Rev8 Posted October 19 Posted October 19 (edited) Albums ATRL cares about: #14 - Evermore (Taylor Swift) Spoiler No, she's not one of the "underdogs" mentioned earlier, but Taylor Swift does have an underrated album in the shape of Evermore, her companion record to 2020's superb surprise album, Folklore. Written during a particularly fruitful period with collaborators such as The National's Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, it continued the Folklorian shift from pop into alt-rock territory. It's also, arguably, the album where she does her biggest creative flex, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. She's fantastic on the banjo-strumming caper "No Body No Crime" then, on "Ivy", she casts spells with off-kilter rhythms and evocative lyrics: "Clover blooms in the fields/ Spring breaks loose, the time is near/ What would he do if he found us out?/ Crescent moon, coast is clear/ Spring breaks loose, but so does fear/ He's gonna burn this house to the ground." Exquisite. ROC #8 - Crash (Charli XcX) Spoiler After a long Brat summer, Charli XCX's earlier album Crash has all but faded into the background. But as much as critics (and fans) tend to compare it unfavourably to the experimental alt-pop of her neon-green masterpiece, Crash proved her innate understanding of what makes a brilliant pop record. Inspired in part by David Cronenberg's 1996 erotic thriller of the same name, it featured many of the same collaborators with whom she later joined forces on Brat: The 1975's George Daniel and producers AG Cook, Oscar Holter and Lotus IV. It takes its musical cues from Eighties vixens and plays with the artist's fascination surrounding pop as product – here by repackaging some of her favourite songs. The pulsating club bop "Used to Know Me" interpolates the 1990 Robin S track "Show Me Love", while "Good Ones" deploys a crunchy Eighties analogue synth beat. Charli might have dubbed it her "major label sell-out record", but Crash is a near-flawless demonstration of an artist unpacking the fickle nature of the music industry, all the while ensuring it sounds really, really good. ROC #3 - Blackout (Britney Spears) Spoiler "It's Britney, *****." Few music moments are as thrilling as Spears's opening salvo on her defiant 2007 album, Blackout, which turned a series of personal (and highly publicised) issues into one of her greatest works. The beats are dark and edgy, speaking to the muddied, hedonistic and gossip-ridden times. Spears herself often sounds bored, or mocking, as she rolls her eyes at her detractors. "I'm Mrs Lifestyles of the rich and famous," she sings on "Piece of Me"... "I'm Mrs 'oh my God that Britney's shameless'/ I'm Mrs Extra! Extra! This just in/ I'm Mrs she's too big now she's too thin." Those icy beats and glitchy synths would inspire generations of future-leaning pop stars in the decades to come. Bravo. ROC Edited October 19 by Rev8 4
Venice B Posted October 19 Posted October 19 How is Blackout underrated when is considered Britney's best album by most? 8 3
Erreur2 La Nature Posted October 19 Posted October 19 Blackout is indeed underrated. Many people act like it's mid because it is Britney.
JO1s Posted October 19 Posted October 19 (edited) Albums by Britney Spears and Taylor swift should not be put into a most underrated of all time list… be fr these are two of the biggest celebrities of the past 50 years Edited October 19 by JO1s
suburbannature Posted October 19 Posted October 19 Those aren't even underrated. They just picked albums or artists that are trendy on Twitter.
nsst Posted October 19 Posted October 19 i'm so tired of critics trying to convince us that Charli xcx is actually underrated. like, who on earth thought Crash was anything but a complete snooze fest? it's honestly wild how they're shoving this blandness down our throats and calling it subtle genius 2 3
X~MoviePoP Posted October 19 Posted October 19 Britney queen of pop ! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YALL. SHES THE MOTHAEFFIN QUEENNNNNNMNNNNN *NICKI MINAJ VOICE* 2
Jeremiah Posted October 19 Posted October 19 20 minutes ago, Venice B said: How is Blackout underrated when is considered Britney's best album by most? It makes sense all things considered but I agree that nowadays, after the retrospective praise and its recognized undeniable impact, it's not really suitable to call it underrated anymore. Taylor Swift does NOT belong in an "underrated" list btw 1
Draper. Posted October 19 Posted October 19 Quote Crash proved her innate understanding of what makes a brilliant pop record. They get it.
makeawish Posted October 19 Posted October 19 this is a weird ass list, there's a few albums on here that aren't underrated at all and quite a lot of them just suck
Kern Posted October 19 Posted October 19 What a horrible list. There's so many great actually underrated music that would use coverage instead
holyground13 Posted October 19 Posted October 19 Evermore is so underrated. Blackout is seen as Britney's best so I'm not 100% if it's super underrated but it is totally a masterpiece. I'd say the following are really underrated: Janet Jackson Damita Jo and Unbreakable Madonna Erotica Tinashe Songs For You Carly Rae Jepsen The Loveliest Time Troye Sivan Something To Give Each Other Among others 1
GraceRandolph Posted October 19 Posted October 19 How is Evermore underrated? It was highly praised and got more success than it deserved. No Kelis album, no list. 1
BrattyBottom Posted October 19 Posted October 19 This list is dumb as hell If anything Blackout is a bit overrated. I would say In the Zone is actually underrated. Evermore was released to critical acclaim. I dont see many Swifties list it in their top 3 so it being underrated does make a bit of sense.
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