I found a list made by music nerds about the 60 most overlooked albums of all time. I figure just about every album is an overlooked album since that's the default state of an album. So this is ballsy to claim to know the answer to this prompt.
Can anyone vouch for any of these? Outside of De La Soul is Dead.
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Iai/h...ding_to_word_/
1 No Deeper Blue
Townes Van Zandt
No Deeper Blue (1994)
2 The Dreaming
Kate Bush
The Dreaming (1982)
3 The Ruling Class: The Very Best of Él Records
Various Artists
The Ruling Class: The Very Best of Él Records (1998) [Compilation]
4 Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress
Micah P. Hinson
Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress (2004)
5 Axe Victim
Be-Bop Deluxe
Axe Victim (1974)
6 Redemption's Son
Joseph Arthur
Redemption's Son (2002)
7 Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings
Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (1992) [Compilation]
8 Roots
The Everly Brothers
Roots (1968)
9 Odessey and Oracle
The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle (1968)
10 I Didn't Get Where I Am
Chris Difford
I Didn't Get Where I Am (2002)
11 Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
12 Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha
Della Reese
Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha (1960)
13 Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
Playing With Fire (1989)
14 Famous Blue Raincoat
Jennifer Warnes
Famous Blue Raincoat (1987)
15 Emergency!
The Tony Williams Lifetime
Emergency! (1969)
16 Can't Stand The Rezillos
The Rezillos
Can't Stand The Rezillos (1978)
17 Adventure
Television
Adventure (1978)
18 Gonna Take a Miracle
Laura Nyro and Labelle
Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)
19 One World
John Martyn
One World (1977)
20 Tyger
Tangerine Dream
Tyger (1992)
21 Discover America
Van Dyke Parks
Discover America (1972)
22 Dissected
Meira Asher
Dissected (1997)
23 Wedding Album
Leon & Mary Russell
Wedding Album (1976)
24 Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
Rock Bottom (1974)
25 Whatevershebringswesing
Kevin Ayers
Whatevershebringswesing (1972)
26 Head
The Monkees
Head (1968)
27 Pirates
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates (1981)
28 Keep Moving
Madness
Keep Moving (1984)
29 Nobody's Perfect
The Distractions
Nobody's Perfect (1980)
30 Looking for a Day in the Night
The Lilac Time
Looking for a Day in the Night (1999)
31 Iron Flag
Wu-Tang Clan
Iron Flag (2001)
32 Stormcock
Roy Harper
Stormcock (1971)
33 Tim Moore
Tim Moore
Tim Moore (1974)
34 Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs (1971)
35 Lovers Rock
Sade
Lovers Rock (2000)
36 Weird Tales
Golden Smog
Weird Tales (1998)
37 Dettwork S.E.
Blak Twang
Dettwork S.E. (1996)
38 Let It Bee
Voice of the Beehive
Let It Bee (1988)
39 Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Fuzzy (1993)
40 Djeli Moussa Diawara
Djeli Moussa Diawara
Djeli Moussa Diawara (1983)
41 Mark Hollis
Mark Hollis
Mark Hollis (1998)
42 Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Loveless (1991)
43 Author! Author!
Scars
Author! Author! (1981)
44 Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
Giant Steps (1993)
45 Hark! The Village Wait
Steeleye Span
Hark! The Village Wait (1970)
46 Up
R.E.M.
Up (1998)
47 Strange Pleasure
Jimmie Vaughan
Strange Pleasure (1994)
48 X
The Beloved
X (1996)
49 Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo
Professor Longhair
Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo (1974)
50 Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk
Spirit of Eden (1988)
51 Prince Charming
Adam and the Ants
Prince Charming (1981)
52 On the Threshold of a Dream
The Moody Blues
On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)
53 Black Monk Time
Monks
Black Monk Time (1966)
54 Back in Denim
Denim
Back in Denim (1992)
55 De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul
De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
56 Ain't Living Long Like This
Rodney Crowell
Ain't Living Long Like This (1978)
57 The La's
The La's
The La's (1990)
58 Copperhead Road
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road (1988)
59 Some Change
Boz Scaggs
Some Change (1994)
60 Songs for Beginners
Graham Nash
Songs for Beginners (1971)