@@imandan1966 “I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same". - Angus Young. He may have said this tongue in cheek, but deep down he knows it's right.
Fully agree with "No Prayer For The Dying" - I was already an Iron Maiden fan when it came out, and it just grabbed me. I still love it. Thanks for the list!
This channel has reignited my love for collecting CD’s. My collection stalled at around 3000 discs (not bad for being 22 I must say) but now thanks to you I’m back buying in full force. Shooting for your 11,000 😂 Thanks man for this channel!!!!
I’ve spend thousands in just two years because of Brendon and Pete Pardo 😂 I literally had only one CD left from my old collection before I discovered this channels.
I probably have over 3,000 easily. I try to play at least 2 cds a day. I have a lot I haven't listened to yet and many I have only played once so far. The thing is I also have many I plan on selling or getting rid of.
Man, I totally ignored/dismissed “Calling All Stations” by Genesis when it came out and after watching this video, I finally gave it a try and I want to say THANK YOU! What an amazing, overlooked album!
I totally agree with this! Fantastic record that gets slagged for no good reason. Also they have some B-sides and unreleased tracks from this period that are equally good.
Those are intriguing and interesting choices, Brendon! Thank you for sharing! Some of those albums are on my favorite list as well!! In particular AC/DC’s Fly On The Wall and KISS’ Dynasty! I really love Drama by Yes, such an underrated gem!
Cool concept, great list. I've always had a way of avoiding these albums. My top 3 are 1. Styx - Kilroy Was Here 2. Queen - Hot Space 3. Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are # 3 was more so by the critics at the time. Today, I think it holds up very well. Jon Lord's performance on this one is amazing.
Really enjoyed the video. Totally agree about Dynasty and Fly on the Wall. Its already been mentioned but Hot Space by Queen is massively under rated in my opinion.
No Prayers for the Dying is my 2nd favorite album after Killers. On these 2 records + the debut every song is killer, there is no fillers on there. And they have that Di’Anno punk vibe!
Definitely. I would sooner listen to NPFTD than anything after it, including Fear of the Dark, which has some frankly awful, unfocused songs (Apparition, fear is the key...) You're absolutely right. No filler on NPFTD and Tailgunner is a classic on par with any of their best songs.
Maiden started to lose me on seventh son of a seventh son. I love all their albums all the way through somewhere in time. I don’t think I even bought no prayers for the dying or fear of the dark when they came out. Had moved from them by then. I like bring your daughter to the slaughter. I also think powerslave was overrated. I love the number of the beast and piece of mind. Just sitting through a 13 minute rime of the ancient mariner bored me.
Chinese Democracy is brilliant album, yes the waiting was hell, but I really enjoy that album and the whole era. Turbo and Love is for suckers are very good albums too 🤘
My problem is I can’t stand axl rose. I won’t spend a dime to see a guy that doesn’t show up for a concert until midnight. Storms off stage and attacks fans. Axl ruined that band. They were huge and his antics and ego ruined them. F axl. He’s a douchebag. Will never get another dime from me. Slash, his solo albums are descent. Check them out.
Brendon, I closely follow your channel and enjoy it but this is an exceptionally great posting. I agree with several of your choices. I’m a bit older than you and heavily lean toward the PROG artists more than the metal bands but I am always interested in hearing all music and giving it a chance. But the Drama mention made me write. I think you’re point that if you enter listening to a band at a later date you are much more open to accepting all of the catalog because you are not biased. I think this is why you hear all of the time “I only listen to the older stuff”. Which is fine but sad. I just wanted to say hi, thank you and good work.
I glad to hear this particular episode spoke to you and that you enjoyed it. I hope to keep making high quality posts like this one and I’m sure more Prog will filter its way in.
Great list! I too have some of those "hated" albums in my favs. I agree with Dynasty, but would add Unmasked & The Elder, just love those 3! Drama is a great album and I really like the unappreciated Tormato as well (much more than Goin' for the One actually). Rush-Presto (in my Top 5 Rush albums) Queen-Hot Space (might be my fav of the 80's Queen albums) Uriah Heep-Conquest (Top 5 Heep album for me) Deep Purple-Slaves & Masters (great songs, great playing) ELP-Emerson, Lake & Powell Black Sabbath-Never Say Die (Top 5 Sabbath album for me) Bowie-Tonight (I rediscovered it not too long ago, and it's a great album imo!) Aerosmith-Rock in a Hard Place Cheap Trick-Lap of Luxury Those are the ones that immediately come up to mind. Cheers.
The Elder is my favorite Kiss album, agreed also Dynasty & Unmasked , as found out most of it features Anton Fig on Drums before Eric Carr came in, as Peter Criss was on his way out with Kiss .
@@BrendonSnyder Was just listening to Rock in a Hard Place yesterday. The first three songs are killer then the album trails off for me in the quality of the songwriting. But Lightning Strikes is a top three all time favorite Aerosmith song for me.
When calling all stations came out and that first guitar sound hit I was hooked! I wish they would’ve kept going. Nir x and Nick dvirgilio were great, and nir z live was phenomenal. Wilson had great vocals. I think they needed some patience but I get coming of a Phil collins “high” was a hard pill to swallow, but I love calling all stations! The dividing line and the title track are my faves and I wish the outro on Congo was kept too as it’s not on any streaming version I know of.
Hello Brendon! No Prayer for the Dying is amazing. We talked about it earlier during your ranking. But I insist, and can't say it often enough, it's a great album! I Was Made for Loving You was my very first album on cassette back in '79, I was only 7 years old. And guess what, I still love it. Turbo always got compared to Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith. Maybe it's just the wrong approach to the album ... Fly on the Wall is an album that I appreciate a lot, and it makes me very happy to see it in your selection. 😊🤘
No Prayer For The Dying is half a great album for me. Half is great and half not so much. Love tracks like Tailgunner, the title track, Assassin, and Mother Russia.
Great list Brendon! Glad to see some love for what I refer to as my "guilty pleasure" albums. I wouldn't change a thing with the list. Why Fly on the Wall has been ostracized by some fans over the years is beyond me. Take care sir!
Good job. Nice to see my favorite band's logo on your shirt. I never thought of Drama as being hated though. Maybe at the time a little bit (especially in the UK) but not so much compared to some of their later albums (especially Union, Open Your Eyes and Heaven & Earth). I'm a little bit of a younger Yes fan too though (got into them in the 80s as a teen- I knew Asia too but didn't make the connection until later).
The album was shunned at the time and the tour didn’t go over well. The band would break up because of this. But in later years the album has grown a cult following and is definitely looked upon in better light than it was when first released.
@@BrendonSnyder I think that was more in the UK than in the US though. From what I read the crowd in the UK were hostile towards Trevor Horn and didn't accept him as Jon's replacement even shouting "we want Jon." The album didn't do as well in general and was their first album to not go gold in the US. However, I still never heard of any hostility towards the band in the US and I have heard at least one person say that the Drama tour was the best concert he ever saw. I think at this point most Yes fans definitely accept it though. It's too bad that iteration of the band didn't do one more album. I think it was similar with that other prog band Genesis who broke up after CAS which also wasn't received well but not as bad as people make it out to be.
Glad you enjoyed it. But I don’t think Beck’s Odelay is a “hated” album considering it’s his most popular. It has sold more than any of his other albums.
