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"Great record, insane guitar and drums all over." Reply
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1993
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"Incredible jazz fusion sounds like it was made yesterday, not 45 years ago." Reply
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1973
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513
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"Essential post-rock." Reply
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2003
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512
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"yeah just keep putting this in your charts instead of A Night at the Opera or A Day at the Races or Queen 2 or Sheer Heart Attack or News of the World or Jazz or The Game so this pointless thing can stay in the top 1000. wtf is wrong with you? a slap in the face to each album below this. "my favo..." Reply
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1981
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512
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"You never expect an album to be this good this late into a band's career. Sonic Youth is never dull." Reply
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2004
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"It is a compilation, so it's tough for me to include this as a best-ever-album. But Chuck Berry was in an age of singles, and no single alubm comes remotely close to the collection of tracks here. Hmm..." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 1
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1982
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"The Cardigans’ take on ironic bubble gum pop hits very high highs and very low lows. Lovefool is an all time classic (for very good reason) and Choke is a phenomenal album ender, while Losers and Heartbreaker drag in the mud a little. Still very good" Reply
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1996
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511
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"I agree IN PART with Paladisiac's comment. What you say is true BUT they managed to write an album full of cool songs, not masterpieces, note, but NICE songs. And Chelsea Dagger, Henrietta and Flathead and probably some others were all used for some spots meaning that it works. I don't completely..." Reply
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2006
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"An underratedly beautiful album. Part spoken word poetry, part jazz, part electronic. Favorite tracks: Me and the Devil, New York is Killing Me" Reply
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sophialeviev | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 4
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2010
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"A beautiful journey into sensuality, Bryan ferry delivers so much in only nine tracks." Reply
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1985
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 32 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 708 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,407 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,394 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,590 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,727 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,992 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 845 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 42 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 36 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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5,037 | 50% | |
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2,661 | 27% | |
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427 | 4% | |
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319 | 3% | |
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223 | 2% | |
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156 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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