Overall Chart
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"While I appreciate my bloody valentine for being one of the most daring and unique musicians ever I will always listen to slowdive a lot more because of how their tone resonates within me. loveless may be the better album but it can be too much to comprehend. it sometimes makes you want to close ..." [+] Reply
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1993
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10,623
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"Wow. Masterpiece. Flowed very smoothly, and there really weren't any tracks I disliked.I think this was better than Yoshimi, and definitely think this album has a spot in my top ten, if not my top 5 of all time. Great album, but it took me three listens to really absorb all of the beauty, and it ..." [+] Reply
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1999
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10,513
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"Best National album hands down, sounds perfect from the beginning to the end, no bad tracks in here. Melancholic, dense and deep to the right point, without being excessively sad." Reply
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2010
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10,446
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"This is the sound of punk. This is what it is. When I think of what punk was all about and what it sounded like as a musical style and not as a culture, I think of this album in its entirety. This record gets me amped every time. These angry bands today and over the last 30 years or so just gener..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1977
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10,434
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"This is one of the true masterpieces of the prog rock genre. To start with the negatives, this isn't a perfect album as it does have a couple flaws such as the elongation of The Battle Of Epping Forest. However, none of these flaws hold it back significantly and for the most part they are people ..." [+] Reply
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1973
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10,431
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"If I were to spend a summer night somewhere in the desert boozing and watching semi-nakid ladies getting it on with each other, this would be my choice of music to zoom the night away. I don't think it would be even possible to make this kinda music, say, in downtown L.A. At least these desert ra..." [+] Reply
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2002
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10,226
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"positively stunning. fleet foxes sound like a heavenly folky woodland group on their amazing debut lp. their beautiful harmonies and great instrumentation make it one of the most stellar albums of its kind" Reply
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jeremih724 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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10,211
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"When most guitar based music was embracing dance music or marketing their angst as Grunge anthems, Talk Talk release this little album of deconstructed intimacy. Spirit Of Eden may have seemed foreign but it made perfect sense to the Talk Talk evolution, that had been slowly progressing over thre..." [+] Reply
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maitredj | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (14 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1988
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10,134
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"The halls of Columbia University birthed Vampire Weekend, a baroque pop outfit with a pension for utilizing world music. They were critically lauded soon after, but in the eyes of those who equate surroundings to people, they were little more than privileged rich boys who gained the favor of thos..." [+] Reply
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DriftingOrpheus | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2013
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10,091
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"Mr. Smith really had an unmatched ear for melody and harmony. This record is mostly just very quiet and subdued, but further listens reveal just some of the best written melodies. I just love it." Reply
- Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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10,090
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 13 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 37 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 715 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,439 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,435 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,616 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,726 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,999 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 728 | 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% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,011 | 50% | |
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2,666 | 27% | |
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429 | 4% | |
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315 | 3% | |
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222 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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