Right on Brendon. I do agree with you about certain albums especially “Calling all Stations” that album is really great. One of my favorite tracks is “the dividing line” which has a Phil-ish drum sound. My favorite track on that album is “One Man’s Fool” but then again they all are great songs. Back in 1976 it was always the “Banks/Rutherford” songs. It’s just a shame they didn’t give Ray Wilson a fair shot by recording one more album. But that’s the past now. I was so looking forward to seeing this version of Genesis live but they canceled the US dates back in 1997-98 whenever it was due to lack of ticket sales. End of rant now. In closing Calling all stations is a very good album indeed. I can never thank you enough when I bought “Fly on the Wall” on your recommendation. My 2nd album I really enjoy is “Flick of the Switch”
@@BrendonSnyder 😁👍 For a long, long time it even was the only BS album I really have put attention to. Few weaks ago I startet to listen all the others with Ozzy on vocals and that opened me a true treasure box. Sooooo much fantastic riffs, rhythms, vocals and lyrics! Of course, some albums have their weak moments, some more, some less. But each of them has some pure gems on it. My favorite albums are now Paranoid and Never say die. 100% killers!
@@JWD1992 That's true. Although even TE has some strong songs. But if you listen to NSD without any prejudice, you will recognize, that it's a return to the style of the earlier albums.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who actually loves Calling All Stations. Not a perfect album by any means, does have a song I don't really care for in Small Talk, mainly because it hurts my ears, but I love most of the sounds on the album, and it feels like a more ethereal, sort of trippy experience. Many don't like the synths on the album, but I find them quite pleasing to listen to most of the time.
Sooo happy that you love Turbo! It's cheesy, it's not as musically sophisticated compared to Defenders, but every song is so carefree and fun, and you can sing along to any track off the album. Nice list!
It’s not terrible. But it’s Judas Priest trying to sound like twisted sister. Metal for 12 year olds. Wasn’t a huge fan of ram it down either. Priest doing Johnny b Goode just doesn’t right. I think painkiller was their heaviest album, and they had about called it a day by then. Music scene was changing. Didn’t discover painkiller until years later.
Great idea for a video!!! I like fly on the wall and a couple of those other ones! My album that I absolutely love that people crap on is stiff upper lip! I really love that! Actually love the production and think all the songs are extremely solid and very catchy!!! It’s my 4th favourite cause I couldn’t put it over back In black,razors edge or highway to hell! (I’m not that crazy😂)
Hi Brendon! Thank you for doing this video.Very interesting and a great concept! I mentioned "Mardi Gras" by CCR to one of the commenters. I love that album.
Brendon, If you love Jefferson Starship / Modern Times, you really need the "bookend" albums, Freedom At Point Zero from '79 and Winds of Change from '82. They all have a similar feel and the secret weapon that really ties them together is guitarist Craig Chaquico - they really let him cut loose over these. Both Find Your Way Back and Stranger from MT were ALL OVER rock radio at the time. The next album, Nuclear Furniture was really where they went off the glossy-production, keyboard-heavy, pop deep end.
Great idea for a video! I could be wrong, but I always thought Love Gun was you favorite Kiss album. I agree with you, I enjoy listening to Dynasty. I also enjoy listening to Unmasked for that 80's pop sound. Btw, are you still in contact with Chris Propfe? The Kiss video was awesome! Many of us really enjoyed your collaboration videos with him. Thanks! Rick
you can hear it has a lot of potential to sound as good as those LaTorre albums, but it misses that natural fluent songwriting, that made Queensryche sound so slick back in the day
What a fun topic. I bought the Chinese Democracy album before going to see GNR in 2017. It was out of curiosity as I hadn't heard it, and I was quite impressed. I really like it for what it is.
Exactly! For what it is as an album on its own it’s really good. The problem is if it’s compared to their previous catalogue I get that in that context it might not be seen as good.
Love LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS too by TS. Great album. It sounds a lot like CHANGE OF ADDRESS by KROKUS i think, the comercial touch and the production. Cool video.
I'm also a fan of Jefferson Starship's Modern Times! Looks like the CD was only ever released in Japan in 1991, 1998 & 2008. Hopefully a reissue here some time soon. I still have my LP, but I also burned a disc and printed out artwork to have it in my CD collection.
I'm not a fan of twofers but the only CD version of "Modern Times" I own is coupled with "Nuclear Furniture" (Friday Music, US 2009). That twofer is a bit odd, considering "Winds of Change" was released 1982, between the two albums mentioned (released 1981 and 1984 respectively). Even more odd is the twofer released by Edsel, UK in 2008 with "Modern Times" coupled with the 1976 album "Spitfire". So I agree, I would welcome good reissues of "Modern Times" (and the other albums).
@@TooSkinnyKenny get as many as you can. Prices will go up as soon as the masses of music lovers wake up and recognize what’s been right in front of them ….
Great list Brendan!! I totally agree with most of your picks!!! Here are some of mine Slayer-Diabolous in Musica, Van Halen 3, Judas Priest both Ripper albums, Kiss-Carnival of Souls, Megadeth - The World Needs A Hero just to name a few...
Hi Brendon - Genesis - Calling All Stations. One of my Fav Genesis albums lol Love it. Sadly overlooked album. Shipwreck - brilliant. YES - Drama - excellent album. cya
I don’t care for this album but the title track is terrific. I am not a big fan of Hooks In You (Iron Maiden almost doing glam metal which is why you like it Brendon 😂) but I do like Run Silent, Run Deep. In other places Tailgunner is an uninspired remake of Aces High. Bring Your Daughter was originally Bruce’s solo song and used when they ran out of songs.
Agree 100% with Fly On The Wall. It was the first original copy (vinyl) of an AC/DC album I owned (12-13 years old). I was shocked years later to find out it wasn't universally loved :). I also agree Turbo gets more hate than it deserves. I think it's a good album. Still, rocks and the amount of keyboards in it are overstated by the critics of it. I also recently listened to and then Bought Chinese Democracy after ignoring it for years. Much better than expected. Hard to compare to the earlier stuff as it's just too different but as a stand-alone album it's good.
If your first albums had been Highway to Hell and Back in Black you would understand. The level there was so incredibly high, it could only get worse, and it did. Well, For those about to Rock almost kept the level of Back in Black, but Flick of the Switch marked clearly the end of the best era. When that album was out, you were hoping for the next to bring back that Back in Black quality, but then came Fly on the Wall and it was a catastrophy. You had to realise, that they will never reach that great sound, phantastic riffs and genius songwriting again. They were like just copying themselves on the level of bad imitators or even a satire.
@@jurgenv.6030 I acknowledge that Highway To Hell and Back In Black are the better albums, along with Powerage and Let There Be Rock which I may even rate better than the more famous 2 but I still think Fly On The Wall is decent. I don't think Acca Dacca have made a really bad album but of course, the quality isn't as high as their greatest moments. No band with such a large discography maintain the level of their best album/s for their whole career.
Great topic! I'll have to seriously think about this one. Love all of my 80's metal. First thing that comes to mind are Tommy Lee's first two solo albums. Music you need to be in a certain mood to listen to, but nice to have on in the background. Need to check the shelves again. Some great ones in the comments. Megadeth's Risk, Priest's Turbo, as well as Ripper's two Priest albums. Brendon, you could also do the opposite. Albums that people love but you can't stand lol.
