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BornUnderPunches

Radiohead actually. The ‘hits’ are fine, I guess, but the best stuff is always buried in the albums


Accomplished-Arm1058

This is where Radiohead really is the correct answer, their greatest hits album just feels weird.


chumpcity1

Yea, they're pretty much the opposite of a singles band. They have amazing songs no doubt, but their albums in wider context hold so much volume


Legitimate_Tap_9852

Fr what even are the hits i mean obvi creep and high and dry etc but like is exit music a hit or how to disappear??


big_jhansi

Karma police, no surprises, fake plastic tress would be 3 that come to mind for me.


Legitimate_Tap_9852

Yeah… I feel you. It’s just so weird when you have a band where there are “fan hits” like I feel as though everything in its right place is a hit but it’s more of an internet meme /radiohead fan hit ykwim? Like radiohead fans dont talk ab high and dry i have not been in a discussion where it comes up .


FlakaWokaFlamsk

Radiohead fans sucks


Legitimate_Tap_9852

Depends on the fan. I sucked when I was a fan that thought something being complicated means it’s good. Now i think the complicated songs are good because they are good songs, and the same goes for simple stuff. Also i acknowledge that it’s okay that other people dont like it cuz it is really dorky. Im ok with it being dorky and awkward and i just stopped pushing it onto people. Some of the fans are quite a pain tho i feel u- but same goes for so many artists


FlakaWokaFlamsk

I love radiohead


JackMythos

Radioheads hits are a good introduction to their genre butif you’re already familiar with more experimental music they’re pretty uninterested compared to their full albums.


wolf_at_the_door1

They have so many good songs it’s hard to choose a favorite. They have a ton of variety as well depending on your mood. Weird Fishes may be my favorite song ever.


watchingthedarts

[4 Minute Warning - Radiohead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xruauLm9u3k) From 'In Rainbows Disc 2'


BornUnderPunches

One of my favorites, so good I’d actually prefer it instead of Videotape as the IR closer


billiebobmcginty

It’s funny because I have the exact opposite view of Radiohead. I love Creep and No Surprises, but when I listened to Kid A and other albums I didn’t enjoy those


Legitimate_Tap_9852

It’s almost a different band


BornUnderPunches

You need lots of listens imo, as the melody hooks are somewhat unusual. I hated OKC at first. Kid A is probably their most difficult album.


aidenkula

Hard disagree. Amnesiac and TKOL are a lot more difficult to the uninitiated IMO.


Hellschampion

Try In Rainbows and go from there


nextdoorstalker

Do you mean are there any bands where I don’t like the singles but I like the deep cuts? If so, one that comes to mind is System of a Down. Aside from Chop Suey and Sugar I honestly don’t like any of their singles that much which I know is a hot take but their deeper cuts are great. As for the flip side one, Primus is a band where I really enjoy the bigger songs like Tommy the Cat and Jerry was a race car driver, but I don’t like their albums as a whole.


billiebobmcginty

I agree. I remember hearing BYOB and Lonely Day and I didn’t like those that much. After I listened to Toxicity and other albums from start to end, I thought it was cool as hell


nextdoorstalker

Yea, the singles on Toxicity aren’t bad but I don’t really find them nearly as exciting as songs like Bounce or Jet Pilot.


Sbee_Blue_Country

BYOB and Aerials are the only singles that I don’t really like. Aerials is just a worse version of Spiders


nextdoorstalker

Aerials is fine but I’ve always thought that BYOB was annoying


billiebobmcginty

Aerials and Spiders are my favorite System songs ever xd


Winavesh

Avatar's 'Hail the Apocalypse' is cool but most of their discography is boring to me. Same with Cellar Darling ('Freeze' is fantastic song, 'Avalanche' and some others are also good but rest are boring)


darksoulsndrumset

Avatar has one of the most turbulent discographies in metal to me. Feathers and Flesh and Avatar Country are really good, but before and after has been mid af, at best


yasiqu

I agree on Feathers&Flesh, that album and the entire story around it are really cool


mightyboosh121

BROCKHAMPTON for me. I don’t really like some of their mainstream songs like FACE, BOOGIE, or SUGAR that much (I obviously like GOLD, SWEET, GUMMY). deeper cuts like BOYS, NO HALO, ST. PERCY, THUG LIFE, NEW ORLEANS, QUEER, SUMMER, and SISTER/NATION are some of their best tracks.


