Suggest one obsure album we all should hear

Argus is a great one!

Mine is "Annunciation" by the Subdudes, a band with a sound somewhere between Little Feat and The Band.

 

 

@nutty - Indeed it was, Nutty! I think there were 2 Paris albums that came out. I was fortunate enough to see them at Winterland in San Francisco in the mid-70's... Bob Welch was very underrated... 

Thank you for the correction, larsman! It was a great albumn. 

N

 

The Weather Station - How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars

Stripped-back, haunting beauty. Qobuz New Music discovery. - can't stop listening to this album. Had never heard of the artist prior. Female vocal and piano for the most part

@nutty - Paris was a band that Bob Welch started in 1975.... 

Paris, S/T - 1971 - Bob Welch after leaving Fleetwood Mac

I'm sure there are many people who love Roger Waters who are not familiar with 'Amused to Death', as it only sold about a million copies. 

Def Obscure: not discovered or known about; uncertain

I have introduced A2D to many audiophiles, and of late, a 63 yo musician, who loves Roger Waters

 

My fav from about 4 years ago. A classic and will be in my rotation for a long time.

Lux Prima - Karen O and Danger Mouse 

Fela Kuti was obscure for me until a decade ago and now I listen to all his albums. The African Bob Marley.

 

Roger Waters' 'Amused to Death' is an obscure album?

It was a legitimate release by Roger Waters, an artist who is pretty far from obscure, and sold very well.... In fact, I think it sold better than either 'Pros and Cons of Hitchiking' or 'Radio KAOS' which came before it. 

Roger Waters Amused to Death

Impossible to boil down to just one, so my idea is for these two. Flip a coin each day, and for heads listen to "From The Hip", by Con Brio, and for tails listen to "Badlands", by Trampled Under Foot. You'll thank me later.

Agnes Obel - Myopia

 

Bass Communion I 

Steven Wilson's dark ambient masterpiece, the 2018 RSD reissue on tonefloat records 

 

 

 

 

I an also a big fan of Braden’s “Thimar” album.

"Blue Maqams" by Anouar Brahem. I discovered it last year.

It’s a fusion of jazz and Middle Eastern.

I always knew I was searching for this album without ever realizing that I was searching for an album that fused jazz and middle eastern.

agree... this music is just sublime...

Ga'an - Self-titled LP

thanks mbennes for the "Sandy Denny, Like an Old Fashion Waltz" recommendation 

Mazzy Star - The Other Side

Rata Tipi Tapurt by Rumpa Taya Port-Port and Polam V. Reddy.

I reckon a lot of A goners will like this... https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/floating-points-pharoah-sanders-london-symphony-orchestra-promises-luaka-bop/

https://raymondrichards.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost-art-of-wandering

Raymond Richards - The Lost art Of Wandering

Rufuge by Gabrielle Roth.  YouTube has parts of it.  Ancient Tibetan chants (not  mellow droning chants) sung by Russian rock singer.  Very powerful (and some nice bass).  Close your eyes, put it on and experience it.

A Pride of Lions

Self titled.

Arranged and conducted by James Mack.

When I read the title of this thread the first album that immediately came to my mind was
"Blue Maqams" by Anouar Brahem. I discovered it last year.

It’s a fusion of jazz and Middle Eastern.

I always knew I was searching for this album without ever realizing that I was searching for an album that fused jazz and middle eastern.

If you’re picking up what I’m putting down...

Especially for folk/Americana, acoustic fans,  I highly recommend checking out The sound track to Ken Burns' 'Lewis and Clark' series. This music will move you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMipm_SlhK4

Buddy Rich and Alla Rakha


Interesting album Many thanks i will go for it...

Buddy Rich and Alla Rakha

“Suggest one obsure album we all should hear.”

Hogleg - Squeal

Roger Waters Amused to Death

A few more? "The Use Of Ashes" Pearls Before Swine,  "Young Brigham" Ramblin' Jack Elliot,  "A Genuine Tong Funeral" Gary Burton Quartet, "Not In Our Name" Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra,   "God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise" Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs,   "Gossip" Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls (the Aus. double LP) and "Comedy" Paul Kelly & the Messengers (same band different name). "John Simon" John Simon (1st album),   "Nashville" Ian & Sylvia,   "Great Speckled Bird" Great Speckled Bird, "East West" Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Hmm. Better stop for the moment. Wife is complaining of me pounding on the keyboard.

@richmon Thanks for the link. Inspires me to dust off SES for tonight. Maybe "Rocket Cottage"?

@sima01 ... shame the other Hank Dogs 'Half Smile' is half as good, only 2 or three songs of note on that one.

Steeleye Span's first album 'Hark the village wait' features two killer female vocals too, for some unknown reason one of them dropped out leaving Maddie Prior as the sole voice. But check out that Hark .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRb6GSj12wU&list=PL8a8cutYP7fq33lL2OuaEh2872Qy-NFhA&index=2

oldbear,
+1 for "Running, Jumping, Standing Still by Spider John Koerner and Willie Murphy". Interesting album indeed!

