So I'm spending yet another quiet evening slogging through my CD collection, uploading it more or less alphabetically into iTunes (I'm only on the C's...Lord help me), and I have arrived at my Elvis Costello CDs. Now I used to own a ton of Costello stuff on vinyl and cassette, but somehow the only albums of his I ever got around to owning in CD form are King of America and Trust. Probably my two favorite of his albums (well, okay, Get Happy is pretty great, too...why don't I have that one on CD? who knows?). And, it often seems to me, two of his most overlooked. Especially Trust, which might be the only record in his whole catalog that covers all his strengths, from blue-eyed soul ("New Lace Sleeves") to pub rock ("From a Whisper to a Scream") to honky-tonk country ("Different Finger"). It just blows me away every time I hear it.The funny thing is that, like most Costello fans, I used to be enamored of This Year's Model and My Aim is True. But at some point I just got burned out on them. I think part of the reason I can keep listening to Trust is that it feels somewhat overlooked and, therefore, somehow more deserving of the attention. Let the rest of the world listen to "Watching the Detectives" and "Pump It Up"; I'll be over here grooving to "Lovers' Walk." There are a lot of albums I feel this way about. The Smiths' Strangeways Here We Come. The Police's Regatta de Blanc. Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. I kind of like that they're not the universally loved masterpieces, owned by every casual fan and listed on every Rolling Stone critics' poll. I even like their imperfections -- a dorky song like "On Any Other Day" on Regatta de Blanc is like a nice little breather from all that brilliance. They're albums that sound like they were made by mere mortals.People always talk about underrated artists...but what about underrated albums? I know you MOGgers have a few others you'd like to champion.