RANT- Overlooked Albums by Bands You Love

Join the Hudson Valley Squares, Pete Pardo, Steve Keeler, Chris Alo, Nick Franco, and Ryan Skow as they discuss overlooked albums by some of their favorite bands.
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[@craigkracht2116]

“Another Perfect Day” rules. Great choice.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

Yes - luv that album.

[@jake6887]

Journey :Arrival, Revelation, Eclipse UFO : Walk on water

[@BMF313]

"I couldn't even make Grilled Cheese at 14" - Chris Alo hahaha

[@jamesbeach6750]

Yeah that cracked me up too! Chris always funny on these.

[@aimeeou812]

Man Chris is funny

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

Some albums for me that I overlooked for a long time that I have gotten into big time these past few years are. Black Sabbath - The Headless Cross Accept- Russian Roulette Van Halen- Van Halen 2 Viper- Theatre Of Fate Viper- Soldiers Of Sunrise Shaman- Ritual Angra- Angels Cry Iron Maiden- A Matter Of Life And Death Exodus- Bonded By Blood Kiss- Unmasked Dio- Strange Highways Judas Priest- Point Of Entry Rainbow- Down To Earth Alcatrazz- Disturbing The Peace Scorpions- Tokyo Tapes W.A.S.P.- The Headless Children Sanctuary- The Year The Sun Died Frehley's Comet- self titled debut album

[@Apeironus55]

John Katsoudas Russian roulette was my first thought. Killer riffs

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

@@Apeironus55 absolutely!! Songs like Another Second To Be, Monsterman, TV Wars, and Aiming High have phenomenal guitar riffs. It has become one of my favorite Accept albums these past few years. I even love the first album by U.D.O. Animal House big time that was supposed to have been the next Accept album after Russian Roulette before the band fired Udo Dirkschneider. They gave him all the songs that ended up on his album , and they started from scratch and ended up with Eat The Heat album which does have some great songs.

[@iainholmes2735]

For me it has to be Iron Maiden"s Somewhere in Time. It almost never features in the top 5 of fans' favourites. But I maintain it's their absolute zenith. Still sounds reflective, futuristic, and explores the old carpe diem theme. Cover art is stunning too.

[@Ihatecensorship1]

Absolutely agreed. I actually fell in love with Maiden via Powerslave and Somewhere in TIme, and I used to stare at the incomparable SiT album cover and try and find new hidden stuff in it for hours.

[@iainholmes2735]

@@Ihatecensorship1 Agreed. Lots of interesting things on the cover. It's probably somewhat inspired by Blade Runner. Yet, in a strange way we are now living in that envisioned future: smartphones, artificial intelligence, drones and surveillance.

[@oldskool4572]

Somewhere In Time is the album that introduced me to Maiden. Never looked back.

[@ebee3522]

It’s my favorite maiden album and I started with Killers.

[@ebee3522]

@@iainholmes2735 and the evil Chinese government and our crooked alphabet channel news media CNN, MSNBC etc etc.

[@ffsf739]

Here's a suggestion for a cool rant: albums everybody hates, but I happen to love!

[@Maximillian200HP]

I like it.

[@TheIndependentLens]

Is this your plug for "The Spaghetti Incident?" again?

[@ffsf739]

@@TheIndependentLens Argh, hell no!

[@Hotdawgfilms]

That's a good one. I have a few that I wouldn't say *everybody* hates, but certainly the type of crowd lurking here would hate.

[@gwts1171]

"Calling All Stations" by Genesis. I don't LOVE it, but I like it more than 95% of the population do. If it hadn't been called Genesis, it would have done better, I think.

[@trencher7]

Another Perfect Day is one of my favorite Motorhead albums. Also has my favorite cover.

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

I have many Motorhead albums and have seen them several times, but I've yet to ever hear that particular album. I'll have to get it sometime as I know it's got a good reputation.

[@necroscope5064]

Another Perfect Day was the first Motorhead album I bought, and is my favourite album of theirs.

[@thomasbeck2934]

Led Zeppelin “In Through The Out Door”. I was a radio DJ at the time (when you had to put albums on turntables). Bombarded by music and it was just another Zeppelin album. Jethro Tull “Heavy Horses”. Allman Brothers “Enlightened Rogues”.

[@rocioiribe5841]

i only recently discovered this channel and specifically this Rant series. I've binged watched all of them. this group is great and love the discussions.

