Top Ten Albums that are Considered Underrated Because They are Between 2 More Famous Albums
One of my absolute favorite songs on this album is The Mule - a very underrated song with one of the most amazing complex drum beats I've ever heard, esp. in the context of 1971.
Powerslave and The Number of the Beast are the opposite cases (overrated between two less popular and better albums)
People say it's criminally underrated. It's not, but it indeed sits between some of the most massively popular albums of all time : Wish You Were Here and The Wall.
Positioned between II and IV. Of course, the fact that most of the music is acoustic also separates it from the others. I don't know if it's underrated in general terms, but I think it's definitely underrated compared to its neighbors.
Between Fly By Night and 2112. It's an important album because it's part of their transition to prog-oriented music.
Between their self-titled debut album and London Calling. It's not quite as solid as those two, but it's still got some great material on it.
Preceded and followed by Boy and War (neither are considered their best work, but they achieved more success and better reviews than October). Part of the reason that it was weaker than the others is that it was recorded too quickly (Bono had to rewrite the lyrics after a briefcase full of song ideas was stolen from them while they were on tour). Still a good album, though.
In between Among the Living and Persistence of Time. Very good album though