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"For me Dragnet is a vast improvement on Live At The Witch Trials, it quite simply has better songs. Spectre Vs Rector towers over anything they recorded in the late 70's, a classic tale of exorcism set to an eerie guitar line. Flat Of Angles is also worth a mention as it is as catchy as the Fall ..." [+] Reply
"Often classified as an instrumental hip hop album, Deadringer feels to me like a fully realized artistic achievement compared, say, to something DJ Shadow might make. There's a surprising amount of emotional range here, and the fragments of samples that make up the album feel like they were alway..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A band that is gradually being uncovered. They have a lot of potential and I feel this album could be the start of many good things from the trio from Montreal." Reply
"I only just finished it again for the third time, and it only gets more beguiling each time. It's every bit of its predecessor - the masterwork that is - Knock Knock's equal. Again managing to pull off new instrumental heights (a bit more experimental as it kicks off) and the lyrics and narrative..." [+] Reply
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Komorebi-D | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Sam Cooke was the first black R&B artist to have creative control over his career. (Curtis Mayfield also did because he was a producer at the black owned Okeh record label) This was in the early Sixties long before Marvin Gaye's legendary battle with Barry Gordy to get "What's Going On?" released..." [+] Reply
"Really good album by Nat. I love these songs and his voice." Reply
"One of the strangest records I've heard in my lifetime. The Residents' second album acts as a collage of popular songs from the 60s, noise, commercials, and god knows what else in the form of one strange avant-garde piece of satire. This is not easy listening." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"So ethereal, so simply... a little big wonder!" Reply
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Helios | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Better with each listen" Reply
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LebowskiRams | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,415 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,725 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,964 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 824 | 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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5,002 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 2026 | |
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| 1. Gorillaz | |
| 2. Angine De Poitrine | |
| 3. Dry Cleaning | |
| 4. Ratboys | |
| 5. U2 | |
| 6. Flea (UN) | |
| 7. By Storm | |
| 8. Slayyyter | |
| 9. Mitski | |
| 10. The Notwist |
