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4501.

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? 

 McKinley Dixon

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"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

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Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 2023:

46

Rank in 2020s:

271

Overall Rank:

4,501

Average Rating:

 75 (72 votes)

Comments:

3

4502.

Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar 

 Robert Plant

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"Definitely the best effort Plant has put out since Zeppelin. I love how seamlessly he blends many different genres together to create a relatively consistent and distinctive sound, even if a few moments come across as gimmicky. The lyricism is surprisingly good coming from Plant, and while this i...""Definitely the best effort Plant has put out since Zeppelin. I love how seamlessly he blends many different genres together to create a relatively consistent and distinctive sound, even if a few moments come across as gimmicky. The lyricism is surprisingly good coming from Plant, and while this is certainly a reflective album, it doesn't come across as "aging rock star writing about his past." The production is irritating at times, the drums often sound like someone hitting pillows with licorice sticks, and some variance from this general "muddy" sound would have been nice. Overall, though, a very good experience and my Number 1 of 2014."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 2014:

74

Rank in 2010s:

812

Overall Rank:

4,502

Average Rating:

 75 (103 votes)

Comments:

4

4503.

The Golden Age Of Wireless 

 Thomas Dolby

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"One of my favorite new wave albums of the early 80s and all time. Blinded me with Science was issued on subsequent releases to this album so I do consider it part of Golden Age of Wireless"  Reply

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1982:

68

Rank in 1980s:

648

Overall Rank:

4,503

Average Rating:

 74 (82 votes)

Comments:

5

4504.

Roots 

 Curtis Mayfield

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"A soulful album a little different & softer than his debut Curtis but just as solid. Underground & We Got to Have Peace are great songs along with Get Down which makes this a must for soul fans."  Reply

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

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1971:

77

Rank in 1970s:

745

Overall Rank:

4,504

Average Rating:

 78 (94 votes)

Comments:

6

4505.

Pinback 

 Pinback

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"THEY COULD HAVE BEEN AS BIG AS.... DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!!! Indie Rock used to be scary. I’m not shitting you. I was there! When bands like Jesus Lizard who would just as much fight you as play for you. At least it seemed that way. I mean the bass player would just give you this death stare for the...""THEY COULD HAVE BEEN AS BIG AS.... DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!!! Indie Rock used to be scary. I’m not shitting you. I was there! When bands like Jesus Lizard who would just as much fight you as play for you. At least it seemed that way. I mean the bass player would just give you this death stare for the entire concert. I never once saw that dude blink. Not once! And he was the sane one in the band. Yow would just randomly jump into the audience at times and start throwing punches. I’m not kidding. I was there! But, worse than his punch was the filthy sweat that used to come pouring off his body. You’d feel as if you’d been slimed. It was worse than playing shirts & skins basketball at high noon in August. You’d totally reek afterwards. Honestly, you never new what what he was going to happen. Going to an indie rock show was always part performance theater, part concert. It was a full on adventure. And that changed. This was before indie rock became synonymous with sensitive, over-educated college boys, and it was dominated by dudes on such labels as SST, Touch & Go, and Amphetamine Reptile. Bands like the Butthole Surfers and Big Black. These bands wanted to fuck shit up. I mean it was called Noise Rock for christ sake. And then the tides changed. Emo happened. And like a wild weed that gains root in an untended garden, it just took over everything. And indie rock became … gulp,… downright huggable & lovable. Adorable even. Garden State took over as the best representative movie of the scene as opposed to my beloved Repo Man. Sigh. Annyways…. one of the key bands that played a role in that change were Death Cab For Cutie. And don’t get me wrong. I adore Death Cab! Well at least their first three albums. I really do. And then Ben Gibbard started writing songs as if he was soundtracking The O.C. or something. But Pinback, whose debut came out just a year after Death Cab’s were every bit as good. If not better. They sounded so similar that some people (I won’t name names or anything) actually think that they pilfered Death Cab’s sound! Hogwash. Pinback have even gone on record saying that they had never even heard of Death Cab back in 1999. And I believe ‘em! I’ve noticed over the course of rock/pop history that eerily similar sounds often develop concurrently yet completely independently. It’s kind of fascinating. (Rate Your Music calls this shade of Indie Pop “Midwest Emo" for what’s its worth. I learned something new today! lol. ) Pinback's debut is chock full of stunning, resonant, emotive, catchy indie pop with their calling card being the beautiful entwined harmonies of Rob Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV. But just about every song has a subtle secret weapon as well. Whether it be the badass speed metal kick drums on “Chaos Engine” or the diabolical, lullaby worthy chorus on “Shag.” The subtle scratching on “Tripoi" & “Hurley.” Or the irresistible da da da dada harmonies on “Loro”. These subtle touches & details completely reward repeat spins. But of course what keeps you coming back for more are those harmonies… and the songs - those insanely catchy, hummable songs. Grade: A. This is easily one of the best Indie Pop albums of the turn of the century. They’re every bit as good as Death Cab’s early albums if not a smidge or two better. It’s always interesting to me how some bands make it and others don’t. And if you yearn for Death Cab’s early days even a bit, then you need to check this platter out. They really should have been just as big. Maybe if they were just a bit cuter! Or new the executive producer of Dawson’s Creek was a fan. Anyways, I’m going to snuggle up with their adorable debut as it emotes its way all the way to number 14! "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1999:

62

Rank in 1990s:

750

Overall Rank:

4,505

Average Rating:

 75 (43 votes)

Comments:

3

4506.

Ugly 

 Slowthai

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"89 Decidedly it is better to leave the stagnant Hip Hop bases to finally shine at its true value, we already noticed it this year with Lil Yachty, it's Slowthai's turn to offer his monument Key songs : Yum / Tourniquet / Ugly / Selfish / Happy Other ratings : - Nothing Great (2019) 82 - Tyron (20...""89 Decidedly it is better to leave the stagnant Hip Hop bases to finally shine at its true value, we already noticed it this year with Lil Yachty, it's Slowthai's turn to offer his monument Key songs : Yum / Tourniquet / Ugly / Selfish / Happy Other ratings : - Nothing Great (2019) 82 - Tyron (2021) 76"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 2023:

47

Rank in 2020s:

272

Overall Rank:

4,506

Average Rating:

 75 (124 votes)

Comments:

5

4507.

They Say I'm Different 

 Betty Davis

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"If you like hard funk this record is for you. She growls, screeches and let's it all hang out here. This album though is not as good as her earlier material and the songwriting is a bit uneven. If she would have hooked up with a better band she might have produced more material and still be aroun...""If you like hard funk this record is for you. She growls, screeches and let's it all hang out here. This album though is not as good as her earlier material and the songwriting is a bit uneven. If she would have hooked up with a better band she might have produced more material and still be around today."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1974:

73

Rank in 1970s:

746

Overall Rank:

4,507

Average Rating:

 77 (65 votes)

Comments:

3

4508.

Takin' Off 

 Herbie Hancock

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"O this album Herbie starts his long your as one of jazz renovators. I just cant help digging this. So good"  Reply

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Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1962:

15

Rank in 1960s:

367

Overall Rank:

4,508

Average Rating:

 76 (102 votes)

Comments:

5

4509.

うたかたの日々 [Utakata No Hibi] 

 Mariah

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Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1983:

62

Rank in 1980s:

649

Overall Rank:

4,509

Average Rating:

 77 (47 votes)

Comments:

1

4510.

American Band 

 Drive-By Truckers

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"DBT return to the fray, this time writing about political/ human rights events that America faces in the 21st century. There are a lot of political pleas here. I don't think they want us to change any minds here, they just want us to listen and think about what is going on in current events. The ...""DBT return to the fray, this time writing about political/ human rights events that America faces in the 21st century. There are a lot of political pleas here. I don't think they want us to change any minds here, they just want us to listen and think about what is going on in current events. The two primary songwriters are in good focused form here, and though this record can't compare to their classics in the early 2000s, it's still worth while for any casual fan, no matter what political opinions you hold dear. Track Pick: "What it Means""  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 2016:

67

Rank in 2010s:

813

Overall Rank:

4,510

Average Rating:

 74 (76 votes)

Comments:

5

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Overall Chart composition

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Decade	Albums	%
1930s	2	0%
1940s	37	0%
1950s	303	3%
1960s	720	7%
1970s	1,436	14%
1980s	1,431	14%
1990s	1,612	16%
2000s	1,735	17%
2010s	1,993	20%
2020s	731	7%

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	%
	5,010	50%
	2,663	27%
	431	4%
	318	3%
	222	2%
	159	2%
	136	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,725	97%
Yes	275	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,729	97%
Yes	271	3%

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