[@guillaumechabason9606]

Point of entry is my favourite Judas Priest album since 1981

[@kevinretro5725]

Great stuff, love the concept of this talk, please do another episode. Thanks

[@Morbidous]

Hell Awaits...overshadowed by Reign in Blood for years to me, now is probably the Slayer album I listen to the most.

[@powrnap]

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds, Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy, ZZ Top’s First Album

[@camwelch9948]

Couldn’t agree more, especially with the ZZ Top pick

[@79lerxst]

Obscured is 1 of my fave albums by Floyd..More is awesome as well!! It's high time,Cymbaline 🍻✌️🍻✌️

[@powrnap]

@@79lerxst Easily their most underrated album, with half a dozen songs that casual Floyd fans would love if they ever heard them.

[@powrnap]

@@camwelch9948 They have a (beardless) innocence on that album that makes it charming and scorching at the same time.

[@madjock-hy7th]

Fabulous episode. Having to check out some of those albums again. Great work!

[@thedude3423]

The Who: "Who by Numbers"... Thanks Pete for all you do! 👍😊

[@purplepeavey7874]

I have been listening to the who by numbers lately. Good album

[@joshphillips7504]

These Hudson Valley Squares videos are my new favorite thing. Keep it up please!

[@billwrenn7122]

Uriah Heep - High & Mighty Rainbow - Down to Earth Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

[@RipCityJB]

Not really by a "band", but certainly artists that I love. "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshoppers Feast" by Roger Glover & Friends. So, so great and overlooked.

[@digitalskull524]

Love Dio’s work on that soundtrack.

[@beachbum6460]

My first Genesis album was 'Duke'. I grew up with everything after that, but never had a desire to hear the early years. Just a few years ago I listened to the Peter Gabriel era Genesis albums and loved them. More so than the 80s. I two years ago went to see the vintage Genesis tribute show 'The Musical Box'. It was great! I also never liked YES until a few years ago. I a few years ago went to see the ARW (Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman) concert and loved it.

[@kevinturchin]

ZZ Top- Deguello. Some of Billy Gibbons tastiest licks.

[@russellgentile4719]

Deguello is a great album!

[@mmk7340]

Agreed, Fool for your stockings is a personal favorite.

[@kevinturchin]

I didn’t find that one until much later in life.

[@mikemars2112]

Agreed about Slayer - Divine Intervention. It's overshadowed by Seasons, I think, but is more like a louder, faster, angrier younger brother. Also agree with Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors and Heaven Forbid, but I would also include Revolution by Night and everything after. Again, also agree about Judas Priest - Point of Entry. It's one of my favourites from the band, with a great, dynamic sound. King Crimson - Islands. The sophisticated, classical-minded incarnation of the band following the acid-laden Lizard. Steven Wilson's mix really opened this album up to me. Pilot - Two's a Crowd. Just David Paton and Ian Bairnson now, with hired guns filling the other roles. It's a much softer album, which says a lot since it's a poppy-sounding band in general. Still, there are some fantastic, classic Pilot songs, like Evil Eye, Get Up and Go, The Other Side, Library Door, and Big Screen Kill.

[@liquidvizionsmadferit]

Saigon Kick - Water Slowdive - Souvlaki Ride - Going Blank Again White Lion - Mane Attraction Anything Box - Peace Chapterhouse - Whirlpool Anthrax - Stomp 442 Meliah Rage - Solitary Solitude Def Leppard - Slang Motorhead - Overnight Sensation M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us A lot of Love/Hate albums. A lot of LA Guns albums. A lot of Local H albums. A lot of WASP albums. But I list these as more that others didn't check them out because I loved them.

[@mikeimpressionsreviews9831]

Extreme-III Sides overlooked by a lot of people

[@agr7879]

UFO’s ‘Making Contact’ (1983). Never gets much attention, but a cracking album with some great tracks on there

[@iliummetalaustralia]

completely agree about Ram It Down - it was my introduction to Judas Priest and I loved it straight away. That album made me go back and buy all their albums from Unleashed In The East onward.

[@xaspirate8060]

Good job guys. It's great to go back and give something a spin years later and get somethingout of it - you grabbed some good ones.

