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761.

Hellfire 

 Black Midi

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"Holy shit. I didn't think anything would possibly beat Ants From Up There as my AOTY and now I find myself faced with an incredibly difficult decision. Right now, I genuinely think this might be the best album of the decade. At first I thought this album had lows, but after a few listens I realis...""Holy shit. I didn't think anything would possibly beat Ants From Up There as my AOTY and now I find myself faced with an incredibly difficult decision. Right now, I genuinely think this might be the best album of the decade. At first I thought this album had lows, but after a few listens I realised it's just that the highs are so high some of the best songs I've heard seem weak in comparison. After repeat exposures, I can no longer even point to the best song here, as my bias to Eat Men Eat and Welcome To Hell has worn off. Hellfire is one of the best album openers I've ever heard, with Greep's showman-like fast-paced greetings and rantings literally welcoming you to hell. The album then launches into the best 3-song run I've heard since The Place Where He Inserted the Blade through Basketball Shoes, starting with Sugar/Tzu, a song very much in the same vein as the two singles - a detailed, graphic tale of the worst humanity has to offer. The album slows a little with the appropriately titled "Still", the only other song on this album featuring vocals by Cameron Picton, and boy do I wish they'd let him out more often. The cryptic lyrics and smooth delivery remind me of MGMT in a way. The track switches things up several times, with a quiet acoustic middle and a soothing ambient ending that fades into a locked groove loop reminiscent of the way the Beatles closed off Sgt Pepper. Half Time serves it's purpose well as a breather between the two longest tracks on the album and a cheeky reference to black midi's alter ego the Orange Tree Boys. There's also a bit of morse code in there which I can't wait for someone with more patience than me to translate. The Race Is About To Begin kicks the 2nd half into 1st gear immediately, continuing the story of a character previously introduced in Welcome To Hell. Despite being the longest song on the album, it never settles into a groove, shifting and changing every minute, becoming more chaotic as it becomes a descent into addiction, madness, and shacks. Like Still, it ends on a quieter note, with a delicate ballad that reminisces on how people can change. Dangerous Liasons, The Defence and 27 Questions form another trilogy of songs mirroring the first half of the album, each telling a story of the worst of humanity - A man tempted into murder with promises of money, a brothel owner attempting to justify his trade, and finally the closer 27 Questions, in which an audience revels at the suffering of a dying man. This song is a great way to close the album, with a show-tune style section that recalls the opener and passes a number of philosophical (and funny) questions onto the listener. In conclusion, Black Country, New Road and black midi have both released masterpieces this year. This feels like the logical conclusion (or perhaps a new phase) of the new British Post-Punk scene that's cropped up since 2016, with it's two forefront bands releasing what will be remembered as two of the greatest albums of all time. No pressure Squid."  [+]  Reply

- Puzzlr | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (14 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

294 charts

Rank Score:

2,269

Rank in 2022:

5

Rank in 2020s:

14

Overall Rank:

761

Average Rating:

 80 (302 votes)

Comments:

18

762.

Evol 

 Sonic Youth

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"One of the most interesting records from their incredible discography. There are still a few traces of their noisy beginnings, but not that much actually. There are melodies here. And damn great ones. This may not be the most instantly rewarding of their indie period, but with time, it clearly be...""One of the most interesting records from their incredible discography. There are still a few traces of their noisy beginnings, but not that much actually. There are melodies here. And damn great ones. This may not be the most instantly rewarding of their indie period, but with time, it clearly becomes one of the best. And the cover is absolutely awesome *o*"  [+]  Reply

- drakonium | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

418 charts

Rank Score:

2,263

Rank in 1986:

11

Rank in 1980s:

112

Overall Rank:

762

Average Rating:

 78 (531 votes)

Comments:

28

763.

