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"Assured and welcome comeback album from this great band. Imaginative and diverse soundscapes as always. Like a dear friend that went overseas for 15 years and then arrives on your doorstep and you converse like they we're only gone a fortnight." Reply
"Enjoyable listen. Fun and dancey. I can hear elements of Joy Division and The Cure but I'm not that well-versed in 80s music." Reply
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"Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1997 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was New Forms by Roni Size & Reprezent" Reply
"I'm waiting for St. Vincent to trip up but she doesn't seem to have so far. This is just as weird and as irresistible as ever, maybe even a little more soulful than previous albums. Best track: Prince Johnny. The bass does some great thing, and the chorus (if you can call it that) is a real winner." [+] Reply
"a very good album but not really solid. some of the songs are really similar and the slow tempo which makes the song so special sometimes becomes overwhelming. New Year is possibly the best song on the album" Reply
"Another great recent band who brought this stunning debut album - a stoner mix of straight up rock, a little bit of rock and some blues. Wucan and Bright Lights are stand outs." Reply
"This album is a revelation. What is it doing soundtracking an unknown French art film?" Reply
""Fanmail" threw chlli front-and-center the most. It worked well. "no scrubs" and "unpretty" are the standouts, but other strong songs include the attitude of "silly ho", the faux-romance of the near-porn "i'm good at being bad", "shout", the personal exorcism of "dear lie" and "love sick". Of cou..." [+] Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,415 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,594 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,734 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,984 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 829 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 42 | 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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5,027 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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426 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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220 | 2% | |
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156 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Up 5 from 96th to 91st |
Up 3 from 81st to 78th |
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| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 47th to 49th |
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Best Ever
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The Beatles
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Radiohead
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Pink Floyd
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David Bowie
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Bob Dylan
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Led Zeppelin
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Arcade Fire
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Neil Young
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Nirvana
