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"Nothing but the greatest country album AND the greatest acoustic singer/songwriter album in the same package. Includes the classic Me and Bobby McGee of course, but another four or five lesser known tracks are just as brilliant, To Beat the Devil being the foremost. If you don't like Kris Kristof..." [+] Reply
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Bork | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Engravings has a fantastic atmosphere and the sounds keep it interesting the whole way through. The songwriting sort of loses me occasionally though. Certain parts do feel a bit repetitive and I'd prefer if the melodies had more direction. The closing track is absolutely stunning and I just wish ..." [+] Reply
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2013
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"For some it's Boxer. Others Alligator. And a few High Violet. For me, it's so Sad Songs." Reply
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AnthraxHamRadio | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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"I liked this album a lot more than I initially anticipated. A couple of the songs on this were really, really good. I especially liked the songs Rattle that Lock and In Any Tongue." Reply
"What tha fuck is this doing down here, this is one of their better albums!" Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Of course everybody refers to their first album as their best but in my opinion this album is nearly as good; not only because it has their best track (Ever Fallen In Love) but also because all the other ones are top Buzzcocks as well (with Operators Manual as the second best)." Reply
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dihansse | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1978
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"Top notch pop music. Not much more to it, but who cares? Ariana doesn’t for sure, she’s young, hot and succesful." Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (4 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2018
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"The instrumentation and rich, layered soundscapes on this album are so beautiful that it's like listening to a painting." Reply
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HamburgerJames | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (12 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"This is an underrated album. It's often considered forgettable, but I think this is a pretty consistent album in terms of the quality of the tracks. The album is very much influenced by reggae-rock with some funk, blues and disco thrown in there. Less rock n' roll than I would've liked, but overa..." [+] Reply
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1976
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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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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana |
