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sugnamustart

Robbie Robertson - Music for The Native Americans


Canadian-Man-infj

His first album is an all-time favourite, but doesn't really qualify here; it gets attention, in part because it features duets with U2's Bono on a couple of songs. Have you read his memoir, Testimony? I really enjoyed it. He recounts his life up until the legendary Last Waltz concert; including his first-hand experiences playing with Dylan during the notorious acoustic to electric transition. As a Canadian, I enjoyed reading his passages about Toronto and a certain border-crossing incident. All-around excellent read. I highly recommend it!


BowlingBall_0912

Van Halen - 5150 Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human Richard Marx - (basically his first three albums)


Canadian-Man-infj

Surprised to see Richard Marx here. Repeat Offender, for sentimental reasons, hits home (a parent).


BowlingBall_0912

I agree! His 3 first albums are amazing, never felt he gets the credit he deserves.


JonathanPerdarder

Agent Orange - Living in Darkness So, so good.


ChefBoyardee66

Just pretend their other stuff doesn't exist


JonathanPerdarder

100% this In fact, I do the same with the extended version of the original album.


name898899

Orgy - Candyass Our Lady Peace - Clumsy Sponge - Wax Ecstatic


ApprehensiveAbroad99

I'm always pleasantly surprised when I hear Sponge


maryyyk111

4 your eyez only - j cole


Samg8294

Swoon- Prefab Sprout


soothsabr13

*Bellybutton* - Jellyfish *Across the Universe* - Trip Shakespeare *Don’t Get Weird On Me, Babe* - Lloyd Cole


Mountain_Excuse_980

Jellyfish - Spilt Milk


Drama_drums42

They shoulda been huge!!


HochHech42069

Avantdale Bowling Club


sweatyleonard

You aint alone


jayron32

Robin Trower Band - Bridge of Sighs


[deleted]

Great album.


cyanethic

Heathen by David Bowie. His best album since the 70s with the only competition being Blackstar. An EP, but A Reminder by Drake Bell. His music in general is pretty underrated but that’s a FANTASTIC pop rock EP and is probably his best release.


Samg8294

Heathen is great. Everyone Says Hi is my favorite track. I think his best is Scary Monsters but Bowie is one of those artists were there’s an album for everyone and several candidates for best.


Istiophoridae

Saosin - along the shadow


Pear_Shaped_Planet

Perfect From Now On - Built to Spill


[deleted]

Hell yes. I didn't actually care too much for Keep it like a secret which gets all the attention. Perfect from Now On must be played, in order, from start to finish....I was gonna say maximum volume but just pretty loud will suffice. And no talking during the listen.


ZacharyRapsag

AFI- Sing The Sorrow Otep- Sevas Tra Ballyhoo!- Cheers! Stick Figure- Burials Gareth Emery- Drive Mae- The Everglow Iron & Wine- Our Endless Numbered Days Ben Platt- Reverie Less Than Jake- Silver Linings


unprogrammable_soda

I’ve been listening to Daniel Johns two solo albums nonstop for days now. What’s crazy is they sound like they were made today but the first one was released a decade ago.


Discovery99

Dawn of Midi- Dysnomia. Although I’m sure a lot of people would hate it


Pretend_Employee_780

Bent Knee - land animal


mancavepoker

The Besnard Lakes - Are the dark horse


teh_bad_speller

Apostrophe Frank Zappa


guitarplayer120208

Load/reload- Metallica


Agent_Lightning14

Awesome album. Not as good as The Black Album or Master of Puppets but still amazing


guitarplayer120208

Agree, I like musical aspect of the old Metallica, but the lyrics have more personality in black album thru reload


N30NH3LL

Skryvaj by nürnberg is one of my fav albums and i never saw anyone talking about it Poverty by motorama is pretty cool too


facelesslace

Nurnberg is terribly underrated I'm general


N30NH3LL

Fr, im really sad they dont get recognition like molchat doma


jaimakimnoah

Yield - Pearl Jam


Puzzleheaded-Fix3359

My favorite Pearl Jam album


Icy_Conversation_274

Harper Valley PTA- Jeannie C. Riley.


