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2012
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611
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1997
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1994
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"One of the most underrated albums ever; A Secret Wish is simply a masterpiece. Highlights of the album are "The Murder Of Love", "Duel", "P-Machinery", and "Dr Mabuse"."  Reply
- r0b07 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1985
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2015
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1996
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"Very steady throughout with their brand of industrial chug, but I do find it a touch repetitive by the time I get to the end. The version I have has a 12th track called 'Stripped' which is sung in English. It is one of the better songs on the album."  Reply
- mrmcrook | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1997
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"How to define it? Brilliant Full of emotions, an exploration of acoustic and digital instruments all in different layers. The better way to listen to 10,000 HZ, is to turn off the lights and turn your stereo on as loud as you want, you wont regret. Mixtures of electronic music, progressive rock, ..."  [+]  Reply
- bc1991 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2001
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609
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2011
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608
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1999
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Overall Chart composition

Recognised  Decade Charts (2020s)
1. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
2. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
3. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
4. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
5. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
6. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
7. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
8. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
9. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
10. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)