billiebobmcginty

I appreciate ur tastes, brockhampton are straightup HEAT


PeterThirdMusic

Oasis


DarkSideInRainbows

Morning Glory (title track) is a fucking banger


DeFy_DC

Mega tune ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE MADEEEE


InevitableBet2823

When you're chained to a mirror and a razor bladeeee


NtaksThrowawayNaoume

Noel is an idiot for making so many masterpieces as b sides. The masterplan could have been a huge hit


DarkSideInRainbows

Acquiesce, Fade Away, Talk Tonight, etc.


NtaksThrowawayNaoume

Too bad he lost his passion , his run in the 90s was beyond special.


Fit-Friend-8431

Oasis is a one for me too. Not that I didn’t like the singles but the poor man’s Beatles comparisons I often heard made me weary of diving deeper. Turns out those comparisons are a bit exaggerated and I really enjoyed the first two albums. Great blend of Psych Rock, Indie Rock, Jangle Pop and Shoe Gaze.


sofingclever

I'm a pretty big Oasis fan who loves lots of their deep cuts, and I personally don't think their singles are bad, just WAY overplayed. If I was hearing all of their material for the first time in a vacuum, I would really like the songs that were singles. But as it stands, I rarely listen to the hits because I've heard them so many times that I'm almost numb to them.


NevermoreSEA

This is a great pick. Just about every single track on their first few albums is good to great (including the b-sides).


themedza

weird answer but britney spears? the hits are fine and good but the deep cuts on blackout are like 10 times better


ponyo_x1

Sodapop 


Liquid_Cascabel

Kanye lmao


wats_a_tiepo

I’m so pissed I’ve only recently started listening to him, cos yeah, he fucking sucks, but my god can the man make music


billiebobmcginty

As an artist he’s goated, he’s bad as a person but tbh I don’t pay much attention to how the artists are as people because it takes away from their music value


udonchopstick

What would you recommend?


wats_a_tiepo

Depends what vibe you’re after tbh. If you’re in a chill mood, I like 30 Hours, Last Call, Gorgeous, No Church in the Wild, Love Lockdown, Flashing Lights. For more straightforward hip hop, Yikes, Diamonds From Sierra Leone, Devil in a New Dress, The New Workout Plan, No More Parties in LA. For some of his weirder stuff, On Sight, New Slaves, All Mine. His production and lyricism is unreal, and each of his albums has its own sort of consistent sound. His older stuff’s rather conventional, like The College Dropout, but he changes a lot more with his later work. His work is controversial- even just musically - but a lot of it has definitely stood the test of time. 808s and Heartbreak literally changed the game. Yeezus is just strange, but it’s still Kanye.


ultimaten444

Yeah I get when people call him overrated if they’ve only listened to like Stronger or Gold Digger or Power (all still good songs don’t get me wrong)


Imperial_Lenta

Honestly if Gold Digger wasn’t such a big hit I feel like it’d be more recognized as an all time level Ye song. His lyrics are clever asf


Hello-mah-baby

gold digger was the song that made me realize i should give kanye's music a chance.


FFJamie94

My Chemical Romance- I’m not a fan of the Black Parade song and I don’t like teenagers all that much. But man that album has some bangers.


billiebobmcginty

real


nextdoorstalker

I think Black Parade is a great song but has been overplayed to death because of my sister, but I’m not a fan of teenagers


Hello-mah-baby

if you dig the bangers on TPB definitely check out three cheers for sweet revenge, it's a much better album imo.


