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2018
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"An eclectic, eccentric collaboration of former Dresden Dolls member and pop piano tunesmith Ben Folds comes up just short of hitting the mark. The weird and wonderful are topics du jour. Some guests show up, including Dead Kennedys drummer East Bay Ray and St. Vincent's Annie Clark, but it mostly..."  [+]  Reply
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2008
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1985
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"Lionel had a dream ... he "had an A-W-E-S-O-M-E Dream". The title cut is so saccharine that dentists paid Richie royalties for all the dentures it caused. This is where Richie lost all credibility as anything more than a schlockmeister."  Reply
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1986
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2022
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1989
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Nirvana 
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2002
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112
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"great album, underrated...forget "Short people" this album is full of gems..my fav: "Jolly Coppers on Parade" and 'In Germany before the war", "Texas girl at the funeral of her father"."  Reply
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1977
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"This album from two prominent members of the Who and The Small Faces, is really a little gem. For Ronnie Lane the album came at a point in his career when his Slim Chance project more or less econimically lay in ruins; and worse his multiple sclerosis had just been diagnosed. For Pete Townshend t..."  [+]  Reply
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1977
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2016
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Overall Chart composition

Best Albums of 1974
1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
5. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
6. Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
7. A Tábua De Esmeralda by Jorge Ben
8. Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
9. Diamond Dogs by David Bowie
10. Queen II by Queen
11. Here Come The Warm Jets by Eno
12. Mirage by Camel
13. Radio City by Big Star
14. Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
15. Kimono My House by Sparks
16. No Other by Gene Clark
17. Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder
18. Autobahn by Kraftwerk
19. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson
20. Apostrophe (') by Frank Zappa