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"I got turned onto this album by a friend, who insisted it was wonderful and it would do away with my scepticism. He was right. A fantastically varied, breathless album. The lyrical content is really considered, and often left me quite moved. I don't think there's a weak track here: from the angry..." Reply
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2016
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"Euro pop meets indie rock. Phoenix had been working on perfecting this sound for years and hit it just right with this album. The first two tracks are absolute classics, while Love Like a Sunset, Rome and Armistice are great as well." Reply
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2009
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"Definitely the best album of the 2000s so far. If not for OK Computer, I'd rank it as the greatest of all time. The most emotional, honest, despairing, hopeless album ever recorded. The lyrics and musicianship are absolutely perfect. While Brand New has made 4 incredible albums which each master ..." Reply
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2006
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"For some reasons (that I ignore),it is my favorite summertime record. There is something sweet about the songs, the rhythms are warm, the jazz instruments ethereal, the voice is sweet and the lyrics are cryptic but weirdly fantastic. Nothing sounds quite like this and it gives this album a unique..." Reply
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2011
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3,777
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"The River album is as commented by other users very long But the songwriting / story telling on this album and the diversity of subject matter and differing styles of the songs is sublime ! I would therefore not be able to pick a track to omit from the record! Therefore it is very long , but very..." Reply
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1980
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"Of all Blur albums, this one has always stood above the rest for me. Coxon's guitar playing on 13 is some of my favorite ever recorded. He generates in intense level of emotion to compliment Albarn's melancholia. Over the years 1992 has overtaken me as possibly Blur's finest moment." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 5
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1999
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"This album is at times sloppy. The production sounds strangely out of wack. There are some complaints that can be levied against this album. The thing is that this album is So Goddamn Good despite any of that bullshit that it doesn't really matter! The lyrics of Paul Westerberg stand tall on here..." Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 3
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1985
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"Some years ago a friend and I spent several summers climbing all seventeen county highpoints in Nevada. To reach all these, we had to do a lot of driving on bumpy dirt roads through the desert. Fortunately for us, we had two artists we both liked listening to: Neil Young and Built to Spill. Ridin..." Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 7
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1999
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"Grimes is a big fan of Korean pop music, and it definitely shows on this album. These songs might be sung in English (except for "Scream"), but Art Angels still comes off sounding like k-pop on drugs. I know that most people prefer Visions, but for me, this is definitely Grimes' magnum opus. She ..." Reply
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2015
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"I like how I can pick what flavor of cry I would like to have. Phenomenal." Reply
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2003
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 32 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,410 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,592 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,730 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,993 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 834 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 42 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 36 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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5,032 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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426 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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156 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
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| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 70th to 72nd |
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