This thread is clearly far advanced and there are many of both albums I love and music I don't know but here are a few that I haven't seen that always hit me where I live.1) the oldest maybe- Running, Jumping, Standing Still by Spider John Koerner and Willie Murphy.2) Journey To The End Of The Night by the Mekons3) The Graceless Age by John Murry a descendent of William Faulkner's4) the 2nd Soft Machine album -the band was mentioned before I think but their first two albums are unlike their later stuff with Robert Wyatt  drumming and singing before he broke his back and became paraplegic.5) From Sweden With Love by the Art Farmer Quintet, when Art was playing with Jim Hall it was music to melt by as was Undercurrent when Jim was duo with Bill Evans and any of the Paul Desmond albums with Jim Hall.By the way there was a little confusion above as there was the American band BoDeans and there was a maybe better band in the U.K., the Bodines.I never saw the Velvet Underground (I grew up in Southern California) but in 1967 my best friend as a freshman at Pomona College started playing the Velvet Underground with Nico which we listened to endlessly.Lastly 3 quick others6) Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (I know he is not obscure but this was stunning to me and I was already a fan7) Town And Country by Humble Pie - not like the bombastic Pie that most people heard but really showing Steve Marriot could sing8) One For The Road by Ronnie Lane's Slim ChanceGolly I could go on and on

Sandstone,

I agree that Harry Partch is extraordinarily underappreciated.  I love his "Delusions of the Fury."

A great reference track for checking out amps/speakers is “Flight of the Cosmic Hippo” on the album of the same name by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Not only is this a great track to put a speaker through some paces, the group is quite good to hang with a beer of glass of wine, being a blue-grass fusion band.

Zappa Apostrophe, Wishbone Ash first 4 albums, Skin Alley Two Quid Dead, Patto Patto, Colosseum Live, Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica, East of Eden Mercator Projected, Snafu, Eric Burdon Declared War

Go.  1st LP.  Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood, Michael Shrieve

Not very obscure.......



   the Humble Pie - live at Fillmore 4-5 cd set from Japan from several years ago. 
  Has all 3 shows, unedited, and is amazing, makes the regular US version sound terrible, cut up, censored, etc,

      This ultimate edition is simply stunning, sound, performance, extras, etc. 

        gets 2-3 X monthly play, sometimes more.



     The Pat Travers Japan Mini LP releases, the sound quality and packaging is perfect. 
    

Alfa Mist - Antifon
Really seductive, groove oriented modern melodic jazz. Found the LP on a UK site but it's also on streaming sites and CD. Also great youtube studio videos

Bodeans are great live!

Here's an obscure one when you want to chill out in a dark room with a scotch or a glass of wine...David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive

@jjss49 Good rec on the Carmichael album. Listening to and enjoying it now!
@jw944ts.    Been listening to that live Sting album for almost 30 years now. It hasn't aged well, though it still has some shining parts in it.

@richmon That Hankdogs album is bliss. Fell in love with it the first time I heard it some 20 years ago. That's a band I wish had stayed together.

BoDeans are indeed from Wisconsin. Great band. Kind of an Americana-ish rock band, with Midwestern influences similar to Jayhawks, Bottle Rockets and Rainmakers (all brilliant bands). If you like BoDeans, check out their live album - "Joe Dirt Car". Contains all their best material and the live versions are superior to the studio versions, across the board.... All IMHO, of course.

 Im pretty sure the Bodeans are from Wisconsin, not Ireland

The Bodeans, only one album that I used to own. They opened for very first U2 Joshua Tree tour I got to go to, WOW! Was that a GREAT concert!!! They, I believe, are Irish as well, REM type of sound, they were EXCELLENT!! Cannot find their CD album I bought, but they were VERY GOOD!! Also, I bet you guys haven’t heard of the Coor’s. Another Irish band, three sisters, one brother. The drummer, Caroline, was a SMOKE’N HOTTIE!!! And was an EXCELLENT drummer!!! They did an album with covers sung with: Bono, from U2, Mick Fleetwood, on the drums with Caroline (TOO COOL!), and lastly, Ronnie Woods of The Rolling Stones, AWESOME album, A+ SONICS!!! Some of the Bono songs were acoustic. AWESOME album! Pop-rock band. Still love them. Sharon Corr is SMOKE’N HOT as well!! Model quality, stunning woman! So talented!! Hell, all of them were! Caroline, the sexy baby sister, played: drums, piano, and the bodran, an Irish drum, One one of their albums, Sharon and Caroline do an acoustic duet, “No Frontiers”, sounds like two angels singing, no joke! Check them out on YouTube! Especially the MTV “Unplugged” album, and the live album. BRAVO to whoever mic’ed and mixed their live/Unplugged albums! AWESOME acoustics/sonics!!

The Mysterious Flying Orchestra 

A 1977 album from Bob Thiele

https://somehowjazz.com/mysterious-flying-orchestra/

Some excellent bands (from a 2016 post):
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/obscure-bands/post?postid=1346137#1346137

Particulars (since you removed the one album rule):
Bardo Pond / Dilate
Swans / Glowing Man
Tanakh / Ardent Fevers 
Lambchop / How I quit smoking
moe. / Wormwood
Alex Chilton / High Priest 
Blitzen Trapper / Fur
Mark Lanegan / Has God seen my shadow
Nico & the Faction / Fata Morgana
Brian Eno / My squelchy life
Spiritualized / Ladies & gentlemen we are floating in space
Tortoise / TNT
Thurston Moore / Demolished thoughts
Acid Mothers Temple / In search of the lost divine arc
Stone Jack Jones / Love & torture
Low / Drums & guns
Eels / Electro-shock therapy
Larkin Grimm / Parplar
Magnetic Fields / 69
MV & EE / Space homestead
Jenny Lewis / Acid tongue
Forest for the trees
Calexico / Spoke
Mono / Under the pipal tree
Mazzy Star / She hangs brightly 
Devendra Banhart / Mala
Castanets / Cathedral
Sparklehorse / It's a wonderful life
APSE / Climb up
Elizabeth Viagic / Stand with the stillness of the day
Industrial Tepee / What divine engine
Pere Ubu / Pennsylvania 
Beth Orton / Trailer park
Orso / Long time by
Tunng / Good arrows
Grails / Black tar prophesies 

There are many more (obscure music is my forte)... But that should keep you busy for a while :-)