It seems like the days of flipping through vast vinyl, cassette, or CD collections is a thing of the past. And while there’s no denying the convenience of having all your favorite albums on a mobile device, it’s becoming more common for recordings to get lost in the shuffle and/or completely forgotten about.
Author/journalist Greg Prato is willing to provide some assistance, with his 12th book overall, Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention. Inside, you will find countless albums that you may have completely forgotten about or perhaps have never even heard of before.
Starting with AC/DC’s Flick of the Switch and wrapping up with Zombi’s Surface to Air, countless styles of music are represented in between – rock n’ roll, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative, new wave, punk, hardcore, grunge, jazz, fusion, psychedelic, prog, folk, blues, funk, soul, rap, spoken word, power pop, big band, glam, experimental, instrumental, soundtracks…the list goes on and on. But the selections stay strong!
Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, whose writing has appearing in Rolling Stone, among other outlets. He is also the author of several acclaimed books, including Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon, The Eric Carr Story, and MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, among others.
Now available as paperback ($12.99, 256 pages), Kindle ($9.99, 287 pages), and Nook.
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Icon! Goofy looking band but that is a good record, also Krokus -One Vice At A Time.
I was 8. Flick of the Switch was the first AC/DC I was truly aware of other than the 45 of Back In Black/Shook Me All Night Long that I owned. Nervous Shakedown was my song. I still wish someone would have pointed me towards the Bon era way sooner, but Flick was the gateway for me into the entire experience.
Bedlam In Belgium, baby!
Oh my God…all of these posts are GREAT!!!! Not only brought back memories but makes me want to check out some of these gems!
Riot-Fire Down Under
Masters of Reality-Self Titled
Dio- Strange Highways
Bill Ward-Ward One-Along the way
Savatage- Sirens
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush- Any Albums
…..and there it is!!! RIOT’S “FIRE DOWN UNDER” IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE SINGLE MOST UNDERRATED HARD ROCK ALBUM OF ALL-TIME!!! SHOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE!!! VOCALS=PERFECTION,RHYTHM GUITAR(RIFFS)=PERFECTION,GUITAR LEADS=PERFECTION,DRUMS=PERFECTION.EVERY SINGLE PERSON I’VE PLAYED IT FOR HAS TO PICK THEIR JAW UP OFF THE FLOOR! ALSO GET “NARITA” AND “RESTLESS BREED”! Z-Bros is also dead accurate with SAVATAGE’S “SIRENS” AND MASTERS OF REALITY SELF TITLED! FINALLY,FRANK MARINO RIPS! You,my friend have a perfect set of ears! P.S. all rockers check out the mighty KING’S X if you haven’t aleady done so!!!
Anything by Love/Hate.