Overall Chart
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"Adele recently put out a pop album that received raves from critics, extraordinary sales numbers, and a countless number of awards. This was due to her incredible voice, emotionally written lyrics, and flat out enjoyable music. A few years prior, the album that fit the exact description above was..." [+] Reply
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"Don't know if religious people are downrating the album because of the pagan, iconoclastic, witchy imagery, but this album, imo, deserves a much higher rating. It's a stunning work if you like your electronic, pulsating pop music dark and brooding." Reply
"This man is the glue that holds Crosby Stills and Nash together, the other two gents write a little too sickly sentimentally for my taste, but when Stills brings his blues dimension (and a suggestion of country music) to proceedings they are the incredible unit we know and love, listen to this al..." [+] Reply
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badfaith | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"Another number one album and last at his peak, this has even more intricate use of keyboard overlaid sounds and contains great music." Reply
"It's a really great album. Synth-Pop at it's best. "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Right By Your Side", "Who's That Girl", "Cool Blue" - Heavy and light, cold and warm, such a diverse album." Reply
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1983
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"Nebraska, Ghost of Tom Joad, Devils & Dust... it seems each decade Springsteen eschews the easy route and puts out a non-commercial curveball, to varying degrees of success. The Ghost of Tom Joad was released in 1995 in the middle of an economic boom in the U.S., at probably the lowest point in S..." [+] Reply
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1995
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473
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"Not quite as good as "Script of the Bridge" but nonetheless a truly great album" Reply
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Secondsoul | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1985
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"Not as good as the previous Green River and Cosmo's Factory but still a good album with great songs. John Fogerty doesn't write bad songs as his style is deeply rooted on traditional americana. The foundation is always solidly strong and grounded as an oak." Reply
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1970
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"Before the Dawn Heals Us is one big epic journey that blasts through your own mind. Although some tracks on the album don't fully match to the others, the album flows through a pattern of increasing and decreasing intensity. It truly is masterpiece that contains some M83's best work." Reply
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2005
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"This is a wonderful album. The Dub version called Garvey's Ghost is great too." Reply
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lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1975
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 323 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,730 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,956 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 825 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,008 | 50% | |
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2,657 | 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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