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"My favourite Dylan album. It's sort of a combination of rock,blues,folk,and country, and at the same time it's none of these, I guess it's that wild mercury sound that Bob alluded to. Gone is the vitriol of his last album, and replaced with a cynical sarcasm, and a bit more humour. There's defini..." [+] Reply
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1966
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23,719
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"As opposed to most BAE, The Wall is an album that requires to be shelved every once in a while. It can be just darn too depressive and all consuming. However, every time it gets a dusting, I am reminded that this is the greatest concept album/show ever realized. Roger rules." Reply
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Robert Anton Wilson | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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23,623
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"Not many albums can be said to have created a generation. This did. From the opening bass of I wanna be adored not a single thing could be improved upon. utter absolute perfection." Reply
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1989
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22,013
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"It's so staggeringly obvious to me that this is Pink Floyd's greatest work I really don't know where to begin and where to end here. There's no wanking, no overblown sense of grandeur and importance, no musical or intellectual fat, just track after track of fantastically written music, brilliantl..." [+] Reply
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1977
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21,363
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"Great Album. But not in all of the ways ! mostly because the music and vocals. The lyrics ... no. Maybe the only good lyrics on the album are Runaway and Lost in the world.Power is great musically but still lacks in lyric.This album really "shaped" Hip hop.But somehow ruined it too.You could use ..." [+] Reply
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Behrus58 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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21,175
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"This album seems to be one of the first "collective effort" jazz albums. Miles had the basic sketches, everybody else filled in the lines. Moody, cantankerous music at it's finest." Reply
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1959
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20,963
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"It is a great album, but it's interesting to note how interest in a hip-hop album on this site is piqued once it has the Pitchfork seal of approval. Anyway, can't complain that people are enjoying good hip-hop." Reply
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2012
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20,778
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"I wish the American version was here instead then it's 100/100" Reply
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1967
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20,729
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"The album that forever changed the face of alternative rock. Still to this day the album sounds like nothing I've ever heard before. An uncompromising, dark and cold look at the ever changing world that we live in." Reply
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1979
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20,661
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"Amazing, birthed from Townsend's obtuse and failed lifehouse project. Yet The Who's finest collection of individual original songs. Doesn't have the conceptual grandiosity of Quadrophenia and Tommy, but great deep tracks as well as the classics that I long ago burned out on from overlistening." Reply
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1971
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20,412
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 299 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,417 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,597 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,744 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,980 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 821 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,022 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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428 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 97th to 93rd |
Up 2 from 73rd to 71st |
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| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 93rd to 96th |
Down 3 from 94th to 97th |
Down 2 from 71st to 73rd |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
Down 1 from 7th to 8th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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