[@rendumen]

This was an awesome episode Pete!! All your 3 picks is favorites of mine 😁

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you guys for your RANT- Overlooked Albums by Bands you Love.🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@rocky-o]

always love listening to you guys..i'm even older than steve and i still have my eight tracks...but i also notice all the bands you guys mention...scorpions, rush, purple, motorhead, etc...i started with all these bands from their very first albums, so it's interesting to hear someone got introduced to them on blackout or presto or agents of fortune or something else like that....it brings me back to bleecker bob's in new york and other import stores like that....i remember getting lonesome crow and in trance and fly me to the rainbow and just burning up my record player.... same thing with the first three blue oyster cult albums...tyranny and mutation is still the best...and when the first motorhead came out, it was like when the first sabbath album came out, which i also bought when it first came out...the privilige of being old...thank you again for doing these...brings back memories...peace always guys...rocky

[@seamustaylor2823]

Two of my favorite overlooked albums are “Other Voices” and “Full Circle” by The Doors it wasn’t the same without Jim, yes, but I still enjoy those two albums Great show!

[@TheIndependentLens]

You don’t really have The Doors without Jim.

[@christianman73]

As a longtime Doors fan, I wasn't really expecting to like those albums. Actually, that's an understatement. For decades, I didn't *even listen* to them, and I'll be the first to say, now, that I was wrong! Those two albums without Jim have some very, very good songs, and the musicianship is great, which makes sense, because The Doors were a great band!

[@tonyziporlin4240]

Host by Paradise Lost. They did that Depeche Mode style really well

[@Stonky77]

Available Light from Presto is one of the most underrated Rush songs.

[@ZMsoloman5000]

Pink Floyd - Animals start playing it on the radio, we’ve all heard dark side, wish you were here, and the wall a billion times

[@aidannorris1254]

Sheep was on the radio (in the UK) on Sunday night this week. I had forgotten how great it was and I was inspired to listen to the album again. Totally agree it gets overlooked due to its two predecessors and one successor.

[@SpiritualAtheist]

Absolutely. 👍

[@Geerladenlad]

I love the fact that Johnny Fever was playing Dogs when Mr Carlson came in the booth on WKRP in Cincinnati.

[@christianman73]

"Come Taste The Band" is one of my *favorite* Deep Purple albums, but then again, I love '70s funk and R & B! Glenn Hughes definitely brought that sound and vibe to DP. My *top* album by the band is still "In Rock" though! My big "overlooked" album is "Symbol of Salvation," by Armored Saint. I didn't really give it a serious listen in the '90s, and that was my loss. 30 years later, it's one of the greatest albums I've ever heard! A true metal classic!

[@mohammed.alfarsi.454]

My list 1 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse 2 - Pantera - Power Metal 3 - Judas Priest - Turbo 5 - Metallica - Death Magnetic 6 - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross This is a fun topic can't wait for part 2 🤘🏻

[@MetalJesusRocks]

My Arms, Your Hearse is EXCELLENT! Love that Opeth album 🤘

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Best show on TV! Thanks, guys for another great episode. And as with many of you, my album and cassette tape budget was limited and there were so many albums coming out in my early teen years (started 1969 at 13) that I could only buy so many when making $1.00 an hour. My overlooked from those years include Killer by Alice Cooper (which I later came to love) and many early Fleetwood Mac (my first was Mystery To Me and it was years before I explored any of threat catalogue before that album). Already looking forward to the next show by the Hudson Valley Squares. Thanks for several laughs and everything else.

[@independenceltd.]

1. Dead Again - Type O Negative 2. Still Climbing - Cinderella 3. Born Again - Black Sabbath 4. By Your Side - The Black Crowes 5. The entire Free discography

[@gregsandifer1600]

Still Climbing, good album

[@csabacsernak7445]

Still Climbing is my favorite album from Cinderella. Blood from stone/Still climbing the best duo of all time for me. Great choice!

[@kyle.sterritt]

Still Climbing and born again are great ones

[@aeromurph]

My first Crowes album. Not my favorite, but really good and fun.

[@filthyswit]

Nothing Type O is ever overlooked for me. But yeah. This album doesn't get the love it deserves.

[@GarethAlan81]

I never really bothered with Low by Testament but I listened to it the other week and I was like WOAH!

[@paulburrows7908]

Yeah it's killer! And dedicated to the late great Criss Oliva.

[@russellalbertson5636]

One of my favorites from them

[@billvrabel1502]

Low is a killer album!

[@titan90000]

Low was my introduction to Testament. Still one of my favourite from them.

[@ssmith87]

Good episode and topic. Wow Slayer’s Divine Intervention was one of the first albums that came to mind. I love that album! I think the band has only included 1 or 2 songs on a regular basis in their set lists. What a shame I never got to hear live; Killing Fields, Self titled Track, 213, SS-3, Fictional Reality...so good!

[@LDLawer]

Enjoy these every week! Keep it up SOT!

[@LDLawer]

Also The Who - The Who By Numbers

[@therockrowepodcast7019]

Hello everyone. Excited about this episode 🤘🤘🤘 KISS "Unmasked"

[@zoef234]

I love Unmasked

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Yep! I completely ignored Unmasked as a kid…but now I think it’s full of really well crafted and catchy KISS tunes!

[@robertsaul234]

Come Taste The Band, absolutely.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

Led Zeppelin - Presence .. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans .. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering .. The Allman Brothers Band - Win, Lose or Draw .. Neil Young - On the Beach .. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - American Dream .. Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now .. Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival .. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son .. Squeeze - Sweets from a Stranger .. Great topic, guys!

[@johnhadley4760]

Lou Reed - Ecstasy, Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel and Brutal Youth, and David Bowie - Lodger and The Next Day. Love all these albums now though.

[@sspbrazil]

Lodger is on of my favorite Bowie albums.

[@thewal1ofsleep]

Definitely keep these roundtables going with all five of you guys!

[@thomaspallante9166]

Another Perfect Day was my first Motorhead album. Awesome!! Great show guys

[@garyjoyce2160]

Run with the pack song is an absolute favorite of mine. BAD co. Tremendous

[@michaelwright664]

Never get’s enough respect ✊🏻 Honey Child and Sweet Lil’ Sister rocks plus Fade Away is a great moody trippy ballad

[@Justin_Kipper]

_Mirrors_ by BOC. Not what I wanted at the time, but looking back, it was pretty good.

[@travisperrotta5264]

The Vigil is their Stairway To Heaven

[@NP-ip3nj]

I love that album.

[@Justin_Kipper]

I literally went 30 years without giving it a re-listen. My bad.

[@guerillabedlam1]

BÖC's prime is before my time but I grew up on them. I liked Mirrors when I was younger but it's had the opposite effect on me when I've tried to listen to it more recently. The Vigil is still one of my favorite songs by them, but some of those earworms on there just don't do it for me these days. Hopefully I'll warm up to it again at some point.

[@russellgentile4719]

It's funny too, in my opinion The Vigil is their strongest progiest song on that album but Pete never mentions it. I figured he'd love that song!

[@micustic]

Thank you for another unique episode. 5 amazing music lovers. I bet you guys would make a seriously good band, x, M

[@cheezesteak]

Hahah, funny! I would have to be the drummer or the bassist then. The chubby guy is always part of the rhythm section!

[@jimilove7773]

Kiss -- Dynasty, Unmasked, The Elder. Not overlooked by me but many.

[@joakimkarlsson8995]

Totally agree, great albums. Different but great.

[@terryjohnson5275]

Bands I missed in my youth - Barclay James Harvest, Jethro Tull, Horslips and City Boy. Of those the albums I have recently gone back to more often are Time Honoured Ghosts (BJH) and Tull's Stand Up. When I started buying Purple I had to choose between Burn or Come Taste the Band - the cover lead me to Burn and I didnt get Come Taste until a lot later and even then didnt play it much, but on getting the CD remaster play it quite a lot now. I also now find I quite like to listen to Genesis' Trick of the Tail above the others. Like Ryan said as you grow up you only had enough money to buy one of ten or twenty albums and as he and Steve said you then get to a point where you just lose track or get into something else so you stop buying. Two bands that I wished I'd bought when they first came out but left it until I was in my 30's but are now in my top ten favourites are Barclay James Harvest and Jethro Tull - had never got any of either of theirs apart from the odd song recorded off the radio until 1992 when I first bought BJH Live and then Tull's Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses (though I had recorded Tull live at MSG from 78 and played it to death, and yes I have bought the DVD/CD that came out a few years ago). I have since bought all of theirs as well as the upgraded remasters. And recently - about 15 years ago, I first heard Horslips and City Boy - same thing , now have them all and regularly listen.

[@LuisGarcia-ee2tr]

This was an awesome show. Very interesting. Come and taste the band is a great choice. Many people do not know this excellent Purple album well, maybe because Blackmore is not part of the lineup I agree too with Going for the one

[@michaelwright664]

Great Album, when Tommy was “on” he was great just on fire, a great replacement but sadly wasn’t around long enough ( clean wise ) if only Glenn & Bolin weren’t so deep into their habits I think they were bad for each other ( at that time, tour wise) imagine how many great Albums if they had kept their heads, Come Taste The Band sounds very much like a best of early Whitesnake Album but with a touch of funk from Glenn and a little California feel from Tommy. 🤘🏻

[@travisperrotta5264]

Led Zeppelin: In Through The Out Door W.A.S.P. The Headless Children Deep Purple: The House Of Blue Light Blue Öyster Cult: Mirrors Black Sabbath: Cross Purposes

[@pelegbennon5271]

In through the out door is really underrated

[@ezioauditore7427]

The Headless Children is great

[@hoosierhandgunner6232]

I absolutely love Cross Purposes, so underrated

[@kyle.sterritt]

Headless children is great

[@blackfender100]

Yes Travis ! Mirrors all the way. great album

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

Aerosmith = Night in the Ruts...Maybe there most " Rockin " Album

[@mag2469]

oh ya that was one i never owned but not that long ago i listened to it on you tube and ya that is a very rocking album.I think i probably didnt give it much attention because joe only plays on half of it.Come taste the band by deep purple is another.I didnt bother with it beacause no blackmore, but man does tommy bolin rip on that album.

[@b.rogers6996]

Absolutely! NITR is one of their very best.

[@lancerx1759]

Its No Surprise others Feel the same about NITR / RITN its my personal favorite when it comes to Aerosmith in fact its the Last Great Record they Made IMO

[@muldoon67]

Great call by Nick on ULVER - Never heard of them but a quick soundcheck on KZbin and I am hooked.

[@GrahamS67]

Totally agree about come taste the band. I remember buying it really just to keep my collection going and probably listening to it once and of course on one listen all you can think about is that there's no Ritchie. But years later I guess you grow up and realise it's a great lp. I think appreciating that album helped me really accept Steve Morse later.

[@ArcangelofRock]

Much respect for Alo's pick - Motorhead's: Another Perfect Day....🖤 Robo's playing. Ryan landed on a GREAT album - BOC's :Heaven Forbid....probably their heaviest album! Pete - Good choice in PRIEST'S:Point Of Entry....lighter in tone than previous albums,but mostly solid. Great Hudson Valley Squares show guys!!!🤘

[@reclaimerReclaimer]

Any album that features gems like Heading Out To The Highway, Solar Angels, Desert Plains and Turning Circles is a killer album by any definition.

[@markellis7847]

Good point on "Divine." Lost in the "Seasons" undertow. Bought it, listened a few times, the cassette is in the basement, maybe I dig it out.

[@SomeSong2]

Jeff Buckley: Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk Grace gets all the credit in the world. This gets a mere fraction of the attention. It boggles my mind to this day, as I think some of the tracks on here are among the best alternative and rock and roll ever laid to tape. Rick Beato has made an episode about the song Vancouver from this posthumous double album.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

I just recently started getting into Tim Buckleys work...Very Interesting...Jeff's work is Next..

[@williamgainford9332]

I didnt even know he had a 2nd album till recently !!!! - ive had grace for years - ill have to get it

[@marvinbattlejr.9365]

I like the sketches track, “Sky is a landfill” more than any track on grace.

[@williamgainford9332]

@@marvinbattlejr.9365 im goin to have a listen listen - ive never heard it - thanx for the mention

[@steveverboom]

For me, it was Saxon. Not just one album, but all of them from the 90's and early 2000's. Just lost track of them, then heard their last few albums and was blown away. Turns out all those albums are great and now I'm going back and getting them all.

[@reclaimerReclaimer]

Same here, by the late '80s they'd lost me...

[@carlsteinhagen9128]

Great show as always guys! Divine Intervention is killer!

[@robmlisanti]

BTW 1981 was my first year seeing Priest, I saw Iron Maiden open for them at Asbury Park Convention Hall. I still have tha playbill

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

Motorhead = Inferno AC/DC = 74 Jailbreak Fleetwood Mac = Tusk Paul Mcartney = Run Devil Run Led Zeppelin = Presence ZZ - Top = Tejas Grateful Dead = In the Dark Pink Floyd = Music from the Film "More" The Doors = The Soft Parade

[@steveseim]

*Tusk* is a great album. The terrible cover probably didn't help it.

[@everycloud7144]

I'm not big into this genre of music but I love listening to people that are passionate about music, a good listen.