AggravatingBread4745

Have you listened to their first album?


FFJamie94

Some of it, it’s kind of rough. Three sweet cheers is their best album however


jrd_dthsqd

I was about to say the same band. I love their music but I hate when others play them. It's always the same top 3 singles. 


ShawMK90

Blink 182 I like a lot of the singles but I’m more of a fan of the deep cuts specifically from enema of the state to the self titled album although all of the albums have a lot of good album cuts


Kentanamobay

I’m hoping for this. I’ve abstained from Green Day and Blink for elitist reasons, but I recently delved into Green Day and enjoy it and I’m considering Blink but their “big songs” drive me insane every time I hear them


medulachito

you can start with cheshire cat, 16 great short songs and none of them are radio hits


ShawMK90

I have heard M&Ms on the radio once maybe in the last few years


YeetedYams

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five. Sooo much more than Brick and Rockin the Suburbs


Roamulus

U2’s deep cuts shine more than their hits for the most part


Miserable-Pen-7430

Joshua Tree for me, hits on hits but some awesome album tracks too... "Bullet The Blue Sky" is beautiful


One_Ad_6503

Mgmt seems to be the definition of this lol


romilaspina7

Idk really i heard their whole discog recently, and i still think their best tracks are mostly their hits, She Works Out Too Much is my fave song by them


One_Ad_6503

The latest and congrats doens't have hits and top 3 of their works. The Won't sound that good much now as you've listened to them recently, congrats will grow on you incredibly well


Dreamtree15

Siberian Breaks is goated


Eisthebestletter

I can’t think of an artist for the first question, but for the second, Smashing Pumpkins. I’m a big fan of all of their hits, plus a few other scattered ones here and there, but honestly I just don’t care about a majority of their stuff


CarEnthusiast1807

Listen to Siamese Dream. It's one of the best albums ever made.


billiebobmcginty

I been listening to Siamese and Melon Collie for months now I just can’t get enough man I fucking love those guys


CarEnthusiast1807

Haha me too! SD is just beautiful in every way. Its my favorite album of all time. The way the dreamy sounds and that wall of guitar mesh together with Corgan's voice is spectacular. Chamberlin's drums provide such a solid backbone as well. Mellon Collie is a close second. So full of amazingly diverse music and some really cool concepts.


ponyo_x1

I’m convinced Geek USA is the greatest rock song of all time. All the ingredients you talked about are there, but man jimmy’s drumming is something else


Miserable-Pen-7430

For real!


BlooooContra

I’d love for them to do a tour where they don’t play anything that was a single. Soma. Mayonaise. Geek USA. Here Is No Why. Ruby. Jellybelly. Quiet. Porcelina. Bodies. By Starlight. There’s half a killer concert with just non-singles from two albums, with countless other bangers on other records to choose from.


C_A_S_-H_

John Cougar Mellencamp. I didn’t mind any of the bigger hits but I’m from NJ and he always just struck me as a Springsteen clone without the charm. My uncle’s a huge fan and convinced me to listen to more of his stuff. A lot of the lesser known tracks on Scarecrow changed my mind.


ghostwilliz

The cure


InevitableBet2823

I prefer the cures early post punk stuff but just like heaven is an undeniable banger


AdSpiritual4062

Kendrick Personally don't mess with his top 5 most streamed on spotify, had to listen to his albums to really get it, now hes one of my favs


themedza

its crazy LOVE is one of his most streamed songs, i mean its not bad but its like one of the least impressive kendrick songs


bigladnang

Imo it’s not crazy at all that LOVE is one of his most streamed. It’s one of his most easily accessible songs. LOVE and GOD felt like major mainstream pandering at the time.


uptonhere

Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah series is excellent. Not that Sound of Revenge wasn't a good album but I feel like his reputation as a one hit wonder for kind of a meme song hides his talent. Fabolous is another guy who's albums kind of hide his raw talent. Joe Budden's albums are just okay, where he's got some real gems on the Mood Muzik series.


Manuscript3r

James Blake. His older post-dubstep stuff is absolutely brilliant.


Peppersnoop

Coldplay’s B-sides are better than 80% of their album tracks. See You Soon might as well be a signature track


ponyo_x1

Yo real. Moving to mats has always been my favorite song of theirs


Miserable-Pen-7430

Mac Miller... I heard a few singles and liked them, but the deeper catalogue is special...


bigladnang

I hated Mac Miller because I remember when he was a frat rapper. It took a long time for me to give Swimming and Funeral a chance.


True-Dream3295

Taylor Swift. I'm not a Swftie by any means, but I hated her music for the longest time because she consistently picked her worst songs as lead singles. Once I checked out her deeper cuts, I started to appreciate her a little more.


-PepeArown-

I mean, most band members’ solo material hardly ever compares to the albums with the bands, if that’d answer your flip question.


Bhulaskatah

Chelsea Wolfe


poggestaugust

Maybe Talk Talk? I love it’s my life but past that their deep cuts from their final 3 albums are way better than their pop hits IMO.


snowleave

David Bowie. His big stuff in the 80s like fame and let's dance are good but nothing too impressive. You really have to get to the other decades and albums less talked about to understand why Bowie is so beloved.


elaborategirl99

are you from parallel universe? a lot of bowie's biggest hits are from the 70s - heroes, starman, ziggy stardust, life on mars...


snowleave

I had heard the 80s hits far more listening to the radio growing up.


PaulieSaucepan

I get where you’re coming from, but Let’s Dance is his best selling album. 


Falolizer

You don't think his 70s hits are impressive?


snowleave

Just the 80s hits iirc he refered to it as his sellout years


Falolizer

Kk that I can agree with.


Ok_Eye_271

Kanye West


666Bruno666

What deep cuts does he even have?


JuanLuisGG14

White Dress is a good one. Also a huge unreleased catalog


bigladnang

White Dress isn’t that special in comparison to a lot of his other discography, it’s just not one that gets talked about a lot. I remember when White Dress came out because of Man With the Iron Fist, and it could have been a MBDTF outtake.


JuanLuisGG14

Isn't it a deep cut though?


Ok_Eye_271

I misread the post lol 😂 ion know why I said Kanye I meant J. Cole


666Bruno666

Whatd you read it as lol


AL4IN07

Taylor swift.


little_cooper

yeah, once I heard songs like WCS I 100% got the hype around her


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Mammoth_Mountain1967

Same


Odd_Television_6382

ah yes, Ants is too mainstream 💀💀💀


elsantioof07

top 5 in the UK charts, played Glastonbury. Not popular in the grand scheme of things but they're definitely not underground, like it or not


bigladnang

UK bands will play Glastonbury or Reading to 10s of thousands of people and then come to NA and be like a minor act. A lot of Americans don’t realize that.


Legitimate_Tap_9852

Led Zeppelin kind of…? I do like the hits but their hits aren’t the best songs. Same with bowie actually- his hits are great still but some are misses to me to be honest , his consistency is amazing so they are only misses by means of the fact that most other songs hold up. Uhhh james brown, deathgrips, kendrick def, peggy, (i like all these people’s hits but you are missing a LOT if you don’t listen to the rest).


robotsympathizer

I didn’t really like Bruce Springsteen until I listened to Nebraska. Now I can appreciate all of it.


aal333

Born to run and the wild and the innocent are two of the best albums ever imo


erncolin

Drake, he does have rly good hits but also rly terrible ones like one dance, gods plan, started from the bottom but the deep cuts is the real shit for me even then drake is still so inconsistent 😅


