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"Bought this because of a Rolling Stone review. It ended being one of my favorites. "Fade Away" should've been a hit single, and the rest of the CD is just as outstanding. Even after all this time, it still sounds great."  Reply
- Rivera | 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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1987
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2016
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1967
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"I have the 1990 re-release on Yazoo Records (Cat# 1065) of this album. It features the same songs but with a different running order. The running order on the Yazoo Album: 1) Ain't No Tellin' 2) Stack O' Lee Blues 3) Candy Man Blues 4) Spike Driver Blues 5) Avalon Blues 6) Louis Collins 7) Franki..."  [+]  Reply
- TheDude85 | 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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1971
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1996
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"Sweet cocktail of an album. Strong songs all the way through with a very cool delivery. This album and others popular in urban enclaves at the time -- e..g. Washed Out, Neon Indian, Small Black, Yacht, Yeosayer -- were the soundtrack for life in the bubble of Obama's blue America, especially on t..."  [+]  Reply
- larryrrr | 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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2010
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"Manager: “ Hey Gordy what have you got planned for the Bring On The Night concerts” ? Sting: “ I’m going to show off my jazz chops and play prolonged inprov sections intermixed with Police interpretations and choose the the most bland tracks from my catalogue , then I’m going to release this whol..."  [+]  Reply
- Brad1770 | 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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1986
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"A phenomenal record incorporating synth pop, alt rock, shoegaze, electropop, hyperpop, and a wild main character Yeule who has this to say about her softscars: All this love I have for you has made soft scars All this love has cut me like a blade, softscars I can't forget you, just go away, softs..."  [+]  Reply
- corenfro | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 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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2023
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"Densely packed to bursting, full of creative improvisation, Branch’s imagination really shines through on this project and you can really feel the sense of community that pervades throughout. A tragic loss."  Reply
- jbentley3997 | 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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2023
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"Great variety on this one. Two Great Heavy Rockers with "O Baby" and "Big Fat Mama", Two Great Ballads with the Slow, Gentle Blues " Unspoken Words" and the Gorgeous "All The Reasons", Prog Rock Stoner, with excellent three-part harmonies, " A Year", A Stomping, thunderous version of "Roadhouse B..."  [+]  Reply
- iancrockert141 | 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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1972
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