[@gavinsmith9016]

Great idea. Realy enjoyed this. Kudos Steve.

[@pvdguitars2951]

Really awesome picks by all of you guys. Come taste the band my favourite go to DP album. Not a single weak moment! Saw Priest on the Point of entry tour, with Leppard and Maiden as opening acts. Just brilliant!

[@lahloonatic]

If all we had was Alo at 12:32 watching this show is 100% worthwhile. You guys have made me LOVE Mondays!

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

He throws in a zinger or two EVERY episode doesn't he!

[@lahloonatic]

@@seaoftranquilityprog now I am gonna go watch the monsters den show. I don’t even like monsters but I am curious. Cheers!

[@garyjoyce2160]

A five pack @ 945 pm. East coast time. 👍💯- awesome guys. All 5 !!!

[@peterm.fitzpatrick7735]

One that comes to my mind is Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play", which followed immediately after 1972"s "Thick as a Brick" in 1973. I could not accept that sudden change in sound at the time, but many years later, I find it quite listenable and even inspired in places. It may have been indicative of a more commercial sound which I think Tull was heading towards in the next few albums after, though not completely "pop" by any means. The next Tull that I really liked was "Songs From the Wood" where a perfect balance of Ian Anderson's lyrics, concepts, and playing morph well with his band's musicianship to produce an acceptable alternative "pop-rock" album that though melodic, was original enough to elevate it above the prosaic run of melodic rock bands.

[@reclaimerReclaimer]

I still can't get into those two Tull albums, guess they'll remain 'overlooked' by me...

[@jpaleologos1]

Testament - Low Overkill - I Hear Black & W.F.O. Black Sabbath - all the albums with Tony Martin except "Forbidden" Motley Crue - self-titled 1994 album AC/DC - Flick of the Switch

[@davidjackson5818]

Motley crue 94 is a great album.

[@SuperTugz]

Headless Cross is a top 5 Sabbath album and I will argue that to the grave!

[@simonjones8111]

I bought Pictures at an Exhibition when it was released on the HELP label. Key thing was that it sold for £1.49 when normal albums went for £2.49 minimum. It was ELP’s Christmas present to their fans.

[@liametheridge9148]

Love this new topic. One album that instantly springs to mind for me is The X Factor. Always had the mindset of "it's Blaze so it's no good", but then I supported him earlier this year, and he did a set entirely made up of X Factor and Virtual XI songs. Went back and realised that the album is actually pretty damn good (at least to me anyway, and just try and forget how bad a fit Blaze was for the band 🤣) Much darker obviously but it took me on a pretty cool journey when I listened. Got another idea aswell: Overlooked bands you wish you listened to earlier 🤘

[@qualityinnsuites3198]

Hi, Pete, this is my first time commenting because a coworker forgot to sign-out before they left. I don't think they'll mind. I started watching your show early this year and have you to thank for turning me on to the first 3 Journey albums and getting me deeper in UFO and Rainbow. I think it's really cool you covered Nektar, Camel and Focus. My hope is that you will rank the albums of the Fixx soon. They are one of my favorite bands. My impression is you don't care about lyrics very much since you prefer heavy metal to grunge, McCartney to Lennon and Division Bell to The Final Cut etc. That is hard for me to understand but I accept it. I have a harder time accepting how low you rank Jimmy Page on your list of favorite guitarists despite loving Zeppelin! And Angus Young didn't even make an honorable mention on a list of over a hundred! Oh well. Glad you finally listened to Blackstar. I couldn't believe it when you ranked Bowie's albums without hearing Reality, The Next Day or Blackstar. By the way I love seeing Martin Popoff on your show. I've ready many of his books. Can I look forward to seeing your Fixx episode soon?

[@Jlipnicki]

In the UK ' Pictures at an Exhibition ' by ELP was a budget price LP. So was ' Earthbound ' by King Crimson, also live.

[@stevehughes6707]

Hey Pete, love the show and the monsters den is a great addition. Loved this episode....Presto is a killer album and Hold your fire is one of my fave rush albums....I know you are slowly starting to like it....hehe...the shirt that Ryan is wearing in this episode is actually my old band. Slaughter lord. I’ve also just released a solo album. So if you or Ryan are interested il get you a copy...cheers...

[@bahbaroni9955]

Always thought Back to the Egg by Wings was overlooked.

