Timestamps 0:46 Nas - It Was Written 1:58 Death Grips - Government Plates 2:31 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town 3:36 Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu 4:45 Xzibit - Restless 7:00 Stereolab - Dots and Loops 8:27 The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Also a brief mention of Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One at 9:07) 9:36 Cardiacs - Sing to God 10:48 Tom Waits - Closing Time 12:25 Jordaan Mason and The Horse Museum - Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head 14:07 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... 14:34 Verbal Assault - Trial 16:02 Nick Reinhart Shoutout 16:06 The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
I've been waiting for Fantano to speak on them. This means a lot to me and I'm glad I saw this. Mary Hansen you will be missed! Easily my favorite band in the word
The Pharcyde's "Labcabincalifornia" is a phenomal hip hop album to me yet nobody seems to bring it or the band up in most conversations. J Dilla's beats, the mellow jazzy sound, the flows are just mindblowing and it's crazy how consistent this record is. Masterpiece! Also "Stakes is High" by De La Soul, same thing. Underrated af
You guys were the first one ☝️ I gotta I hope 🤞 you’re not sure 🤔 has always come up a bit and it’s not that much I just got it and I’ll get it done ✅ was a way of doing that to make sure that it wasn’t a bad bitch it because of it I think 💭 gonna has a great 👍🏾 day I hope 🤞 sounds great 👍🏾 has an exciting game of football 🏈 this year and I have to see the world 🗺 was that way to make sure we get our way back up and down we had some fun things going out for the next couple weeks and then we have some things going out
Stillmatic is really underrated too, they only know it for Ether but listening to the other songs on the album, it's just great, I find it as an album where you listen to every song without skipping.
The last few songs on that record except the last are just so outdated and bad its hard to say its a nas classic with that many bad songs. If the album was reduced to 10-11 tracks it wouldve been a classic imo
Nothing from that era aged well? JAY Z blueprint. Black star album. Reflection eternal album Mos - Black on both sides. Dilla - welcome 2 detroit Slum - fantastic vol 2. Come on ...we can do this all day, a lot of albums from that era aged like fine wine.
@@ElectrusBoom Also early X, ski mask, lil pump, purp, all of the raider clan the list goes on, another great thing about that scene is their appreciation of metal music.
think you misread the cardiacs question, it said "anything *they* had done before", not "anything that had been done before". i dont think they were arguing that its like revolutionary in the context of all music ever, just in terms of what the band had done before
Ngl Divorce Lawyer is my favorite folk album of all time, mostly because of the instrumentation. Everything is so specifically done with subtlety. It's an album based on nuance and I discover something new with every listen
@Descartes' Apparition then it's doing it's job well, divorce lawyers is an album that confronts disgusting and uncomfortable things in a very up-front way
@@michaeledwards6683 I have not but I plan on it soon, I've spoken to Jordaan a good bit since this comment was posted and I've only loved their music more and more.
Jake if you watch some of Fantano’s old videos he has a character called cal cuchesta who is basically just a dumbass and at one point cal released an album called the new calassic
@@JakeAllen3 he has reviewed it, basically Cal kept him awake with impromptu freestyles and chanting, drumming on a trashcan lid I think. After several days of this, Melon seemed to break down and "review" the album, although the discussion was cursory at best. I don't remember if he actually gave it a rating or not, but I certainly remember his general mood as being one of great tiredness and veiled disgust.
Anything Bowie did between 1984 and 2013 is probably underrated. Like the world just can't handle Bowie continuing to be so awesome for more than 15 years or so.
The only 2 Bowie albums I dislike, are Tonight and the one that came after that. Other than that, it’s all fire. I don’t see people talking about The Next Day much and that album is fucking phenomenal.
I barely know them, and the reason I even know them at all is because of one of my favourite bands - Blur. As far as I remember, Cardiacs inspired them or whatever.
I'm glad both Naked City and Cardiacs got some attention, but comparing them seems a bit weird considering that one sounds like a blend of jazz and grindcore while the other is more Punk meets Prog. Also, Cardiacs formed in 1977 and were more likely an influence on Naked City than the other way around. Still, great shoutouts!
Finally, he did Cardiacs! While I personally think Sing to God is an underrated masterpiece, I’m glad you talked about them at all. More exposure for Cardiacs is a good thing. Tim Smith is a genius and is criminally overlooked. Thanks for giving it a try, Melon.
DANGER DAYS I’ve met so few people who are even aware that MCR released a 4th album before splitting, let alone that it’s a great album with some awesome songs and an amazing aesthetic.
So stoked to see Cardiacs on here! I disagree with your opinion (they are my favorite band so I’m biased) but happy to see them here nontheless. I think it’s not just how zany it is that appeals to me, but that underneath its surface presentation there are beautiful melodies, excellent song writing and instrumentation and musicianship, and there’s a deeper sort of sensibility to me that resonates with me, more than just being random and spastic rock music. But maybe your shoutout will bring some new fans! one can only hope :)
i have never heard the Cardiacs before last night, but i have to agree. this album has a very narrower following that is apparently an acquired taste. i think it is one of the most amazing records i have ever heard, and deserves much wider appreciation.
My takes: It Was Written is a very good album... Darkness on the Edge of Town is a tad underrated, but Nebraska is MEGA underrated... agree 100 percent on the LuLu take... Dots and Loops is an absolute classic, my favorite Stereolab album, and I'm a HUGE fan of the band... Entroducing is a widely and properly acclaimed classic... Long Gone Before Daylight I agree is extremely underrated.
Boards of Canada "The Campfire Headphase", it got some really good songs like Chromatic Dreamcoat and the album is forgotten because of "Geogaddi" and "Music has the right to children", those albums are great but Campfire Headphase deserves a little more of recognition in my opinion.
I have TCH on vinyl. I love BoCs albums individually for unique reasons but it's truly the best album for making me feel any positive thoughts lol. it definitely has its melancholy moments
There is so often a suggestion that comes out of nowhere which really resonates with me. Last video it was Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor and this video it's Long Gone Before Daylight by the Cardigans.
Hail to the Thief by Radiohead. Is often dismissed as a Proto-In Rainbows, and in many aspects this is true. But the album is much more. It has an unique personality, it's arguably the band's biggest political statement and has some of the best songwriting in the band's discography. And 2+2=5 is their best opener ever
The quote was that Sing to God was beyond anything THEY had done before, not beyond anything ANYONE had ever done before. Though even so, you'd be hard pressed to find an album so imaginative, creative, zany and chaotic as Sing to God. It's probably the best album of all time.
Imaginative, creative, zany, and chaotic are the exact words I would use to describe Frank Zappa's discography, Primus's discography, Mr. Bungle's discography, and The Residents's discography.
I’m a huge John fan and his solo stuff in general is extremely underrated, but Niandra Lades is at the bottom of the barrel for me and same with smile. Anything he did between To Record Water For Ten Days through The Empyrean would make for a better case for being underrated than his 90s albums.
Tried this one several times and I still can't get into it, personally. I'm very interested by the context, but it rubs me the wrong way, and not in a good way. Need to take a deep breath and dive back in again.
I have heard of Stereolab once or twice, but never delved in... Thanks to whoever suggested this I can't stop hearing various familiar components to other music I listen to, most specifically a lot of the instrument palet matches Grimace Federation. I put on Dots and Loops, and it hasn't lost a day in age, holy hell. Now digesting it every few minutes another song by another artist pops into mind which shares elements with something from Dots&Loops.
First Durutti column album, although maybe I'm looking in the wrong places I don't see people talk about it all that much and I think it's absolutely phenomenal.
It was written was my introduction to Nas, funny thing was that I was fairly young and it was the first hiphop album I ever owned and Wass also my introduction into hiphop. It's funny that when the album came out I remember a lot of reviews were lukewarm to okay about the album. I remember there being a lot of talk about how he had sold out because the album sounded like money with the production being what it is. Over the years, although I love some of his more classic albums, this one in particular holds a special spot in my heart. Love your take on the album.
I'd also include Archetype and Polymer by Tonedeff. 2 albums that are masterpieces but due to lack of following these albums never get mentioned. Super talented artist and emcee
Pretty well rated though. Got a lot of indie buzz when it came out and made it on best of the decade lists. That said I think it was released when soul revival was really booming, and the staleness of the genre these days may be contributing to it's slight fade from glory.
Don’t know if you’ve talked about this band too much, but would love to hear a Sonic Youth: Worst to Best. Really only heard the hits Teen Age Riot and Kool Thing and some other tracks off of Daydream Nation. Been diving into their other stuff and have loved stuff off their older albums like Evol.
Joshua Jones a little bit. As of right now, have definitely given a deeper dive the aforementioned Evol, Bad Moon Rising, Master-Dik and Dirty. As of right now off of Sister, mainly listened to Beauty Lies In The Eye, but will definitely listen to more. As of right now, although I do still really like Daydream Nation and will say it’s probably still say it’s my favourite of theirs, I can’t deny Death To Our Friends, Green Light and Marilyn Moore off Evol amongst the other tracks
Didn't expect to see Divorce Lawyers I Shaved my head on here! What an album. Reminds me of when Jordaan Mason the front person, did a gig in my living room in the UK and played a couple of songs solo from that record!
both Digable Planets albums deserve more credit. they both get a lot of respect but I think they are both borderline masterpieces that people could and should still learn more from today... the lyrics take rap in a serious poetic direction that I wish other rappers picked up on.
The Residents' discography as a whole is amazingly underrated. Being active for 40+ years and you don't see them even being considered. Although I can see why...
Cocteau twins - Victorialand. An underrated band but especially this album. They are either remembered for their gothic sounds and dream pop but this was an album creating moods and ethereal sounds well before talk talk started creating the beginnings of post rock.
Trompe Le Monde by the Pixies for me. People generally overlook it because Kim Deal’s backing vocals aren’t as prominent as other Pixies records but I love it and it has some of the best pixies tracks in my opinion.
Death Magnetic by Metallica is extremely underrated. It has some amazing riffs like the ones in "All Nightmare Long", "Cyanide" and "That was just your life" to give a few. The unforgiven III is at the level of the first one. I can say that is easily the best metallica record post "black album
I also love this album, maybe because it came out in my youth there's some nostalgia there. It's a real shame people hate it and the few times I've seen them live they completely disregard its existence.
I will absolutely keep saying in every comment section of this kind of video that Deftones "Koi No Yokan" is one of the most underappreciated records of the 2010s
@@batman-sr2px but even him was reasonable enough to see whats good on the record, even if it felt like a reach him bashing songs like Rosemary or Swerve City
I'd argue for Bowery Electric's 1995 album, "Bowery Electric" as one of the most underrated shoegaze and drone albums of all time. It's one of my favorite albums of all time (currently rated 4th on my chart, as we speak). The textures achieved in the album, alongside the bass work, are incredible. The moods and images that the album evokes lets it compare itself to Loveless. "Beat" is well-received, but I believe it's slightly worse than their 1995 effort. I'd also argue for Drop Nineteen's "Mayfield" demo from 1991. When it gets remastered, it will be on par with the shoegaze trifecta of albums. It's one of the dreamiest albums ever made and the vocals reinforce the emotional tracks well. Finally, Tangerine Dream's "Alpha Centauri" is, in my opinion, one of the best krautrock and ambient albums ever made. It's an experience, rather than a musical production, and it's a very epic and one-of-a-kind one. It is the album that made me a music person.
Cardiacs are by far my favorite band, but I think that's mostly because I explored every nook and cranny of Tim's brilliance on several other projects he's been a part of. I did a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time, "Don't You Ail, Flash the Sea to Steam". There's probably a TH-cam video of it somewhere if anyone is curious. If you know what's good for you, just listen to the original and skip my cover. I found this review because a fellow Cardiacs fan was freaking out about you saying anything negative about the record on Facebook, which I think is pretty ridiculous. Everyone comes from their own frame of reference. There isn't really a right or wrong when it comes to art. What surprised me was when you said you thought it was OK. I've never heard a lukewarm reaction to Cardiacs before. It seemed like people either loved them or hated them because they can be a bit extreme at times, as you mentioned in your video. I listened to and played a lot of metal as a teenager, so I'm guessing my tolerance for noise is probably a little higher than normal - whatever "normal" is. Anyway, thanks for even mentioning the record. I hope more people will at least give it a chance because their music can be pretty life-changing for some people (like me). I haven't listened to John Zorn in a long time, so I'm going to hunt down that Naked City record you mentioned and give it another listen.
