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1981
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223
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1977
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223
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2012
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2012
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"Amazing album. Marks the change from Sui Generis' previous folky sound into the progressive sound which would remain well into Garcia's following project, La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros. The album itself is their first concept album (each track represents an institution from the argentinian governme..."  [+]  Reply
- Defago | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1974
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"Borrowing heavily from the Bristol rave scene, the East London grime scene and the dub poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson, London Zoo is an abrasive, claustrophobic assault of harsh percussion, heavy sub-bass and aggressive West Indian patois that was surprising as much for its' brash, unrelenting at..."  [+]  Reply
- | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2008
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222
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1987
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222
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1994
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2003
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"Part of me loves this album and part of me loves just the parts... while it is an album I feel each song is an experiment and should just be appreciated for that moment. The collection wears out it's interest after a while for me. So again stellar performances, but album, it's ok."  Reply
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1956
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