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1231.

Faust

"'Faust' is vaguely reminiscent of aspects of Zappa-esque collage allied to the Red Crayola. Technically, the music on the album pushed to the extreme an aesthetics of darkness, ugliness, fear, chaos and irrationality. When I first heard this, I didn't understand it, but after a few listens it beg..." Reply

- hairymarx1 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (3 helpful | 2 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

240 charts

Rank Score:

1,418

Rank in 1971:

Rank in 1970s:

242

Overall Rank:

1,231

Average Rating:

77 (329 votes)

Comments:

1232.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

"Tim Buckley...wowzers. He was really a super mercurial musician. He constantly was just switching shit up. His relatively straight forward folk debut gave way within a year to his break out master piece of intense and epic (god I have a love/hate relationship with that four letter word) almost in...""Tim Buckley...wowzers. He was really a super mercurial musician. He constantly was just switching shit up. His relatively straight forward folk debut gave way within a year to his break out master piece of intense and epic (god I have a love/hate relationship with that four letter word) almost indescribable Goodbye and Hello. Then a couple years later he releases 2 classic albums which zig all over the map, starting with this brooding, jazz folk album "Happy Sad". This album is really like a strange free-form folk. With loping bass lines, and its guitars coming in for a little prettiness and receding into the darkness. The xylophone (? i think thats what they are called) doing similar ornamental work, adding gorgeous splashes of texture to these long jams. But of course, the star of the show is Buckley's voice. His voice is velvety, otherworldly, sexual, intimate, shamanistic, abstract, vulnerable, and strong. Often times in one song he'll swing between dichotomous extremes, pulled from one place to the next. Tilly mentioned he was without peer as a vocalist in this folk/singer songwriter genre of his time and all time. I would agree mostly, but really I would say Van Morrison is his closest rival in that regard. And that is high praise for both men. Speaking of Van, this album and Buckley's other 1969 classic, consistently reminded me of the classic of classic's Astral Weeks in a lot of ways. But a little more on that later. Strange Feelin' is a great opner. But really this song's sound and this album kicks into high gear, and comes into sharp focus with the gorgeous "Buzzin' Fly". In this track, Tim Buckley makes my knees weak when I hear him sing that chorus, and really the entire song features the greatest conceivable vocal performance like, ever, man. And the guitars are similarly awe-inspiring. This song is bonkers great! The rest of the songs and tracks are consistently moody. I listened to this and Blue Afternoon one late night back to back and that is when I had the epiphany that they are great. And i think that was no coincidence. The albums both give off a midnight or 1am vibe of contemplative soulfulness which just fits with a cigarette and a brandy and all the romantic thoughts which reside heretofore dormant in your mind. When that moment comes and you're listening to Buckley, it really is like the cliche concept of having Tim there just talking directly to you, easing your troubled mind. "Gypsy Woman" is a bit too long in getting to the point. That's its main flaw, the song's and the album's. Still a solid track, but it is something like 25 percent of the run time, so it does drag this album down a slight bit. Also track 3 "Love From Room 109" I have similar tiny gripes about. and now for my conservative rating, with ample room to grow in my mind... Rating: 8.7/10" Reply

Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,418

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

125

Overall Rank:

1,232

Average Rating:

78 (266 votes)

Comments:

1233.

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

The Unicorns

"This is NUTS. The best tracks, "i don't wanna die" ("I predict: i die in a plane crash / I see it now, i die in a car on tour "), "tuff ghost" ("The tuff ghost is invincible / No guts came out when he bled"), "sea ghost" (and its pseudo-flute intro into an aquatic tale of host & parasite), "jelly..." Reply

paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

226 charts

Rank Score:

1,417

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,233

Average Rating:

79 (304 votes)

Comments:

1234.

Tumbleweed Connection

Elton John

"A brilliant performer on the way up. Burn Down The Mission and Where To Now St. Peter are pre-pop classics. Amoreena... lovely" Reply

kcendsley1 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

286 charts

Rank Score:

1,415

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

243

Overall Rank:

1,234

Average Rating:

79 (391 votes)

Comments:

1235.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

"Run D.M.C. was probably the first rap group (or rappers, for that matter) that consistently put out dope raps, popularizing the budding music genre. This album, their best, was probably THE album that introduced white american masses to the heretofore black genre (save the beasties, of course) vi..." Reply

paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

352 charts

Rank Score:

1,415

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

199

Overall Rank:

1,235

Average Rating:

76 (355 votes)

Comments:

1236.

Viet Cong

"Pretty solid debut album. Although the album is only 7 songs, some of them are fairly long. It gets a little too noisy for my liking at times. Stand-out tracks: Bunker Buster, Continental shelf, Silhouettes" Reply

- Rayzer6 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

302 charts

Rank Score:

1,414

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,236

Average Rating:

76 (404 votes)

Comments:

1237.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

"The first Byrds album after the official departure of Gene Clark. Fifth dimension, sees the band moving away from their folk/rock roots towards something more interesting. The first two thirds of the LP is brilliant, with, 5D, I see you, and, whats happening?, all very good, although, Mr. Spacema..." Reply

- garycottier | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

345 charts

Rank Score:

1,412

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

126

Overall Rank:

1,237

Average Rating:

78 (340 votes)

Comments:

1238.

Bad Brains

"this album's punk tracks are just so consistently good and the occasional reggae track just makes it all the more interesting" Reply

- ElectricSoldierPorygon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

268 charts

Rank Score:

1,412

Rank in 1982:

Rank in 1980s:

200

Overall Rank:

1,238

Average Rating:

77 (307 votes)

Comments:

1239.

Exuma

"This isn't an album that I can just listen to in the background. Whenever it comes on it puts me into a trance. No album has done atmosphere better than this one. When I hear this album, I AM in the Bahamas, lost in the woods as I happen upon a circle of people with musical instruments of all kin..." Reply

- BLO | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

1,411

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

244

Overall Rank:

1,239

Average Rating:

78 (203 votes)

Comments:

1240.

Black Monk Time

Monks (US)

"This is a great example of a band saying "screw it" and doing whatever they want. It feels like the band was just like "Hey, no one's gonna hear this album anyways, let's go nuts." It's crazy and goofy and just pure awesome" Reply

RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

290 charts

Rank Score:

1,411

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

127

Overall Rank:

1,240

Average Rating:

77 (337 votes)

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	34	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	710	7%
1970s	1,415	14%
1980s	1,397	14%
1990s	1,589	16%
2000s	1,728	17%
2010s	1,990	20%
2020s	833	8%

Artist	Albums	%

Neil Young	42	0%
Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	36	0%
Miles Davis	33	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,027	50%
	2,656	27%
	427	4%
	336	3%
	221	2%
	156	2%
	138	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,737	97%
Yes	263	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,738	97%
Yes	262	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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