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"Solid album all the way through; lots of blues-rock goodness with Morrison's iconic vocals and lyrics. Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun, and Peace Frog are the highlights, but I also quite like You Make Me Real. Everything else is enjoyable." Reply
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1970
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"Visions is a contagion. An album I "should" have grown tired of after the hundredth listen. How an album with such rudimentary arpeggiated sounds and hard to discern vocals can devour my brain like the myth of the carnivorous earwhig is beyond me. Maybe I should just enjoy the album and not overt..." [+] Reply
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2012
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2,908
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"People need to stop associating Springsteen with Born In the U.S.A. and Glory Days and give New York City Serenade a deep listen. It's a song that develops and builds so powerfully before having one of the best payoffs in music history. I listen to this album when I wish Born to Run was more musi..." [+] Reply
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1973
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"Excellent debut album. It's still The Pretenders greatest record with some fantastic songwriting on show. Chrissie Hynde was never more better than she was here on tracks such as, precious, kid, and, brass in pocket. There were many fine debut albums around the late seventies/early eighties, this..." [+] Reply
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1980
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2,904
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"Clearly a rock opera of what I interpret as a dysfunctional woman who ends up with a family she doesn't want, and the children are taken off her, which leads to her inevitable suicide. Incredibly moving album - the last good Lou Reed album, it took him three albums to reach the peak of his solo c..." [+] Reply
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SuedeSwede | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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"Songs for swingin' lovers, is quite possibly Frank Sinatra's most enjoyable album. It's a giddy hoot of a record with Sinatra and arranger Nelson Riddle combining to produce one of their best collobarations. There are fantastic versions of, you make me feel so young, you brought a new kind of lov..." [+] Reply
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1956
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"Brazilian hippy culture at its max. Os Novos Baianos lived in a hippie community singing songs, having sex and playing football. With these antecedents, of course their records must be good. 80% of the reason why I put this record in my list is because it features the song "Preta Pretinha", which..." [+] Reply
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1972
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"One of the greatest albums of all time. Every track is brilliant and the album has plenty of energy." Reply
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2002
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"Trip-hop most certainly trace its roots back to the early 70's. Serge Gainsbourg's "Histoire de Melody Nelson" is a daring and controversial concept album that I am extremely fond of. The soundscape, jam, and dynamics of the simple instrumental setup is sharply contrasted with the flamboyant symp..." [+] Reply
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calsper | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (5 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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1971
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"The core melodies of each song are great, but the solos go a little too much off track, in my opinion, to the point where you just want the solo to stop so the main melody can play again. That being said, it was still a fun listen and Monk is definitely a very talented musician." Reply
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Space-Dementia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1957
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 708 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,416 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,723 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,968 | 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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4,997 | 50% | |
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2,658 | 27% | |
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432 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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