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"a stupidly strong debut album that smashes genres and has the best swagger from track to track. amazing lyricism, and a really exciting full-length offering from a wicked new star." Reply
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2020
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"I have approached few albums in my lifetime with as much anticipation as I did this one when it was first released in 1995. At the time I was fully convinced that Jay Farrar was the real talent behind Uncle Tupelo, so when they broke up it was Farrar's work, rather than Jeff Tweedy's, that I most..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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"This album is like a distant planet covered by a narcotic haze and surrounded by deformed moons." Reply
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2003
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814
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"I will always be biased towards this album. There was a time when this album (and Under My Skin) were EVERYHTING!" Reply
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Vatsal | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2002
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"Why is this so fucking good. I can’t stop listening to this album, I listen to it almost every. single. day." Reply
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awesomness425 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2018
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"A great Neo-Soul album. Not as good as Voodoo but there are still some great songs in it." Reply
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1995
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"I liked this a lot, spaced out sounds with lots of strings and dreamy vocals, kinda early folktronica id guess." Reply
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1986
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"Not as powerful as The Woods, and that's okay. This is a great record." Reply
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rogue | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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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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"what a big surprise, I didn't know this band. I'll have to listen to it more times to be sure, but I think this album really is a masterpiece. It goes straight into my top five in 2023." Reply
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2023
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,602 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,729 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,956 | 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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5,008 | 50% | |
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2,657 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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