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"It's a genuine achievement when an artist can be innovative and influential while at the same time creating something that feels familiar and timeless. Gram Parsons is one of those artists. He wrote songs that felt unironically straight out of a decades-old Nashville country tradition, yet manage..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1974
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"The Crowes have never been about the "hits". This album marked the arrival of guitarist Marc Ford and a huge leap in songwriting. The interplay between Ford and Rich Robinson, the beginning of the move away from straight Southern boogie, the maturity of Chris Robinson's voice, and the massive lea..." [+] Reply
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Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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"At first, you'll think this is the greatest album ever, but most of the album is decent filler while there are only a few fantastic tracks." Reply
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1958
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"Although often considered the little brother of KNY, it is very much an album of its own and stands equal in height. To me it is classic Deftones in that they manage to successfully blend a romantic atmosphere with heavy grooves, and man is it something good. This is a more mature side of Deftone..." [+] Reply
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2010
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1,177
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"Cat's best album. Half of the LP is still played on the radio daily almost 50 years later. Peace Train, Morning Has Broken and Moonshadow are iconic songs of the 70s still known in most households today, and for Cat fans songs like How Can I Tell You (one of the greatest love songs goin round) an..." [+] Reply
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1971
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1,173
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"Simply one of the best albums I have heard in a long time. Like going around with a gentle giant who knows all the answers and has favorite star constellations. You feel you can say things to him even though he may not have had a saintly past. The music here works wonders. An album I could get in..." [+] Reply
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1999
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1,173
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"Her voice was so beautiful at this point in her career, I loved the way it changed and became darker over the years." Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1955
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"The strongest crop of songs he's made since the Smiths ended, the singles Irish Blood, English Heart and First of the Gang to Die are two of my favourite indie rock songs of all time and there are also some great deep cuts on here too" Reply
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2004
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1,171
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"Thanks, Melon! Seriously, as much as we've been discussing on this site whether Fantano is too influential on people's taste, I probably wouldn't have discovered this album without him! It's a beautiful piece of work, evoking artists such as Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom and Stevie Wonder, while at th..." [+] Reply
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indieshins | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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"Remarkable how these three idiosyncratic songwriters consciously decide to subsume their quirks within a group voice. Individual traits haven't been erased so much as they've been sanded so they can fit neatly together. Boygenius feels heftier and hookier than Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus do on the..." [+] Reply
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2023
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 708 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,729 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,958 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 825 | 8% |
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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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5,008 | 50% | |
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2,657 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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