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3891.

Irish Tour
Live

Rory Gallagher

"In a 1969 interview with Jimi Hendrix he was asked what it felt like to be the greatest guitarist in the world. Jimi replied with "I dunno, ask Rory Gallagher." This is Rory's greatest live and greatest overall album. The man believed in every note he played. Easily one of the most underrated gui..." [+] Reply

Jasonconfused | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1974:

Rank in 1970s:

656

Overall Rank:

3,891

Average Rating:

80 (99 votes)

Comments:

3892.

Teenage Snuff Film

Rowland S. Howard

"It truly puzzles me that this man, along with his music, aren't far more popular. I suppose this really just goes to show that the 'Greatest albums of all time' are only the 'Greatest albums of all time' due to the combination of: 1. The obvious towering appeal of their music. And 2. (More import..." [+] Reply

- JasonZaia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (3 helpful | 2 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

635

Overall Rank:

3,892

Average Rating:

78 (80 votes)

Comments:

3893.

III

Sebadoh

"A comprehensive underground alternative indie rock almanac. You'd be forgiven for thinking it's everything you need to know." Reply

ButterThumbz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

636

Overall Rank:

3,893

Average Rating:

76 (96 votes)

Comments:

3894.

Ballads

John Coltrane Quartet

"When Coltrane signed for Impulse! in 1961, he already had the reputation of being one of the most ardent tenor saxophonists of jazz. But "Ballads" still does not announce Trane's most controversial albums. For those who love Coltrane, this record is indispensable because it reflects a facet of th..." [+] Reply

- Kurtco | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

325

Overall Rank:

3,894

Average Rating:

78 (131 votes)

Comments:

3895.

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?

McKinley Dixon

"In an out of nowhere splash Mckinley Dixon raps about home, urban life, contesting memories of childhood, lost friends and living communities. More specifically, the whole album is a Toni Morrison reference. The title invokes the 'Beloved trilogy' of Morrison historical fiction novels Jazz, Belov...""In an out of nowhere splash Mckinley Dixon raps about home, urban life, contesting memories of childhood, lost friends and living communities. More specifically, the whole album is a Toni Morrison reference. The title invokes the 'Beloved trilogy' of Morrison historical fiction novels Jazz, Beloved and Paradise. If you haven't, read them, and not just because they will illuminate Dixon's work. Morrison's writing is the quintessential prose of contemporary America and its tangled traumatic history. Though Dixon speaks of history, of how we are shaped by it and cannot place finality on its tectonic movements (that we could have such hubris to say history is past us), he is principally focused with themes of development and artistic solitude – the history here is a personal one where Dixon reflects on the memories in the lead-up to success. The opening track Hanif Reads Toni follows word for word an excerpt from Jazz and I think it is relevant in light of his many references to the city to continue on that reading a couple paragraphs forward in the chapter: "Do what you please in the City, it is there to back and frame you no matter what you do... All you have to do is heed the design--the way it's laid out for you, considerate, mindful of where you want to go and what you might need tomorrow." Perhaps the one thing that remains cloudy to me in this work is what Dixon's reading of Morrison is. He is certainly interested in how she represented the black urban experience in Jazz, however what else beyond that remains unclear. In some sense, there's a missed opportunity to interrogate the lasting and rather subtle implications of the trilogy's projection of Dante's Divine Comedy onto modern American racism. Morrison's writing is fundamentally about the unregulated system of sin and consequence which is inflicted with indifference onto African-American people, especially black women. Moreover, the revisionist historicity of Morrison's trilogy works to insert black women into a history where they are otherwise absent. Dixon offers little in the way of any direct inspection of these themes. Dixon has definitely read Jazz though. In Dedicated to Tar Feather (the 'tar feather' here likely more a reference to torture tactics rather than Morrison's Tar Baby) he invokes the character Joe Trace's line "Don’t ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it. I saw you and made up my mind." However, Dixon rejects the idea, using it to represent the loneliness of being an artist. The irony here, perhaps lost in the lyric, is that Trace himself is a fundamentally alone person. His mother left him without a 'trace' and his love expressed above is unrequited. Maybe this is an over-reading of the album but I think Dixon is mostly adopting Morrison aesthetically. As Dante brought poetry to Summa Theologica, Dixon brings music to Morrison... Jazz!?" [+] Reply

Arthurknight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

259

Overall Rank:

3,895

Average Rating:

75 (72 votes)

Comments:

3896.

On Every Street

Dire Straits

"This album is an underrated gem, and I suppose was slightly out of place for the time it was released back in 1991. However, really this another classic album from Dire Straits that stands the test of time. Ticket To Heaven is the sleeper tack and timeless track on this album for me." Reply

- Noel | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

637

Overall Rank:

3,896

Average Rating:

70 (190 votes)

Comments:

3897.

The Monkees

"There's nothing bad here, but it can't hold a candle to the Beatles (of course)." Reply

eclab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

326

Overall Rank:

3,897

Average Rating:

74 (115 votes)

Comments:

3898.

A Laughing Death In Meatspace

Tropical Fuck Storm

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Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

674

Overall Rank:

3,898

Average Rating:

76 (130 votes)

Comments:

3899.

Ruby Vroom

Soul Coughing

"Mad beat poet fronting a junkyard jazz ensemble that would make Tom Waits proud. Absurdist lyrics at their best. It's too bad they never came close to matching this stunning debut again." Reply

- | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

638

Overall Rank:

3,899

Average Rating:

75 (71 votes)

Comments:

3900.

Kinda Kinks

The Kinks

"The lightning quick follow up to their self titled debut album, Kinda kinks, picks up where that record left off. The LP features ten originals and two poor cover versions(naggin' woman, and, dancing in the street). Of the self penned tracks best are the acoustic, nothin' in the world, and classi..." [+] Reply

- garycottier | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

327

Overall Rank:

3,900

Average Rating:

72 (205 votes)

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

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	1,726	17%
2010s	1,963	20%
2020s	826	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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	%

	5,004	50%
	2,655	27%
	431	4%
	336	3%
	221	2%
	157	2%
	134	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,729	97%
Yes	271	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,737	97%
Yes	263	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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