[@Justin_Kipper]

Good choice. I think I had McCartney burn-out at the time, but it's a really strong album that I overlooked too.

[@andyparton3755]

Meh to this day on this album. McCartney lost it when McColluch and Joe English left.

[@bahbaroni9955]

@@andyparton3755 if I could recommend you go back and listen to 4 songs, Old Siam Sir, Baby's Request, Getting Closer, and Arrow Through Me.

[@andyparton3755]

@@bahbaroni9955 Heard.

[@jimmycampbell78]

Yes! I remember posting this somewhere before but Back to the Egg is my favourite Wings/McCartney album.

[@mjnation7876]

Going For The One is one of my favorite Yes albums. Drama is another album I really like.

[@Troy.Ritter]

Hey Pete and co., this show has become one of my favorites on KZbin. I always love your selections. My selections would be; Megadeth - United Abominations, heavily overlooked by myself at the time and by a lot of fans still. Death - Spiritual Healing, everyone talks about the other records but this one is my favorite. Darkthrone - Panzerfaust, didn’t get around to this until after I heard the first four records but this has probably become my favorite (an unpopular opinion) but the vocals are INTENSE. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross; I didn’t pay much attention to this era of the band at all until a few years ago. It doesn’t really come close to Ozzy or Dio era stuff but it’s still VERY solid.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Thanks, we love doing this!

[@charleswood123]

Wow a Perdition City mention. That’s a great album. So atmospheric

[@lexpeters735]

Hey Pete, I agree whole heartedly with you about Come Taste The Band. At first I had a prejudice about no Blackmore but I stumbled across Teaser, Tommy Bolin's first solo album. After being duly impressed I went back Come Taste The Band which remains a favourite to this day.

[@knightvisioniixv]

Great topic. Four albums immediately come to mind: 1. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love (Surrounded by two behemoths, this one didn't stand a chance at the time. Bought all three JHE albums simultaneously.) 2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (I think this one should be obvious. My second fav Zeppelin album, now.) 3. Genesis - Nursery Cryme (Now possibly my fav Genesis album.) 4. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (I've already left comments about this in previous videos, as this happened very recently.) Each of these discs, after the first listen or two, sat around collecting dust for at least a few years (in the cases of Pink Floyd and Genesis, those sat for over a decade.) Cherish all of them, now.

[@metalmelodies6718]

I definitely agree with ur Zeppelin & Floyd picks, Awesome albums! Imo the most overlooked album of all time is the "X-Factor" by Iron Maiden, it's my 2nd favorite Maiden album after "Somewhere in Time"!

[@maxwellglover4880]

Axis is my fav and imo the best Hendrix record

[@thewal1ofsleep]

The Final Cut is the only one of those records I would call overlooked. Every fan of the other three artists that I know cites those records as classics.

[@knightvisioniixv]

@@thewal1ofsleep Listening to Pete's introduction in the video, I don't think the original intent was to highlight albums that were overlooked, consensus-wise--it was albums that you overlooked, personally, whether they were classics or not. That's the way I heard it. I suspect the title confused many people here, and some may not have watched the introduction before typing their comments.

[@thewal1ofsleep]

@@knightvisioniixv fair enough

[@taranguapo]

Love Steve! Chris wants to talk about ECW wrestling in the 90s 😂 Love you guys!! Chris saying he could barely make a grilled cheese at 14 and Schenker is killing it on guitar. Classic!

[@sjwill1956]

I recall an interview with Jon Lord who said that Taste was not really a Deep Purple LP, but it was a great Bolin/Hughes album .. Jon was such a classy guy

[@buddhabillybob]

Some fascinating picks on here!

[@garyjoyce2160]

Another perfect day. / tremendous pick.

[@andyparton3755]

Top 3 of mine: Utopia, Adventures In Utopia. 2nd, Tim Curry, Simplicity. 3rd, Days of the New, Green Tree Album.

[@katiedelafuente1583]

I really agree with Perdition City from Ulver. It probably has my favorite Ulver song with Nowhere/Catastrophe. A band that has played many different styles over the course of their career, and somehow manage to do each one very well.

[@greywanderer5935]

Love Prime Evil, its the album they should have after Possessed (or even At War...). Also Venom Inc live is bloody brilliant!

[@thespiritof6717]

Procol Harum - Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra I bought it because Tony Banks said it was an influence on Genesis. I've had it for over 20 years and have been playing regularly recently. Great album. Powerful performance.