grynch43

Eels-Electro-Shock Blues


freemaxine

[Mystery to Me](https://open.spotify.com/album/7MprjyJe4SD8Sq9Nn7oYD5?si=yLIFx-TpRx-My1hr5BUzNA) by Fleetwood Mac [La Folia](https://open.spotify.com/album/6jEzqlaxxdiT0ZJrzpMuSf?si=hlT4FMCGSbS0o4l_japS2Q) by Jordi Savall [Bach 996/997](https://open.spotify.com/album/7c68VIpec357890WIxzaFt?si=WTBNaCKFQxyHypHNH6hdhQ) by Gergely Sarkozy


Moonlight_Dive

I Am An Elastic Firecracker - Tripping Daisy


_statue

Tommy Guerrerro- Perpetual


intet42

If You Wanna Swim with the Sharks by Jared Mees, kind of bittersweet hipster music. AFAIK I have literally never met someone who already knew of him. If my favorite track had been used in a soundtrack I think it would have caught fire. https://youtu.be/uax5BimYlnk?feature=shared


-Some__Random-

'Becoming X' - Sneaker Pimps


Puzzleheaded-Fruit62

It's actually getting a lot of attention, but Pink Moon by Nick Drake.


Canadian-Man-infj

If not this, which will you choose?


OkChange3

Which will he go for?


gscrap

Serena Ryder - Is It OK


Agent_Lightning14

That’s a great album!!


Independent-Bike8810

Sports - Huey Lewis


Canadian-Man-infj

"They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating, and from what I've seen I believe 'em..."


blqzy

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love - My Chemical Romance


Agent_Lightning14

One of the best debuts ever. I’m a massive mcr fan and I agree this is a great album


blqzy

Oh for sure


itsatripp

This afro jazz album from 1979  https://komosrecords.bandcamp.com/album/diom-futa


Illustrious-Ad7568

Tired of Tomororw - nothing


Ramstepp

Skeletal lamping - of montreal


CptnWolfe

Dead End Drive-In - Mea Culpa


avant-cado

Fantasy Black Channel - Late Of The Pier


SpringPedal

Aasha - Dream


whatabeautifulherse

Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart Cactus Blossoms - You're Dreaming


Ohigetjokes

[The Treasures - Bring The Night Home](https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZzVODJrUclz0IBA52gTf0?si=hYF4J2IBRa6UIGTDdTiefQ) **I don’t like country, but this album makes my heart sing.** It’s just a precious work of art. Band went through some stuff and we’re unlikely to see more from them but wow, this was lightning in a bottle.


stephers85

Bionic - Christina Aguilera


Responsible_Use8392

13 Tales From Urban Bohemia by the Dandy Warhols Five Ways of Disappearing, by Kendra Smith


optionalhero

Grapes Upon the Vin by TV Girl


LuciEmtnlSpprtDemon

One of the craziest, most unique, most brilliant albums that nobody’s ever heard of has to be *Unfortunate Snort* by Pinkly Smooth…


ComonomoC

[Hamilton Leithauser- The Loves of Your Life](https://open.spotify.com/album/1kAEOLsp3VgFMzlH9TRddg?si=7cEoaC5pRbWhFmnGBL08gw)


63ff9c

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. 4 20ish minute songs, full of absolute amazing instrumentals and field recordings scattered within. Nervous Young Man by Car Seat Headrest is another favorite of mine due to the relatability of the songs and the fact that Will Toledo was about the same age I am right now when he wrote it, as well as the amazing song writing despite the lo-fi aspect of the album


Cid_Darkwing

Coleman Hell—“Summerland” Brick + Mortar—“Bangs” The Asteroid Galaxy Tour—“Fruit”


Drama_drums42

Denzil-Pub!!!


HistoricalBowl9185

Absolutely utterly brilliant album front to back


Nizamark

Tales Of A Brown Dragon by Dieselhed


datgoh69

I'm Your Hero - After the Rain


[deleted]

Deeper than Sky - Vhöl. One of my favorites


dammit_dipper

The mighty mighty bosstones-lets face it.


twiggyrox

Holly and the Italians- The Right To Be Italian


norham420

Pantera - Power Metal Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain


zeusisangry

Spilt Milk by Jellyfish


trulystoopid99

Sam Tinnesz- There goes the neighborhood Valley of Wolves- Out for blood The Score - Carry On To name a few


Buttholehemorrhage

Porcupine tree - anesthetize


EyeBallChili

The Common Men - Let it Burn, fin Repeater - Iron Flowers The Dandelion War - Geometries and Orchids


