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Classic albums that flopped upon release.
Lets see some albums that have gone onto be concidered bonafide classics, but didn't set the charts alive on their first release - these are albums that thesedays are near the very top of best album lists.
Here are a few to get the ball rolling... The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) This album actually failed to make the top 40 in the UK!! My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) Peaked at #24 in the UK. The Pixies - Doolittle (1989). Peaked at a respectable #8 in the UK, but failed to chart in their homeland of America. |
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Kate Bush- The Dreaming one that always springs to mind in at #3 then bombed out and was derided by all British critics though oddly America loved it and in recent years has been met more kindly aand seen as one of her best.
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Good thread
The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) Failed to chart Forever Changes-Love (1967) Peaked at #23 in the UK Astral Weeks-Van Morrison (1968) Peaked at #140 in the UK What's Going On-Marvin Gaye (1971) Peaked at #67 in the UK Unknown Pleasures-Joy Division (1979) Peaked at #71 in the UK 36 Chambers-Wu Tang Clan (1993) Peaked at #77 in the UK Illmatic-Nas (1994) Failed To Chart Funeral-Arcade Fire (2004) Peaked at #33 in the UK Hunky Dory by Bowie also charted poorly on release and only reached the top 10 after Ziggy Stardust was released |
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I'm sure Appetite For Destruction and Nevermind both took a long time before they eventually became huge sellers?
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Kate Bush- The Dreaming one that always springs to mind in at #3 then bombed out and was derided by all British critics though oddly America loved it and in recent years has been met more kindly aand seen as one of her best.
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Pet Sounds was incredibly unpopular upon its release in the US in 1966.
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Kate Bush- The Dreaming one that always springs to mind in at #3 then bombed out and was derided by all British critics though oddly America loved it and in recent years has been met more kindly aand seen as one of her best.
![]() it remains one of my favourite Kate albums. |
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Raw Power - The Stooges (1973) peaked at #44
classic album regarded as an influential forerunner for punk rock. |
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Songbird - Eva Cassidy (1998)
Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994) |
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Lets see some albums that have gone onto be concidered bonafide classics, but didn't set the charts alive on their first release - these are albums that thesedays are near the very top of best album lists.
Here are a few to get the ball rolling... The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) This album actually failed to make the top 40 in the UK!! My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) Peaked at #24 in the UK. The Pixies - Doolittle (1989). Peaked at a respectable #8 in the UK, but failed to chart in their homeland of America. |
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Beat me to it
![]() it remains one of my favourite Kate albums.
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Christina Aguilera's Stripped debuted at No.19 upon release and didn't really do much until 'Beautiful' was released.
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Every Half Man Half Bisbuit album.
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The Cheeky Girls - PartyTime
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For pop fans:
Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It Kelis - Flesh Tone |
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For pop fans:
Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It Kelis - Flesh Tone ![]() Flesh Tone well the reception that that got was criminal brilliant album. |
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Bless The Weather - John Martyn (1971). Still a classic, and far more appreciated over time than when it was first released. Here is the best known track from it.
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My Bloody Valentine? Really?
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For pop fans:
Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It Kelis - Flesh Tone |
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Regardless of your opinion it's seen as an indie classic at least.
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Cheeky Girls - PartyTime
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Who by?
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Lots of people.
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Good thread
Hunky Dory by Bowie also charted poorly on release and only reached the top 10 after Ziggy Stardust was released I think all Bowie's pre-Ziggy albums sold poorly. 'The Man Who Sold The World.' was a hit afterwards too. Great album. |
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I know people will snigger but Come and Get It is a fantastic album and your right an underrated gem from an unexpected source
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