Best "Underrated" album

[SamboraRocks86]

i really cant pick between 7800 and the S/T for Bon jovi.....i love them both, possibly two of my favourite albums ever (with Dr. Feelgood and Slave To The Grind.......the UYI albums by GnR were good too but just dont have the vibe that i get off the Skid, Crue and Jovi stuff)

[Doksdad]

Some releases listed I don't really feel were "underrated"... but I really like "Dancing Undercover" by Ratt. Just something about this release I have always loved. I'm going to see Ratt next weekend... It will be interesting to see if they play anything from "Dancing Undercover".

Love that album but had to go with Long Cold Winter which IMO is a classic. Great album.

[Dark Star]

Yea..."Long Cold Winter" With 7800 Degrees a very close second.....

[KING]

Gotta go with Bullet Boys Freak Show. That's the album Van Halen should have made with Roth.

[Swazi]

I am going with Richie Sambora. Great and definitely underrated disc !!

[Metal T]

When i think of "underrated" i don't think of any of these bands or any of these albums.Underrated to me would be a term that would definitely apply to: XYZ "S/T & Hungry",Leatherwolf,Badlands,Asphalt Ballet "S/T",TT Quick ,Y&T etc.....but of those listed Ratt gets the vote.

[SamboraRocks86]

i meant underrated albums for relatively big bands...

 

Bon Jovi and Motley Crue were quite big, but those specific albums pretty much bombed.

[heaven&hell]

i meant underrated albums for relatively big bands...

 

Bon Jovi and Motley Crue were quite big, but those specific albums pretty much bombed.

 

 

Actually the Motley Crue "Theater of Pain" cd did really well.

It had two massive hit singles/videos with "Smokin in the Boys Room" and what many consider the first big Power Ballad in "Home Sweet Home". I'm not positive but I think it sold 2 or 3 million copies in America the year it came out. I'm not sure how it sold over in the UK and Europe though.

 

For me the big underrated cd for the Crue is the self-titled release with John Corabi on vocals, but that's just my opinion.

[Geoff]

I love the Cinderella, Ratt, Bon Jovi and Europe albums, but the Poison album is easily my favourite of the lot.

[SamboraRocks86]

strange that poison has got so many votes, the Poison Vs Warrant stuff thats been on here suggests that theyre really not that popular.

[Dead Planet]

The only ones not worth owning are the Warrant and Damn Yankees releases...and maybe the Sambora release which I haven't heard...and probably won't....

[SamboraRocks86]

you should get it, its one of my top fave albums (i forgot about it when i listed UYI, Feelgood and 7800 as top faves)

[Geoff]

strange that poison has got so many votes, the Poison Vs Warrant stuff thats been on here suggests that theyre really not that popular.

Poison are only behind 14-9 ... it's just that anyone who is voting for Poison doesn't seem to want to post about it. I think there's a decent amount of people here who recognize Poison's excellence, especially when it comes to 'Look what the cat dragged in' (a classic). It's just that haters are more vocal.

 

Playa haters. Can't live with them, can't beat them up because they live overseas.

[eaglesfan3000]

I really don't consider any of those under rated if I have to pick one it would be Bon Jovi 7800.

[Faust]

Special mention to Sambora's - 'Stranger In This Town' which is the best disc Bon Jovi never made.

Ha ha ! Totally agree !

[hsf]

Underrated can be rather ambiguous, if one wants it to be.

 

By my standards, I voted for Sambora's excellent "Stranger" , with BB's "Freakshow" coming in a relatively close 2nd.

[kethdredd]

I went with Long Cold Winter. It was such a shock for me musically at the time it was released. For me it really holds up well after all these years.

[stubul]

1.Cinderella

2.Europe

3.Motley Crue

4.Poison

5.Bon Jovi

6.Ritchie Sambora

7.Damn Yankees

[KarpetRydOFunk]

So, lookin' on back when I was young

I tried to sing it, but my song had been sung.

[fireforce]

Bon Jovi's 7800º Fahrenheit for me. Although not as strong as the debut album, it has great tracks like "Price Of Love", "Always Run To You", "Hardest Part Is The Night" (one of my fave Bon Jovi tunes), "Tokyo Road", "Secret Dreams". Shame it is completely ignored by the band themselves, I think the last time they played live songs from this album was way back in '93.

[bangerdave]

For me Bon jovi was a good solid album,don't know why fans turned their noses up at it,Ratt what can i say but great release and Cinderella is brillant as well but i'm pretty sure this was a well recieved album when released.

[Nick C]

Bulletboys Freakshow I always thought as somewhat overlooked - good album.