Someone else also suggested the opposite topic and I agree it’s a good idea that may appear in a future episode. I was thinking Top 10 Popular Albums That I Never Want To Hear Again 😂
@@BrendonSnyder I don't know if you're familiar with Robert Fithen, but he does stuff about vinyl records. He did a similar topic about albums everyone considers great but didn't impress him. Would be an interesting comparison if you did it also, or something similar.
Before watching the video, here are some of my picks: The X Factor - Iron Maiden Club Ninja - Blue Oyster Cult Slang - Def Leppard (I also could pick Hysteria for an opposite video, loved albums that I hate!) Kilroy was Here - Styx Hold Your Fire - Rush Generation Swine - Motley Crue (Sure, there are a couple massive stinkers on this album, but most of it is a guilty pleasure!) Force of Habit - Exodus Never Say Die - Black Sabbath Van Halen III - Van Halen (Again, a couple clunkers, especially "How Many Say I," but I dig this album) Calling All Stations - Genesis
Good list! I was hoping you loved TS Come Out and Play as much as most people dislike it. I couldn't get into Love Is For Suckers as much. IMO, Come Out and Play is the strongest TS album. All killer no filler!
I love your Number 1. Never understood the hate for Fly On the Wall? Same reason you had Brendon, I heard Sink the Pink and Shake Your Foundations on Maximum Overdrive and this movie was my first introduction to AC/DC. So I have a special spot for this album. It's a shame they never play these songs live. .
I agree with you completely on Calling All Stations and Drama! I’d also add Union by Yes and Music From The Elder by Kiss to my list. But my top two choices would be Van Halen 3 by Van Halen and Music From Another Dimension by Aerosmith. I think what you said about coming to these albums later is completely true. I know for many people, VH3 did not meet expectations, but I’m only 26, so since I discovered it alongside all the other albums, I didn’t have those same expectations that were then let down. MFAD for me, though, is sort of the opposite. Aerosmith is my absolute favorite band, and MFAD is the only studio album of theirs that I got to experience as a new release. The hype built up for it, the singles coming out prior to release, the promotional internet videos, Steven promoting it on American Idol, and the eventual release all happened while I was in high school, so I have a LOT of nostalgia for that album! I was so excited to experience a new album from the band that I had been in love with since middle school! So it’ll always hold a special place in my heart!
What a great episode! More please! 2 things fyi… kiss sonic boom is finally streaming. I read a interview with Steve Vai who revealed he is sitting on a record he recorded with Ozzy years ago.
Always liked Calling for Stations. It's quite dark! Love Chinese Democracy as well. Pretty much the only GNR album I listen to regularly since the rest is so overplayed at this point. Has some of Axl's best vocal performances too. Another dark horse pick for me, Rush's Test for Echo. First Rush album I ever heard in its entirety because I had the Neil Peart drum DVD, so holds a special place for me.
Test For Echo is a good album but for some reason sounds like the band was just going through the motions. It’s part of the 90’s era kicked off by the outstanding Roll The Bones, followed by the more than capable Counterparts, but Test For Echo seemed like Rush Lite. Still a good listen but not as good as others.
Callling all stations is a very decent album. Frankly, they only Genesis record that I rather dislike is Abacab. No Prayer for the Dying is my second favourite Maiden album (after Brave New World). I also believe that the two Blaze albums deserve more love and attention (and also the man had fantastic albums solo and with Wolfsbane). Drama is a unique record which I enjoy. To those who are reading this - be sure to check out the two Buggles albums as well, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Turbo was also awesome. My favourite albums which have been either overlooked or unjustly criticized, in addition to the ones mentioned above: Megadeth's Risk, Helloween's Chameleon, Dream Theater's Falling Into Infinity, Kreator's Endorama, KISS' Music from 'The Elder', Queen's Flash Gordon... And, believe it or not, I actually enjoy LULU a lot :)
Absolutely loved “Calling All Stations” when I heard. Because I totally agree with you it felt like a return to their progressive/artsy earlier style with a slight modern twist. One album I love, but at least I don’t think gets enough love: “Power Windows” by Rush.
Great video! Excepting you'd come up with Music From The Elder from KISS from 1981, favorite of mine but back on release a huge disappointment for most fans cuz very left field and unexpected. Also Unmasked and Destroyer wasn't received very well by everyone so guess they were risk takers more than once, those fellas in KISS. 😃👍👍
Dude. The AC/DC, the Genesis and the Yes albums you mentioned are all fantastic records, especially ‘Calling all Stations’ in 5.1 surround sound. The rest of the stuff on your list doesn’t do a dang thing for me. That’s cool though. We all hear things differently. You rock Brendon. Please keep up the good work and thanks for all you do. Peace!
All great cds .pretty interesting about the last twisted sister album almost being a dee snider album. My favorite song from that album love is for suckers did you like the bonus songs on the spitfire release. Great kiss album
In 2009, Friday Music reissued Modern Times and Nuclear Furniture as a 2-CD set which is now, unfortunately, out of print. I know both albums were out of print on CD for a long time. I happen to love Calling All Stations by Genesis as well. My only complaint about it is the early and quick fade-outs, especially the title track!
Great video. Didn't even know that Ac/Dc and the twisted sister album was considered "hated". I personally love them. Also, thanks for educating me more about these albums as well as music overall. Because of you i am able to continue to grow my tiny collection (compared to yours😂) with great rock music.
The albums were more hated back in the day when they first came out. Over time lots of these albums have found fans who love them. Glad to hear you’re learning a lot and growing your collection! Keep it up!
Good choice on Drama. My favorite Yes album too . Reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd’s “Animals” with the long but not boring songs with great Melodies. “Who By Numbers” is a great one from the 70s that gets forgotten.
Cool YES shirt. 'Fly On The Wall' was my introduction to AC/DC via 'Sink The Pink' videoclip. Love 'Fly On The Wall'. I also love TWISTED SISTER's 'Love Is For Suckers'. KISS's 'Dynasty' and 'Unmasked' are excellent studio albums; 'Crazy Nights' is my favourite studio album by KISS. Also huge fan of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Turbo'; however, 'Defenders Of The Faith' is my favourite studio album by the mighty JUDAS PRIEST. I'm also a big fan of VAN HALEN's 'Diver Down'. Keep up your excellent work.
And I luv these "hated" albums: KISS- "The Elder" (1981) BAD RELIGION- "Into the Unknown" (83) ALICE COOPER- "Raise Your Fist & Yell" (87) THE DAMNED- "Music For Pleasure" (77) GRATEFUL DEAD- "Terrapin Station" (77) BLACK SABBATH- "Born Again" (83) MOTORHEAD- "Another Perfect Day" (83)
I’ve really been warming up to Born Again myself. Tony Iommi has remixed it for a reissue that is supposed to come out this year. Could be cool to see what he’s done to enhance it.
@@BrendonSnyder I am DAMN GLAD YOU TOLD ME THAT!! While I do love Sabbath's lone album with Deep Purple's trademark vocalist I have to admit the sound is poor- reminds me of a 3rd generation cassette of a demo!
RUclips recommendations are working! Great video. My first ever gig, in December 1980, at the Rainbow in London, was Yes on the Drama tour. I was 15 at the time. I think I would have appreciated that type of gig better if I was a little older. Looking back, the setlist was great. Still, a very good album and the gig was good. AC/DC's Fly On The Wall is an album I like too, full of good songs but the mix of the album is just awful. The tour was great. "Playing with girls" is the standout track for me.
