The most overrated albums of the 1990s

Other than Pearl Jam, who else is there?
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Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Ten is much more accessible than Vitalogy. Outside of Better Man, you have to work at those songs, or let them work at you. There's such a large portion of the listening public that isn't interested in difficult -- or even slightly challenging -- music.
I was astonished by the intensely negative reaction that "Evacuation" got, and continues to get from typical boneheads.

It's like, how DARE Pearl Jam record a song with time signature changes in it!
Agree completely. I've always loved that song. The 1,2,3 punch of Binaural's opening is perfection.
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TremorJam wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Ten is much more accessible than Vitalogy. Outside of Better Man, you have to work at those songs, or let them work at you. There's such a large portion of the listening public that isn't interested in difficult -- or even slightly challenging -- music.
I was astonished by the intensely negative reaction that "Evacuation" got, and continues to get from typical boneheads.

It's like, how DARE Pearl Jam record a song with time signature changes in it!
Agree completely. I've always loved that song. The 1,2,3 punch of Binaural's opening is perfection.
My friend tends to be one of those "typical boneheads." He was living in Germany when Binaural dropped, so he got the record before I did. He called me with a track by track breakdown. And even HE likes Evacuation.
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This is dumb but I kinda agree on Lauren hill
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Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Ten is much more accessible than Vitalogy. Outside of Better Man, you have to work at those songs, or let them work at you. There's such a large portion of the listening public that isn't interested in difficult -- or even slightly challenging -- music.
I was astonished by the intensely negative reaction that "Evacuation" got, and continues to get from typical boneheads.

It's like, how DARE Pearl Jam record a song with time signature changes in it!
It's not about time signatures. That song just sucks.
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verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Ten is much more accessible than Vitalogy. Outside of Better Man, you have to work at those songs, or let them work at you. There's such a large portion of the listening public that isn't interested in difficult -- or even slightly challenging -- music.
I was astonished by the intensely negative reaction that "Evacuation" got, and continues to get from typical boneheads.

It's like, how DARE Pearl Jam record a song with time signature changes in it!
It's not about time signatures. That song just sucks.
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i got bugs wrote:This is dumb but I kinda agree on Lauren hill
I don't
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I have never liked that damned Spiritualized album.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:I have never liked that damned Spiritualized album.
Between this and LCD Soundsystem, you and I are of one mind in the overblown indie shit department today.
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verb_to_trust wrote:
i got bugs wrote:This is dumb but I kinda agree on Lauren hill
I don't
I love the fugees score, but I never really saw what was so great about the miseducation.. not saying it's terrible, just didn't think it was fantastic
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i got bugs wrote:This is dumb but I kinda agree on Lauren hill
It's not dumb at all. It's absolutely one of the most overrated albums of the 90s. Maybe of all time.
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That's a really great album though. I am not really aware of its cultural status. Maybe it's because it's Lauryn Hill's only album and she went crazy shortly afterwards.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
i got bugs wrote:This is dumb but I kinda agree on Lauren hill
It's not dumb at all. It's absolutely one of the most overrated albums of the 90s. Maybe of all time.
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Agreed on Lauryn Hill. Love The Score, can take or leave Miseducation.
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"Ex-Factor" and "Doo-Wop" are masterpieces
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yeah those are great
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I'm not saying it's a bad record. I own it. I like it a lot. But it's absolutely overrated.
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joey gets it
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verb_to_trust wrote: It's not about time signatures. That song just sucks.
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