I'm a big fan too. Stepping away from it, I can understand being lukewarm. The album is really long, and probably feels longer if you are put off by Tim's voice, or prog fiddling. I also reject notions that no one can say anything bad about them. Sometimes it feels like prog fans judge regular people who don't "get it," as if they are failing themselves by expressing a contrary opinion. I still think the band is immensely underrated, but it just took me a long time to find them. And when you bring The Sea Nymphs into the question, there is no question that they are unusually obscure. Not to mention the brilliant lyrics, which even some fans forget to mention. Tim was a brilliant workaholic.
The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold is so under appreciated and underrated. Coming off a pretty good but watered down radio metal album and then doing a surprise drop of their next album (the Stage) without any hype didn’t help this album. But it has some of their best songs with the self title, the catchy af God Damn and the 17 minute epic Exist. It’s also a great concept album about the rise of technology. Blends a lot of genres well and holds up very well. 10/10
Yes, I genuinely think it's a 10 and the best thing they've made since City of Evil. I made a top 100 songs of the decade playlist and Exist ended up being my favorite song after Kanye's Runaway
Any Depeche Mode album besides “Violator” before Alan Wilder left in my opinion. “Music for the masses”, “Black Celebration”, and “People Are People” are just so good
Bad take on Cardiacs but damn, nice to see them get mentioned. Given the history of the band and in the context of the rest of their work and who they've influenced I think regarding Sing To God as a very underrated album is fair. Especially given that NME gave it 0/10 when it was released.
Here are my top 6 (I had to add one more because I couldn’t definitively decide that 5th one 😂) most underrated albums IMO 1. Mos Def- The New Danger (my favorite rap album of all time), AND The Ecstatic. Mos Def does NOT get the recognition he deserves. In my all time top 2 favorite MC’s to ever pick up a mic. 2. Geto Boys- We Can’t Be Stopped- I feel like even in their day, they were maligned, misunderstood, and completely overshadowed by the forces of nature and fate that were the Biggie/Pac years. When actually, they were artists before they’re time. Now they’re all but forgotten. But this is horrorcore perfection, truly a perfect album. 3. Santigold- Santogold- This extremely gifted, beautifully skilled singer songwriter and highly original artist is horribly underrated and under known. This album though? It’s a masterpiece. 4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz!- In a post punk world, it’s actually NYC’s Karen O who reigns supreme in her queendom 👑 to sum up this particular album (and they have some incredible albums) in one word: BRILLIANT. And horribly underrated. The whole band is underrated and under known actually. Criminally so. 5. Kings Of Leon- Come Around Sundown- Widely known as the band who has Sex On Fire (yes, that’s a double 😂), it’s actually this album that serves as their most underrated, under appreciated, and under known. When it’s the most incredible journey to go on. LOVE this album. It’s just gorgeous music…where “California (is always) Waiting” 6. The Shins- Wincing The Night Away- This is a band that remains underrated to this day. So rare is it that I hear someone mention them, that I remember the measly two instances when they did 😂. This album. Oh my lord. Words are insufficient to describe the superior cerebral trip this alt band takes you on with an album that you literally cannot help but close your eyes to and get lost in. It’s incredibly magical & dreamy. Perfect use of Synth and sound, haunting vocals that soar, lyrics that get way down in your core, it’s literally a perfect album. Inspired by the band’s primary singer/songwriter’s lifelong chronic insomnia (I relate 10,000%), this concept album is truly one of the best, most underrated and forgotten alt rock albums to come out of the 00’s. However, the album’s music remains fresh and undated, and incredibly timeless. I don’t use this term lightly and always sparingly, but this criminally under mentioned album is ICONIC. A MASTERPIECE. ONE OF THE GENRE’S GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. If you’ve never heard it, give your ears the gasm they’ve been longing for. I promise, you won’t regret it; it’s breathtakingly beautiful and brilliant. Honorable Mentions, and just like the above, they’re all albums I ❤️- Stereo Lab*Dots And Loops, La Roux*La Roux, Shabazz Palaces*Lese Majesty, Placebo*Meds, Prince*Under The Cherry Moon (soundtrack), Led Zeppelin*In Through The Out Door, The White Stripes*Get Behind Me Satan, *Fleetwood Mac*Tango In The Night, Queens Of The Stone Age*Era Vulgaris, Stone Temple Pilots*No. 4. And finally, I’m going to stop writing. If you made it this far, give yourself a frikin medal; I know I wrote a novel that exactly zero people asked for. 😂this was fun though. Hopefully he’ll do this listing again one day and I can copy and paste all this 💩 and post it to him 🤣for now though, I’m gonna go listen to The Shins-Wincing The Night Away. Talking about it made me want to hear it right now. Suchhhh a great album 👍🏼
I've always felt that Prefuse 73's One Word Extinguisher is a pretty underrated classic. Don't quote me on this, but he's gotta be one of the pioneers of the glitch-hop sound, and I think that album went on to influence a lot more producers and bands than most people probably give it credit for. Definitely my favorite of his records.
the movie’s album was actually really good tho. It was my introduction to indie bands like The Flaming Lips, Ween, Wilco, and The Shins when I was little.
Let’s agree: Anthony shouldn’t tease his fans with intros like this.
Did you mean Let's Agree?
more like lets agree
spaceman samurai fixed lmao
tease me more
i was not prepared for the raw sexual energy at the beginning of this video
Kisses
Melon teasing us with his inner tiger bestiality
@N K This guy gets it
Melon made me nut.
@@Matt_and_stuff me neither
You know how many tigers had to die to make that shirt? You monster.
"So many tigers, it happens to tigers. You trade your passion for glory."
@@cdasteez Damn that tiger has a stretchy face
Well, one
Carole Baskin? Is that you?
ugliest t-shirt in existence
The new CAlassic by Cal Chacusta is a criminally underrated album that remains unchallenged in its raw depth and lyrical prowess
Melon gave it a 10 tho
"I was thrownin uPp on Tuesday" 🔥🔥
I don’t see Nostalgia Critic's The Wall here, melon.
