Overall Chart
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"Devils & dust is Bruce springsteen's follow up to 2002's, the rising. Harking back to the acoustic sparseness of the, Nebraska, and, ghost of Tom Joad, albums, although there is a lot more band instrumentation this time around. The title track, is excellent, and the best song on the album. It's k..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
277
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"Saw this tour back in 83. Some decent tracks on the album that kinda grow on you. Perhaps not their finest work but I like it." Reply
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UofTBlues | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"i have never heard of a more underrated album in my life. the production, the lyrics, the individual song concepts, the execution, the fun, everything on this album seems to work as best as possible but unfortunately the album is largely overlooked especially when it was released during an averag..." [+] Reply
"Not enough love for Bomber. This is arguably the best, most consistent and cohesive Motorhead album, imho. I am willing to concede that Ace of Spades might be a little better, but it is damn close; Overkill is a distant third, followed by Hammersmith and the self-titled and Orgasmatron, in that o..." [+] Reply
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btener11 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I still prefer the bareness of "if it was you" but they've evolved their sound in a more "professional" studio setting (partially helmed by death cab's Chris walla) to deliver some fun, new wavey lite girl punk that still finds a way to display their narcissistic view of love in a sunny, upbeat f..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"all the songs on the album are good, but the last one (which is said to be David's last ever) is a masterpiece that could be included on a Pink Floyd album..."scattered"" Reply
"I like the new album but the production sounds sometimes too much mainstream" Reply
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Leonard | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Missing the Symphonic Dances (about 9 of them) that really make this something more, but overall a classic. For me this is a bit more than just a lame musical. Leonard Bernstein! Also I wonder if I'm comparing this against other musicals and therefore giving it a higher score... also probably wou..." [+] Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"As of 10.6.2014, this number one on 0 of the year charts that it's on. Decent album." Reply
"I thought this could be interesting and there were some moments, but it didn't really add up to much overall." Reply
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planetneutral | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,413 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,726 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,963 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 826 | 8% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 26 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,004 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1987 | |
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| 1. U2 | |
| 2. Guns N' Roses | |
| 3. Prince | |
| 4. The Smiths | |
| 5. Dinosaur Jr. | |
| 6. Dinosaur | |
| 7. R.E.M. | |
| 8. Michael Jackson | |
| 9. Depeche Mode | |
| 10. Sonic Youth |
