Yeah, Ys is great. I wouldn't say underappreciated by the critics (it's in the top 200 ), but certainly by the mainstream.

Speaking of experimental female artists, I've always thought Bjork's Medulla gets the short end of the stick. To these ears, it's better than Vespertine, Post, and Debut.

i dont think YS an album that's #2 would be considered underappreciated. In fact it would easily top my most overrated albums of the last 8 years. If it's in the top 5 it got plenty of hype. Nothing by Radiohead is underappreciated unless you count their debut. They'll always be acclaimed even if some of their stuff is more acclaimed than other. There's so many bubblers and albums that didn't make the list that are just as deserving as Radiohead and DEFINITELY more deserving than YS, the indiesnobs ultimate record. There's some albums that deserve to be hits an Kate Bush and Bjork have put out plenty. To have YS ahead of Hounds of Love is an absolute abomination.

I'm also a huge fan of In Case We Die by Architecture in Helsinki, this album makes me smile whenever I hear it.

I don't get Ys. At all. I don't enjoy her voice and the music just doesn't appeal to me. I agree with Tim that it's pretty overrated, but I don't really hate it.

Hounds Of Love is the better record, no doubt about it (for me). But Ys is still wonderful. It's also very controversial, and I'm not even gonna try to argue the issue. So many people say it's overrated, that it almost makes it underrated for the people who love it.

I love Ys, but I also completely understand not liking it. Rambling vocab word packed stream of consciousness folky weirdness with isn't for everyone.

It bothers me though when she gets accused of pretentiousness. I don't care if you use big words or small words, Ys' lyrics flow off the tongue beautifully, both poetically and conceptually.