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"Nick Cave may not be as young as he used to be, but his most recent side project takes the rawness and energy that The Birthday Party once oozed in and moulds it with the eyes and hands of a dirty old man. Sexy yet crude, rough yet calculated - it sounds exactly like its name."  Reply
- Dr. Mambo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2007
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"Bright Eyes's "digital ash in a digital urn" is Conor's take on electronica. There seemed to be a bunch of these indie-songwriter-meets-IDM after the success of the postal service. Conor's lyrical style doesn't mesh 100% with the musical style, which keeps this from flowing as well as his other 2..."  [+]  Reply
- paladisiac | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2005
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"Forgot how much I liked this album, one of the true classics of the 70s..."Chicago" was the hit single from this, but "I used to be a King" was the track that AOR played and it is one of my all time favorite album tracks. It could have easily fit on a CSNY album. This album ha..."  [+]  Reply
- ffudnebbuh | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1971
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"9 Years .... 9 years we Pixies/Breeders fans waited with bated breath for Kim's next move after 1993's seminal'Last Splash' and finally 'Title TK' (Journalistic short-hand for "title to come" ) appeared in 2002 T.T.K with Steve Albini back at the helm is a relatively low key affair that in no way..."  [+]  Reply
- Brad1770 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2002
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"An album that absolutely shreds from start to finish. In 1988, a year with hard rock and metal everywhere, this stands above its peers as the most powerful and catchiest of the bunch."  Reply
- NCanon | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1988
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"Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said of Saturation in 1993, "Urge Overkill, a band made up of some very smart boys acting dumb, had a ambivalent year, cursed, you might say, by the granting of all their wishes. The band had a good record company enthused about promoting a good record, and good ..."  [+]  Reply
- buzzdainer | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1993
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1972
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"This album really gets you moving and has such a fantastic rhythm to it which is just so infectious. It really does groove and that is all down to the brilliant instrumentation with each aspect of the sound playing a vital role. The percussion is simply phenomenal with the bongos and timbales ste..."  [+]  Reply
- Untitled | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1957
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"This album is worth buying for the title track alone which is wonderful. The rest of the album is really good with lots of contrasting musical styles melded together with great skill. Musicanship is top notch throughout and Jan Akkerman is one of the greatest guitarists ever"  Reply
- Willie24 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1971
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