Overall Chart
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"These guys once played on the shore of the Arctic Ocean with Metallica for a bunch of Inuit kids and Molson contest winners. Could you imagine? A hell of a show, I'm sure." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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"Check out this album with an open mind, whether you think you may like Van Halen or not. "Fair Warning" isn't a party like "Van Halen" and doesn't have something for everyone like "1984." It has a cynical, streetwise, skateboard punk attitude, and funk grooves in almost every song. It's been only..." [+] Reply
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1981
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"This is one of those albums where upon listening, it’s obvious how many similar bands were formed in its wake. They perfected the heavy, shoegaze-y sound here. Chino Moreno is a big fan and with good reason. Just a really solid album." Reply
"This album demands time and attention, but my goodness it rewards it. Some songs initially sound like aimless wailing and take time to reveal their melodies, but when they do they're absolutely gorgeous. Indeed the whole album is transcendent. The person who described it as sounding like Coldplay..." [+] Reply
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2020
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"My vinyl copy has a stained cover and the vinyl crackles, but I still prefer it to the CD version I bought. I once travelled down to London to see Nick Cave. My abiding memory of that night was seeing Jeffrey Lee Pierce heading away from the bar. I was such a small town boy amazed that someone I ..." [+] Reply
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lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1982
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"Nowadays Almendra is considered a masterpiece (at least in its native Argentina), but back when it came out in 1969 it was seen as an oddity. Their Beatlesque sound and lyrics fused foreign influences like jazz and European avant-garde movements with more local inspirations like tango, Argentine ..." [+] Reply
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1969
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"Excellent album, a different record to the first but equally as intriguing. Pure excitement over the first few listens I must admit. "Heavenward" is just pure dreamy, "Yuk Foo", "Planet Hunter", "Formidable Cool", "Sadboy" my other favorites and Visions of a Life I just want that track to go on f..." [+] Reply
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2017
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"Joe Cocker bursts into the late 60s with a soulful collection, channeling Ray Charles and baring his Soul with a Capital "S". In listening to this album for the first time there were times when I thought I had mistakenly put on a Brother Ray disc. "Bye Bye Blackbird" sounds like Charles could hav..." [+] Reply
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TheDude85 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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"Are the tunes super memorable? No, but it’s so worth it for every moment that the beautiful and powerful voice of Ronnie James Dio is blessing your ears." Reply
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1975
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"Not an album that you could class as a top one hundred but a bit like say The Postal Service - very addictive and will get a lot of repeat plays. Songs with a lot of melody that pleasantly drift and swell - a bit like a sedated MGMT" Reply
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Button001 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2011
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 244 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,413 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,726 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,962 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 827 | 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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5,005 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 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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