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1959
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1982
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"Songs are a little to rigid for my taste. Not in sound but in structure. If the songs were a little more organic, this would be a whirlwind of a record. Lots of distortion. Drums have an oomph about them and they're crispy has all hell. Can't really speak on the songwriting as of right now. Decen..."  [More]  Reply  
- JoshuaTilly | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2016
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"Ka explores different themes theough his albums. After the chess on "The Night's Gambit", the book "The Manchurian Candidate" on "Days with Dr. Yen Lo", then the samurai with "Honor Killed The Samurai", he now turns to Greek mythology with "Orpheus vs. The Sirens ". Thus each title of the project..."  [More]  Reply  
- Kurtco | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2018
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"Let’s start with I love Jethro Tull. Ignoring their great albums; I.e thick as a brick, aqualung, passion play, minstrel in the gallery, songs from the wood, heavy horses, bursting out, and stand up. I feel you are left with the 2nd tier albums such as: this was, benefit, too old to rock n roll a..."  [More]  Reply  
- Simon_bramhall | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1979
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"Elvis Costello's country rock album. The delivery man, released on the lost highway label, home of some of Ryan Adams albums, sees Costello going for that alt.country sound. Guest appearances from Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams here on a record that contains highlights such as, country darkn..."  [More]  Reply  
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2004
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1999
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2014
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1971
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"Difficult to explain why I like this. Something about its immediacy and Detroit-style rawness. Of course, the punk core stylings are nearly outdone by another 2014 favorite, Ought's More Than Any Other Day."  Reply  
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2014
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