Most overrated albums (or bands in overall)
 

People tend to praise some albums so much that you are simply craving for listening to them as soon as possible. And then all your high hopes are crushed and you go all WTF, because the thing doesn't sound as spectacular as others claim... and sometimes it sounds really, really bad. Happened many times to me and I believe it happened to you as well.

For instance, I listened to Joy Division's "Closer" lately and found most of it pretty boring. Sure, it's dark and gritty and the lyrics are rather fine, but I have that impression people are praising it mostly because Ian Curtis killed himself shortly after recording this album. So OMG, he meant it all for real!

Or Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". If you believe many critics or services like rateyourmusic.com - this is one of the best albums ever produced (#1 for 1998, #3 for the 90s, #32 of all times - and it even used to be something like #14 in the last category). And this thing is just terribly boring and tiring to listen. What makes it so great, the fact that this is a concept album about Anna Frank (thus - about Holocaust sort of) and the lyrics are not that banal? I don't get it, the music is just terrible.

What are the most overrated albums of all time in your opinion? I will post more later on.

Nirvana's Nevermind: It's actually a great album but a bit too homogeneous if that makes any sense. Not a lot of surprises on it. "In Utero" will always be my favourite Nirvana album.

Metallica's Master of Puppets: People always praise this one as the greatest metal album ever and "Battery" and "Master of Puppets" are fantastic tracks. But apart from that... I don't know, I guess I just expected too much from it the first time I listened to it. I still think this is the weakest of Metallica's 80s albums (Heresy you say? Why, yes!!!)

Anything by the Eagles.

That was the first thing I was going to say actually.

I think any actual Nirvana fan can easily admit that.

Both Silverchair and STP emerged a good deal later than the other bands you mentioned, they definitely benefited from the Seattle phenomenon. STP's Core is also a very, very overrated album. To me it always felt like a soulless imitation of the Seattle sound, almost like sh*tty bands like Nickelback. Good thing they found their own style later on.

I think that both Led Zeppelin and and the Rolling Stones are overrated. Not bad. Just overrated

I actually love a good number of songs on STP's Core. "Sin" is one of my favorite STP songs actually. To me it just sounded like a regular rock album, not really intentionally ripping off the Seattle scene. But that could just be me. same goes for Nirvana's Nevermind. I think the similar sound (I'm assuming you mean the guitar tones and stuff like that.) may have been more the fault of producers. We all know Nirvana has never actually sounded like they did on Nevermind for example.

As for AiC, they actually released their debut Album quite awhile before Nirvana. By a few years. If anyone says they rode on the coat tails of Nirvana, I'll personally slap them myself.

Back in the day when Alice in Chains was a hair metal band...

I'M THE KING OF THE KATS AND I'M READY TO ROLL!!!

You... you take that back right now! Actually it's kind of funny you say that. I think I've decided to grow my hair long, and I'm afraid it will look like Layne's back then :lol: It's curly and thick.

('cause last night I met your Mother, ****er, and I sure hope you like to share 'cause she did! I'm the queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen, queen of the rodeo....)

Just do it! I'm also growing my hair long and it's also thick and curly. Without mousse I look like a Wookie.

This basically covers what I was going to say when I saw this thread lol.