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"Varg is a mastermind of this genre. This is arguably one of the best black metal records ever made. It's chaotic, depressing and dark... but also peaceful at the same time, great to relax to." Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A gorgeous record full of lovely heartbreaking songs. You just simply cannot fail to be moved by this album. This is a record full of love, hope, regret and sadness. Be at peace with yourself, and, the coast no man can tell, are two of the most achingly beautiful songs I have ever heard. Extremel..." [+] Reply
"Cat's best album, IMO. The raw production most of the songs makes it hold up well almost 50 years later, I guess the acoustic nature of folk music is generally rather timeless in style. Funny piece of trivia: the name of the album was Cat's name for a certain, uh, masculine part of his body - whi..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre" is one of my favorite pieces of music because it musically represents death so incredibly well. You listen to it, and it just sounds like death, it sounds like the music of the dead. Every sound in that piece sounds like it’s coming from a ghost itself. Not si..." [+] Reply
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RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"It's barely listenable, the songs have no discernible structures, and each vocal melody sounds like a dog being horribly maimed. I mean, it better be one of the best emo records ever recorded." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Even though this album is widely considered a Paul Westerberg solo album for the purposes of this review it will be considered as The Replacements final release The Replacements in many ways echo the career of R.E.M with 'All Shook Down': both darling indi bands who find major label success only ..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"After Going deaf for Living, this album was way darker, also because the new input of the keyboards. But their direct statements were much more meaningful and founded the success for the band of John Watts in europe. Side A is an absolute classic. And B with Cruise Missiles and Luton to Lisbon a ..." [+] Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,721 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,967 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 823 | 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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4,995 | 50% | |
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2,658 | 27% | |
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433 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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