No Prayer was my first Maiden CD and my first Maiden concert back in day! Fond memories! I don’t know why it’s gets so much hate a lot of great tracks.. great energy!
Hi Brendon, I am two year’s older than you. I also love Fly on the Wall and Turbo. These albums were my introductions to both bands. I remember I had them both on cassette.
Totally agree with No Prayer for the Dying. Is it their best? Far from it but it has so many good tracks. I completely get the stripped down back to basics sound. I consumed every metal magazine interview at the time as well as every interview on the radio where the band kept saying the next album was going to be different and stripped down because they grew tired of the elaborate stage productions of the past and the long songs. I guess I was the only one who paid attention to these interviews back then.
A couple of albums that I know are not appreciated, but I really love our Kiss Unmasked and Dream Theater Falling into infinity. And last, but certainly not least Van Halen III
Fly on the wall is actually my favorite AC/DC album. Great songs beginning to end. Their heaviest! Great drumming, riffs, etc...love the raw production as well 👌
Love your channel but just one correction - Kiss reached #11 with I Was Made For Lovin' You, not No. 1 in the US on the Hot 100- Beth and Forever were there only top ten hits, but they have never had a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It did go to #1 on the Canadian Hot 100, so possibly where the mixup occurred, thanks! I like Dynasty more than the average fan - 2,000 Man is another great Ace track while Dirty Livin' is my other stand out track - The Stanley tracks Sure Know Something and I Was Made are also highlights, but I think Gene's songs started to suffer from his focus on movies and other activities outside of music. .
"Dynasty" was my introduction into the world of Kiss and i love it from the beginning. That is how amazing journey with hard rock music started, at all. Then Judas came. After still my favorite "Defenders", two studio albums later they still kicked ass with "Turbo". And "Fly on the wall" is better if you chose this full long video featured flying bug and dancing waitress as a companion to the AC/DC songs from that album.
I agree that half of what attracted me to the Fly On The Wall album was the long form video that had all of their videos from the album connected telling a story so it was like a mini 30 min movie.
I love Fly on the Wall, my favorite as well. It might not have any classics, but I thought it was solid from start to finish. It might be that era that I really started getting into music as there are a few others that I quite liked that either the bands did not like or fans did not like. I really liked Ozzys Ultimate Sin, Dio's Sacred Heart, Anthraxs State of Euphoria and Motley Crues Theater of Pain.
I agree on Iron Maiden. I like PsychoCircus by Kiss. Album most people hate. Would you do the opposite video…Album everybody loves but I hate or Music I love to hate…Love your videos. Thank you. Dave from Prague.
Love Fly on the Wall, so much energy on that album, it absolutely rocks. While, some pretty dreadful lyrics aside, Turbo is a great album includes some really melodic, fun and catchy tunes.
Fly on the Wall is a GREAT record, glad to see it get some love
100% agree, every song is a gem.
All their albums sound the same. Same basic riffs, basic drumming etc etc
@@bramleydragon nonsense
Agreed. The title track, Sink the Pink, Back in Business are all killer tracks
@@imandan1966 “I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same". - Angus Young.
He may have said this tongue in cheek, but deep down he knows it's right.
A huge fan of DRAMA. Great album all the way through. Nice to know that there are people out there that like it too.
Fantastic album
I’m a huge 90125 and Big Generator fan myself. They really killed it in that era(drama included)
I love Jon Anderson, but, yeah, Drama is as good as any of Yes’ vaunted classics. Glad to see it get its just recognition here.
@@theferrettamer2531 Me too.
Who says Drama is a bad album? Damn. Machine Messiah beats anything post 1983 ( yeah I like 90125 too)
Fully agree with "No Prayer For The Dying" - I was already an Iron Maiden fan when it came out, and it just grabbed me. I still love it. Thanks for the list!
I love Judas Priest - Turbo as well… Full of cool songs I still listen to this day.
Great topic, great idea!
I love "Never Say Die" by Black Sabbath, think it's underrated, varied and have a great sound...
Awesome album.
"Air Dance" is one of the coolest songs ever!
@@markfurru3368 Yeah, I agree, and Shock Wave, Junior's Eyes, Johnny Blade is great songs too!
Agreed! Got my ex into that album as well.
never say die, born again and technical ecstacy are all really good, but do not always get their proper due?
This channel has reignited my love for collecting CD’s. My collection stalled at around 3000 discs (not bad for being 22 I must say) but now thanks to you I’m back buying in full force. Shooting for your 11,000 😂 Thanks man for this channel!!!!
That’s awesome! I’m glad you’re sharing in the excitement and doing what you love! 👍
I’ve spend thousands in just two years because of Brendon and Pete Pardo 😂 I literally had only one CD left from my old collection before I discovered this channels.
CD will be „the winner“ in the race between physical formats … for many reasons. The vinyl generation getting older and older.
@@bikemike1118 I don't know about that. There's a lot of young hipsters who do vinyl only.
I probably have over 3,000 easily. I try to play at least 2 cds a day. I have a lot I haven't listened to yet and many I have only played once so far. The thing is I also have many I plan on selling or getting rid of.
Man, I totally ignored/dismissed “Calling All Stations” by Genesis when it came out and after watching this video, I finally gave it a try and I want to say THANK YOU! What an amazing, overlooked album!
Wow that’s awesome! I’m glad you went back and found you like it now!
I totally agree with this! Fantastic record that gets slagged for no good reason. Also they have some B-sides and unreleased tracks from this period that are equally good.
Totally agree about Fly On The Wall (1985) from AC/DC. Such a loud & heavy album and underrated as hell!
Those are intriguing and interesting choices, Brendon! Thank you for sharing! Some of those albums are on my favorite list as well!! In particular AC/DC’s Fly On The Wall and KISS’ Dynasty! I really love Drama by Yes, such an underrated gem!
Cool concept, great list.
I've always had a way of avoiding these albums. My top 3 are
1. Styx - Kilroy Was Here
2. Queen - Hot Space
3. Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
# 3 was more so by the critics at the time. Today, I think it holds up very well. Jon Lord's performance on this one is amazing.
Really enjoyed the video. Totally agree about Dynasty and Fly on the Wall. Its already been mentioned but Hot Space by Queen is massively under rated in my opinion.
While not a bad album that is not one of my favorites. But I know many who like it too.
No Prayers for the Dying is my 2nd favorite album after Killers. On these 2 records + the debut every song is killer, there is no fillers on there. And they have that Di’Anno punk vibe!
Definitely. I would sooner listen to NPFTD than anything after it, including Fear of the Dark, which has some frankly awful, unfocused songs (Apparition, fear is the key...) You're absolutely right. No filler on NPFTD and Tailgunner is a classic on par with any of their best songs.
Maiden started to lose me on seventh son of a seventh son. I love all their albums all the way through somewhere in time. I don’t think I even bought no prayers for the dying or fear of the dark when they came out. Had moved from them by then. I like bring your daughter to the slaughter. I also think powerslave was overrated. I love the number of the beast and piece of mind. Just sitting through a 13 minute rime of the ancient mariner bored me.
@@antoniopereiraneves2009 Bruce’s vocals were all over the place on those albums.
