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"Here's the thing about this record - it's not about the songs, but the sound. Every single track sounds alike (and I don't mean just in general mood - I am an ACDC fan, after all - but the tracks are so goddamn fast that I can't distinguish any riffs/melodies from the craziness), but, as I said, ..." [+] Reply
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1986
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3,645
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"I liked both A.M. and Being There back in the nineties, but it was Summerteeth that first led me to think that Wilco was something greater than a diminished, and warmed over, incarnation of the great Uncle Tupelo, the band that spawned them. Having replaced multi-instrumentalist Max Johnston with..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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3,640
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"very original, nothing sounded like this and for a while half of the rappers around were trying to imitate it. the beats are excellent and there are a few absolutely classic elements. very funky and the raps are often charmingly dated and humorous. they're just having fun, the gangbanging stuff i..." [+] Reply
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1992
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3,638
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"For a period in my life, I couldn't believe that Slowdive would reunite and ever release another album. After a 22-year-long hiatus, they prove not only that they are a staple in the shoegazing genre, but also that their ambition has peaked to an unprecedented height. In comparison to the low-pro..." [+] Reply
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ilovelctr | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2017
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3,636
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"In the months after this album was released, it was a staple at the coffee shop in Boulder, Colorado, where I went each day to work and sip soy lattes. Courtney Barnett has a knack for songwriting that is funny, punchy, clever, and perhaps most important, earnest. The song that really grabbed me ..." [+] Reply
- buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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3,635
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"Stage Two of what might become the next great historically valued band of the generation. I only say this because their first album garnered well deserved attention, and then they evolved almost imaginably to make their sound even more closer to the heart with this album. The last three songs, to..." [+] Reply
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2010
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3,619
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"When people think of Prince's best album, usually people point to either Purple Rain or Sign O' The Times. For me personally, I point to 1999 as his best album. It includes 3 classic hits (1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious) and it includes hands down the best fusion of rock, funk, R&B, & new w..." [+] Reply
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joedec | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1982
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3,618
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"This album came a little after Kind of Blue but Coltrane still managed to made it to be one of the best jazz record ever. Ps.Naima will always be my favorite ballad jazz ever." Reply
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jomth | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1960
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3,610
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"This album is full of great songs and all of them have some of the best lyrics I have heard on a pop album. I don't hear much hype around this album and I am completely shocked by this as this record is amazing. There are so many brilliant pop songs all of which are intelligent and are multi-laye..." [+] Reply
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1985
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3,608
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"When this album first came out in 1995 I was all over it like a rash but pretty much dismissed it out of simple music snobbery preferring the “Old Stuff” over the “New Stuff” I now know I was as Fonzie would say Wr Wr Wr Wong This album is as good as anything Polly Jean has released ever" [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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3,596
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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 | 1,596 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,746 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,979 | 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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5,023 | 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
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Up 4 from 97th to 93rd |
Up 2 from 69th to 67th |
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| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 93rd to 96th |
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