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"Looking to explore deep into The Decemberist’ back catalogue I went into this album completely blind and sweet mother of god! . A Rock Opera! . A god damn Rock Opera. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. The Decemberist’ AMERICAN IDIOT. The verdict? . Yeah it’s pretty good. I agree ..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2009
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"Perhaps the least well regarded of their first four albums, I have a soft spot for Porcupine, and I certainly like it more than Heaven Up Here. Plus, ‘The Cutter’ was the best song on their first three albums, that is a belief that I will hold until I die." Reply
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Crumpet | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"Diamond Jubilee is an epic of longing, sadness and joy. Across its 32 tracks it manages not only to hold such a high quality track for track, but also establishes and sticks to a clear musical identity. Tracks might vary in tone, instrumentation, vocal delivery or even whether there are instrumen..." [+] Reply
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2024
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1,038
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"The debut album from The Banshees is one of the great late seventies British releases. A stunning fusion of psychedelic rock, goth, new wave punk, and, pop art, the scream, is not just a great first record, it's also probably the Banshees best LP. Jigsaw feeling, mirage, and, switch, are all exce..." [+] Reply
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1978
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1,038
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"This has to be the strangest Pavement record" Reply
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NoeSSS | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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"I always had trouble with the album falling short of breath quite early on. Until I discovered the actual track sequence Paul Simon had in mind for this (which, when considering the actual sequence on the album as produced is 3-6-4-7-8-1-2-9-5-10). I tried it and only then discovered the masterpi..." [+] Reply
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1990
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1,038
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"Best ZZ top album. Great southern boogie rock'n'roll. Tres hombres, is superb sweaty fun featuring great tracks in, Jesus just left Chicago, beer drinkers and hell raisers, and, hot,blue and righteous. If you want some good time rock with feel, try this. Cool stuff." Reply
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1973
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1,037
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"Perhaps one of the greatest things about music is its ability to showcase the intimate portions of the human experience without sounding invasive. People have an obsession with watching other people, an obsession with voyeurism (to a point), seeing what other people do in what are typically priva..." [+] Reply
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RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2014
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"strange that one of the greatest french albums is in spanish.i can never get tired of listening to "Je ne t'aime plus"." Reply
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cartoken | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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"Much more musically varied than Pure Comedy, which to my ears is a good thing. There's less of a concept here though, which I'm also fine with. The songs are, as usual, thoughtful, intense, philosophical and hilarious. Jonathan Wilson's production is also brilliant, as always. I really want to ha..." [+] Reply
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PlasticRob | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2018
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,725 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,964 | 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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5,002 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana |
