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"Perhaps the greatest artist of his century and/or genre, Kendrick delivers another masterpiece that once again sounds like nothing he did before. In doing so, he made arguably his least commercial and least accessible album coming after his most accessible one. Took a few listens for it to click ..." [+] Reply
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Sean | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (11 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2022
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3,053
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"Best vocals in post-punk, like a goth Kate Bush or a female Johny Rotten who could actually sing. I prefer the more punk-like style on Scream but the song-writting here is more nuanced and this helps the singing too." Reply
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1981
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3,047
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"Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes is an artist that was firmly under the radar. I didn’t know who she was. But from reading a bit from those that are familiar with her previous works, it seems that Visions isn’t a particularly surprising album, despite its unique style. Boucher is attracting..." [+] Reply
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2012
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3,041
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"This is probably Faith No More's most complete album. The Real Thing is their most popular release but this one is much better as a whole." Reply
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1992
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3,033
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"@sethmadsen lol. Drunk people on bandcamp are better than drunk people on soundcloud. But no one is as perfectly artfuly weird as this album." Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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3,019
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"Underrated album, The first Stones album that was just flat out in your face rock...fav song: "When the whip comes down"...by far their biggest album (8M copies)due largely to the controversy of the song "Some girl" with the lyric "...black girls just want to get F**ked all night"..many chains to..." [+] Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1978
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3,015
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"The more I listen, the more magnificent it becomes. 75/100 is unbelievably low for this record. The Pot, Vicarious, Right in Two, and Jambi are all instant classic Tool songs. But what makes this album great is the duo of Wings Part 1 and 2. I'm a firm believer that 10,000 Days (Wings Part 2) is ..." [+] Reply
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AAL2014 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2006
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3,015
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"A wonderful record. Very surprised by it's high ranking here on this site. So many better ones not getting any attention at all. This is the 'spiritual' side of Jazz, and if you like this one. Check out Alice Coltranes 'Ptah, the el Daoud' or Sun Ra's majestic 'Lanquidity', and of course Pharoah'..." [+] Reply
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2021
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3,012
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"A most unusual debut album for Waits- hardly indicative of his material to come, though perhaps topically relevant. Pretty much in every subsequent album, Waits sounds as if he's getting drunk at a bar. Here, he's already been there and done that- the album's title "closing time" couldn't be more..." [+] Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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2,996
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"The Pogues best album. Shane McGowan is on top form. It's not brilliant, and is a little inconsistent, but at it's best it's fantastic. Some great songs, especially, sick bed of Cuchulain, a pair of Brown eyes, and the utterly amazing, the old main drag, my favourite Pogues song. The Gallipoli in..." [+] Reply
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1985
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2,986
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 300 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 707 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,418 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,596 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,748 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,974 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 824 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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5,020 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 27% | |
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428 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
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Up 4 from 97th to 93rd |
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Down 3 from 94th to 97th |
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