Overall Chart
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"Joni has been blowing my mind lately. I previously had only a passing knowledge of her work, and in my head I almost thought of Blue as her coming out party, her first great album. I thought of her jazz albums as her most revered albums and perhaps that is true, but I just didn't have a clear pic..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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"Father John Misty is the moniker for former Fleet Foxes drummer Joshua Tillman. Knowing this helps you to understand the sound of this album better as it sounds a fair bit like a Fleet Foxes album. This album, however, does not sound like an exact copy of a Fleet Foxes album, but you can hear the..." [+] Reply
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RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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"A superb song cycle that relies on feel as much as structure, if I could only remember my name, is easily David Crosby's greatest solo LP. Every track is wonderfully inventive, Crosby gives us something that's probably more from the heart than the head. The album includes the epic, cowboy movie, ..." [+] Reply
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1971
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"After the genius of the previous 4 albums, goat's head soup was always going to be a disappointment. This is where the stones lifestyle's started to affect their music. Having said that, it's still a good album. Opener dancing with Mr.D goes for menace but it is more funny than scary. Better is 1..." [+] Reply
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1973
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"in 1991, my music tastes were pretty bland and top-40. i had a friend whose musical horizons were considerably broader, and he told me i should check out a band called Cocteau Twins. so i went into a record store and looked through the CT section, but i didn't know which release do try. i asked o..." [+] Reply
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philbutrin | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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"Sixteen Stone, sixteen degrees of awesomeness. As far as debut albums go this is one of the best. Sadly Bush would never came within a Bulls Roar of repeating Sixteen Stone ( though Swallowed is pretty awesome) . I’ve had a long love affair with this album and often play it to this day . All kill..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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980
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"Well i mean Alone in Kyoto is pretty much the best song ever and also in one of the best movie scenes ever so theres that." Reply
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Necharsian | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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978
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"This is where the depeche mode legend was borne. Out of piano, samplers and keyboards, this synthpop band took root writing songs with personal themes like signature tunes "people are people", "master and servant" and "blasphemous rumors"." Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1984
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"As with Heaven Up Here, the 2nd side is by far superior to the 1st." Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1980
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"A more accessible Patti Smith album. Easter, is a good record with some fine songs, most notably the Bruce Springsteen collaboration, because the night. Good, but not great." Reply
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1978
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976
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 175 of 1,000
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 | 1,413 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,726 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,963 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 826 | 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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5,004 | 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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