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"A fun, easy-to-listen-to, dreamy mini-album full of catchy hooks and Californian-slacker dreams. The music is for the most-part upbeat yet since this is a Best Coast record the lyrics are often quite self-deprecating, yet this doesn't mean tracks such as "Fear of my Identity" or the opener "This ..." [+] Reply
"Less epic than Hadestown for sure, but still a wonderful album. Anais Mitchell has become one of the best and most literate songwriters around, and her last couple of albums have been very well produced. I saw her perform this album in a tiny, crowded music store earlier this year, and she seemed..." [+] Reply
"Some gorgeous songs! Very classy stuff. A little too polite to make much of an impact in 1980, but has stood the test of time really well. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, just unfashionable." Reply
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"Probably the first great NWOBHM record. A shame they could never follow it up." Reply
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"This is a 2 disc live recording of a performance from Halloween 1964. This is the greatest live album or document I have heard from the folk years of Dylan... by far. It captures Dylan at his most relaxed, insouciant best. The back and forth between the crowd and him just makes this whole album, ..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The independent record store where I worked during college was the place where I first heard a tremendous amount of great music. I wouldn't say we listened to a lot of ska revival, but the owner of the store was a huge fan of most any slap bass-driven alternative rock: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prim..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,409 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,594 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,955 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 821 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 38 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,010 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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135 | 1% | |
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