Overall Chart
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"As a traditionally structured guitar-pop album, this couldn't be much better. Because its melodies are so perfect and unsentimental, I haven't tired of it after more than 30 years. I think it helps that the songs are not explicit, because in that way they keep the listener's imagination active. I..." [+] Reply
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1984
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3,213
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"jazzy funk or funky jazz neither fazzy junk nor junky fazz" Reply
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jwammo12 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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3,210
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"Kate Bush's debut album is an excellent collection of slightly quirky songs from one of music's most unique artists. There is a beautiful innocence to some tracks, especially on the lovely, the man with the child in his eyes. Other highlights include, them heavy people, saxophone song, and the ab..." [+] Reply
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1978
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3,179
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"seriously? "fall out boyish"??? what a horrible thing to say. i dont hear it." Reply
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The Gollux | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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3,145
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"Great background album. At the time, I really enjoyed it. However, it's been hocked to every advertising campaign under the sun, and now I associate it with yuppie booze, cars, and consumer shite. Moby you sell-out. Way to ruin your own work." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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3,140
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"I have this album in my top 10 for 2018. I think its a very beautiful album, as Beach House always delivers in that aspect, and has a handful and standout songs. However, I don't like when people get down voted for having reasonable opinions, even if they're perhaps opposing viewpoints from your ..." [+] Reply
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elo269megv | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +21 votes (22 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2018
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3,135
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"Wow, where has this album been my whole life. This was a band my friends always talked about in the early 2k's but I never gave a chance. over 10 years later I listened to this album finally and I am blown away." Reply
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2002
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3,135
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"I remember the first time I put on the album I turned it up pretty loud and the horns on Starlings scared the shit out of me... ahaha. FANTASTIC record. Heard it once and fell in love immediately." Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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3,128
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"I've found myself coming back to this album much more often than What's Goin On, the album that inspired it and is often compared to. Both albums are classics tackling similar themes of the plights of black men living in 60's and 70's America, with What's Goin On talking more generally about the ..." [+] Reply
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1972
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3,128
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"The only album I'll practice witchcraft to" Reply
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1981
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3,120
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,409 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,743 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,950 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,013 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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133 | 1% | |
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