@@tbsargis4159 r/woooosh
@@tbsargis4159 r/woooosh
@@chillykaia we really got that at the same time
Wonder why
Animals is more underrated
That reverse tuba sound has to be the most unsettling sound i've heard in a while... what is that from?
It's from a tuba that was put on reverse
RICO
I thought it was just his bass playing in reverse
Colin Stetson
Timestamps
0:46 Nas - It Was Written
1:58 Death Grips - Government Plates
2:31 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
3:36 Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
4:45 Xzibit - Restless
7:00 Stereolab - Dots and Loops
8:27 The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
(Also a brief mention of Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One at 9:07)
9:36 Cardiacs - Sing to God
10:48 Tom Waits - Closing Time
12:25 Jordaan Mason and The Horse Museum - Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head
14:07 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
14:34 Verbal Assault - Trial
16:02 Nick Reinhart Shoutout
16:06 The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
You are doing god's work!
E Nunez thank you sir👽
👍
only care about the top two lol
Damn, Anthony acknowledges Sing To God's existence, damn
i feel like Xzibit gets underrated sometimes, he has some great songs and some legendary features.
Yea he's cool
Agreed Xzibit is so dope
Great voice and delivery etc. His best stuff is worth a listen.
I’ve always loved him just because of that fucking cadence, dude was scary
yea his music got hella overshadowed by PiMp mY rIdE
So cool to see Stereolab's "Dots and Loops" on this. I feel like in an alternate universe that was the most influential album of the last 30 years.
What an amazing universe that would be
Another masterpiece and extremely underrated Stereolab album (and my favourite of theirs) is "Cobra ana Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night".
I've been waiting for Fantano to speak on them. This means a lot to me and I'm glad I saw this. Mary Hansen you will be missed! Easily my favorite band in the word
The Pharcyde's "Labcabincalifornia" is a phenomal hip hop album to me yet nobody seems to bring it or the band up in most conversations.
J Dilla's beats, the mellow jazzy sound, the flows are just mindblowing and it's crazy how consistent this record is. Masterpiece!
Also "Stakes is High" by De La Soul, same thing. Underrated af
My nigga talking about Pharcyde and De La Soul? Throw Dälek in there as well and Imma have to consider that a proposal.
even Em said it's underrated
Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field I don’t know about Dälek but yeah we can marry all day no homo tho
labcab has the same problem as it was written where it’s preceded by a really iconic album that hogs the attention
esa Yeah true but imo Labcabincalifornia is the superior album to Bizarre Ride even tho the latter has the iconic singles
Where’s the Pink Floyd: Worst to Best, Melon?
Cowardthony yellowtano here
I mean at this point almost everyone knows how would he rate them.
MaxxVII yea but I want somewhere that I can complain about it in a direct way
Why? It's all worst.
The Virtual Jonathan yikes
I’d say all of Nav’s albums. Let’s be honest, people only didn’t like them because they weren’t good smh. And also bc of the neonazis.
That neo-nazi thing blindsided the fuck out of me what’s going on there
wait whats going on with the neo-nazi shit?
You gonna have to post some context my guy
Fax
You guys were the first one ☝️ I gotta I hope 🤞 you’re not sure 🤔 has always come up a bit and it’s not that much I just got it and I’ll get it done ✅ was a way of doing that to make sure that it wasn’t a bad bitch it because of it I think 💭 gonna has a great 👍🏾 day I hope 🤞 sounds great 👍🏾 has an exciting game of football 🏈 this year and I have to see the world 🗺 was that way to make sure we get our way back up and down we had some fun things going out for the next couple weeks and then we have some things going out
I MADE IT IN, LET’S GOOOO. Govt. Plates gang!!
How tf is he not verified
This is wild
@@jerrywhoomst1116 Calm down, filthy frank was only funny or cool in middle school.
shut the fuck up bich
Not real
"It Was Written" was a gem. Thank you for the recognitions, Anthony.
Stillmatic is really underrated too, they only know it for Ether but listening to the other songs on the album, it's just great, I find it as an album where you listen to every song without skipping.
The last few songs on that record except the last are just so outdated and bad its hard to say its a nas classic with that many bad songs. If the album was reduced to 10-11 tracks it wouldve been a classic imo
@@imsmokey4331 coming back to this, yeah you're right it didn't age too well. still have some amazing songs on it.
What do you think are the best songs on Stillmatic?
ill agree with the others, that a bit too many of Nas from 1998 - 2004 didn't age well, but I will say that nothing from that period aged well.
Nothing from that era aged well?
JAY Z blueprint.
Black star album.
Reflection eternal album
Mos - Black on both sides.
Dilla - welcome 2 detroit
Slum - fantastic vol 2.
Come on ...we can do this all day, a lot of albums from that era aged like fine wine.
Let's agree: the south florida rap scene of the mid 2010's was phenomenal and is truly when rap went punk
and the home, browsed county carried that shit mainly, in my opinion obviously
Back when SoundCloud was fun to listen to
my favorite era of music that i had the privilege of living through
I'm still waiting for a rapper named "Florida man" to drop on soundcloud
@@ElectrusBoom Also early X, ski mask, lil pump, purp, all of the raider clan the list goes on, another great thing about that scene is their appreciation of metal music.
Sing to God is my favorite album !! I don’t really think they sound like Naked City but I’m glad to see both bands get mentioned
think you misread the cardiacs question, it said "anything *they* had done before", not "anything that had been done before". i dont think they were arguing that its like revolutionary in the context of all music ever, just in terms of what the band had done before
Ngl Divorce Lawyer is my favorite folk album of all time, mostly because of the instrumentation. Everything is so specifically done with subtlety. It's an album based on nuance and I discover something new with every listen
@Descartes' Apparition then it's doing it's job well, divorce lawyers is an album that confronts disgusting and uncomfortable things in a very up-front way
have you listened to jordaan’s new song?
@@michaeledwards6683 I have not but I plan on it soon, I've spoken to Jordaan a good bit since this comment was posted and I've only loved their music more and more.
