Greatest Albums You've Never Heard

You know, that one album that you love so much, and leaves you incredibly surprised that no one else seems to know of? Here are mine:

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Origamibiro - Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks

Ok Computer Done.

Revolver - The Beatles
Twelve shots on the Rocks - Hanoi Rocks
Back in Black - AC/DC
News of the World - Queen

Silver Jews - American Water

True but before that happens. 

Nas - Illmatic

Oh also, 

"Oh also, 

Porthishead- third

"

Well it's just two different tastes. Massive attack rarely goes off time... portishead? The third album is brilliant.

Maybe if I'm ever bored enough, I'll check it out. Also I've always wondered this, is it pronounced Portish-Head or Portis-Head?

Yeah, I know it's trip hop. I love groups like Gorillaz, Frou Frou and Morcheeba. And I agree that Tricky is shitty as hell.

Y'know for some reason I never considered Gorillaz as trip hop. I like them but never categorized them like that. Do you listen to stuff like The Go Team? What the hell is that category?

Never heard of them.

It's actually the music that is on the first LBP trailers. I was really surprised to hear them there. 

"You know, that one album that you love so much, and leaves you incredibly surprised that no one else seems to know of? Here are mine:

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Origamibiro - Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks"

"Revolver - The Beatles
Twelve shots on the Rocks - Hanoi Rocks
Back in Black - AC/DC
News of the World - Queen"

"Ok Computer Done."

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is amazing."

Daft Punk - Discovery

Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M.
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Animals - Pink Floyd
Is This It - The Strokes
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of The Stone Ages

"Ok Computer Done."

"Revolver - The Beatles
Twelve shots on the Rocks - Hanoi Rocks
Back in Black - AC/DC
News of the World - Queen"

"Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M.
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Animals - Pink Floyd
Is This It - The Strokes
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of The Stone Ages
"

"stabmasta said:

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is amazing."

It's my favorite album."

Specifically calling out Black_Rose and Earthbounder, most of what you listed is incredibly popular. 

I listen to a strange mix of things, but two albums I like that many don't seem to are Mindless Self Indulgence's Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy and Trickster by Kidneythieves.

And by the way I love the first two portishead albums, as well as the first two massive attack albums, but I also hate tricky.  Go figure.

"Bulldog19892 said:

"stabmasta said:

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is amazing."

It's my favorite album."

Used to be my favorite, and ITAOTS used to be my fave song also. It's still in top 10 for songs, and 4 for albums, but they have been overtaken.

But it's hardly as obscure as it once was. Any thread on 4chan /mu/, the music channel, where you ask people for music recommendation gets at least one, usually 5-6, mentions of ITAOTS."

This probably should be in the Music Discussion Topic, but what the hell.

I'm gonna say Darktown by Steve Hackett. A really great example of modern prog rock, with some truly epic guitar work. Here's the title track:

Bleach - Nirvana
Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
Rust In Peace - Megadeth
Facelift - Alice In Chains

ITT - ALBUMS EVERYBODY HAS HEARD.

"joanna newsome - ys"

All of these are very well known albums. Some are even considered the greatest albums of all-time. Are people posting albums they've heard of, but haven't actually listened to? This thread is about those obscure gems you come across that blow your mind."

"Balls said:

"Ok Computer Done."

Black_Rose said:

"Revolver - The Beatles
Twelve shots on the Rocks - Hanoi Rocks
Back in Black - AC/DC
News of the World - Queen"

Earthbounder said:

"Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M.
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Animals - Pink Floyd
Is This It - The Strokes
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of The Stone Ages
"

All of these are very well known albums. Some are even considered the greatest albums of all-time. Are people posting albums they've heard of, but haven't actually listened to? This thread is about those obscure gems you come across that blow your mind."

Greatest Hits-The Beatles.

"Greatest Hits-The Beatles."

"ScaryDoor said:

"Greatest Hits-The Beatles."

Even a metalhead like me has to admit, this is pretty hard to beat.


But i'd go with AC\DC's Back in Black if i had to pick just one."

My bad then, lemme try again :


Finntroll - Nattfodd   If you feel like you're angry but you could drink and dance also, that's the bomb. Black Metal + Polka = Finntroll.
Star One - Space Metal    Arjen Lucassen had this project with various artists, its basically a compilation of songs about Sci fi movies he liked. the songs are awesome. Check it out.

yeah people are completely missing the point as far as obscurity goes

Cody Chesnutt-Headphone Masterpiece
Jedi Mind Ticks-Violent By Design
Saul Williams-Amethyst Rock Star
Vaselines-The Way of the Vaselines
Operation Ivy-Energy
Rakim-The 18th Letter (not really obscure, but not nearly enough "hip-hop fans" checking for it) 

Hayseed Dixie - A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC
Hayseed Dixie - A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love
Hayseed Dixie - Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss
Hayseed Dixie - Let There Be Rockgrass
Hayseed Dixie - A Hot Piece of Grass

Buckethead - Population Override

Hella - The Devil Isn't Red
Embrace - Embrace
Tom Waits - Alice
Nick Cave - All work by Nick Cave
The Klingonz - Best of The Klingonz
Man or Astro-man? - Destroy All Astro-Men
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Adam Green - Garfield
DeVotchKa - Super Melodrama and Una Volta
Naked City - All Work

At some point I am going to have to actually listen to 'In the Aeroplane over the Sea'. I've always heard about it but never bothered to listen to it. >_>

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When I turned 15 my pops bought me a few CDs...

Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Master of the Puppets - Metallica
Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera
Blood Reign - Slayer

Revelation.

"

"Bleach - Nirvana
Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
Rust In Peace - Megadeth
Facelift - Alice In Chains
"

"At some point I am going to have to actually listen to 'In the Aeroplane over the Sea'. I've always heard about it but never bothered to listen to it. >_>"

Spill by Locus

"hey i bet a dude will come in here and say that this should be redirected to the Music Discussion Topic"

"adam_grif said:

"Bulldog19892 said:

"stabmasta said:

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is amazing."

It's my favorite album."

Used to be my favorite, and ITAOTS used to be my fave song also. It's still in top 10 for songs, and 4 for albums, but they have been overtaken.

But it's hardly as obscure as it once was. Any thread on 4chan /mu/, the music channel, where you ask people for music recommendation gets at least one, usually 5-6, mentions of ITAOTS."

Right, I know, but 4chan is hardly mainstream. I can also remember when the Pixies were obscure."

"At some point I am going to have to actually listen to 'In the Aeroplane over the Sea'. I've always heard about it but never bothered to listen to it. >_>"

"Bulldog19892 said:

"adam_grif said:

"Bulldog19892 said:

"stabmasta said:

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is amazing."

It's my favorite album."

Used to be my favorite, and ITAOTS used to be my fave song also. It's still in top 10 for songs, and 4 for albums, but they have been overtaken.

But it's hardly as obscure as it once was. Any thread on 4chan /mu/, the music channel, where you ask people for music recommendation gets at least one, usually 5-6, mentions of ITAOTS."

Right, I know, but 4chan is hardly mainstream. I can also remember when the Pixies were obscure."

4chan is one of the most high-traffic websites in existence. It's like number 8 or something."