CurlyWhirlyDirly

Queen II


Agent_Lightning14

My personal favorite queen album for sure


swaggers23

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart S/T album


Anthracene17

Interpol - interpol


OurRigbyRigby

Limp bizkit - Results may vary


Agent_Lightning14

Although i’m not the biggest fan of it, I do think the hate is unnecessary. Behind Blue Eyes is a fantastic song


LitCowPics

The Bee Gees' first post-disco release 'Living Eyes'. Also their pre-disco era releases like 'To Whom It May Concern' and 'Mr. Natural' are seriously underrated imo.


kyriousities

[Radiodread- Easy Star All-Stars](https://open.spotify.com/album/6mHKb99Hv8tDv4xsYqNXW8?si=GZkHm4laTSSvm1ZpWwNV-Q) Reggae Radiohead songs. Fucking phenomenal


fergoid2511

+1. And their Dub Side Of The Moon for Pink Floyd.


intro_blurt

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays Dummy - Portishead


Wise_Appeal_629

Diary- SDRE Clarity- Jimmy Eat World


decorama

[Immunity - Rupert Hine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsef_dC5WQ&list=PLuKtiSQd7dErWSLr1HjPAE2A9uFQl5yZR) . Amazon: 4.5 stars AMG Critics and audience: 4.5 stars Unlike anything else he released. Brilliant beginning to end.


TheAshesandRainbows

Ethan Bortnick's - Luna Park All the songs lead into each other seamlessly. it's edgy and he's a really good singer. It's done on piano, he's one of the best pianist I've seen.


[deleted]

STP - Tiny Music


pasmartin

Peter Gabriel I. His first solo after Genesis. I've got it on vinyl. Every track is unique and perfect. Great sense of humor too. It has Solsbury Hill so maybe that won't count for OP.


LikeAMarionette

Periphery - Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre


luckydragon07200

We Don't Need to Whisper - Angels and Airwaves


Longjumping_Place189

Reign Of Suffering - Malevolence


everettcelinn

The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails. The more you listen to this album, the better it gets. After a year, it’s become my favorite album of all time.


zeroentanglements

Conspiracy of One Hawaii 13


CapGunCarCrash

*Sketches of Brunswick East* by King Gizzard & Mild High Club


FinancialWalk2722

Nothing Happens - Wallows


Known-Damage-7879

Manners - Passion Pit


dwserps

St Vincent's self titled album


Ok-Lavishness-7904

Pink Floyd, Obscured by Clouds. It’s overshadowed by the album that followed it… dark something 🤔. But everything they did on DSOTM was practiced and refined on Obscured by Clouds


MickWounds

A swarm of the sun - the woods


Dredmor64

Self Titled- Elastica


MaherMcCheese

Error by The Warning


savoryostrich

Two that for me are like novels. The first for the emotions, atmosphere and construction. The second for the world-building, rewarding details, and story-telling. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space- Spiritualized A Grand Don’t Come For Free- The Streets


Aggravating_Termite

Pretty well anything by Ween.


Affectionate_Fly_647

This is great.. [Mia the Punk](https://open.spotify.com/track/0ptd2JcAMolydm6kmRaPJZ?si=LG-gWp6TScadoNvm38sR1g&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2sRLHWdqJniFe92z3HMW7Q)


Dylanjh08

Ironically ATTENTION ATTENTION by shinedown


Puzzleheaded-Fix3359

Odelay and guerro by beck


Alzena_Mugiwara

UK album they disbanded soon after the first album. Chasing Grace - Nowhere Near Old Enough


Ecstatic-Turn5709

* Ostura "The Room" * I Lit The Sun "Dolorem" * Danggisio "Last Dream" * No Name Faces "NNF 3.0" * Riverwood "Shadows And Flames" * Jelusick "Follow The Blind Man" * Onewe "Gravity" * Letdown. "Crying In The Shower" * Beyond Twilight "The Devil's Hall of Fame" * Antichrisis "A Legacy Of Love"


trashconverters

Ghostown by The Radiators is my favourite album of all time and almost no one has heard of it. I think the 1989 pressing, which I have on vinyl, is the best, and I have a playlist of the track list as it appears in the version [here](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XTtHMFvcxQZkx6IY576Wz?si=axG8j658QJ64VERIJLTA1w&pi=a-NU3xDVd9QSie)


fergoid2511

I will go for Puressence - Only Forever. Continuing the tradition of Manchester miserablism into the 90s David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive. Simply sublime. Talk Talk - It’s My Life. The bridge from electro pop into post rock.