@@Soebrojoes yeah, they’re super nice! we dm on instagram occasionally
Oh God I've been waiting for/dreading his take on Cardiacs for YEARS. It's not for everyone and at least he gave a shout out to the fanbase.
Xzibit definitely doesn't get enough recognition
Agreed. People don’t talk about him enough at all.
40 dayz and 40 nightz is one of the best from west coast hip hop
Hip Hop Theology NFL STREET ???
Pimp my Ride really ruined his career
Suma why did you bring up NFL Street?
Stereolab fans! Melon finally commented on Dots and Loops AAHHHH
we've been silently waiting here on the corner for so long
It's a great day!
Hell yeah, Stereolab is one of my favorite bands, I'm glad to hear that Anthony thinks so highly of them.
I'm three years late somehow. Favorite band ever
I'm so happy someone mentioned stereolab. they have been (and continue to be) on of my favorite bands of all time! Dots and Loops is a GREAT album.
The new calassic enough said. Stop dodging this one fantano. If it was made by Nav you would’ve given it a 10.
Somebody explain?
Jake if you watch some of Fantano’s old videos he has a character called cal cuchesta who is basically just a dumbass and at one point cal released an album called the new calassic
Tacomanbob 123 thanks! I remember when cal dropped it, just didn’t understand anthony hadn’t reviewed it yet
@@JakeAllen3 he has reviewed it, basically Cal kept him awake with impromptu freestyles and chanting, drumming on a trashcan lid I think. After several days of this, Melon seemed to break down and "review" the album, although the discussion was cursory at best. I don't remember if he actually gave it a rating or not, but I certainly remember his general mood as being one of great tiredness and veiled disgust.
Alex Biggs he gave it a 3 and then at the end of the video you see Cal attack melon and re-review his albulm as a “10en out of 10”
Saturday Night Wrist and even the 2003 Self Titled by Deftones.
Those are underrated.
I agree. So is Koi No Yokan.
So glad Stereolab got a mention in this video. They are by far the most criminally underrated band out there, imo
Why does nobody talk about them?
@@manbatmisoikr, it’s mental
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I, The Microphones - Mount Eerie, Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway, Ween - Quebec
I'd say all of those albums are solidly rated, they're all great albums.
That's so trippy. I just listened to Quebec and Emergency and I today.
emergency & i is among the most celebrated indie rock albums, imo it's just not well-known enough
@@user-qy6rw4hy4j how can something be really well celebrated and not well known enough and underrated
Thanks for reminding me to go listen to Emergency and I, fucking mega slapper
'Hours...' by David Bowie is heavily underrated in my opinion.
Anything Bowie did between 1984 and 2013 is probably underrated. Like the world just can't handle Bowie continuing to be so awesome for more than 15 years or so.
The only 2 Bowie albums I dislike, are Tonight and the one that came after that. Other than that, it’s all fire. I don’t see people talking about The Next Day much and that album is fucking phenomenal.
@@thevinyltruffle Never let me down? Yeah that was pretty trash along with Tonight and Buddha. But having 24/27 ain't that bad is it lol :D
Reality too 😪😪 yeah pretty much they forgot about him after the 90’s
To pimp a butterfly is pretty underrated in my opinion
I've been waiting years for Melon to so much as mention either Sing to God or Village Green, my two favourite albums. Now I want to cry.
Even though he wasnt very complimentary, Its nice to hear him mention cardiacs. Outside of their die hard fan base they dont get enough attention.
For sure. Possibly the most underrated genius band of all time. I rarely come across anyone who's even heard of them esp here in Australia.
They are a fabulous spectacle worthy of laudation.
I barely know them, and the reason I even know them at all is because of one of my favourite bands - Blur. As far as I remember, Cardiacs inspired them or whatever.
@@stewybot hello fellow australian cardiacs fan!!
@@levwhitelaw5561 hello! We're pretty thin on the ground in oz. I've never met another pondie in person!
woah I didn't know Jordaan mason and the horse museum was known at all, I love it so much.
Top 5. Their solo shit is incredible too.
Lowdown Loudon damm im going to have to listen to it.
I'm glad both Naked City and Cardiacs got some attention, but comparing them seems a bit weird considering that one sounds like a blend of jazz and grindcore while the other is more Punk meets Prog. Also, Cardiacs formed in 1977 and were more likely an influence on Naked City than the other way around. Still, great shoutouts!
Karl Marx' Das Kapital is underrated
The Communist Manifesto is his most underrated work imo
Overrated*
Overrated. Engels was a much better thinker
Ah yes, my favorite post-hardcore/breakbeat/baroque pop/west coast hip hop release of all time!
La Conquète du Pain is better than anything Marx wrote
Finally, he did Cardiacs! While I personally think Sing to God is an underrated masterpiece, I’m glad you talked about them at all. More exposure for Cardiacs is a good thing. Tim Smith is a genius and is criminally overlooked. Thanks for giving it a try, Melon.
My first time hearin of them, so it introduced me, in any case!
Hell yea, Cardiacs is bomb as hell
The pod is an underrated album. Stay brown and hail Boognish.
DANGER DAYS
I’ve met so few people who are even aware that MCR released a 4th album before splitting, let alone that it’s a great album with some awesome songs and an amazing aesthetic.
I think their entire discography is underrated and overlooked by everyone except their target audience
danger days has some great tunes, but it also has a couple stinkers that i feel bring down the album as a whole
So stoked to see Cardiacs on here! I disagree with your opinion (they are my favorite band so I’m biased) but happy to see them here nontheless. I think it’s not just how zany it is that appeals to me, but that underneath its surface presentation there are beautiful melodies, excellent song writing and instrumentation and musicianship, and there’s a deeper sort of sensibility to me that resonates with me, more than just being random and spastic rock music. But maybe your shoutout will bring some new fans! one can only hope :)
Precisely what you said!
i have never heard the Cardiacs before last night, but i have to agree. this album has a very narrower following that is apparently an acquired taste. i think it is one of the most amazing records i have ever heard, and deserves much wider appreciation.
My takes:
It Was Written is a very good album... Darkness on the Edge of Town is a tad underrated, but Nebraska is MEGA underrated... agree 100 percent on the LuLu take... Dots and Loops is an absolute classic, my favorite Stereolab album, and I'm a HUGE fan of the band... Entroducing is a widely and properly acclaimed classic... Long Gone Before Daylight I agree is extremely underrated.
