Most Underappreciated Iced Earth 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 Iced Earth I elected to excluded 'A Narrative Soundscape' from the Poll as I don't think that should really count as a main studio album, although the cover album Tribute to the Gods was fair game. 

I'm giving my own vote to The Glorious Burden. While by RYM standards the rating of 3.1/5 isn't unrespectable, I consider this one to be among the band's best. They got a lot of negativity for the vocalist change but I think Tim Owens fit better in Iced Earth than he ever did in Judas Priest. Framing Armageddon is pretty good too - much better than the second part of that album duo which I think is rightly ranked last. 

Poll Question: Which is underappreciated?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The Crucible of Man (2.83)	0	[0.00%]
Tribute to the Gods (2.93)	0	[0.00%]
Plagues of Babylon (3.01)	1	[25.00%]
Framing Armageddon (3.03)	0	[0.00%]
The Glorious Burden (3.10)	3	[75.00%]
None of them	0	[0.00%]
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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: 21996	Post Options Post Reply Quote adg211288 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Most Underappreciated Iced Earth Album? Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 12:27am
	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 Iced Earth I elected to excluded 'A Narrative Soundscape' from the Poll as I don't think that should really count as a main studio album, although the cover album Tribute to the Gods was fair game. I'm giving my own vote to The Glorious Burden. While by RYM standards the rating of 3.1/5 isn't unrespectable, I consider this one to be among the band's best. They got a lot of negativity for the vocalist change but I think Tim Owens fit better in Iced Earth than he ever did in Judas Priest. Framing Armageddon is pretty good too - much better than the second part of that album duo which I think is rightly ranked last.
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Bosh66 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Sludge, MC, HC, Post-Metal & Noise Rock Joined: 14 Feb 2013 Location: Bolton, Lancs Status: Offline Points: 24484	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bosh66 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 3:48am
	Have half a dozen Iced Earth albums but not the ones above 😕 I’ve probably heard those but would be unfair to pass judgement. No votes from me.

Vim Fuego Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Death, T/S/G, Grind, VA Teams Joined: 05 Jul 2015 Location: Canterbury, NZ Status: Offline Points: 6484	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vim Fuego Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 4:58am
	The Glorious Burden is the album I discovered them through, and is a great concept Declaration Day probably remains my favourite Iced Earth song still. Tribute to the Gods isn't bad for a covers album either.

Nightfly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 4960	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nightfly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 7:24am
	Like Chris I have quite a few IE albums but there's too many gaps in my knowledge to pass judgement. I do have 2 of the above though, Plagues of Babylon and The Glorious Burden and rate them both 4 stars. Edited by Nightfly - 09 Sep 2023 at 7:27am

Psydye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 12309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Psydye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2023 at 6:17pm
	Plagues of Babylon for me.