500 Most Underrated Albums of All-Time

55. The Sir Douglas Bansd – Texas Tornado (Atlantic @atlanticrecords.bsky.social, 1973)
"Captures (Doug Sahm) at an undeniable peak and it's undeniably irresistible."
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKP...
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56. Del the Funky Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here (Elektra, 1991)
"A founding stone for the shift in a genre that was then about to go mainstream."
- Jake Kennedy (Record Collector, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bku...

YouTube video by martian1138 Sailf Keita - Soro (Afriki)

57. Salif Keita – Soro (Mango, 1987)
"It must be placed near the top of any list of the master's most influential albums."
- Christina Roden (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOMM...

58. Swell Maps – Jane from Occupied Europe (Rather, 1980)
"Straying further beyond the boundaries of any existing genre."
- Judy Berman (Pitchfork @pitchfork.com)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UZb...

59. Fifty Foot Hose – Cauldron (Limelight, 1968)
"One of the strangest records to come out at the time.”
- Brooklyn Vegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cq-...

60. AMM – AMMMusic (Elektra @elektrarecords, 1967)
"A legendary, "ground zero" recording for electro-acoustic improvisation."
- Brian Olewnick (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqG...
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61. Esquivel – Exploring New Sounds in Stereo (RCA Victor, 1959)
"Championed as a cutting-edge innovator by certain segments of the hipper-than-thou alternative crowd."
- Richie Unterberger (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9H...

62. Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (Vertigo, 1973)
"Unsuspecting listeners will be left powerless at the end of its onslaught of mutated funk, pummeling gospel rock, and incantatory vocals."
- François Couture (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjW...

63. Alex Chilton – Like Flies on Sherbert (Peabody, 1979)
"A small masterpiece of crudity and split-second invention."
- Ken Tucker (Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd8j...

64. Rip Rig + Panic – God (Virgin, 1981)
"Odd vocalizing and feral, primal, repetitive rhythms."
- John Dougan @johnedugan.bsky.social (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Mn...

65. Ash Ra Tempel – New Age of Earth (Isadora, 1976)
"What it might feel like to contemplate existence while meditating on another planet."
- Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social, Pitchfork @pitchfork.com)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_h...

66. Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Warner Bros. @warnermusic.bsky.social, 1976)
"A trenchant and heartfelt 1975 (sic) classic by two French Canadian Irish sisters steeped in folk tradition."
- Laura Snapes (Pitchfork @pitchfork.com, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmy...

67. The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column (Factory, 1980)
"Arguably the most distinctive record in the Factory canon."
- Ian Shirley (Record Collector, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=554h...

68. Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action (Sire, 1976)
"Rightly championed by collectors and critics extolling its effortless pop perfection."
- Joe Tangari (Pitchfork @pitchfork.com, 9/10 )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsuF...
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69. The Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record (Allied Record Corporation, 1968)
"Generally known as "the first noise band.""
- Joslyn Layne (AllMusic)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR3B...

70. Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End (Ashmont, 2001)
"Endless supply of gently exuberant pop songs."
- Brian M. Raferty (Entertainment Weekly)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efT4...

71. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Beauty (Virgin @virginrecords.bsky.social, 1989)
"A world-music tapestry featuring a mixture of Eastern, Western, and African elements.|
- David Szatmary (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W--t...

72. Iris DeMent – Infamous Angel (Philo, 1992)
"One of the most outstanding voices and songwriters in country music."
- Jayson Greene @greenejayson, Pitchfork @pitchfork.com, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjI...
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73. 24 Gone – The Spin (Oceana, 1990)
"Introduced another wave among the tagged alternative scene."
- MacKenzie Wilson (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iZE...

74. Bruce Haack – The Electric Lucifer (Columbia, 1970)
"Musically innovative and subversive."
- Heather Phares (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ykd...
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75. Comus – First Utterance (Dawn, 1971)
"Oddest, most deranged folk music ever recorded."
- Keith Kawaii (Tiny Mix Tapes, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNN5...

76. Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones (Warner Bros. @warnerrecords.bsky.social, 1979)
"The love child of Laura Nyro and Tom Waits."
- William Ruhlmann (AllMusic, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeWK...
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77. Joe Henry – Short Man’s Room (Mammoth, 1992)
"Hard-bitten realism to the conventional singer-songwriter escape fantasies."
- Tom Moon @moonjawn.bsky.social (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ityC...

78. Larry Norman - Only Visiting This Planet (Verve, 1972)
"The greatest Christian rock record of all time."
- Thom Jurek (AllMusic, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9V3...

79. The Chambers Brothers – The Time Has Come (Columbia, 1967)
"The best thing to come down from gospel since Ray Charles made the Dinah Shore show."
- Washington Free Press
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqw...

80. Jessi Colter – Jessi (Capitol, 1976)
"Surprising that this record wasn't more popular than it was."
- Jim Worbois (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIW...

81. Goblin – Suspiria (Cinevox, 1977)
"Highly likely to appeal to fans of gothic and heavy metal sounds."
- Donald A. Guarisco (AllMusic, 9/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woR3...

82. Vic Chesnutt – West of Rome (Texas Hotel, 1992)
"Few artists could hope to fill their music with as much humor, insight, personality and "panic pure"."
- Stephen M. Deusner @stephendeusner.bsky.social (Pitchfork @pitchfork.com )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zclU...
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83. Sly & Robbie - Rhythm Killers (1987, Island @islandrecords.bsky.social)
"The Great Missing DJ Set—albeit one played by live musicians with perfect telepathy."
- Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social, Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com, 10/10)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVIs...

84. Curve – Doppelganger (Anxious, 1992)
"A singularly entrancing album."
- J. D. Considine (Musician)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Pl...
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