Albums you think are great but are critically panned

[Cat Burrito]

I enjoyed julesb's recent thread of the reverse so it got me to thinking, which albums dismissed as rotten are we all rating?

I'll get the ball rolling with the 1986 Rolling Stones album "Dirty Work". Universally slated but from the Jimmy Page intro onwards I just hear the soundtrack to part of my youth....

Over to you.

[Sonic_Groove]

The Jam -- This is The Modern World

[eddiehoffmann]

One Hot Minute - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[vantagepointrocks]

[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][b]Iron Maiden Virtual XI[/b] – their second album with Blaze on vocals, universally trashed and a poor seller, but there is only one song on it I dislike (Futureal).[/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][b]Status Quo - Ain't Complaining[/b] – the Quo go all out AOR with a set of melodic tunes bathed in keyboards. A million miles away from their 70s hard rock output, yet they are accused of always sounding the same on record.[/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][b]Whitesnake - Slip of the Tongue [/b] – lambasted for Steve Vai widdling all over it, whereas I love the guitar pyrotechnics over some really good hard rocking tunes.[/color][/size][/font]


[font="Calibri"][size="3"][color="#000000"]That is just three off the top of my head, I’m sure there are many more in my collection that belong in this category.[/color][/size][/font]

[ZilchWoolham]

I love Jethro Tull's Under Wraps, which the critics, most fans, and Dave Pegg hated. I'm not completely alone though. There are some fans who do like it, and I once read it's Martin Barre's favourite!

[Barking Spiders]

I've no shame in admitting I like and still have Limp Bizkit's first three albums and enjoy much derided debut albums from 80s synth poppers like Fashion, Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung and Re-Flex. I also prefer Metallica's Load and Reload to their thrash stuff and have lots of time for Stone Temple Pilots first three. From the UK 90s the only 'Britpop' album I like is Kula Shaker's debut.

[casapete]

Layla - Derek and the Dominos.
Often gets panned on here for some reason , but one of my favourite albums.

[julesb]

Bob Dylan - Street Legal. I don't know about panned but it never gets great reviews and is much better imo than some of his more popular ones.

[anzoid]

ELO - Balance of Power. Their last album from 1986 (as a trio, Kelly Groucutt not on bass, which does kind of show) but is usually thought of as... not their best, but I play it regularly and love it to bits. There, I admitted it... feel better now. And I will be interested to see if there is anyone else on Basschat (or indeed in the rest of the world) who rates this particular album.

[FinnDave]

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1484932951' post='3219872']
Layla - Derek and the Dominos.
Often gets panned on here for some reason , but one of my favourite albums.
[/quote]

Remember a friend bringing it round the day it came out, loved it then and still do.

[megallica]

Ac dc flick of the switch
Judas Priest ram it down
Metallica load reload
Wasp the Crimson idol
Dio dream evil
Black sabbath seventh star

[GreeneKing]

Eric Clapton - Rarities Edition

[scalpy]

I don't think many of the Black Crowes albums were that well received but I adored Amorica and Three Snakes and One Charm.

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1484932951' post='3219872']
Layla - Derek and the Dominos.
Often gets panned on here for some reason , but one of my favourite albums.
[/quote]

Only by me I think (and not really that often)!!

[Hobbayne]

Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask. Released in 1990 after Lindsey Buckingham quit after the million selling Tango In The Night.
They had to get two guys in to replace him.
It got panned, but I think its great!

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1484943761' post='3219980']
I don't think many of the Black Crowes albums were that well received but I adored Amorica and Three Snakes and One Charm.
[/quote]

I agree, both are great. three snakes was seen as a bit of a dark and dodgy time for the band but there are some cracking tunes on there. I love Lions as well

[Mykesbass]

Not so much an album as a group. My favourite Paul Weller incarnation is the Style Council. Much derided then, never really had any positive re-appraisal, but I like 'em!

[interpol52]

I really like Gold Against the Soul by the Manic Street Preachers. Amazing bass sound on it too. The outro to Sleepflower in particular.

[amnesia]

Motley Crue - Motley Crue

John Corabi is such a better vocalist then Vince Neil, but the band popularity bombed on Neil's exit. Maybe it was because the album was a bit heavier / darker than previous.

[phil.c60]

Deep Purple's "Come Taste the Band". Most Purple fans hated it as there was no Richie, but I liked it and still play it from time to time now.

[dmccombe7]

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1484999899' post='3220260']
Deep Purple's "Come Taste the Band". Most Purple fans hated it as there was no Richie, but I liked it and still play it from time to time now.
[/quote]

Agree. This album was never rated when i first got into Deep Purple but recently it was recommended to me and it has some amazing tracks on it.

Also :-
Glenn Hughes early solo album Hughes & Thrall
Tommy Bolin Teaser

To a certain extent Rush albums are generally slated by mainstream music media yet they are renowned amongst musicians.

Dave

[arthurhenry]

AC/DC Fly on the Wall. Yes, the production is dodgy, but the songs are great and compare favourably to others from the Johnson era.

[JJTee]

As said above, One Hot Minute- RHCP

[guyl]

I think Steve Vai's melodic noodling is perfect on Slip of the Tongue. Great Album. There's a live Whitesnake album from around that time with both Vai and Vandenberg and its awesome!

I'd also add Genesis - Calling All Stations to this list.

[guyl]

Also saw Deep Purple live after the Abandon album. Everyone around me moaned that Steve Morse wasn't Ritchie Blackmore. But he didn't try to be, and I thought did a great job. A refreshing new take on Deep Purple classics.