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"Patti Smith has never been given her due recognition for being the first female rock and roller to lead a band and have complete creative control over her music. Before Patti, a rock band would have a "chick" singer but the boyz in the band were the primary players of the music. Smith became an i..." Reply
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1975
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7,483
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"Some of the best rock ever. Punk starts with early Who and the Stooges." Reply
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1970
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7,431
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"'Dance Yrself Clean' is the first ever LCD Soundsystem song that I listened to. The moment the beat drops the first time you listen to it (with your headphones on full volume of course) is one of the most magical musical moments you'll ever experience. And the best part is, the pace and quality t..." Reply
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2010
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7,421
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"My favourite and best Muse album to date. Very much a perfect album to me and one of my favourites of all time. Every song on this album is golden, very much an all killer no filler album. Especially with this album muse goes hard, loud and noisy but this noise is absolutely beautiful. They also ..." Reply
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2001
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7,331
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"For a long time Peter Gabriel and the idea of a commercial breakthrough seemed polar opposites. With So Gabriel suddenly demonstrated that there was a market (again) for intelligent and well crafted songwriting." Reply
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1986
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"The Replacements deserve more love around here. When this album came out The Replacements had a reputation as a drunken sloppy punk-influenced and Stones influenced rock band. But little did the public know that hiding amongst that drunken sloppy fourpiece was an incredible songwriter who could w..." Reply
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1984
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"Fantastic album, better than I was expecting it to be." Reply
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1994
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"Definitely their best, most solid album! Most consistent, every song is great and packed into one hour of music. Most of the songs are better than anything else on any other Metallica album. Definitely in my top 40 albums ever and I have it in my top 20." Reply
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1991
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"I put the headphones on the other night and listened to this. I disagree that the production is bad. I have the original pressing and it sounded amazing. Very crisp instruments and vocals. (For instance, compare the production on this to the massively muddy sound of led Zeppelin's physical graffi..." Reply
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1970
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"I used to hear this the way other commenters say: great, but a little uneven and not as good as Electric Ladyland. But it has soaked in on me over the years. Now, there's not a single microsecond of this album that I don't absolutely love, and I now think it's the Hendrix album where the voodoo r..." Reply
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1967
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 32 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,409 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,393 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,595 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,731 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,987 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 839 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 42 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 36 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,030 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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427 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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222 | 2% | |
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156 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 104th to 100th |
Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
Up 3 from 65th to 62nd |
Up 3 from 50th to 47th |
Up 2 from 84th to 82nd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 47th to 50th |
Down 2 from 37th to 39th |
Down 2 from 70th to 72nd |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
Down 1 from 20th to 21st |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
Up 4 from 104th to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 4 from 99th to 103rd |
Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
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