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2001
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"Sandy Denny's debutalbum is a quality collection of intimate songs with a melancholic mood. Her voice is crystal clear and few ladies were in her league at the time. Folk was never better than this"  Reply
- hahol | 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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"Sylvan Esso's fusion of quirky folk and earnest electropop is instantly charming, at least to me, because it feels like the most natural outgrowth of North Carolina's divergent yet complimentary music scenes: the folky LEAF festival scene, which is really a celebration of the natural beauty of th..."  [+]  Reply
- buzzdainer | 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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2014
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1971
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1990
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"Absolutely incredible. It blows my mind every time I listen to it. Such a unique way to invoke the classical influences and it absolutely bangs. The lyrics are masterful as well. I can't say enough good things about this album."  Reply
- gloriousgoo | 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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2018
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"An absolutely gorgeous work of experimental folk, that just maybe runs a slight bit too long. A Bluish Flickering is especially beautiful, marrying sinister tones, musique concrete, and layers of rhythmic instrumentation building up and then crashes down."  Reply
- Arthurknight | 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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2022
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1998
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"Pretty 70's electronic stuff. Its feels too melodic to be quite ambient music, but is still very pastoral and atmospheric. The songs are constructed in a very blocky minimalist way, but somehow still sound totally natural and human."  Reply
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1976
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Overall Chart composition

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