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1987
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183
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1996
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"Literally the best reggae record I've ever heard. Sunny harmonies, beautiful melodies, and stunning songwriting. Heartwarming, really. It just wants to be your friend. Why refuse?"  Reply
- drakonium | 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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1976
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"Probably their best record... it's close though. Top tracks: Baby I Owe You Something Good, The Song Is Familiar, Good To Your Earhole, Better By the Pound, Get Off Your Ass and Jam"  Reply
- Larcx13 | 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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"Proper proper old school hip hop. RIP Prodigy. This is something that's a little bit more unrefined compared to it's successor but there's still some hard hitters. Shook Ones pt.1 might be as good as pt.2 if not on the same level - as ever, the grimy, dark beats created by Havoc (what a master cr..."  [+]  Reply
- ramthecowy | 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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1996
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"I'm a life long DD fan , but have to be honest this album is poor except for the amazing singles Ordinary world B+ Come undone A++++ Too Much Information B- Apart from these it's fairly unpalatable"  Reply
- Bungalowracoon | 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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1993
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"10 years after "The Narcotic Story", Oxbow has not aged, even though the guys are fifty years old. Oxbow has all it takes for his career to be a shocking sound experience: to keep his music safe from the blues, nothing is heavier than rock, but especially for vocal experiments of Eugene S. Robins..."  [+]  Reply
- Kurtco | 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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2017
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"Clearly underranked concept album by this Israel band which blends progressive metal and arabic folk sounds in a unique way. Can't wait to hear more from this band."  Reply
- manurock | 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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2004
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2010
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1996
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Overall Chart composition

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1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. R.E.M.
16. The Beach Boys
17. Kanye West
18. Bruce Springsteen
19. The Cure
20. Pixies