Enema Of The State 

 Blink-182

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"I have a soft spot for early-2000s pop-punk. Its the musical equivalent of American Pie, yeah, its a little puerile and its not going to be picking many awards but its a bit of fun."  Reply

- andy_hunter | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

363 charts

Rank Score:

2,258

Rank in 1999:

14

Rank in 1990s:

130

Overall Rank:

763

Average Rating:

 71 (602 votes)

Comments:

40

764.

The Score 

 Fugees

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"Being age 6 the year of its release, one of the best albums a little me could ever hope to get my hands on. Lauryn Hill commands the world's attention with her voice, and proves so with her success considering what little body of work she has relative to other artists."  Reply

- smrtboi2120 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

447 charts

Rank Score:

2,257

Rank in 1996:

11

Rank in 1990s:

131

Overall Rank:

764

Average Rating:

 77 (483 votes)

Comments:

26

765.

Rid Of Me 

 PJ Harvey

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"Albini & PJ Harvey are like the indie rock dream team. I LOVE the production on this album. PJ Harvey had actually been touring with the Jesus Lizard (Albini was their producer at the time) in support of Dry the year prior so I remember not being too surprised at her decision to go all "Man-Size"...""Albini & PJ Harvey are like the indie rock dream team. I LOVE the production on this album. PJ Harvey had actually been touring with the Jesus Lizard (Albini was their producer at the time) in support of Dry the year prior so I remember not being too surprised at her decision to go all "Man-Size" with her sound. As the 4-track demos indicate, she was actually striving for that claustrophobic sound, and Albini simply supports her vision. Love the muscle and dynamics that he adds to her already formidable sound. Rid of Me may even be the pinnacle of the loud-soft-loud dynamic that The Pixies are known for. The sound on the record is so dynamic that it's pretty much aural theater, and it's probably the closest that any early 90s indie rock band got to art rock. It sounds particularly amazing on a good set of speakers"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

437 charts

Rank Score:

2,254

Rank in 1993:

14

Rank in 1990s:

132

Overall Rank:

765

Average Rating:

 79 (552 votes)

Comments:

34

766.

LP1 

 FKA Twigs

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"I'm really liking this album. Really, really liking it. It's classy, it's provocative, it's original, it's terribly sexy, and the production is impeccable. Maybe the lyrics are not brilliant, maybe there are a couple of songs that feel a little underwhelming, but it's still a very competent and o...""I'm really liking this album. Really, really liking it. It's classy, it's provocative, it's original, it's terribly sexy, and the production is impeccable. Maybe the lyrics are not brilliant, maybe there are a couple of songs that feel a little underwhelming, but it's still a very competent and overall cohesive album, at least for me. A very pleasant surprise."  [+]  Reply

- 9999 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

2,254

Rank in 2014:

12

Rank in 2010s:

112

Overall Rank:

766

Average Rating:

 76 (520 votes)

Comments:

31

767.

