following the release of Everybody Hurts, the track that turned a lot of people onto them. For me it's the best track on the album and I remember feeling disappointed with the rest of the album after hearing it as the pre-release single. Automatic for the People was a lot of people's first (and a lot of people's last) R.E.M. album, and I think was probably the last single they released that blew me away, having been a fan since '84. Great video too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UE7tXDKIus

 

[Weststander]

From 1971, beautiful vocals:

 

[Surf's Up]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8pulOnIE5Q

So many tracks but this is one of his best

 

[Surf's Up]

Or any track from Brock by Brick but this one stands out for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A9binTPMKU

 

[Surf's Up]

Actually, having re-looked at Brick by Brick this live version of Neon Forest is possibly the most underrated album track, live track and every category track in the whole wide world........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjyOY9_sycQ

 

[studio150]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8pulOnIE5Q

So many tracks but this is one of his best

Can a top 40 single be lesser known?

 

[Weststander]

From the 72 album Roxy Music, this brilliant song ends with a brilliant crescendo from 5:04

 

[Weststander]

 

[Surf's Up]

Can a top 40 single be lesser known?

Well it only got to 39 in the charts which, by McCartney's standards is virtual anonymity so yes, it can.

 

[jakarta]

Only ever known for Silver Machine, they did a lot of stuff better than that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHuT10VeDR8