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"This is one of those records where I feel a strange kinship with anybody else who loves it. Like, if you love this record I trust your taste and I want to share a pint with you. I mean, it's also cool if you don't love this record, but -to quote McConaughey in Dazed & Confused - it'd be a lot coo..."  [+]  Reply
- Skinny | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 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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2015
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1987
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1969
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2017
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1984
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"I never got the proto-black metal stuff. Sounds pretty much like a thrash-metal album with cool riffs and great use of tempo changes without being technical. Maybe the tempo changes could be similar to what death-metal bands tend to more often than thash, but I do not hear the black metal stuff. ..."  [+]  Reply
- bobnickmad | 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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1985
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"Add off the wall horns and industrial sounds to great beats and bass, and you have something very special in this album. I also noticed some fine guitar playing from Charlie Hunter, and jazzy on "Music and Politics". The music is well put together and intriguing throughout. Intelligent and insigh..."  [+]  Reply
- ScottJones | 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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1992
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"Canned Heat in that time was invited to Monterey, Woodstock, Stamping Ground and many others festivals cause their unique psychedelic blues rock style made an impact in his generation and boogie was the best example of his music."  Reply
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1968
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2015
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1959
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