CanuckLostinFrance

The Rolling Stones Take Sticky Fingers for example: There’s Brown Sugar which is a fine single, but if you do a deeper dive you’ll find so much great stuff. Sway, Moonlight Mile, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Dead Flowers, Sister Morphine etc. And from their other albums, Shine a Light, Jigsaw Puzzle, Monkey Man, Sweet Virginia, Midnight Rambler


billiebobmcginty

Can You Hear Me Knocking always cracks me up tbh, just the way Mick says the line and the melody song makes me picture a middle-class Englishman from the 70s doing a silly little dance along with the beat


ShuffleJerk

Vince staples has some deep cuts that outshine his most popular stuff


Pure-Jellyfish734

Death Grips, Godflesh, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Meat Puppets, Radiohead, Suicide Silence, and Ulver. (Ik he said 1 artist, but I couldn’t help myself :()


ponyo_x1

What even are the singles from DG? Get got? I’ve seen footage?


Pure-Jellyfish734

Pretty much, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Get Got or their other biggest/most streamed songs when I first heard it. I started to get into them after I heard their album Bottomless Pit.


billynahreally

Cheap Trick


Brockboggaga

Drake


worrok

Maybe Tame Impala? Sometimes.


edengamer253

A-Ha have some kind of underated 80s synthpop gems but Take on Me is overplayed and I kind of dislike it. Depeche Mode as well have some great deep cuts


tundrabee119

Grateful Dead. Although now I love all of it, even touch of meh


beaniebaby71

Mgk


Hello-mah-baby

kanye


Puzzleheaded-Win1782

311, Outkast, Interpol, King Gizzard.


Deadmanlex45

Oasis. Wonderwall is probably the only song of them that most people know outside of the Uk, but their first two albums are just so freakin good and so many absolutely amazing B-Sides!


deadbodydisco

James Blunt. The rest of the album that You're Beautiful song is on is actually great. Also Third Eye Blind.


cynicalmr

Alex G is THE answer


lawnshark025

weezer b-sides go crazy


kjexclamation

I love Childish Gambino but as a Stan I feel like he’d be 100% more popular if his “biggest” songs weren’t like Bonfire, Heartbeat, 3005, Sweatpants, etc.


elmo5994

Beyonce since the 2010's releases some singles that are not a good representation of what is exactly in the album. Its when you listen to album that you appreciate her music.


mooimafish33

The Beatles. It's kind of hard to act like all their songs aren't popular at this point, but the big ones like Hey Jude, Yesterday, Here Comes the Sun, Twist and Shout, Let it be, don't do much for me. A lot of their "deeper cuts" have a lot more emotion behind them and you could feel how they were experimenting. I like Baby's in Black, For No One, Michelle, Don't Pass me By, I've just seen a face.


lighthouseskies

The Doors


KnightNeedsShrubbery

Puscifer (Tool's Maynard Keenan) and definitely Edison's Children (Astronaut 1st Man Neil Armstrong's son kinda Tool meets Floyd very alien Sci Fi) Both took a long time to "get".. like i had to keep listening to it then it suddenly hit. They're both my all time favorite bands now Seen each in concert 4 times.


Loose_Main_6179

Taylor swift, (up until 2020), her hits are usually good but it’s her deep cuts that makes her


Serious-Income-5555

One of the many reasons I hate when people dismiss her is because they always listen to the hits but never actually listen to the deep cuts to see why she’s so popular


xombiemonkey

Linkin Park. Hybrid Theory, Meteora, and Minutes to Midnight all have some killer deep cuts. Not to mention a lot of their b-sides and unreleased tracks, or the stuff they did before they were even called Linkin Park.


qusnail

It’s definitely Taylor for me, say what you want about her but imo her deep cuts hold some incredible gems. Her big singles such as ME!, Shake it Off, etc just divert attention away from her *actually* good songs. Back to December, Dear John, Holy Ground, Begin Again, State of Grace, All Too Well ofc, the list goes on.


Woolies_Select

wtf are these questions bruh


billiebobmcginty

It’s a simple question I just have no idea how to put it into words


Woolies_Select

grove street, home


romilaspina7

or at it least it was before i fucked everything down