Chinese Democracy is brilliant album, yes the waiting was hell, but I really enjoy that album and the whole era.
Turbo and Love is for suckers are very good albums too 🤘
Yeah I agree and really love Chinese Democracy. It’s a brilliant album once it’s not being compared to Appetite.
My problem is I can’t stand axl rose. I won’t spend a dime to see a guy that doesn’t show up for a concert until midnight. Storms off stage and attacks fans. Axl ruined that band. They were huge and his antics and ego ruined them. F axl. He’s a douchebag. Will never get another dime from me. Slash, his solo albums are descent. Check them out.
Great idea for a video....I too love Turbo ; I've seen them play Turbo lover in concert and it was great.
Thank! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Brendon, I closely follow your channel and enjoy it but this is an exceptionally great posting. I agree with several of your choices. I’m a bit older than you and heavily lean toward the PROG artists more than the metal bands but I am always interested in hearing all music and giving it a chance. But the Drama mention made me write. I think you’re point that if you enter listening to a band at a later date you are much more open to accepting all of the catalog because you are not biased. I think this is why you hear all of the time “I only listen to the older stuff”. Which is fine but sad. I just wanted to say hi, thank you and good work.
I glad to hear this particular episode spoke to you and that you enjoyed it. I hope to keep making high quality posts like this one and I’m sure more Prog will filter its way in.
Great list!
I too have some of those "hated" albums in my favs. I agree with Dynasty, but would add Unmasked & The Elder, just love those 3!
Drama is a great album and I really like the unappreciated Tormato as well (much more than Goin' for the One actually).
Rush-Presto (in my Top 5 Rush albums)
Queen-Hot Space (might be my fav of the 80's Queen albums)
Uriah Heep-Conquest (Top 5 Heep album for me)
Deep Purple-Slaves & Masters (great songs, great playing)
ELP-Emerson, Lake & Powell
Black Sabbath-Never Say Die (Top 5 Sabbath album for me)
Bowie-Tonight (I rediscovered it not too long ago, and it's a great album imo!)
Aerosmith-Rock in a Hard Place
Cheap Trick-Lap of Luxury
Those are the ones that immediately come up to mind.
Cheers.
I almost had Aerosmith’s Rock In A Hard place in my countdown.
The Elder is my favorite Kiss album, agreed also Dynasty & Unmasked , as found out most of it features Anton Fig on Drums before Eric Carr came in, as Peter Criss was on his way out with Kiss .
@@BrendonSnyder Was just listening to Rock in a Hard Place yesterday. The first three songs are killer then the album trails off for me in the quality of the songwriting. But Lightning Strikes is a top three all time favorite Aerosmith song for me.
Hot Space is excellent!
Glad I'm not the only one who actually LIKES Presto! Gets WAY too much hate.
When calling all stations came out and that first guitar sound hit I was hooked! I wish they would’ve kept going. Nir x and Nick dvirgilio were great, and nir z live was phenomenal. Wilson had great vocals. I think they needed some patience but I get coming of a Phil collins “high” was a hard pill to swallow, but I love calling all stations! The dividing line and the title track are my faves and I wish the outro on Congo was kept too as it’s not on any streaming version I know of.
Hello Brendon!
No Prayer for the Dying is amazing. We talked about it earlier during your ranking. But I insist, and can't say it often enough, it's a great album!
I Was Made for Loving You was my very first album on cassette back in '79, I was only 7 years old. And guess what, I still love it.
Turbo always got compared to Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith. Maybe it's just the wrong approach to the album ...
Fly on the Wall is an album that I appreciate a lot, and it makes me very happy to see it in your selection. 😊🤘
No Prayer For The Dying is half a great album for me. Half is great and half not so much. Love tracks like Tailgunner, the title track, Assassin, and Mother Russia.
Great list Brendon! Glad to see some love for what I refer to as my "guilty pleasure" albums. I wouldn't change a thing with the list. Why Fly on the Wall has been ostracized by some fans over the years is beyond me. Take care sir!
The production value is shitty and that is the only reason IMO
TURBO is a great album, and I am glad that it gets some love. And the tour that followed this LP was a milestone. Period.
saw that tour....it was amazing.
Good job. Nice to see my favorite band's logo on your shirt. I never thought of Drama as being hated though. Maybe at the time a little bit (especially in the UK) but not so much compared to some of their later albums (especially Union, Open Your Eyes and Heaven & Earth). I'm a little bit of a younger Yes fan too though (got into them in the 80s as a teen- I knew Asia too but didn't make the connection until later).
The album was shunned at the time and the tour didn’t go over well. The band would break up because of this. But in later years the album has grown a cult following and is definitely looked upon in better light than it was when first released.
@@BrendonSnyder I think that was more in the UK than in the US though. From what I read the crowd in the UK were hostile towards Trevor Horn and didn't accept him as Jon's replacement even shouting "we want Jon." The album didn't do as well in general and was their first album to not go gold in the US. However, I still never heard of any hostility towards the band in the US and I have heard at least one person say that the Drama tour was the best concert he ever saw. I think at this point most Yes fans definitely accept it though. It's too bad that iteration of the band didn't do one more album. I think it was similar with that other prog band Genesis who broke up after CAS which also wasn't received well but not as bad as people make it out to be.
The Fuel for life tour intro was fantastic being able to see it live (Out in the Cold), chills, the song just builds.
Such a cool into!
I love your channel! It brings back memories of when I worked in a record store for so many years.
So cool to hear! Back in the day I worked at 5 different record stores during my high school and college years. I loved every minute of it.
@@BrendonSnyder I worked at 3 different chain stores. Sadly they all closed down when downloading because popular.
Love this list!!! My favorite hated album is Hot Space by Queen and Odelay by Beck. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it. But I don’t think Beck’s Odelay is a “hated” album considering it’s his most popular. It has sold more than any of his other albums.
@@BrendonSnyder Oh, wow! I didn't know that was his highest selling album.
I don't remember Odelay getting ANY hate. (Actually, has ANY of his albums gotten that?).
Right on Brendon. I do agree with you about certain albums especially “Calling all Stations” that album is really great. One of my favorite tracks is “the dividing line” which has a Phil-ish drum sound. My favorite track on that album is “One Man’s Fool” but then again they all are great songs. Back in 1976 it was always the “Banks/Rutherford” songs. It’s just a shame they didn’t give Ray Wilson a fair shot by recording one more album. But that’s the past now. I was so looking forward to seeing this version of Genesis live but they canceled the US dates back in 1997-98 whenever it was due to lack of ticket sales. End of rant now. In closing Calling all stations is a very good album indeed. I can never thank you enough when I bought “Fly on the Wall” on your recommendation. My 2nd album I really enjoy is “Flick of the Switch”
I have similar thoughts regarding Calling All Stations. Posted above after you.
Also, the "bonus tracks" from it, released in the 83-98 boxset are really good!
Currently listening to yes's Fly From Here (Return Trip) and, damn!, that's a fine album too and vastly overlooked.
Cheers.
Motörhead ”Another perfect day”. My favorite album.
That’s a good one too!
Another perfect day and 1916 are my favorite Motorhead albums. Two of them anyway!
1916 is fantastic.
Holy cd collection!! The size of your collection IS AMAZING!
What you see behind me is just a fraction too. I have over 11,000 CDs in my collection.
Fly on the Wall and Flick of the Switch are my two favorite AC/DC albums.
