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9991.

A Book Of Human Language

Aceyalone

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9992.

A New Place 2 Drown

Archy Marshall

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9993.

Man On The Roof

Stephen Fretwell

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9994.

Conor Oberst

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9995.

Nude

VAST

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9996.

Hello Sadness

Los Campesinos!

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9997.

Heavy Is The Head

Stormzy

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9998.

Live!
Live

The Police

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9999.

This Old Heart Of Mine

The Isley Brothers

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

119

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733

Overall Rank:

9,999

Average Rating:

74 (29 votes)

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10000.

I Choose Noise

Hybrid (UK)

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

9 charts

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119

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	299	3%
1960s	733	7%
1970s	1,464	15%
1980s	1,452	15%
1990s	1,629	16%
2000s	1,772	18%
2010s	2,016	20%
2020s	606	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	33	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	26	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,014	50%
	2,658	27%
	439	4%
	306	3%
	229	2%
	159	2%
	138	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,728	97%
Yes	272	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,720	97%
Yes	280	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,886	99%
Yes	114	1%

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