What abt Cardiacs?
Cardiacs are incredible.
Finally some stereolab recognition
Boards of Canada "The Campfire Headphase", it got some really good songs like Chromatic Dreamcoat and the album is forgotten because of "Geogaddi" and "Music has the right to children", those albums are great but Campfire Headphase deserves a little more of recognition in my opinion.
I have TCH on vinyl. I love BoCs albums individually for unique reasons but it's truly the best album for making me feel any positive thoughts lol. it definitely has its melancholy moments
*insert album that Anthony notoriously gave a bad review*
speedin bullet 2 heaven😎
Joey Simon is actually underrated as well as overhated. It’s s pretty good record.
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By meautiful tark fwisted dantasy
Love story...Legends Never Die
There is so often a suggestion that comes out of nowhere which really resonates with me. Last video it was Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor and this video it's Long Gone Before Daylight by the Cardigans.
Hail to the Thief by Radiohead.
Is often dismissed as a Proto-In Rainbows, and in many aspects this is true.
But the album is much more. It has an unique personality, it's arguably the band's biggest political statement and has some of the best songwriting in the band's discography.
And 2+2=5 is their best opener ever
Completely agree, amazing album. I also think King of Limbs is pretty overhated. That shit slaps
My favourite Radiohead album.
It's a great album, but it wouldn't have hurt it to have 3 - 4 fewer songs
Depends on the mix there's a more highly produced version that I much prefer, think the other version sounds quite empty in comparison.
I agree! I fucking love hail to the thief, Although I consider in rainbows to be a far superior record.
Cardiacs worst to best please. Also great seeing naked city get a mention.
^^^^^
Never thought I'd see Cardiacs mentioned here
And to have such a bad opinion on them too
Well they are mega underappreciated.
The quote was that Sing to God was beyond anything THEY had done before, not beyond anything ANYONE had ever done before. Though even so, you'd be hard pressed to find an album so imaginative, creative, zany and chaotic as Sing to God. It's probably the best album of all time.
Imaginative, creative, zany, and chaotic are the exact words I would use to describe Frank Zappa's discography, Primus's discography, Mr. Bungle's discography, and The Residents's discography.
@@JeanMarceauxMr Bungle drew heavily from cardiacs funnily enough
@@zeenoh5811 that explains a few things
I really appreciate The Cardigans section at the end. Emmerdale is one of my favorite albums and Lovefool will be my guilty pleasure till I die.
Yeah I really appreciated it too. Those first 3 albums along with the mentioned one in the video are killer
Lovefool is a perfect pop song
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is most underrated album ever
hell yes!
I’m a huge John fan and his solo stuff in general is extremely underrated, but Niandra Lades is at the bottom of the barrel for me and same with smile. Anything he did between To Record Water For Ten Days through The Empyrean would make for a better case for being underrated than his 90s albums.
”My smile is a rifle AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
SO FUCKING TRUE john frusciante is a god
Tried this one several times and I still can't get into it, personally. I'm very interested by the context, but it rubs me the wrong way, and not in a good way. Need to take a deep breath and dive back in again.
Almost 18 minutes of Fantano plugging his mixtape.
Clickbait title. I expect better Melon
😂😂😂
To sum up: this video is a NOT GOOD
I have heard of Stereolab once or twice, but never delved in... Thanks to whoever suggested this I can't stop hearing various familiar components to other music I listen to, most specifically a lot of the instrument palet matches Grimace Federation. I put on Dots and Loops, and it hasn't lost a day in age, holy hell. Now digesting it every few minutes another song by another artist pops into mind which shares elements with something from Dots&Loops.
that would be me :)
@@threedeemelodies
>inb4 Shameless self plug, look around my playlists, email me a suggestion
if you please
Kraifwraith Pram - Helium
So awesome to see love for Cardiacs too
It seems like he will shine forever!
At the height of the psychedelic rock phase, the Kinks went decidedly anti-psychedelic with Village, which is why it might be overlooked in the era.
Let’s overthrow the bourgeoisie.
Yeah sounds tight
New series
You want ketchup or mustard on your rich people?
Bourgeoisie sounds like a nice sort of casserole.
I.................................... agree
First Durutti column album, although maybe I'm looking in the wrong places I don't see people talk about it all that much and I think it's absolutely phenomenal.
Let's argue: I'm screwed for my AP exam tomorrow 😔😐
I .........................,,,,,,,,agreeeee
Which one
depends on the exam, good luck tho
Rachel. Go study. Gl
Music of my mind by Stevie Wonder is too overshadowed by the four albums he released after it
It was written was my introduction to Nas, funny thing was that I was fairly young and it was the first hiphop album I ever owned and Wass also my introduction into hiphop. It's funny that when the album came out I remember a lot of reviews were lukewarm to okay about the album. I remember there being a lot of talk about how he had sold out because the album sounded like money with the production being what it is. Over the years, although I love some of his more classic albums, this one in particular holds a special spot in my heart. Love your take on the album.
That song "Papparazzi" by Xzibit has one of my favorite beats of all time. Def an underrated song.
Glad you put "Angelic 2 the Core" here. Such an underappreciated project.
Didn't expect to see the entire Smash Mouth discography on this list, melon.
Fush Yu Mang is honestly a really fun, underrated record to me
Honestly Smash Mouth are perfectly enjoyable if you just let it happen.
Speak no ill of servants of our lord and savior Shrek
once you play a stereolab record, you don't need a skip button.
I'd also include Archetype and Polymer by Tonedeff. 2 albums that are masterpieces but due to lack of following these albums never get mentioned. Super talented artist and emcee
No memes, The Archandriod is one of my favorite albums of all time, and I think it's underrated.
Honestly Janelle Monáe in general deserves way more attention and praise
Pretty well rated though. Got a lot of indie buzz when it came out and made it on best of the decade lists.
That said I think it was released when soul revival was really booming, and the staleness of the genre these days may be contributing to it's slight fade from glory.
If “Starsailor” by Tim Buckley isn’t on here imma riot
Edit: looks like it’s riot time
Tim Buckley in general is underrated. He definitely deserves more discussion.
