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"Hip hop is a genre that is heavily based on lyrics, so if you take them out of the equation, it brings everything else down, too. Now, if I reflect on my favorite hip hop albums, the vast majority of them focus on production rather than rapping/lyrics, but this one here is something different, it..." [+] Reply
"A Transcensional album that invites the reason to a higher being or lore. A calm of spiritual enlightening." Reply
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"my favorite album of german conductor/composer Eberhard Schoener: progresive rock meets Balinese gamelan orchestra. with famous side musicians of that time such as: Claire Torry (Pink Floyd) Ian Bairnson (Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush) Pete York Morris Pert (Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield)..." [+] Reply
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sssvnnn | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Album of the year 1956" Reply
"Mostly beautiful, although not quite as good as Djelika, as on Mandé, Diabaté tends to go for easy prettiness on a few numbers, and less adventurous rhythm patterns." Reply
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Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Certainly the one LP from the 'golden period' that I have played least, there are some tracks on here that I simply cannot recall. Having said that, Big New Prinz, Wrong Place, Right Time and Cab It Up are great and I'm sure watching the live ballet performance would've been interesting." Reply
"Pretty good collection of live songs from the Queen of San Fran Acid Rock" Reply
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seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I was listening to this album for the first time earlier and it's awesome. Not as great as Peace Love Death Metal but it's still worth checking out." Reply
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ledzeppelin68 | 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 | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 300 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,420 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,398 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,969 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 820 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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5,012 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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429 | 4% | |
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338 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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