Flick Of The Switch is also very underrated but a fave of mine too.
Flick of the Switch is probably my favourite AC/DC album
I always loved Black Sabbaths Never say die album and still love it from the first chord to the last.
That’s my fave of the original era of the band.
@@BrendonSnyder 😁👍
For a long, long time it even was the only BS album I really have put attention to. Few weaks ago I startet to listen all the others with Ozzy on vocals and that opened me a true treasure box. Sooooo much fantastic riffs, rhythms, vocals and lyrics! Of course, some albums have their weak moments, some more, some less. But each of them has some pure gems on it. My favorite albums are now Paranoid and Never say die. 100% killers!
Never Say Die is way better than people think. It always gets lumped in with the rather weak Technical Ecstasy, which is not fair at all.
@@JWD1992 That's true. Although even TE has some strong songs. But if you listen to NSD without any prejudice, you will recognize, that it's a return to the style of the earlier albums.
Agree, don't get the hate for that album.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who actually loves Calling All Stations. Not a perfect album by any means, does have a song I don't really care for in Small Talk, mainly because it hurts my ears, but I love most of the sounds on the album, and it feels like a more ethereal, sort of trippy experience. Many don't like the synths on the album, but I find them quite pleasing to listen to most of the time.
Thanks for the time stamps Brendon! A wonderful upgrade to your site!
Not sure what you’re referring to, but I’m glad you’re enjoying it. It might just be a RUclips thing.
Sooo happy that you love Turbo! It's cheesy, it's not as musically sophisticated compared to Defenders, but every song is so carefree and fun, and you can sing along to any track off the album. Nice list!
You’re right it’s just a very fun album.
It’s not terrible. But it’s Judas Priest trying to sound like twisted sister. Metal for 12 year olds. Wasn’t a huge fan of ram it down either. Priest doing Johnny b Goode just doesn’t right. I think painkiller was their heaviest album, and they had about called it a day by then. Music scene was changing. Didn’t discover painkiller until years later.
Great idea for a video!!! I like fly on the wall and a couple of those other ones! My album that I absolutely love that people crap on is stiff upper lip! I really love that! Actually love the production and think all the songs are extremely solid and very catchy!!! It’s my 4th favourite cause I couldn’t put it over back In black,razors edge or highway to hell! (I’m not that crazy😂)
Hi Brendon! Thank you for doing this video.Very interesting and a great concept! I mentioned "Mardi Gras" by CCR to one of the commenters. I love that album.
You’re welcome Nick, I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Brendon,
If you love Jefferson Starship / Modern Times, you really need the "bookend" albums, Freedom At Point Zero from '79 and Winds of Change from '82. They all have a similar feel and the secret weapon that really ties them together is guitarist Craig Chaquico - they really let him cut loose over these. Both Find Your Way Back and Stranger from MT were ALL OVER rock radio at the time. The next album, Nuclear Furniture was really where they went off the glossy-production, keyboard-heavy, pop deep end.
I own the whole Airplane/Starship catalogue
Jefferson Airplane are awesome. That is all I needed to know brother, I subscribed.
Great batch of albums. I have and love most of the ones you mention. Never understood why they get so much hate from the fans.
fly on the wall is definitely on my top 5 ac/dc albums list! ...some great pics in there man, thank u
Great idea for a video! I could be wrong, but I always thought Love Gun was you favorite Kiss album. I agree with you, I enjoy listening to Dynasty. I also enjoy listening to Unmasked for that 80's pop sound. Btw, are you still in contact with Chris Propfe? The Kiss video was awesome! Many of us really enjoyed your collaboration videos with him. Thanks! Rick
"Face Dances" by the Who. The band dismiss this album, but I love it!
I love it too. That’s a great album.
That Genesis album is absolutely a hidden gem … thank you! Now as a bug Queensryche fan, I still struggle liking Dedicated to Chaos.
you can hear it has a lot of potential to sound as good as those LaTorre albums, but it misses that natural fluent songwriting, that made Queensryche sound so slick back in the day
Thanks for shining a light on these fantastic unappreciated albums. I’m now on an exciting journey exploring them. 😊
Nice video.
I myself loved Starships 'Modern Times' along with Yes' 'Drama'
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What a fun topic. I bought the Chinese Democracy album before going to see GNR in 2017. It was out of curiosity as I hadn't heard it, and I was quite impressed. I really like it for what it is.
Exactly! For what it is as an album on its own it’s really good. The problem is if it’s compared to their previous catalogue I get that in that context it might not be seen as good.
@@BrendonSnyder I see it more as an Axl Rose solo effort where he can stretch out, wich he really does. 😂😮💨
Awesome video. Subbed to the channel!
Cool, thanks Mike! 👍
Great job, interesting list. Opinions vary. I agree with Modern Times and Drama, they're both great bands and both great records. Thanks!
Love LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS too by TS. Great album. It sounds a lot like CHANGE OF ADDRESS by KROKUS i think, the comercial touch and the production. Cool video.
Change Of Address is also very good!
I'm also a fan of Jefferson Starship's Modern Times! Looks like the CD was only ever released in Japan in 1991, 1998 & 2008. Hopefully a reissue here some time soon. I still have my LP, but I also burned a disc and printed out artwork to have it in my CD collection.
I'm not a fan of twofers but the only CD version of "Modern Times" I own is coupled with "Nuclear Furniture" (Friday Music, US 2009). That twofer is a bit odd, considering "Winds of Change" was released 1982, between the two albums mentioned (released 1981 and 1984 respectively). Even more odd is the twofer released by Edsel, UK in 2008 with "Modern Times" coupled with the 1976 album "Spitfire". So I agree, I would welcome good reissues of "Modern Times" (and the other albums).
@@maxslamer I have that twofer as well and found it strange that they were together. I’m guessing just because they were out of print for a long time.
I have the 1998 Japanese remaster of Modern Times and it sounds amazing.
Thanks for the props to Drama, one of my favorite Yes albums, so underrated!! I'll have to check out the Genesis album, thanks for posting Brendon!
If you listen to drama you can’t even tell it’s not Jon Anderson.
Much respect for the beauty of your CD Library, it takes a lot of focus to build such a collection.
Thanks! 34 years and counting!
CDs are given away for free at flea markets where I live which makes it easy to build a collection.
@@TooSkinnyKenny get as many as you can. Prices will go up as soon as the masses of music lovers wake up and recognize what’s been right in front of them ….
Great list Brendan!! I totally agree with most of your picks!!! Here are some of mine Slayer-Diabolous in Musica, Van Halen 3, Judas Priest both Ripper albums, Kiss-Carnival of Souls, Megadeth - The World Needs A Hero just to name a few...
Oh yes the 2 Judas Priest albums with Ripper and ever the 2 Iron Maiden albums with Blaze. I love all 4 of those.
Ripper butchered the classics live, however. Dude was good in Iced Earth but was a terrible choice for JP.
Fantastic video and it has got me thinking. ‘Around the Sun’ by REM is a solid album but mostly hated.
Hi Brendon - Genesis - Calling All Stations. One of my Fav Genesis albums lol Love it. Sadly overlooked album. Shipwreck - brilliant. YES - Drama - excellent album. cya
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This channel is pure gold
I love No Prayer for the Dying , Turbo as well ! Nice Yes t- shirt by the way.
Thanks! It’s one of my favorites.
Nice video Brendon. NPFTD is one of my favourite Maiden albums. So underrated.
Awesome! 👍
I don’t care for this album but the title track is terrific. I am not a big fan of Hooks In You (Iron Maiden almost doing glam metal which is why you like it Brendon 😂) but I do like Run Silent, Run Deep. In other places Tailgunner is an uninspired remake of Aces High. Bring Your Daughter was originally Bruce’s solo song and used when they ran out of songs.
"Turbo" is my fav PRIEST and "Fly On The Wall" my fav AC/DC. Great video and great to see some love for some often hated records. \m/
Agree 100% with Fly On The Wall. It was the first original copy (vinyl) of an AC/DC album I owned (12-13 years old). I was shocked years later to find out it wasn't universally loved :).
I also agree Turbo gets more hate than it deserves. I think it's a good album. Still, rocks and the amount of keyboards in it are overstated by the critics of it.
I also recently listened to and then Bought Chinese Democracy after ignoring it for years. Much better than expected. Hard to compare to the earlier stuff as it's just too different but as a stand-alone album it's good.
If your first albums had been Highway to Hell and Back in Black you would understand. The level there was so incredibly high, it could only get worse, and it did. Well, For those about to Rock almost kept the level of Back in Black, but Flick of the Switch marked clearly the end of the best era. When that album was out, you were hoping for the next to bring back that Back in Black quality, but then came Fly on the Wall and it was a catastrophy. You had to realise, that they will never reach that great sound, phantastic riffs and genius songwriting again. They were like just copying themselves on the level of bad imitators or even a satire.
@@jurgenv.6030 I acknowledge that Highway To Hell and Back In Black are the better albums, along with Powerage and Let There Be Rock which I may even rate better than the more famous 2 but I still think Fly On The Wall is decent. I don't think Acca Dacca have made a really bad album but of course, the quality isn't as high as their greatest moments. No band with such a large discography maintain the level of their best album/s for their whole career.
Great topic! I'll have to seriously think about this one. Love all of my 80's metal. First thing that comes to mind are Tommy Lee's first two solo albums. Music you need to be in a certain mood to listen to, but nice to have on in the background. Need to check the shelves again. Some great ones in the comments. Megadeth's Risk, Priest's Turbo, as well as Ripper's two Priest albums. Brendon, you could also do the opposite. Albums that people love but you can't stand lol.
Someone else also suggested the opposite topic and I agree it’s a good idea that may appear in a future episode. I was thinking Top 10 Popular Albums That I Never Want To Hear Again 😂
@@BrendonSnyder I don't know if you're familiar with Robert Fithen, but he does stuff about vinyl records. He did a similar topic about albums everyone considers great but didn't impress him. Would be an interesting comparison if you did it also, or something similar.
Brendon, you nailed this Top 10. I couldn't agree more.
Cool! 👍
interesting picks, I would say though that Drama actually has gained more fans over the years, it's got really high marks on Prog Ears, and RYM.
Before watching the video, here are some of my picks:
The X Factor - Iron Maiden
Club Ninja - Blue Oyster Cult
Slang - Def Leppard (I also could pick Hysteria for an opposite video, loved albums that I hate!)
Kilroy was Here - Styx
Hold Your Fire - Rush
Generation Swine - Motley Crue (Sure, there are a couple massive stinkers on this album, but most of it is a guilty pleasure!)
Force of Habit - Exodus
Never Say Die - Black Sabbath
Van Halen III - Van Halen (Again, a couple clunkers, especially "How Many Say I," but I dig this album)
Calling All Stations - Genesis
I love Iron Maiden’s X Factor as well. I liked the reverse idea of Top 10 Popular Albums That I Hate…haha maybe for a future episode!
I really like Slang too
X-Factor is my 2nd favorite album by Maiden.
Force of Habit is my favorite album by Exodus.
VH3 I go back to more often than any other by Van Halen.
Good list! I was hoping you loved TS Come Out and Play as much as most people dislike it. I couldn't get into Love Is For Suckers as much. IMO, Come Out and Play is the strongest TS album. All killer no filler!
I love your Number 1. Never understood the hate for Fly On the Wall? Same reason you had Brendon, I heard Sink the Pink and Shake Your Foundations on Maximum Overdrive and this movie was my first introduction to AC/DC. So I have a special spot for this album. It's a shame they never play these songs live. .
I agree with you completely on Calling All Stations and Drama! I’d also add Union by Yes and Music From The Elder by Kiss to my list. But my top two choices would be Van Halen 3 by Van Halen and Music From Another Dimension by Aerosmith.
I think what you said about coming to these albums later is completely true. I know for many people, VH3 did not meet expectations, but I’m only 26, so since I discovered it alongside all the other albums, I didn’t have those same expectations that were then let down. MFAD for me, though, is sort of the opposite. Aerosmith is my absolute favorite band, and MFAD is the only studio album of theirs that I got to experience as a new release. The hype built up for it, the singles coming out prior to release, the promotional internet videos, Steven promoting it on American Idol, and the eventual release all happened while I was in high school, so I have a LOT of nostalgia for that album! I was so excited to experience a new album from the band that I had been in love with since middle school! So it’ll always hold a special place in my heart!
I've been singing the praises of Love is For Suckers for decades now. Like it better than Come Out and Play. Good list, man..🤘🏼
Modern Times was great. Find Your Way Back is beautiful and the harmonies at the end are lovely.
You’re so right!
What a great episode! More please! 2 things fyi… kiss sonic boom is finally streaming.
I read a interview with Steve Vai who revealed he is sitting on a record he recorded with Ozzy years ago.
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Always liked Calling for Stations. It's quite dark! Love Chinese Democracy as well. Pretty much the only GNR album I listen to regularly since the rest is so overplayed at this point. Has some of Axl's best vocal performances too. Another dark horse pick for me, Rush's Test for Echo. First Rush album I ever heard in its entirety because I had the Neil Peart drum DVD, so holds a special place for me.
Test For Echo is a good album but for some reason sounds like the band was just going through the motions. It’s part of the 90’s era kicked off by the outstanding Roll The Bones, followed by the more than capable Counterparts, but Test For Echo seemed like Rush Lite. Still a good listen but not as good as others.
Callling all stations is a very decent album. Frankly, they only Genesis record that I rather dislike is Abacab.
No Prayer for the Dying is my second favourite Maiden album (after Brave New World). I also believe that the two Blaze albums deserve more love and attention (and also the man had fantastic albums solo and with Wolfsbane).
Drama is a unique record which I enjoy. To those who are reading this - be sure to check out the two Buggles albums as well, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Turbo was also awesome.
My favourite albums which have been either overlooked or unjustly criticized, in addition to the ones mentioned above: Megadeth's Risk, Helloween's Chameleon, Dream Theater's Falling Into Infinity, Kreator's Endorama, KISS' Music from 'The Elder', Queen's Flash Gordon... And, believe it or not, I actually enjoy LULU a lot :)
Absolutely loved “Calling All Stations” when I heard. Because I totally agree with you it felt like a return to their progressive/artsy earlier style with a slight modern twist. One album I love, but at least I don’t think gets enough love: “Power Windows” by Rush.
