Overall Chart
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"Album of the year for 1955" Reply
"I had to add this album because it wasn't listed on this site. Too bad because it's a rare gem. Great experimental electronic rock. Check out Ivory and Earth Punk Rockers, both great but completely different." Reply
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"This may be sacrilege to some, but I'm fine with Pavement as a "singles band" as it were. I've never found anything especially unique about the experience of listening to any given album, but I love the tracks!" Reply
"Brilliant production meets brilliant songwriting, her best album." Reply
"The most dynamic tracks here - You're Still My Woman, Ask Me No Questions, King's Special, Chains and Things - sound a little like Led Zeppelin, and it's not because B.B. King took inspiration from them. Zeppelin was at the top of the world in 1970, but I find this album just as compelling and mo..." [+] Reply
"Some truely classic songs on this album. Nobody's child is probably the saddest song in history. It could easily be on Lou Reed's Berlin album!" Reply
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"A new viewpoint! And what a voice!" Reply
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"Damn, the music is really good. This is not ordinary hip hop... it barely is. This is a great mix of funk, jazz and soul. The album per say is not perfect and some songs seem to drag on a little bit, but they win me over with positive lyrics, smooth delivery and a dope funk band playing actual in..." [+] Reply
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"Less epic than Hadestown for sure, but still a wonderful album. Anais Mitchell has become one of the best and most literate songwriters around, and her last couple of albums have been very well produced. I saw her perform this album in a tiny, crowded music store earlier this year, and she seemed..." [+] Reply
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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 | 1,406 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,596 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,748 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,956 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 820 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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5,007 | 50% | |
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2,653 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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135 | 1% | |
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