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2023
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1958
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"This is one of those oft-forgotten alt-rock 90s albums which blend catchy instrumentation and hooks for an album which should be vying for most people's 90s top 100. The album is often thrown away as a one-song wonder ("closing time"), but that's not the case. It's a solid album throughout."  Reply
- paladisiac | 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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1998
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2019
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1977
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"A hard album to put into words. Beautiful ?? Atmospheric ?? Hypnotic ?? The sense of underlying darkness ?? Whatever it may be this is a brilliant album. Just keeps growing on me and gets better every time. Prog rock on a heavier scale."  Reply
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2003
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1987
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The Singles 
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2016
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"This is the greatest singer-songwriter album you've never heard. I don't know where it can be purchased, but for the love of God, find it. Jeff Ham, the leader of this band of miscreants, wrote some unbelievably good songs, recorded them with some friends, halfheartedly toured around Chicago and ..."  [+]  Reply
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2002
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2015
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