Great video! Excepting you'd come up with Music From The Elder from KISS from 1981, favorite of mine but back on release a huge disappointment for most fans cuz very left field and unexpected. Also Unmasked and Destroyer wasn't received very well by everyone so guess they were risk takers more than once, those fellas in KISS. 😃👍👍
Dude. The AC/DC, the Genesis and the Yes albums you mentioned are all fantastic records, especially ‘Calling all Stations’ in 5.1 surround sound. The rest of the stuff on your list doesn’t do a dang thing for me. That’s cool though. We all hear things differently. You rock Brendon. Please keep up the good work and thanks for all you do. Peace!
All great cds .pretty interesting about the last twisted sister album almost being a dee snider album. My favorite song from that album love is for suckers did you like the bonus songs on the spitfire release. Great kiss album
Fly on The Wall is one of my favorite CD's of all time !!
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In 2009, Friday Music reissued Modern Times and Nuclear Furniture as a 2-CD set which is now, unfortunately, out of print. I know both albums were out of print on CD for a long time. I happen to love Calling All Stations by Genesis as well. My only complaint about it is the early and quick fade-outs, especially the title track!
Rhino Records/WM now owns the rights to Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship and Grace Slick's recordings.
Agree with you on Drama, huge fan here and easily their heaviest, Howe just tips
It’s good to see how much love Drama is getting. It seems to really have found a cool cult following in recent times.
Great video. Didn't even know that Ac/Dc and the twisted sister album was considered "hated". I personally love them.
Also, thanks for educating me more about these albums as well as music overall. Because of you i am able to continue to grow my tiny collection (compared to yours😂) with great rock music.
The albums were more hated back in the day when they first came out. Over time lots of these albums have found fans who love them. Glad to hear you’re learning a lot and growing your collection! Keep it up!
Good choice on Drama. My favorite Yes album too . Reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd’s “Animals” with the long but not boring songs with great Melodies. “Who By Numbers” is a great one from the 70s that gets forgotten.
Cool YES shirt. 'Fly On The Wall' was my introduction to AC/DC via 'Sink The Pink' videoclip. Love 'Fly On The Wall'. I also love TWISTED SISTER's 'Love Is For Suckers'. KISS's 'Dynasty' and 'Unmasked' are excellent studio albums; 'Crazy Nights' is my favourite studio album by KISS. Also huge fan of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Turbo'; however, 'Defenders Of The Faith' is my favourite studio album by the mighty JUDAS PRIEST. I'm also a big fan of VAN HALEN's 'Diver Down'. Keep up your excellent work.
And I luv these "hated" albums:
KISS- "The Elder" (1981)
BAD RELIGION- "Into the Unknown" (83)
ALICE COOPER- "Raise Your Fist & Yell" (87)
THE DAMNED- "Music For Pleasure" (77)
GRATEFUL DEAD- "Terrapin Station" (77)
BLACK SABBATH- "Born Again" (83)
MOTORHEAD- "Another Perfect Day" (83)
I’ve really been warming up to Born Again myself. Tony Iommi has remixed it for a reissue that is supposed to come out this year. Could be cool to see what he’s done to enhance it.
@@BrendonSnyder I am DAMN GLAD YOU TOLD ME THAT!! While I do love Sabbath's lone album with Deep Purple's trademark vocalist I have to admit the sound is poor- reminds me of a 3rd generation cassette of a demo!
I like Megadeth - Risk, it was the first Megadeth album i bought, and I really like it
Oh that’s another really good one that could have been included!
RUclips recommendations are working! Great video. My first ever gig, in December 1980, at the Rainbow in London, was Yes on the Drama tour. I was 15 at the time. I think I would have appreciated that type of gig better if I was a little older. Looking back, the setlist was great. Still, a very good album and the gig was good. AC/DC's Fly On The Wall is an album I like too, full of good songs but the mix of the album is just awful. The tour was great. "Playing with girls" is the standout track for me.
No Prayer was my first Maiden CD and my first Maiden concert back in day! Fond memories!
I don’t know why it’s gets so much hate a lot of great tracks.. great energy!
Just found Fly On The Wall at Family Dollar for $2 new. Thought of you and bought it. Used to have the CD. Shake your foundations dude!
Cool score! Enjoy! 🤘
Looks like the 2003 remastered with a nice booklet with several pages of commentary on the album, no lyrics but that’s okay. Nicely put together
Hi Brendon,
I am two year’s older than you. I also love Fly on the Wall and Turbo. These albums were my introductions to both bands. I remember I had them both on cassette.
Totally agree with No Prayer for the Dying. Is it their best? Far from it but it has so many good tracks. I completely get the stripped down back to basics sound. I consumed every metal magazine interview at the time as well as every interview on the radio where the band kept saying the next album was going to be different and stripped down because they grew tired of the elaborate stage productions of the past and the long songs. I guess I was the only one who paid attention to these interviews back then.
Love Fly on the Wall. Just wish the bass was a bit higher in the mix.
Totally agree with Modern Times. Favorite is Save Your Love. Great guitar work. Also nice Great White poster..
A couple of albums that I know are not appreciated, but I really love our Kiss Unmasked and Dream Theater Falling into infinity. And last, but certainly not least Van Halen III
Fly on the wall is actually my favorite AC/DC album. Great songs beginning to end. Their heaviest! Great drumming, riffs, etc...love the raw production as well 👌
Love your channel but just one correction - Kiss reached #11 with I Was Made For Lovin' You, not No. 1 in the US on the Hot 100- Beth and Forever were there only top ten hits, but they have never had a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It did go to #1 on the Canadian Hot 100, so possibly where the mixup occurred, thanks! I like Dynasty more than the average fan - 2,000 Man is another great Ace track while Dirty Livin' is my other stand out track - The Stanley tracks Sure Know Something and I Was Made are also highlights, but I think Gene's songs started to suffer from his focus on movies and other activities outside of music.
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Loved & bought them all too Brendon!
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"Dynasty" was my introduction into the world of Kiss and i love it from the beginning. That is how amazing journey with hard rock music started, at all. Then Judas came. After still my favorite "Defenders", two studio albums later they still kicked ass with "Turbo". And "Fly on the wall" is better if you chose this full long video featured flying bug and dancing waitress as a companion to the AC/DC songs from that album.
I agree that half of what attracted me to the Fly On The Wall album was the long form video that had all of their videos from the album connected telling a story so it was like a mini 30 min movie.
Drama by Yes, is one of my favorite albums too
I love Fly on the Wall, my favorite as well. It might not have any classics, but I thought it was solid from start to finish. It might be that era that I really started getting into music as there are a few others that I quite liked that either the bands did not like or fans did not like. I really liked Ozzys Ultimate Sin, Dio's Sacred Heart, Anthraxs State of Euphoria and Motley Crues Theater of Pain.
Would love to see an upload of the gear you listen to your CDs and LPs on.
That’s part of other videos
Curious where Nostradamus would be on your list. I know most dont but I quite enjoy that record.
I agree on Iron Maiden. I like PsychoCircus by Kiss. Album most people hate. Would you do the opposite video…Album everybody loves but I hate or Music I love to hate…Love your videos. Thank you. Dave from Prague.
Hi Dave! Yes I’m working on something similar called Top 10 Popular Albums I Never Need To Hear Again…. 😂😂😂
Love Fly on the Wall, so much energy on that album, it absolutely rocks. While, some pretty dreadful lyrics aside, Turbo is a great album includes some really melodic, fun and catchy tunes.