Most Underappreciated Paradise Lost Album?

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Part of a series of polls I am running: based on actual data, for acts with at least a dozen studio albums. Which of the five lowest rated (data from RYM, since they have a greater rating base) do you find underappreciated, if any?

Albums are listed from the lowest rated up (RYM rating in brackets).

For Paradise Lost - a rare case for a band with this many studio albums not to have any sub-3.0's on RYM - I'd actually say that all of this are fairly rated, although maybe you feel different, so I'm not letting my view stop me from including a poll on them. If Medusa were in the bottom five I would have gone for that but it just misses it. 

Poll Question: Which is underappreciated?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Believe in Nothing (3.07)	0	[0.00%]
Host (3.14)	2	[33.33%]
Lost Paradise (3.21)	1	[16.67%]
Paradise Lost (3.32)	0	[0.00%]
Symbol of Life (3.36)	1	[16.67%]
None of them	2	[33.33%]
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adg211288 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 21997	Post Options Post Reply Quote adg211288 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Most Underappreciated Paradise Lost Album? Posted: 29 Aug 2023 at 2:26pm
	Part of a series of polls I am running: based on actual data, for acts with at least a dozen studio albums. Which of the five lowest rated (data from RYM, since they have a greater rating base) do you find underappreciated, if any? Albums are listed from the lowest rated up (RYM rating in brackets). For Paradise Lost - a rare case for a band with this many studio albums not to have any sub-3.0's on RYM - I'd actually say that all of this are fairly rated, although maybe you feel different, so I'm not letting my view stop me from including a poll on them. If Medusa were in the bottom five I would have gone for that but it just misses it.
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	Lost Paradise. OK, an unimaginative title, but one of the first to incorporate doom and death metal. It's underdeveloped and immature, but it still has an unsubtle charm. Funny story I picked up from the Talking Bollocks podcast (hosted by H from Acid Reign): Paradise Lost's first live gig was second support for Acid Reign. They had so few songs at the time they played one of them twice in a half hour set, and no one thought they would ever amout to anything!

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	Host, for me. Yes it's a bit "poppier" compared to all their other stuff but I don't think that detracts from the quality. I like it quite a bit.

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	Host is probably the most underrated of their albums, because it´s so different from the rest. I´ve turned quite a few non metal loving Depeche Mode fans on to Paradise Lost by playing them that particular album. But I´ll probably have to go with Symbol of Life, which is rarely mentioned but to my ears is probably their strongest album from their "weak" middle phase.
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