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"Ambient, but with a raw blazing energy that's quite unique." Reply
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"I really like the keyboards on this album. What they lack in band name, they make up for in interesting compositions." Reply
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"This is definitely the Residents album to start with if you're new to the group. It's a parody of popular music, with 40 "commercial friendly" condensed one minute songs. The songs are all great due to unique arrangements and great sounding synthesizers. Even non-fans should check this one out......" [+] Reply
"They're on an adventure. The young scrappy kid is now traversing mountains, battling trolls, stoping at taverns and generally moving from A to B if you want it painfully simple. This was all starting from 'A Thousand Suns' where the group sounded like they had ambitions of recording THE NEXT DARK..." [+] Reply
"A really affecting piece of work this with some surprising collabs! Quite an abstract listen at times but always kept my interest ?" Reply
"1 December 2013 This is a live album from '74 when Bib Dylan and the Band were touring after releasing "Planet Waves". This was sort of a come back for Dylan. He hadn't toured for 8 years prior to this. I'm not hugely enthusiastic about live albums. I just want to get that out of the way. They ar..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1974
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"I love Lemon Jelly's type of sirupy ambient gooey goodness. I don't think this album is as good as ky. But there are definitely worse ways to spend a sunny lazy Sunday afternoon. Best enjoyed with sunshine and strawberries!" Reply
"All of the sounds come together beautifully and nearly every song progresses into a great finish." Reply
"A pleasant piano album although not much sticks out either way. Lucinda and Old Kentucky Home are the best tracks." Reply
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Bork | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Every single Riverside album is great. This one is slightly mellowed than the rest and is beautiful as a result. Probably will be my favourite album of 2015" Reply
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Yoooreds | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 562 of 1,000
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 | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,602 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,724 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,965 | 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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5,001 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 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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