Great obscurities in music

The rule: List three albums of great music that get almost no attention.

    • Sixteen Haikus, Sigmatropic
    • The Disconnection, Carina Round
    • Bachelor No. 2, Aimee Mann

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» Ben Payne said: { Apr 21, 2006 - 06:04:26 }

Excellent question, Chris. I’m sure there are heaps, but off the top of my head I’m gonna go for:

Flight Paths… The Paradise Motel
The New Situation… Drop City
Sins of Our Fathers… Andy Prieboy

» Chris Lawson said: { Apr 21, 2006 - 08:04:59 }

I loved…and I mean *loved* the Prieboy album until one day something snapped inside me and I can’t listen to it any more.

» Ben Payne said: { Apr 21, 2006 - 08:04:26 }

I listened to it to death, although it still gets pulled out in moments of great drunkenness… apparently the album sales were really dire and he couldn’t sell another. Last I heard he was writing a musical inspired by Axl Rose called “White Trash Wins Lotto”…

» Russell B. Farr said: { May 1, 2006 - 11:05:17 }

Tricky, define “no attention”. I can list three albums that get no mainstream attention but other folk rave about at infinitum on, umm, semi-obscure mailing lists.

1. Pleased to meet me - The Replacements
2. Titanic Days - Kirsty MacColl
3. Scorn of the Women - Weddings Parties Anything

» doug said: { Aug 20, 2006 - 10:08:50 }

how about:
1. The Axemans Jazz - The Beasts of Bourbon
2. The Trinity Sesson - The Cowboy Junkies
3. Play - The Great Big Sea

» Sean Williams said: { Aug 31, 2006 - 01:08:30 }

Coming to this late…

1. “Berserker” - Gary Numan
2. “Triage” - David Baerwald
3. “Details” - Frou Frou

» Stuart Mayne said: { Sep 11, 2006 - 08:09:48 }

There’s no one even in the kitchen!

Berserker!! Hah, haven’t heard that for a long time. I thought Assassin a far superior album.

Love Walked in - The Earthmen
Diaphones - Cactus Child
Seance - The Church

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