Buckley's 1967-1971 discography is a music miracle imo.
Starsailor is his most well known album, and can hardly be called underrated.
DrSpikeSpiegel rather under appreciated is how I should’ve put it
the loss guy made an album??
A friend of mine recommended Divorce lawyers on me. and still that album is the best shit he listens to. What an underrated masterpiece
you either get it or you don’t and fantano just isn’t elite enough ‼️
You'll never listen to my messages about Streetlight Manifesto's 'Everything Goes Numb' as a masterpiece because of your deep resentment towards Ska.
Spotify just recommended me that Stereolab album. It's 🔥🔥🔥
I can't believe my favourite band Cardiacs got a mention. I don't even care he called them hokey.
We gonna talk about underrated grips albums and not talk about steroids? Government plates is over rated in comparison tbh
i don’t think it’s underrated, just less known, like the people that know it really like it but i think government plates is overhated
Steroids isn't an album
@@pippincovington1348 true i suppose, still underated
MY WHOLE LIFE MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE
Forgot how much I love Stereolab, I guess I know what I'm listening all day tomorrow
Don’t know if you’ve talked about this band too much, but would love to hear a Sonic Youth: Worst to Best. Really only heard the hits Teen Age Riot and Kool Thing and some other tracks off of Daydream Nation. Been diving into their other stuff and have loved stuff off their older albums like Evol.
Have you listened to Sister? Their best album, in my opinion.
Joshua Jones a little bit. As of right now, have definitely given a deeper dive the aforementioned Evol, Bad Moon Rising, Master-Dik and Dirty. As of right now off of Sister, mainly listened to Beauty Lies In The Eye, but will definitely listen to more. As of right now, although I do still really like Daydream Nation and will say it’s probably still say it’s my favourite of theirs, I can’t deny Death To Our Friends, Green Light and Marilyn Moore off Evol amongst the other tracks
Cadiacs Sing To God is music for musicans.
Didn't expect to see Divorce Lawyers I Shaved my head on here! What an album. Reminds me of when Jordaan Mason the front person, did a gig in my living room in the UK and played a couple of songs solo from that record!
both Digable Planets albums deserve more credit. they both get a lot of respect but I think they are both borderline masterpieces that people could and should still learn more from today... the lyrics take rap in a serious poetic direction that I wish other rappers picked up on.
The Residents' discography as a whole is amazingly underrated. Being active for 40+ years and you don't see them even being considered. Although I can see why...
i didn't expect Jordaan Hason to be on here, DLISMH is such a sad, incredible album
One of the best albums ever made
Cocteau twins - Victorialand. An underrated band but especially this album. They are either remembered for their gothic sounds and dream pop but this was an album creating moods and ethereal sounds well before talk talk started creating the beginnings of post rock.
Trompe Le Monde by the Pixies for me. People generally overlook it because Kim Deal’s backing vocals aren’t as prominent as other Pixies records but I love it and it has some of the best pixies tracks in my opinion.
Death Magnetic by Metallica is extremely underrated. It has some amazing riffs like the ones in "All Nightmare Long", "Cyanide" and "That was just your life" to give a few. The unforgiven III is at the level of the first one. I can say that is easily the best metallica record post "black album
Would have loved to hear Cliff doing that album, they atoned and went back to thrash with that one
I also love this album, maybe because it came out in my youth there's some nostalgia there. It's a real shame people hate it and the few times I've seen them live they completely disregard its existence.
Death Magnetic is amazing, though Unforgiven II > Unforgiven > Unforgiven III
You can thank Rick Rubin for Death Magnetic's underperformance.
I will absolutely keep saying in every comment section of this kind of video that Deftones "Koi No Yokan" is one of the most underappreciated records of the 2010s
continue saying this until Melonthony Quankango gives you his recognition, please
@@nochannel7349 someone please tweet this shit to him
Win. But sadly he doesn't like Deftones.
@@batman-sr2px but even him was reasonable enough to see whats good on the record, even if it felt like a reach him bashing songs like Rosemary or Swerve City
I would really like to see a Bone Machine classic review
All stereolab albums are superb definitely underrated
Comparing sing to God to naked city is kind of half baked but I respect your opinion, it'll always be my choice for best album of all time
I'd argue for Bowery Electric's 1995 album, "Bowery Electric" as one of the most underrated shoegaze and drone albums of all time. It's one of my favorite albums of all time (currently rated 4th on my chart, as we speak). The textures achieved in the album, alongside the bass work, are incredible. The moods and images that the album evokes lets it compare itself to Loveless. "Beat" is well-received, but I believe it's slightly worse than their 1995 effort.
I'd also argue for Drop Nineteen's "Mayfield" demo from 1991. When it gets remastered, it will be on par with the shoegaze trifecta of albums. It's one of the dreamiest albums ever made and the vocals reinforce the emotional tracks well.
Finally, Tangerine Dream's "Alpha Centauri" is, in my opinion, one of the best krautrock and ambient albums ever made. It's an experience, rather than a musical production, and it's a very epic and one-of-a-kind one. It is the album that made me a music person.
I still love It Was Written, sometimes more than Illmatic
RZA’s Bobby Digital in Stereo is severely underrated even amongst Wu-Tang fans.
CARDIACS SHOULD BE EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BAND'S FAVORITE BAND
They're one of one of my favourite band's favourite bands.
(one of my favourite bands being Blur)
I saw Reinhart open for Pinback about a year ago, did some awesome solo work. Definitely recommend seeing him.
Cardiacs are by far my favorite band, but I think that's mostly because I explored every nook and cranny of Tim's brilliance on several other projects he's been a part of. I did a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time, "Don't You Ail, Flash the Sea to Steam". There's probably a TH-cam video of it somewhere if anyone is curious. If you know what's good for you, just listen to the original and skip my cover.
