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2017
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1959
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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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1984
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2015
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2025
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"Until this album Amy Ray may have been a little in the shadow of Emily Saliers, when it came to songwriting. It's beyond question that Ray adds a lot of edge (necessary) to the sound of the Indigo Girls; but with songs like "Three Hits", "Jonas and Ezekial" and "Nashville" Amy's songwriting is al..."  [+]  Reply
- Rovers | 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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1992
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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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1996
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Recognised  Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
3. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
4. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
5. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
6. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
7. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
8. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
9. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
10. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)