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"This woman may have been a folk singer but baby she had soul." Reply
"This album contains a wonderful blending of African & Western sounds." Reply
"Duran Duran at their darkest best The reason the teeny fans in the 80's did not get this masterpiece is that they wanted another "her name is Rio and she dances on the sand" however if the had listened to the rest of Rio, past the title track and "save a prayer" they would have found some pretty ..." [+] Reply
"Widely canned at the time for venturing boldly into Romanelli territory & not being Days of .. II, Medicine Show is actually a fascinating listen with totally sick guitar leads and a wide open & raucous sound that holds it own. I prefer Days of Wine & Roses, but damn isn't repeat listens to this ..." [+] Reply
"This music is something very hard to describe. It might seem difficult at first, but it's actually very intuitive: what you listen to is exactly what you get. That's it." Reply
"Despite the cover, this album is so cool, so deep and so bluesy. I think that the harp is one of the coolest and roughest instruments of all time..." Reply
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"Incredibly as a big Nick Cave fan since 1988, this is the first time I have listened to it. I was surprised with the music, I was expecting it to just be searing punk but it was a lot more interesting than that. Sounds quite improvisational with all sorts of genres and styles. Cave's vocal perfor..." [+] Reply
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1981
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"This along with Albert Hammond Jr.'s albums gives me hope that even if the Strokes eventually splinter apart there will still be good music to be had from them. This is a very good album that is up there in quality with the strokes' work." Reply
"This might be the most fun album of the year. Prog rock epics, ostensibly about plants, sung by a madman with little regard for tone or pitch. I can't speak for everyone's pandemic experience, but this ridiculousness is just what I needed entering winter of '21." Reply
"This isn’t a terrible album, but it’s not terribly good either It all just feels and sounds so incredibly safe with sparking clean production you could eat your lunch off. Where are the unfiltered guitars? Where are the sicko lyrics about murder , incest and mayhem? Slicing up eye balls? More lik..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 708 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,415 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,599 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,729 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,960 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 826 | 8% |
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| 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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5,006 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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