Overall Chart
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"This is a quintessential hard bop album. The tunes are excellent and the improvising spectacular. Lee Morgan is at his peak both as a soloist and as a leader here." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1964
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"The title track is honestly one of the best songs I've ever heard. Fantastic album to go along with it, but I could listen to that song forever." Reply
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Hayden | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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"This is the record that sent Biffy to the mainstream... (Puzzle already did this though, but this is the one that did it on a new level). For a lot of people this more commercial sound was a bad change, but in my opinion it gave place to some of Biffy's greatest tracks. In this record there are m..." [+] Reply
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2009
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720
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"If you like eccentric off-beat post-punk then check this stuff out. My reaction: "where has this been all my life!! Why doesn't this get a ton more respect!?"" Reply
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1981
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719
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"It's basically a slightly more commercialized and stripped down Wind and Wuthering. By this point, Genesis were becoming stagnant because Rutherford and Banks were basically the only songwriters left, and they had been there since day one: it was probably best that they changed musical directions..." [+] Reply
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1978
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"Very good at what it is, but what it is isn't quite Lou Reed. His songs, arranged as intense stadium rock with dual dramatic virtuoso guitars. Still a worthy edition to any Lou collection, as it's an important piece of his history, a big part of what he's known for, and rather good in it's own Ro..." [+] Reply
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bigeyedfish | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1974
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"idk why early sonic youth is so underrated, i find it more amusing than the most famous albums the mixing of this album is great, though confusing as songs begins one minute into the previous one. the soundscape is genius love it, my key to be a SY fan" Reply
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1985
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"Overshadowed by Ladies & Gentlemen, Let It Come Down is right up there with its predecessor. Addiction, relapse, recovery, floating, submerging. I actually like Let It Come Down slightly better than Ladies & Gentlemen because I never tire of melancholy ballads." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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717
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2008
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"I grew up listening to Santana and Abraxas, and they have both pretty much always been on my mind when listing the best albums made. For some reason I never got around to getting Santana III though, and the first time I heard it was just a year or two ago. From the first time I put it on through ..." [+] Reply
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Bork | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1971
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 228 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,409 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,602 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,743 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,949 | 19% | |
| 2020s | 822 | 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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5,013 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 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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