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"I love this album but I also like her "Dream of Life' album, much more accessible, tighter structure, but the ferocity is still there...so many great songs on it, "People have the power" and "Where duty calls"..." Reply
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1975
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"Jesus Christ... Where do I start? If this isn't 'punk' I don't know what is. You can almost smell the sweat, piss and vinegar leaking from this record (this can be said for debut and raw power too). Every time I remember that this was released in 1970, my brain melts. Incredible stuff from Iggy a..." Reply
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1970
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7,431
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"Almost as good as Sound of silver, which is no small feat. Come back, James Murphy. Music needs you." Reply
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9999 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 7
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2010
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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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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 4
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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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swhaze | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 7
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1986
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"the greatest album called let it be youll ever hear." Reply
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Juan Schwartz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 17
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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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"puppets and ride the lightning are much much better. I think the black album is highly overrated IMO, but what do i know." Reply
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1991
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""I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition." Great words to end the last album of one of the most important artists in the history of music." Reply
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1970
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"Oh, that "Little Wing", "Castles Made of Sand" and "Bold as Love" trio most be the perfect example of what guitar should sound." 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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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 |
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Down 3 from 47th to 50th |
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| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
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