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"Giving it time (plenty) it reveals one of the best albums of all times, all categories." Reply
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1978
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770
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"Opeth has always been a mix of Mikael Åkerfeldt's two musical obsessions: metal and prog rock. To my ear, their catalogue starts more metal and trends more prog, with this album being the perfect midway point. I consider this their best album in that it represents such a nice blend of both styles..." [+] Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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769
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"I stood right up in the heart of hell and proclaimed this album a second masterpiece by VF. While some listeners may be turned off by the over religious overtones of some of the songs, I found the music to be eclectic, apoplectic, eccentric, energetic, and affecting. I disagree with previous rate..." [+] Reply
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TheDude85 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1984
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"Never fully listened to a Foals album, but greatly surprised off this record..its a fun listen..i got to love it..its just exactly my type of music." Reply
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awesomness425 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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769
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"A great psychedelic album. It has all the elements to make it a really interesting listen and it is! Organ, Mellotron (incorrectly spelt in the Sleeve notes) harpsichord, harmonica, flute, saxaphone, searing guitars, tambura and sitar. Comparing 'Dealer' with 'Utterly Simple' the two tracks like ..." [+] Reply
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1967
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768
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"With this album, Genesis had finally tipped the scale in favor of pop: they were now more pop than prog, and fans weren't too pleased. I actually like the new direction: every song on here is shamelessly catchy and none of them blow me away musically, but I can still tell that this band that coul..." [+] Reply
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1981
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768
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"Holy shit! I think this might be the best Outkast record. And of course it has to be there debut. Now I do love the hell out of Atliens as well as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. But this is something else. Putting ATL on the map as well as feeling like a movie where the outsiders ventured in Atlanta." Reply
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1994
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766
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"Proof that the day of artists producing difficult, boundary pushing albums is far from over, Hopelessness is a dazzling and thought-provoking piece of work. Leaving behind the previous baroque-rock stylings of before for a more contemporary, electro feel this is a brave and exciting step forward ..." [+] Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2016
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"Look at all the 60/100s! Looks like a bunch of people saw Fantano's review and just gave it the same score. That's disappointing because this is an incredible album that just misses the heights set out by Sunbather." Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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"Couple of great songs on this (Teenage Angst, Nancy Boy). More placed on the average scale though. Going off on a bit of a rant here. I hate the hidden track concept. After 'Swallow' there's a 10 minute gap of silence then it goes into an instrumental piece that's actually quite good. It would of..." [+] Reply
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1996
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,425 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,410 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,599 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,745 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,950 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 822 | 8% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 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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5,015 | 50% | |
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2,650 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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133 | 1% | |
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