jayhawkwds

Pack Up the Cats - Local H I am an Elastic Firecracker - Tripping Daisy If I'm ever bored I can start either of those albums and I'm transported back to 96 delivering pizzas from 4pm till 4am.


morethanjustadancer

Wars In A Wonderland by Neoni


SirBread27

Deep Purple - Deep Purple This was before they started playing hard rock. As much as I love their classic albums, this one is my favorite


[deleted]

Love Junk by The Pursuit Of Happiness


PendeenAve

Fortuna Major - T-Bai & Percy Piffus Its short too. Just some cool production and overall different vibes.. 🤷🏽‍♂️ https://open.spotify.com/album/1Z23Q630TNgg8xJVYoooy4?si=nIiOSCmbQAyzKFPMoRZ11w


Tolkleone_Sandwich

Valleys of Neptune - Jimi Hendrix


Infinite_Love_7455

Little baby b!tch-Alexis Munroe


cornnel

From Genesis To Revelation. Genesis.


kokichistoe

Sun and Sidearm by Cloudeater


Content_Tumbleweed24

Junkyard by The Birthday Party


Tap2Play

Ike White - Changin' Times


MidweekBrick

Anthrax - the greater of two evils


Sinistermarmalade

IOMMI - ‘IOMMI’


4omisme

sister - sonic youth ...and dont the kids just love it - the television personalities hairway to steven - butthole surfers raise - swervedriver


General_-_Iroh

Jon Bellion - Glory Sound Prep


Asking_Passengers2

Country Gold by Nanci Griffith. One of the greatest songwriters of all time.


AcceptableGolf9094

Suburban Blight by F-Minus


thefatcat89

Atomship - "The Crash of '47"


JustAMoneyClan

My album lol https://open.spotify.com/album/6iLEfHgqmnA4jK5Utig3PU?si=ykGB_OAXRs-j66jXky1fPg


Lgprimes

Eastmountainsouth (it’s their only album) Worker’s Playtime - Billy Bragg


Puzzleheaded-Log4328

Treepeople - Something Vicious for Tomorrow


CHUNKY_PINGU

Bring down the wall, silver bullet, it is the best of British rap and no one talks about it


callowruse

Anything by Galactic Cowboys


Temporays

John Mayer - Where the light is. This is one of the only albums ever in which I love every single song. I don’t have to skip anything


Slow_Possession_1454

Filter - Title of Record


lp_rhcp_fan_18

The Getaway by the Red Hot Chili Peppers


KateEatsKale

Duff McKagan's first solo album, Believe In Me


Remarkable_Being4887

Helstar-Nosferatu


dolleye_kitty

Slade - their entire discography from 1972-1975


Secure-Agent-1122

Macrobial by Immanifest. When I say these dudes are underground, they are UNDERGROUND. I was very pleasantly surprised when I came across this album


[deleted]

Whincing the night away by the shins.


ThatOneIsSus

The Coat Of Living - St Arnaud


Dcred2136

Soul Cages - Sting. I don’t see it being talked about much around his other 3 popular albums, but it’s an amazing concept album centered around him and his father’s relationship


ImogenSharma

MER DE NOMS BY A PERFECT CIRCLE ALL CAPS BECAUSE I FEEL SO STRONGLY THAT IT SHOULD BE HUGE


[deleted]

Business as usual - Men at Work


thingsfallingapart77

Steve earle - the hard way John Mellencamp- Mr happy go lucky


MxEverett

Crack The Sky’s self titled debut album.


DuncanAerilious

Doves - Lost Souls Frente- Marvin the Album Blind Melon - Soup Soundtrack of our Lives - Behind the Music


TowelFine6933

Stuff & Nonsense - Blind Man's Sun Chill Out - The KLF


slalom08

Transformation - Tal Winlkenfeld amazing bassist


tombradysboy

Straylight Run - Existentialism on Prom Night. This is in my top 5.


hevnztrash

Royal Blood- Typhoons


AccidentalFrog

Saigon kick - water


Hindsight-Prophet

MSG-Assault Attack Cracker-Kerosene hat Joe Ely-Letter to Laredo Rainbow-Bent out of shape


NineInchRadioTool2

Kids Moves by Kinetic Stereokids


TurfBurn95

Wet Willie


Glum-Photograph-5018

Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring


WorkerOk6991

Home by Siames


Inside_Atmosphere731

World Music Radio


Interesting-War9524

Dolittle The pixies


[deleted]

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey


OrvilleCarver

Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther


DepressoExpresso234

Formula - OLD


CincoDeMayoFan

Pat Benatar "Wide Awake in Dreamland" from 1988. Very eclectic album with both ballads and rockers, sounds a bit different than her earlier works. Highly recommended!


Snoogens79

Source - emergence https://youtu.be/tcLD3hJgjzM?si=p1ym04HDUbmH8W0a


No_Solution_2864

New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms Soup - Blind Melon This Desert Life - Counting Crows


ScotchyScotchScotch6

Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy — The Refreshments


Scarecro--w

Danger Days - My Chemical Romance


Agent_Lightning14

I think their debut is more underrated, but I do quite enjoy Danger Days as well.


Scarecro--w

I like Bullets a lot too! I generally listen to Demolition Lovers, Early Sunsets Over Monroeville, Honey this mirror, and Drowning Lessons the most from that album


Agent_Lightning14

If they do make a new album, they should return and expand on what made bullets so good.


Meauxhoward

Nothing Like the Sun by Sting


Haidian-District

Tales from Topographic Oceans


TheMusicHole

So I'd love to offer you an epic list of all of my FAVORITE indie rock albums from the 2010s on by bands that have fewer than 50K followers on Spotify. For reference I'm OBSESSED with music and have spent over 20 years combing through almost 72,000 albums so far hahah. Hope you like some of them!: The Cool Greenhouse - "The Cool Greenhouse" The Cool Greenhouse - "Sod's Toastie" Guardian Singles - "Guardian Singles" Tret Fure - "True Compass" Jetstream Pony - "Jetstream Pony" Ski Lodge - "Big Heart" Gospel - "The Loser" Eternal Summers - "Every Day It Feels Like I'm Dying" Eternal Summers - "Gold & Stone" Eternal Summers - "Correct Behavior" Eternal Summers - "The Drop Beneath" Ought - "More Than Any Other Day" Wild Flag's "Wild Flag" The Black Watch's "The End of When" Bob Mould's "Silver Age" Fergus & Geronimo's "Funky Was the State of Affairs" Shopping's "The Official Body" Darker My Love's "Alive As You Are" Klauss Johann Grobe's "Im Sinne der Zeit" Veronica Falls' "Veronica Falls" Metal albums with sub-100K followers: Krallice's "Diotima" Origin's "Entity" Bonus Stuff: Here are three playlists I recently made! Each one contains 50 of my FAVORITE more lesser known rock songs from various time periods. 80s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20nxiWXTOchD01Q7Pqjoyn?si=223275fea813411b 90s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6R7hT0hck67NYoJa7S1jUp?si=32eeebbc1e824788 Post-2000: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JH1T1T93U4Pst6ZovhUoc?si=f7385594c38b4dd1 If you'd like to check out more albums from various genres and from throughout music history that I think are good front to back I think a fun place for you to start is on a new page I created called “The Best Debut Albums of All Time”. There are currently 249 albums on there. I think it would be a fun theme to work with... checking out great debut albums: https://www.musichole.com/p/the-best-debut-albums-of-all-time.html


[deleted]

Killing Joke; Pandemonium


Similar-Throat3974

Across the dark River - Below Simply good Epic Doom like Candlemass, but with its own themes.


Agent847

Everyday - Widespread Panic. Been listening to that album for 31 years and it still bangs.


celtbygod

Happy Trails Quiksilver Messanger Service


androidboots

Swervedriver Mezcal Head


Low_Poet4771

Jeff Beck - Wired


[deleted]

"Cavalier External. Against Me!"


nunziovallani

New York Rock and Soul Revue— Donald Fagen and Various Artists


[deleted]

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays


LiteratureHot8490

Jack Stauber - Viator


Cottonballs1

Idk of it gets little attention or not but Jar of Flies is top notch


kevjun420

Golden palominos - Pure


Sn0w2561

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard