http://glamrock.com/forum/ GlamRock.com Forum » Topic: Underrated/Underappeciated Rock Albums en Sat, 26 May 2012 14:23:38 +0000 http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-36565 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:45:30 +0000 Invader 36565@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Theatre of pain. Not motleys best record but it still kicks ass </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35548 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:13:37 +0000 Thiez 35548@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>"I wouldn't say Too Fast is underappreciated.most people put it in their top 10 best debut albums of all time,and it went platinum.underappreciated would be XYZ's Hungry"<br /><strong> - Dash</strong></blockquote> </p> <p>Indeed XYZ - Hungry is verry underrated! That album rocks your balls off!</p> <p>I also think the band Victory is quiet underrated. Verry good german hardrock i think. and they're still doing great! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35366 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:15:34 +0000 metalrulesall 35366@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>im not a big fan of them really....a couple more albums that i think are VERY under appreciated are helix's walking the razors edge and wild in the streets...2 totally kick ass records but they dont get nearly the appreciation they deserve </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35357 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:08:01 +0000 Dash 35357@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I wouldn't say Too Fast is underappreciated.most people put it in their top 10 best debut albums of all time,and it went platinum.underappreciated would be XYZ's Hungry </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35340 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:35:47 +0000 metalrulesall 35340@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>1.slaughters 1st album<br /> 2.wasp-i wanna be somebody<br /> 3.motley crue-too fast for love<br /> 4.acdc-ball breaker </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35302 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:12:29 +0000 Aquanet 35302@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>"Crack A Smile-Poison: Held back from release by the record company for a number of years due to changed popularity/market trends, was finally released in '99 or 2000. Features Blues Saraceno on lead guitar.<br /> Ratt-Ratt (1999)<br /> L.A. Guns-Man In The Moon(2001) and also Tales From The Strip(2005)"<br /><strong> - JezzyMicheals</strong></blockquote> </p> <p>I love poison's 90s albums native tongue and crack a smile, ritchie kotzen and blues saraceno (the kid who replaced clapton) are really much more accomplished musicians than CC and poison were goin to become a very talented blues based hard-rock band.<br /> I also love euphoria and X by def leppard, X is maybe a little too pop, but it's great pop with the finest arrangments you can find, with the only exceptions of other def lep album or some late 70s queen record...<br /> And long long way to go is one of the best power ballads ever, the vocal parts are so difficult... Joe elliott is a really awesome singer </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35300 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:35:15 +0000 JezzyMicheals 35300@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Crack A Smile-Poison: Held back from release by the record company for a number of years due to changed popularity/market trends, was finally released in '99 or 2000. Features Blues Saraceno on lead guitar.</p> <p>Ratt-Ratt (1999)</p> <p>L.A. Guns-Man In The Moon(2001) and also Tales From The Strip(2005) </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-35295 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:42:59 +0000 Dash 35295@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Talking heavily underappreciated,Warrants Dog Eat Dog </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-32285 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:22:51 +0000 metalrulesall 32285@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>1.nitro- O.F.R.(and nitro itself is HUGELY unrated)<br /> 2.krokus-heart attack<br /> 3.fastway-bad bad girls...thats all ive got so far haha </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-32275 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:36:58 +0000 ironmanben 32275@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Guns n' Roses - The Use Your Illusion albums<br /> Motley Crue - New Tattoo and Motley Crue<br /> Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet and Dragontown<br /> All Wrathchild U.K. albums<br /> A couple of the later Ratt albums<br /> W.A.S.P. - Inside The Electric Circus<br /> Twisted Sister albums that are not Stay Hungry </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-32248 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:27:16 +0000 XIMatthewIX 32248@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Animalize by KISS is like underrated like no one talks about that album in my opinion... </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-32169 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:19:55 +0000 Bl4cFoxx 32169@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I'd have to say all of Autograph's albums!! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-32145 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:25:00 +0000 kissfan72 32145@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Pretty Boy Floyd-Porn Stars!!!!!!! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-15397 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:36:44 +0000 glamguylover2003 15397@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>"I fucking love the Firehouse album. 'All She Wrote' is one of the best glam songs ever! <br /><strong>- SlaveToTheGrind</strong></blockquote> I agree </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-15373 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:38:19 +0000 littledola85 15373@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>MickMars I agree with you, also gotta add "The Elder," and Theater Of Pain by Motley Crue. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-15217 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:28:26 +0000 metalrulesall 15217@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>i think the krokus album heart attack was way, waaay under rated i mean fuck, the whole entire aldum is one great song after another...every body rocks,wild love, let it go, winning man, axx attack,etc...shouldve fucking gone multi platinum baby ! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-15201 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:19:33 +0000 MickMars 15201@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>man dynasty by Kiss, its kinda disco, a little sell out by Kiss, but personally i kinda like it...its different </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-15198 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:19:15 +0000 SlaveToTheGrind 15198@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I fucking love the Firehouse album. 'All She Wrote' is one of the best glam songs ever! As far as an underrated Glam album, I'd have to go with White Lion's 'Big Game'. Great album when it came out, and I still dig listening to it. I also think that Junkyard's debut album didn't get the recognition it deserved. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/rock-music-forum/underratedunderappeciated-glam-albums#post-14870 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:32:29 +0000 IWP 14870@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>In this thread, we list certain glam albums that we feel are overlooked, and thus underappeciated along wiht a brief description of each album. Here's my list.</p> <p><strong>Europe - Out of This World (1988 )</strong></p> <p>Most people know Europe for their hit song, The Final Countdown which you can either love or hate. However, while The Final Countdown is a classic in it's own right, it's certianly not the only Europe album worth owning. I truly think Out of This World is overlooked, and while it's not as awesome as The Final Countdown, it's certainly a classic. </p> <p>This album is covered in sweet keyboard melodies which sound so 80s which are mixed with great guitar work, and plenty of emotion. Just about every song on this album is filled with so much emotion that I get sort of change of mood everytime I listen to it. Not to mention that this album has some of Europe's best songs including Sign of the Times, Open Your Heart, Superstitous, Just the Beginning, and last but certainly not least, More Than Meets the Eye. This is seriously, in my opinion Europe's best song. I even like it better than The Final Countdown. Everything about this song is just amazing, from the keyboards and guitar solos to Joey Tempest's emotional singing. It's so catchy and beautiful that you have to love it. Why this song did not become one of their hits is beyond me, it's just simply amazing.</p> <p><strong>Quiet Riot - QRIII (1986)</strong></p> <p>This is yet another overlooked album in terms of quality. Quiet Riot are remembered only by their #1 chart topping album, Metal Health, and hit songs Bang Your Head (Metal Health) and Cum On Feel he Noize. While Metal Health is heavier and less pop sounding than QRIII, it's simply just not as good as this album. Yes, I'm going as far as saying that QRIII is better than Metal Health. I'll get to my reason in just a minute, but first, I'll describe the overall sound of this album. </p> <p>This album is very commercial sounding, for an 80s album anyway. Unlike Metal Health, keyboards are present on this album, and at times even dominate the sound of some of these songs, and the majority of songs are more melodic and light sounding. This may turn off some fans of Quiet Riot who loved Metal Health, but for those who are open to this style of hard rock (Europe, Bon Jovi, etc.)will surely find the brilliance on this album.</p> <p>This album contains some of Quiet Riot's best songs such as Main Attraction, The Wild and the Young, Twilight Hotel, Still of the Night, and Slave to Love. The keyboards on Main Attraction and Slave to Love add to the quality of these songs and makes them that much more melodic and catchy. Still of the Night is actually the first time that Quiet Riot made a good ballad. They attempted it twice before in the form of Thunderbird and Winners Take All. However, both of those sings blew, and suffered from being too silly. However, on this ballad, the silliness is gone, and thus, Quiet Riot are able to make a pretty nice ballad as a result.</p> <p>This gets to the main reason why I think QRII is better than Metal Helath. Metal Health as well as the follow up, Condition Critical suffered from being too silly and incoherent. Kevin Dubrow played the gimmick of the crazy escape madman with a mask pretty well, but at times his gimmick kind of gotten in the way of the songs. His need to sound crazy while singing just sounds a bit too silly for me. However, he for the most part cuts that out on this album. The other reason why I think thus album is better is because it's a lot more consistent than Metal Helath. While Metal Health was a good album, it had a lot of stupid filler (Thunderbird, Let's Get Crazy, etc.). Other than two less inspiring tracks (Down and Dirty and The Pump) this album is consistently great all the way through which is why it's such a great album. This album is so overlooked that it managed to go out of print which is ashamed, because this is probably Quiet Riot's best album.</p> <p><strong>Firehouse - Firehouse (1990)</strong></p> <p>Firehouse is another great band in the history of glam metal. This band tends to get unfairly overlooked by many. Perhaps the fact that they entered the glam scene so late is the reason why, but this band is one of the most underrated glam bands, and their self-titled debut album is an instant classic. There songs are every catchy, and thye certainly are one of the more talented bands. They can play heaiver more metal oriented songs, yet also can play bluesier songs quiet well. They kind of remind me of a less heavy yet more melodic Dokken. </p> <p>The best songs on the album are All She Wrote, Don't Treat Me Bad, Overnight Sensation, Shake and Tumble, and the power ballad, Love of a Lifetime. The latter track is probably one the best hair ballads that I've heard in a while. If you like Dokken and Warrant, than you'll love this band and album since Firehouse sounds a little like both bands. However, if you already don't have this album or more to less have not even heard it before, then you're missing out on some quality glam metal. </p>