LET'S ARGUE: The Most Underrated Albums of All Time Pt. 2 

Let’s agree: Anthony shouldn’t tease his fans with intros like this.

i was not prepared for the raw sexual energy at the beginning of this video

You know how many tigers had to die to make that shirt? You monster.

The new CAlassic by Cal Chacusta is a criminally underrated album that remains unchallenged in its raw depth and lyrical prowess

I don’t see Nostalgia Critic's The Wall here, melon.

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

That reverse tuba sound has to be the most unsettling sound i've heard in a while... what is that from?

Where’s the Pink Floyd: Worst to Best, Melon?

i feel like Xzibit gets underrated sometimes, he has some great songs and some legendary features.

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.

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.

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

"It Was Written" was a gem. Thank you for the recognitions, Anthony.

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

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.

Xzibit definitely doesn't get enough recognition

The new calassic enough said. Stop dodging this one fantano. If it was made by Nav you would’ve given it a 10.

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

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.

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

Stereolab fans! Melon finally commented on Dots and Loops AAHHHH

Saturday Night Wrist and even the 2003 Self Titled by Deftones. Those are underrated.

Let's agree: the south florida rap scene of the mid 2010's was phenomenal and is truly when rap went punk

So glad Stereolab got a mention in this video. They are by far the most criminally underrated band out there, imo

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.

'Hours...' by David Bowie is heavily underrated in my opinion.

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.

Almost 18 minutes of Fantano plugging his mixtape. Clickbait title. I expect better Melon

*insert album that Anthony notoriously gave a bad review*

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

Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I, The Microphones - Mount Eerie, Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway, Ween - Quebec

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.

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.

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.

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.

Karl Marx' Das Kapital is underrated

Cardiacs are incredible.

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.

woah I didn't know Jordaan mason and the horse museum was known at all, I love it so much.

Cardiacs worst to best please. Also great seeing naked city get a mention.

Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is most underrated album ever

Why are you comparing Sing to God to Naked City? Naked City is a collection of minute-long avant-garde jazz and grindcore freakouts. Aside from both being experimental there's not really much that links those two albums... Plus Cardiacs have records that predate Naked City and Zorn has records that predate those Cardiacs records and so on and so on. It's not like they're two artists from totally different eras, they're both from the early to mid '80s. I'm sorry Anthony, but I declare shenanigans on that opinion.

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 :)

We gonna talk about underrated grips albums and not talk about steroids? Government plates is over rated in comparison tbh

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 some stereolab recognition

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.

Music of my mind by Stevie Wonder is too overshadowed by the four albums he released after it

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.

Never thought I'd see Cardiacs mentioned here

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.

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.

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.

I MADE IT IN, LET’S GOOOO. Govt. Plates gang!!

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.

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.

A friend of mine recommended Divorce lawyers on me. and still that album is the best shit he listens to. What an underrated masterpiece

It seems like he will shine forever!

i didn't expect Jordaan Hason to be on here, DLISMH is such a sad, incredible album

Let's argue: I'm screwed for my AP exam tomorrow 😔😐

I saw Reinhart open for Pinback about a year ago, did some awesome solo work. Definitely recommend seeing him.

That song "Papparazzi" by Xzibit has one of my favorite beats of all time. Def an underrated song.

If “Starsailor” by Tim Buckley isn’t on here imma riot Edit: looks like it’s riot time

I can't believe my favourite band Cardiacs got a mention. I don't even care he called them hokey.

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

You'll never listen to my messages about Streetlight Manifesto's 'Everything Goes Numb' as a masterpiece because of your deep resentment towards Ska.

I can't believe there are people out there who would listen to the album Government Plates and act like a song like Whatever I Want isn't some of the best shit DG has ever written. #JusticeForGovernmentPlates

Spotify just recommended me that Stereolab album. It's 🔥🔥🔥

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.

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...

Didn't expect to see the entire Smash Mouth discography on this list, melon.

Forgot how much I love Stereolab, I guess I know what I'm listening all day tomorrow

CARDIACS SHOULD BE EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BAND'S FAVORITE BAND

lmao, Endtroducing... is probably the most rated album ever. Actual lol

Let’s overthrow the bourgeoisie.

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.

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 RU-vid 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.

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.

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

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

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.

RZA’s Bobby Digital in Stereo is severely underrated even amongst Wu-Tang fans.

Definitely Spongebob: The Yellow Album lmao, that album had zero skips yet no one acknowledges it for the masterpiece it is

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!

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 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

once you play a stereolab record, you don't need a skip button.

The Sneak Attack by KRS-One deserves some love too. Such a good album that I still can listen to today. The production still sort of holds up to today's standards, the message on most of the songs is great.

Love the tom waits take... im a huge fan and love all his albums... but its great that you more appreciate the weirder/experimental albums. Be well

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

Yes more stereolab on this channel please! Maybe a classic review?

13:50 I'm pretty sure Anthony is referring to how the album used to be considered a part of /mu/core, because it was a very popular album on /mu/ and around 2010-2013 it was considered essential listening.

To me one of the most underrated albums ever is Nomad's Revenge by Billain, it is accompanied by a cyberpunk short story and it's sound is unlike anything I've ever heard. Incredible production quality- true sci-fi neurofunk. It is out of a very small subgerne of drum & bass, which in itself is a very polarizing gerne of electronic music.

So awesome to see love for Cardiacs too

I would really like to see a Bone Machine classic review

Where’s brown boy by NAV. There’s so much insightful social commentary and goes head to head with to pimp a butterfly. It almost brought me to tears, especially with NAVs exceptional vocals and writing.

its funny hearing people talk about springsteen as someone brought into it by my parents so i have a deep love and consider born to run as my favorite alongside the river is quite good as well

Let's Argue: I was not first.