Overall Chart
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"Laurie Anderson is not just a musician, but also a performance artist. Now, while I have no trouble defending the music on Big Science, I am well aware that it was originally presented (and arguably is meant to be presented) as a full performance piece, with the music only being a portion. Just t..." [+] Reply
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1982
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1,585
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"Great sound, almost combines Guns N Roses style hair metal with Cocteau Twins style dream pop. All tracks are good to great ("Rhinoceros", maybe the best ever Pumpkins song?) with maybe the exception of "Suffer". Overall a must-own for Pumpkins fans." Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1991
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1,584
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"Even if he doesn't seem to realize it to this day, being thrown out of Metallica was undoubtedly the best thing that could have happened to Mustaine, not least because, well, it eventually paved the way for this - a distinctive, punkish, scorching and urgent beast of an album further elevated by ..." [+] Reply
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1986
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1,582
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"Damn near perfect Aerosmith record. If "Home Tonight" were the equal of the previous records "You See Me Cryin." But that is nitpicking on a record with songs as good as "Rats In The Cellar" and "Sick as A Dog."" Reply
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1976
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1,581
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"It’s hard to know where it places after only one day of listening, but this is definitely one of my favorite releases of 2018. It has a similar feel to me as In Rainbows, in that there’s a perfect marriage of beauty and experimentation. The lyrics are also very timely, addressing the uncertainty ..." [+] Reply
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2018
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1,579
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"These guys throw such a good live show.. A must see. Possibly one of the most unique hip hop albums of all time. Del nails the concept ("it's the year 3030...."), and the beats fit perfectly." Reply
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Lachapelle | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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1,578
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"The most accesible and my favourite album from Sigur Ros !!! Songs of pure joy and sadness and beauty....explores the spectrum of human emotions without fear and achieves something truly beeautiful." Reply
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2008
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1,577
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"Exemplifies, more than any other XTC album, why I sometimes describe them as the band the Beatles would have been if they'd had to challenge themselves to expand the range of pop music beyond the range already established, before them, by the Beatles. Dense, layered, fussy, but exuberant songs as..." [+] Reply
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1982
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"It is all about the music. In this case there are no clever lyrics to distract. For me it works grand, just to sing along and feel good. The Police were a really good band. This is actually my favourite." Reply
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1980
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1,575
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"I remember hearing Cloud Nothings for the first time on a compilation a couple years ago. I thought they were boring, and wrote them off as blog hype. The only reason that I picked up Attack on Memory was because I had heard that the album made use of post-hardcore influences, which is a personal..." [+] Reply
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2012
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1,574
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 110 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 37 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 719 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,437 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,432 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,611 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,735 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,993 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 731 | 7% |
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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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5,012 | 50% | |
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2,664 | 27% | |
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432 | 4% | |
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317 | 3% | |
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222 | 2% | |
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159 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 8. The White Stripes | |
| 9. Wilco | |
| 10. Animal Collective | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |
