Overall Chart
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"Some of his stuff can be a little self-indulgent, but this album is completely on the money. Funny, irreverant and with some great tunes to boot, this is a classic Zappa album. I haven't gone through his whole catalogue, but this is my favourite so far." Reply
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1979
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"One of the best records of the 1990's." Reply
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1993
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601
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"Following a relatively fallow creative period for the Captain, the master returned to form with this brilliantly uncompromising, acerbic and vibrant tour de force of an album, arguably his greatest record since 'Trout Mask Replica'. It was as though the post-punk aesthetic that Beefheart invented..." [+] Reply
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1978
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"Ghostface's third best album. Which still means it's better than your favourite artist's best album (OK, slight exagerration). This shit is raw, real, tight, dope, fresh, funky fly, poisonous darts, you get the picture. Buy it." Reply
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1996
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601
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"A terrifying experience. This album holds you in place and shakes you. Giles Corey is the solo project of Dan Barrett(Have A Nice Life) and while the two are different in their own ways, they both top off high on my chart. Dan Barrett uses the pseudonym of Giles Corey to perform, and it fits. He ..." [+] Reply
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kinglyostrich | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2011
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"If you were a college student in 1974, and were at a Friday night party where everyone was smoking pot, the two albums playing on the stereo were "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Bridge of Sighs"." Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1974
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"Pretty much all sampled beats. Joey picked all the right samples for a perfect 90s mixtape vibe but he didn’t have a vision of his own to make his own music until Summer Knights. This project is good and I like it a lot but I don’t respect the artistry as much because it wasn't Joeys own artistry..." [+] Reply
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C_Krug2009 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Nothing groundbreaking but undeniably likeable..." Reply
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1988
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599
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"I can't explain it, but it works." Reply
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CellarDoor | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1966
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"A small, beautiful gem. Musgraves is an especially gifted songwriter and intelligent observer, and her view of the American Heartland has a mixture of warmth and cynicism, and one that ultimately is optimistic if well-aware of her familiar surronding's many struggles (sometimes self-inflicted) an..." [+] Reply
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2013
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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 | 1,730 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,958 | 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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5,009 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 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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