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"It is a unique and distinctive album. The band developed its own unique style, characterized by a mixture of post-punk, gothic rock, folk and ambient. They uses a variety of instruments to create a unique soundscape. This album was a commercial success and brought the band international recognition"  [+]  Reply
- cronadigallina | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 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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1986
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1999
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"God Bless is the second of two 1960's psychedelic masterpieces of Mayo Thompson. Thompson composed it after a stay in New York and a collaboration with Joe Byrd of the United States Of America. This album is just as experimental as the debut but slightly less unified. The album still shows a natu..."  [+]  Reply
- hairymarx1 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 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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1968
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2002
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"Quite beautiful as you would expect from the artists involved. I would probably say it's closer to a Laura Veirs album than a Neko Case or K.D.Lang one, possibly because Veirs is the only one of the three to have a writing credit on every song. All in all, a very nice LP, a potential top ten albu..."  [+]  Reply
- garycottier | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 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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2016
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1988
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"One of the greatest progressive albums that doesnt stray from being heavy but rather explores a whole new realm of soundscape. The musicianship, lyricism, and overall feel of this album is exceedingly excellent. This is a near stand alone album for this band with most material breaking 4minutes m..."  [+]  Reply
- SubzeroButcher | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 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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2007
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"Album Rating: 78.29 (548/7 - assuming Rope (Away) is one track rated 71 Swans (Birthing - US - May 25) - Birthing 30.05.25 Never the easiest of listens, the first three tracks (the best three tracks) top out at over one hour. Gira claims this is the last "big sound" Swan album, which could see th..."  [+]  Reply
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2025
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1997
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Overall Chart composition

Best Artists of the 1990s
1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana
3. The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Neutral Milk Hotel
5. Oasis
6. R.E.M.
7. Pearl Jam
8. My Bloody Valentine
9. Nick Cave
10. Björk