Overall Chart
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"Very good post-punkband. IMHO this first album is better than From the Lion's Mouth. Don't understand that "I can't escape myself" never was a hit, it should have been." Reply
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1980
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817
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"arguably the band's best album and absolutely they're most underrated and misunderstood. the rhythm section is as strong as anything u2 has done. adam clayton and larry mullin jr are playing at another level that we don't see much from u2. by this point in his career, bono has backed down from sh..." [+] Reply
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craola | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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816
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"Definitely revolves around "You Really Got Me", which was hugely influential in creating the hard rock sound. But there are a lot of great "forgotten" songs here, most notably Stop Sobbing and I Took My Baby Home. The cover of Beautiful Delilah is insanely sped up and heavy for it's time." Reply
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Decurso | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1964
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815
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"U.F.O.F was alright. This is excellent. "Not" is in the running for song of the year." Reply
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LebowskiRams | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2019
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815
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"Billy's early masterpiece. Full of great hits like "Rebel Yell" and "Eyes Without A Face". And the audio quality is incredible." Reply
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nocturnaldelight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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815
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"These tracks independently would be 90/100, but when together they make an album 95/100, it is unbelievable that this album is not among the 500 best of all time." Reply
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luigybetis | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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814
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"(Nostalgic and bittersweet album. Manages to take that 90s Shoegaze/Noise Pop influence and warp it to something very personal and moving. When the album rocks it really rocks and when the big emotional screamed crescendos hit they really hit..) Overall, I saw the growing hype for this album and ..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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814
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"Best Anthrax album. A thrash metal masterpiece. That's right. I said it. Anthrax made a masterpiece. Joey is probably the best vocalist in all of thrash metal. I don't say that lightly either. Some of the best metal riffs I've ever heard. Indians is probably in my top 5 thrash songs ever." Reply
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Jasonconfused | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1987
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813
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"Great debut album, the town these guys come from is a 10 minute drive my house." Reply
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Cymro2011 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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812
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"As a stand alone album this is pretty decent, in comparison to the debut it is pretty poor. Looking back now, the 4-5 year wait after the debut seemed like a lifetime and it ended in disappointment of course, but when I think of music 5 years ago from today it only seems like yesterday - the joys..." [+] Reply
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1994
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812
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 203 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 37 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 720 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,436 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,431 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,612 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,735 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,993 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 731 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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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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5,010 | 50% | |
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2,663 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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318 | 3% | |
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222 | 2% | |
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159 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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