[@kylekirchhevel9097]

LOVE the Presto background from Steve Keeler! The album that got me into Rush :)

[@lgbass]

I recently re discovered Come Taste The Band by Deep Purple. I owned it as a child but never listened to it much. It kicks A$$! I also recently sat back and listened to Desolation Angels by Bad Company. I forgot how much I enjoyed that when it came out. Another one I never gave much time growing up was Down To Earth by Rainbow.

[@SomeSong2]

Primus: Antipop (Been a Primus fan my whole life so for me to get into this years later was pretty bizarre...it fit right into what I was listening to at the time, funk influenced alternative metal...now it's one of my favorite albums in their whole catalog) Melvins: Bullhead (I highly enjoy this one more than some of their others that I used to be crazier about, once those riffs and drums come swirling in I'm hooked) Tom Waits: Mule Variations (I was a huge Tom Waits fan as a kid and for some reason I just did not get around to this one until later in my life. Everything on it is essential. Filipino Box Spring Hog is one of my favorite songs of all time, as well as Chocolate Jesus.)

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

I was thinking of Listing Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl..... Also Agree that it took me some time to get into Mule Variations.

[@ykmgeedee]

American Stars 'N Bars -Neil Young, Point of Entry -Judas Priest, Animals -Pink Floyd, Amnesiac -Radiohead, Grace Under Pressure as well as Vapor Trails -Rush. I don't listen to Grateful Dead studio albums but Anthem of the Sun and Blues for Allah (grilled cheese a staple in GD parking lots!)

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

Niel Youngs = Silver & Gold..Also overlooked.

[@mattshaw5179]

Great video, as always!! Here's my picks: Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise White Zombie - Soul Crusher Therapy? - infernal Love Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue Thunder - Behind Closed Doors.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Oooh! Good call with AIC Black Gives Way to Blue! So many fans don’t give any of the new music a chance because it doesn’t have Layne…but honestly, that album can stand with the other Alice In Chains classics. Full of great tunes!

[@nikolaosdimitriadis15]

Overnight Sensation is also a hugely overlooked, but amazing, Motorhead album!

[@79lerxst]

Rock Love..by Stevie Guitar Miller..omg it's a beautiful gem....I love the live jams that starts the album...but... Harbor Lights..so wonderful

[@brandonbelt5055]

The Deep Purple and Mötorhead selections are especially great because they feature great guitar players that are unique to those bands. The first six tracks on 'Point of Entry' are as great as anything in the Priest catalog. 'Divine Intervention' is a great SLAYER album and they would have been fine if they kept putting out albums of that quality. My personal selection for RUSH is 'Power Windows'. I think it's a continuation/end of the classic albums that started with them at '2112'. A couple of selections I've seen in the comments here that I'm on board with are ZZ Top 'Tejas' and Van Halen 'Diver Down'.

[@JohannesYtterstrom]

Nice to see Blue Öyster Cult mentioned twice! From what I understand the reason they haven't released much between 2001 and 2020 is the lack of commerical success from Heaven Forbid and The Curse of the Hidden Mirror which are pretty good records. They figured there is no use in wasting all energy, time and money to get very little back. By now the internet has exploded and their new album The Symbol Remains seems to be going rather well. Great to see! For those who are new to the band - Blue Öyster Cult is NOT like AC/DC. Their production values, songwriting and playing are somewhat different from album to album. If you search for a certain style of songs you might not find them right away but probably will if you keep searching. They maybe not as varied as say Frank Zappa but the band has quite good variation compared to most bands and artists. Fun with five people leading the show!

[@guywoznicki7847]

Loved this episode as we can all relate. Thanks to Martin Popoff’s books I discovered MANY albums by bands that I thought broke up decades before; occasionally some were real gems (Sea of Light, Walk on Water). Many times you hear an album that is so subpar that you stop caring altogether; Rush’s Power Windows sickened me so badly I didn’t even listen to another until Counterparts! No criticism here as all you guys made great choices!

[@russellgentile4719]

Pete, loved the show and theme. Great picks especially Rush Presto and Scorp's first. They were all good. BOC Mirrors was a great pick but your surprised me. I thought you'd pull out Club Ninja. It's a great overlooked album too. Heaven Forbid was a great choice too. That album has some excellent tracks though with See You in Black, Harvest Moon, Hammer Back, and Cold Gray Light of Dawn.

[@brucedickinson12]

Scorpions first is cool . V early m schenker