Overall Chart
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"I'm a pianist, and this is my favorite piano music of all time. Really tough to play stuff. Holding all of the counterpoint in your head is difficult stuff." Reply
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colonelchibbers | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1956
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924
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"She Don't Use Jelly is a great track. But there's so much more to this album. Great throughout. Jelly is probably in the lower half of songs on this album. Be My Head is a personal favourite. Why isn't this in the top 1000?" Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1993
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924
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"Really like the long intro of "Introduction to the album". Highlights of the album are songs 4 and 5, allthough 2 and 3 are still very solid as well. Album is enjoyable until the end, but Your Deep Rest and Among the Wildflowers are outstanding. One of the better emocore/rock albums of the last d..." [+] Reply
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2014
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923
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"Outstanding. Another massive release from Kamasi Washington. So ambitious, so heartfelt, so visionary. Jazz isn't dead, folks." Reply
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PlasticRob | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2018
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923
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"Fantastic The song Love Cry is worth buying the Album for." Reply
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2010
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923
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"I love this album, and I can see why people just consider it average junk. It's nothing groundbreaking, and most can get what it gives from so many other records. But I can't, the feeling I get from this album is almost inexplicable. The first few listens were just pleasing, but now I get so much..." [+] Reply
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SuedeSwede | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2011
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922
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"If only every song here were as good as Birthday. Bjork doesn't even sound human on this album. She is ethereal and beyond the limits of human capability with that voice. I can't help but think The Sugarcubes were really into Siouxsie and the Banshees. There are lot of similarities here." Reply
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louisjwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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921
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"The film is better than CD but hearing THE BAND /THE NIGHT THEY BOUGHT OLD DIXIE DOWN is just magnificent" Reply
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1978
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921
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"Elliott Smith's work has always been deeply personal. Even at his most pop influenced, Elliott was never writing for anyone other than himself. In the case of Roman Candle, he never even intended for anyone other than himself to hear his art. This is unexpected the start of Smith's career of mela..." [+] Reply
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1994
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920
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"This record struggles with its brilliance, a more brilliant record I'm not sure there is, I never tire of it, I know all the words, my friends know all the words. Like some people know all the bits to The Sound Of Music, we know all the bits to Absolutely Free." Reply
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ticharu | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1967
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920
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 184 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 | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,721 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,967 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 823 | 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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4,995 | 50% | |
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2,658 | 27% | |
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433 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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