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"Forget about Elvis and Chuck Berry. THIS is the best artist of the fifties! It's a shame that "Ain't That a Shame" isn't on here, though." Reply
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Applerill | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1956
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"I guess you can never have too much Funky Drummer. I liked the sampled music on this, as well as the non-sampled beats and bass. For me the production is what made the album good, while the rapping was just all right. Then again I'm not a hip hop fan but I liked this a lot." Reply
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1990
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"This album is humanity on a good day: little ado on variations of stuff, and then at the end they just throw a party with mariachi music and shit. Jim O'Rourke is a genius" Reply
"R.E.M has finally done it again with this album! Every track has something going for it, and they flow perfectly. Discoverer blasts in with some sharp guitars, whilst, It Happened Today brings some cheerful light into the album, and slower tracks like Walk It Back are beautiful. Not to forget it'..." [+] Reply
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2011
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"You’re either going to love or hate this I would suggest. I love it. Scott is one of the most original artists of the last 60 years. Extraordinary stuff" Reply
"In my view this album is misunderstood and highly underrated - unfortunately that's the case for the band in general. This shows the beginnings of their experimentalism with the Indian and Eastern sounds, less exotic than Edges of Twilight, but for me it is so beautifully crafted, with stunning s..." [+] Reply
"Calexico is one of those bands, that nobody usually knows about (fully undeservedly). Their music is a fusion of mexican and american folk motives, sometimes with post-rock flavour, songs are imbued with deep melancholy, which erupts through the latin-american dancing rhytmes. Calexico belongs to..." [+] Reply
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VikaGatling | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre" is one of my favorite pieces of music because it musically represents death so incredibly well. You listen to it, and it just sounds like death, it sounds like the music of the dead. Every sound in that piece sounds like it’s coming from a ghost itself. Not si..." [+] Reply
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RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A solid live album. Mostly made up of tracks from Lost in the Dream and A Deeper Understanding. What makes this such a unique listen is the excellent production. This album is made up of live recordings from 2014-2019 that are beautifully synced together listeners could be easily mistake it as a ..." [+] Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 3 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 180 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 666 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,536 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,387 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,612 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,771 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 1,986 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 857 | 9% |
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| Bob Dylan | 36 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 30 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 26 | 0% | |
| Pink Floyd | 24 | 0% | |
| Genesis | 23 | 0% | |
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4,952 | 50% | |
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2,628 | 26% | |
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427 | 4% | |
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350 | 4% | |
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223 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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145 | 1% | |
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