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"My favorite Zeppelin album. To put things in perspective, imagine that it is 1969 and you hear this album for the very first time. Mind blowing! The guitar effects and Page's production were way ahead of their time." Reply
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NickVolos | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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16,359
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"Not a single weak song on it. Not a single instrument out of place. Not a single production mistake. Not a single line that Tweedy doesn't inflect like if he really cared about his art. It's complex at every level, but it doesn't feel challenging because the music invites you to appreciate it lik..." [+] Reply
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2002
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16,270
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"The early and middle period Stones set the bar for great rock music and this is their A-1, top-o-the-heap masterpiece. Every song a winner and most are certifiable classics. From hits like Brown Sugar, to ballads like Wild Horses, to epic deep cuts like Can't You Hear me Knocking, everything here..." [+] Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1971
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16,162
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"That voice. I knew nothing about this band when I started listening and with the first few beats of the drum machine I was expecting a rapper. However, out of nowhere this beautiful, etherial voice began, this paired with the drum machine, strings and synths makes a very enjoyable listen. Will ce..." [+] Reply
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1994
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16,156
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"Track by track, this doesn't appear to be anything extraordinary, but taken as a whole this was an atomic bomb dropped on the world of pop music. Similar to Nevermind in that respect." Reply
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1982
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16,126
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"I love the combination of David Bowie with Brian Eno, achieve a futuristic and edgy sound that will last forever" Reply
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serpico | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1977
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15,940
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"When an album that is genius is also not as great as it should be. It's not easy to get this inside your head. Almost all songs are great but also all songs are too way extended and the brilliance gets lost. That's the main issue with Stevie Wonder. The guys a genius without a doubt but it feels ..." [+] Reply
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JoaoMoreira | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1976
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15,642
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"Definitely in my Top 5 albums of all time. The guitar music is great but the way it is brought across in broad Yorkshire accent and dialect is summet else. The way the stories are told in the lyrics is just how one of your mates would tell a story about one of his nights out." Reply
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2006
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15,607
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""The Blue album, there's hardly a dishonest note in the vocals," Joni Mitchell told Rolling Stone in 1979. "At that period of my life, I had no persona defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world, and I couldn't preten..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1971
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15,490
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"Donald Discoboy: First off, Van Morrison was never a folk artist, he always had much more in common with R&B, blues, and sometimes pop, so there's the first point that makes no sense. Next, Astral Weeks isn't really a pop album. If you want that, check out Moondance, which will show you that Morr..." [+] Reply
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Mr. Shankly | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1968
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 7 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 299 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,417 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,597 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,744 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,980 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 821 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 36 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,022 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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428 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 97th to 93rd |
Up 2 from 73rd to 71st |
Up 2 from 69th to 67th |
Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
Up 1 from 99th to 98th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 93rd to 96th |
Down 3 from 94th to 97th |
Down 2 from 71st to 73rd |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
Down 1 from 7th to 8th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