I found this review because a fellow Cardiacs fan was freaking out about you saying anything negative about the record on Facebook, which I think is pretty ridiculous. Everyone comes from their own frame of reference. There isn't really a right or wrong when it comes to art. What surprised me was when you said you thought it was OK. I've never heard a lukewarm reaction to Cardiacs before. It seemed like people either loved them or hated them because they can be a bit extreme at times, as you mentioned in your video. I listened to and played a lot of metal as a teenager, so I'm guessing my tolerance for noise is probably a little higher than normal - whatever "normal" is. Anyway, thanks for even mentioning the record. I hope more people will at least give it a chance because their music can be pretty life-changing for some people (like me). I haven't listened to John Zorn in a long time, so I'm going to hunt down that Naked City record you mentioned and give it another listen.
I'm a big fan too. Stepping away from it, I can understand being lukewarm. The album is really long, and probably feels longer if you are put off by Tim's voice, or prog fiddling. I also reject notions that no one can say anything bad about them. Sometimes it feels like prog fans judge regular people who don't "get it," as if they are failing themselves by expressing a contrary opinion. I still think the band is immensely underrated, but it just took me a long time to find them. And when you bring The Sea Nymphs into the question, there is no question that they are unusually obscure. Not to mention the brilliant lyrics, which even some fans forget to mention. Tim was a brilliant workaholic.
The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold is so under appreciated and underrated. Coming off a pretty good but watered down radio metal album and then doing a surprise drop of their next album (the Stage) without any hype didn’t help this album. But it has some of their best songs with the self title, the catchy af God Damn and the 17 minute epic Exist. It’s also a great concept album about the rise of technology. Blends a lot of genres well and holds up very well. 10/10
Great album
Yes, I genuinely think it's a 10 and the best thing they've made since City of Evil. I made a top 100 songs of the decade playlist and Exist ended up being my favorite song after Kanye's Runaway
Absolutely. I seem to listen to it at least once a month.
Didn’t expect to find the stage here but i agree
It was written has been my favorite nas album since I first listened to it and one of my favorite rap albums so I’m glad they talked about it
Any Depeche Mode album besides “Violator” before Alan Wilder left in my opinion.
“Music for the masses”, “Black Celebration”, and “People Are People” are just so good
Let’s agree: Anthony’s voice is soothing, and I could listen to him talk all day.
Bad take on Cardiacs but damn, nice to see them get mentioned. Given the history of the band and in the context of the rest of their work and who they've influenced I think regarding Sing To God as a very underrated album is fair.
Especially given that NME gave it 0/10 when it was released.
Here are my top 6 (I had to add one more because I couldn’t definitively decide that 5th one 😂) most underrated albums IMO
1. Mos Def- The New Danger (my favorite rap album of all time), AND The Ecstatic. Mos Def does NOT get the recognition he deserves. In my all time top 2 favorite MC’s to ever pick up a mic.
2. Geto Boys- We Can’t Be Stopped- I feel like even in their day, they were maligned, misunderstood, and completely overshadowed by the forces of nature and fate that were the Biggie/Pac years. When actually, they were artists before they’re time. Now they’re all but forgotten. But this is horrorcore perfection, truly a perfect album.
3. Santigold- Santogold- This extremely gifted, beautifully skilled singer songwriter and highly original artist is horribly underrated and under known. This album though? It’s a masterpiece.
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz!- In a post punk world, it’s actually NYC’s Karen O who reigns supreme in her queendom 👑 to sum up this particular album (and they have some incredible albums) in one word: BRILLIANT. And horribly underrated. The whole band is underrated and under known actually. Criminally so.
5. Kings Of Leon- Come Around Sundown- Widely known as the band who has Sex On Fire (yes, that’s a double 😂), it’s actually this album that serves as their most underrated, under appreciated, and under known. When it’s the most incredible journey to go on. LOVE this album. It’s just gorgeous music…where “California (is always) Waiting”
6. The Shins- Wincing The Night Away- This is a band that remains underrated to this day. So rare is it that I hear someone mention them, that I remember the measly two instances when they did 😂. This album. Oh my lord. Words are insufficient to describe the superior cerebral trip this alt band takes you on with an album that you literally cannot help but close your eyes to and get lost in. It’s incredibly magical & dreamy. Perfect use of Synth and sound, haunting vocals that soar, lyrics that get way down in your core, it’s literally a perfect album. Inspired by the band’s primary singer/songwriter’s lifelong chronic insomnia (I relate 10,000%), this concept album is truly one of the best, most underrated and forgotten alt rock albums to come out of the 00’s. However, the album’s music remains fresh and undated, and incredibly timeless. I don’t use this term lightly and always sparingly, but this criminally under mentioned album is ICONIC. A MASTERPIECE. ONE OF THE GENRE’S GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. If you’ve never heard it, give your ears the gasm they’ve been longing for. I promise, you won’t regret it; it’s breathtakingly beautiful and brilliant.
Honorable Mentions, and just like the above, they’re all albums I ❤️-
Stereo Lab*Dots And Loops, La Roux*La Roux, Shabazz Palaces*Lese Majesty, Placebo*Meds, Prince*Under The Cherry Moon (soundtrack), Led Zeppelin*In Through The Out Door, The White Stripes*Get Behind Me Satan, *Fleetwood Mac*Tango In The Night, Queens Of The Stone Age*Era Vulgaris, Stone Temple Pilots*No. 4.
And finally, I’m going to stop writing. If you made it this far, give yourself a frikin medal; I know I wrote a novel that exactly zero people asked for. 😂this was fun though. Hopefully he’ll do this listing again one day and I can copy and paste all this 💩 and post it to him 🤣for now though, I’m gonna go listen to The Shins-Wincing The Night Away. Talking about it made me want to hear it right now. Suchhhh a great album 👍🏼
I've always felt that Prefuse 73's One Word Extinguisher is a pretty underrated classic. Don't quote me on this, but he's gotta be one of the pioneers of the glitch-hop sound, and I think that album went on to influence a lot more producers and bands than most people probably give it credit for. Definitely my favorite of his records.
HELL YES
Definitely Spongebob: The Yellow Album lmao, that album had zero skips yet no one acknowledges it for the masterpiece it is
the movie’s album was actually really good tho. It was my introduction to indie bands like The Flaming Lips, Ween, Wilco, and The Shins when I was little.
Still have that mofo on CD
lmao, Endtroducing... is probably the most rated album ever. Actual lol
Real Gone is my favorite tom waits album no doubt.
loved this episode