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"One of the most underrated debut albums ever. How many other songwriters make such a mature and fully formed record like this first time round . There's hints of Randy Newman and Tom Waits here, but it's mostly unique to Wainwright himself. Foolish love, is a stunning opener, and it's the first o..."  [+]  Reply
- garycottier | 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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1998
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"This was a slow burner for me as not what I expected. A different rendition from earlier albums with this being mellower, even folkier on a few tracks. This is due to the total absence of any guttural vocals but they still maintain their skilled music complexity. Decent; just took me a while to w..."  [+]  Reply
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"Although Jane Siberry (now Issa) has faded from my playlist, she had a great impact on me in the 1980's. Although No Borders and The Speckless Sky were heavily produced, there was still so much melody, lyrical content, and Jane's marvelous voice shining through. The Walking had some great materia..."  [+]  Reply
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1996
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2022
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1996
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2016
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