Only God Was Above Us 

 Vampire Weekend

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"When Vampire Weekend reformed and released Father of the Bride in 2019 I was just glad that my favourite band in my teenage years could still produce fun and exciting music, even if the output was a bit less consistent in quality than the stuff I'd grown to love years earlier. Only God Was Above ...""When Vampire Weekend reformed and released Father of the Bride in 2019 I was just glad that my favourite band in my teenage years could still produce fun and exciting music, even if the output was a bit less consistent in quality than the stuff I'd grown to love years earlier. Only God Was Above Us is a different prospect altogether, we're back to a shorter 10 track structure with each of these brimming with ideas and none having the throwaway quality of some of FotB's worse tracks. There's something else though, I've always found something very warm and reassuring in the band's earliest records and I'm finding it here as well, the baroque pop of Capricorn or Connect feels like the natural next step from Don't Lie and Everlasting Arms. It's a tough quality to completely describe but there's an effortless feel to these tracks, as though they simply grew from the emotions of the band members and the city setting. Maybe losing the pressure of delivering for a big comeback album has helped the band out or maybe they've just fully adjusted to Rostam's departure, either way they really feel back to their full powers here. Through their early records, the improvements in the lyrics really charted the band's overall progress. The self-titled's sometimes anxious commentary on campus life gave way to something more emotionally resonant on Contra, before Modern Vampires of the City took the elaborate lyricism that the band were known for and twisted it into something strangely evocative and profound. Only God Was Above Us comes in at a similar level, there's lots of lines that I couldn't totally explain to you, but I could tell you how they made me feel. It's strong musically as well, the quirks in each of the tracks still hold close to the overall feel of a track and never feel like they were thrown in to try to make a song more interesting. None of the tracks stand out quite as much as Classical, where the multiple tracks of percussion, warm keys and wilder guitars & brass blend in this beautiful way. Ezra's vocals, reaching that mournful but not hopeless place he's so good at getting to, really wrap it all up as one of the band's best ever songs. There's no stand-out bad or even lacklustre tracks across the rest of the record, but it doesn't reach this level again. I'm also not always 100% sure about some of the more dissonant elements on some of these tracks, the final moments of Capricorn are especially guilty of this, as one of the better songs here starts to fall apart under the weight of the sound. Still, these are pretty minor points to make about an indie band which has had to adapt to so many changes in the musical landscape while either on hiatus or between albums. As a teenage Vampire Weekend obsessive I think I built myself up for the release of Modern Vampires of the City more than I have for any album before or since, I got a pleasant surprise with these subsequent two releases where I held much less of an interest in what was coming prior to their release, but with this I've really taken notice again and will be glad to be back on the VW hype train when it next rolls into the station."  [+]  Reply

- JamesMowbray | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

319 charts

Rank Score:

2,252

Rank in 2024:

3

Rank in 2020s:

15

Overall Rank:

767

Average Rating:

 81 (301 votes)

Comments:

15

768.

Wincing The Night Away 

 The Shins

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"The highs on this album are amazing and the opening trio of Sleeping Lessons, Australia and Phantom Limb is one of their best starts to an album ever. Every song is unique and different and that makes for a very interesting listen and I find it very difficult to even be slightly bored while playi...""The highs on this album are amazing and the opening trio of Sleeping Lessons, Australia and Phantom Limb is one of their best starts to an album ever. Every song is unique and different and that makes for a very interesting listen and I find it very difficult to even be slightly bored while playing this record. Lyrically, it is very strong and gives us a lot to explore and they always match up very well with the melodies on each song. However, there are a few tracks which are closer to filler and they don't really have the musical quality of the other songs. Overall, it isn't as good as their other releases but it is closer than people give it credit for and it has a lot of brilliant moments on here. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

365 charts

Rank Score:

2,248

Rank in 2007:

15

Rank in 2000s:

121

Overall Rank:

768

Average Rating:

 77 (523 votes)

Comments:

27

769.

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Exile In Guyville 

 Liz Phair

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"Still sounds as fresh today as it did back in '93. This a great album full of punchy rock'n'roll with a dose of punk. Gritty and great. Excellent."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

388 charts

Rank Score:

2,246

Rank in 1993:

15

Rank in 1990s:

133

Overall Rank:

769

Average Rating:

 77 (452 votes)

Comments:

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770.

Dopethrone 

 Electric Wizard

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""When you get into one of these groups, there's only a couple ways you can get out. One is death, the other is mental institutions.""  Reply

- louisjwyatt | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

275 charts

Rank Score:

2,245

Rank in 2000:

15

Rank in 2000s:

122

Overall Rank:

770

Average Rating:

 80 (335 votes)

Comments:

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Overall Chart composition

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Decade	Albums	%
1930s	2	0%
1940s	34	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	709	7%
1970s	1,424	14%
1980s	1,413	14%
1990s	1,601	16%
2000s	1,726	17%
2010s	1,964	20%
2020s	825	8%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Neil Young	26	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	5,004	50%
	2,654	27%
	431	4%
	336	3%
	221	2%
	157	2%
	134	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,729	97%
Yes	271	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,737	97%
Yes	263	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%