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"Bruce Springsteen's fifth album is a mammoth two record set, featuring half party rock and half introspective acoustic songs. The title track is off course one of Springsteen's best. The river, is a stunning track, full of Bruce's genius. Hungry heart, another Bruce classic is a brilliant pop son..." [+] Reply
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1980
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3,801
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"Drugs, religions, foreign travels, none of them could suppress the pain of his broken heart." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1999
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3,800
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"Average track rating is 79.5, yet average album rating is 68. Is the whole less than the parts, or are people just hating on Kanye?" Reply
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2016
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3,784
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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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"I was fourteen years old when Tim was released, and I believe it was a review in Rolling Stone that drew my attention to it. It was the first Replacements album that I ever heard, and that's often the factor that makes me love one album by a particular artist more than all the others. I don't rem..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1985
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3,774
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"For me, this album takes the expansive, adventurous sound of Perfect From Now On and compresses it into its most compact, perfect form. Brimming with melodic invention and some of Doug Martsch’s tightest songwriting, every track on Keep It Like a Secret is a knockout in its own way. It hooked me ..." [+] Reply
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WaitAndSeer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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3,765
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"To add to the comments below, I'd say "Degausser" is phenomenol, probably my favorite on the album. The chorus is so forcefully emotional. This shares a little bit in common with sadcore in addition to emo, especially in the later tracks." Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2006
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3,764
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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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3,752
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"May be the greatest music achievement of the decade,it lifts me up into realms of wonder.every single track of "Fear Of A Blank Planet" is enriched by tiny details,that makes you listen to it over and over.brilliant portrait of our times.an ingenious,awesome chef-d'oeuvre." Reply
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Omid | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2007
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3,740
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"Back when Nu-Metal was a huge thing I always thought the Deftones were a cut above the KORNS of that era and looking back now history hasn’t been kind to that entire genre but Deftones and in particular this album stands shoulders tall I remember buying ‘White Pony’ on CD sight unheard the year i..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 45 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 299 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,417 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,597 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,744 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,980 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 821 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,022 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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428 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 97th to 93rd |
Up 2 from 73rd to 71st |
Up 2 from 69th to 67th |
Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
Up 1 from 99th to 98th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 93rd to 96th |
Down 3 from 94th to 97th |
Down 2 from 71st to 73rd |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
Down 1 from 7th to 8th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
Best Artists of
the 1980s
1.
The Smiths
2.
Prince
3.
The Cure
4.
Pixies
6.
U2
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Metallica
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Kate Bush
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R.E.M.
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The Stone Roses
