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1966
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"I got this album when it came out in 2000. I was already a Paul Simon fan through my dad, and I fell in love with this album pretty hard. That basically meant listening to it alone in my room for a good stretch. I've come back to it many times and always thought it was great. I felt like it didn'..."  [+]  Reply
- panman36 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 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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2000
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"Jerry's Masterpiece. Ranks up there with Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. The interplay between The Dead and Jerry demonstrates "The Dead" were more than just a rock band. The Weir/Barlow "Estimated Prophet" composition is Bob's best song from any album. Phil Lesh's "Passenger", based on Fl..."  [+]  Reply
- Warnxxb | 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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1977
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1997
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190
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"Album Rating: 69.14 (968/14) Natalia Lafourcade (Cancion - MEX - Apr 25) - Cancionera 24.04.2025 Technically brilliant, as always. I can see why she is so respected and loved, it's just most of the music does little for me. I can admire it just not love it. It only moves me during the brilliant '..."  [+]  Reply
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2025
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"An interesting album. Fun at times, dark at others, sometimes makes you want to cry. Much better than that horrible song 'Lady In Red'. It's like mixture of Gil-Scott & Bob Dylan, leaning towards Gil-Scott."  Reply
- Hayden | 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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1975
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"Yola has an amazing voice. From the soul ballads to country tunes, there is not a single note that she does not put her all into. The high point of the album is when her backing vocals kick in on the last chorus of "If I Had To Do It All Again". This talent is held back by the familiarity of the ..."  [+]  Reply
- titansaurs28 | 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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2021
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1985
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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
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1971
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"With A-Z, Newman takes the post-rock robotic structure and aesthetics of Wire to its logical conclusion drawing on the expressionist psychodrama of Robert Wyatt, the futurism of Brian Eno and the psychedelia of Syd Barrett in the process. Newman creates chilling apocolyptic and fatalistic atmosph..."  [+]  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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1980
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