WILD MOOD SWINGS - The Cure
For some reason, most Cure fans HATE this album. The problem is the sequencing, and the fact that several superior B-Sides were left off the record. Still, it has a lot of great classic Cure songs like "Want", "Jupiter Crash" and "The 13th" which is just demented and brilliant.

REVENGE - Eurythmics
Everybody thought Dave and Annie went off the deep end by doing a "rock" album, and it got some pretty savage reviews, but I thought it was (and still is) a great record. Lots of classic Eurythmics tunes, and Missionary Man still sounds fresh and rockin to this date.

STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS - Tori Amos
It's a shame this album has such a bad reputation. There are a couple weak tracks, but what an interesting project it is... generated lots of discussion when it came out. I think some of it really stands the test of time - Rattlesnakes and I Don't Like Mondays, in particular

PRESTO - Rush
Some people think Rush hit a low point in the mid-to-late-80's... and I agree they did with Hold Your Fire, but Presto brought them back in a huge way, in my opinion... although many Rush fans probably disagree. Presto was a return to the more guitar based rock they are loved for, but still merged w/ the more modern sound. Some great songs, like The Pass and Presto and Show Don't Tell. Really started Rush in the direction of the sound they have played for the last 10 to 15 years. And the new remastered version sounds GREAT.

LET'S DANCE - David Bowie.
Ya know... I always thought of this album as a sequal of sorts to Young Americans. They both have a very funky soulful feel.. Let's Dance has 3 classic Bowie singles, especially China Girl which is just so tense and perfect... (I love Iggy's version too). It's only poor track is "Shake It" which, frankly, is hideous. But most Bowie fans rank this album among his worst.

COME - Prince
A very quirky dark little strange record that just happens to have some of the finest Prince moments of the decade, especially "Pheromone" which still ranks in my Prince Top 10.

SILVER AND GOLD - Neil Young
I remember the reviews being rather cool when this came out.. and it's kindof a "forgotten" album in Neil's great catelogue, which is a true shame. This is a mostly acoustic album, and it has some real emotion and feeling, and some great great songs. Very quiet and melodic.. it is much better when the 3 songs that Neil did with CSNY for the Looking Forward album (But originally intended for S&G) are added back to the album. Slowpoke, Out of Control and Looking Forward - 3 beautiful songs.

HYSTERIA - Human League
The Lebanon is fabulously cheesy now, but it sounded so cool to me back in the day... same with the rest of this album... i know in my mind it's utter crap, but for nostalgic reasons... and just because it's such GOOD utter crap.... I play this record frequently
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JonSnow said:

Another great one:














































OK, I can go hide now.

Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique - it's hailed as a classic now, but I was diggin' this when it first dropped and nobody was feelig it

Jay Z - BluePrint 2 - it's not the album that part one is, but listen to it again, it has some gems on there

CinisterCee said:

yeah because i finally got my velvet rope over the summer for $10.00 its a wonderful album its a great sequel to janet. which i need to find used neaxt used

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (I don't know if everyone hates this one, but it doesn't get nearly the recognition 3 Feet High gets, and IMO this project is much better. Personally, I feel this is as good as it gets with De La)

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (Very slept on; check namepeace's avatar for cover information )

Prince - Come (My favorite Prince/ release of the 90s)

Spice Girls - Forever (So sue me, I like this one -- I still bump this one in the car every so often)
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The Rainbow Children
New Power Soul..

and Invincible.. Underrated!

JANFAN4L said:

I bought it new about 2 weeks ago. It's a great record.

VoicesCarry said:

It is great.
The only reason she didn't sell as well is because she isn't pink haired anymore.

CinisterCee said:

Yeah I mean the song I'm tired of that tractor too

another one that is really undervalued - i was listening to it today:

UNDERCOVER - The Rolling STones.

Undercover of the Night is just classic, dead-on kinetic rock. Love it.

Janfriend said:

They're both good. But I have friends who hate her. I think it's the voice. But I think it's a portuguese thang. I don't know what nationality Idina Menzel is (Maureen in "RENT", Elphalba in "Wicked) but she looks just like her and her voice is similar to Nelly's. Whatever I think Nelly is one of the most creative artists out today.

JANFAN4L said:

R U kidding??? Everyone LOVES "Stripped" and "Spice Girls".
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CynicKill said:

You know how biting critics can be.

Ceapness And Beauty by Boy George! Sorry 'bout that!

Seal - Humans Being

JonSnow said:

And Too Much Blood is one of the funkiest Stones tracks ever!

Janet Jackson - Dream Street & Damita Jo
Prince - The Rainbow Children
Mariah Carey - Butterfly. I especially love "The Roof" and "Breakdown".

NWF said:

yes it is

JonSnow said:

theVelvetRoper said:

Actually, I didn't hear a lot of critics trashing this record. They consider this amongst her best and most personal. "Rainbow" however...

Thunderbird said:

Pop is amazing! My favourites R "Please", "Do You Feel Loved" & "If God Will Send His Angels"! (I don't like the remixed versions either!)

And Madonna's Erotica. 'Twas bombed by the critics...
Secret Garden is my fave!

Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D'Arby is one of my favourite albums but totally destroyed by the critics.

Musicology - Prince
ATWIAD - Prince
The Rainbow Children - Prince
Batman - Prince
Neither Fish Nor Flesh - TTD
Walking With A Panther - LL Cool J

Embrya - Maxwell
TTD - Neither Fish Nor Flesh
Cinderella Theory - George Clinton
Lewis Taylor - Lewis II
Marvin Gaye - Here My Dear

CinisterCee said:

That's one that you can't find on CD cheap. Although, I think BMG still has it (as well as all of Janet's CDs, including "Janet Jackson" and probably by now "Damita Jo" available in their catalog. My sister is a member and I'm always tempted to join since their catalog is so good (900 times better selection than Columbia House).

My pick for album everyone thought sucked...."Britney" by Britney Spears. I just think this album was really well done and most of the singles and their remixes didn't do it enough justice. "Anticpating" is just a nice fun pop song that should have been a single. A lot of strong pop songs with a good R&B, dance/club vibe, with a nice ballad "Not A Girl.." and one sort of goofy and forgetable cover ("I Love Rock N Roll").

ABeautifulOne said:

Used for $10! Most places sell it new for that much or less now (I think K-Mart had it and "janet" discounted for like $9.99 a long time ago)

JANFAN4L said:

My sister isn't really a Mariah fan but she saw "Rainbow" used for $10 not very long after it came out and bought it, probably based on "Loverboy". Now she tends to buy lots of pop discs and get bored with them (I'm not sure if she even likes music that much or if she is just very fickle and needs to find what she likes). Anyway, of all the CDs she has that collect dust, that's probably the one she regrets the most and listened to the least. I remember just looking that at the song titles and thinking "Wha..."