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1972
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1951
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2008
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1978
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2007
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"Great debut from a side project band. Shawn Smith is a fantastic vocalist. This is up there with a lot of the other albums of the early 90's. Reminds me a tad of Screaming Trees. Starts really well with the first few songs then dips a bit. Good album overall though. Pathed the way for their 2nd f..."  [+]  Reply
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1993
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1989
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1985
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"Mercury Falling is one of Sting's weaker works. The set of songs aren't memorable and most feed into the perception that Sting is pretentious. Singles like I'm So Happy I Cant Stop Crying are corny. Hung My Head and Hounds of Winter are good songs. I generally skip over this album in the Sting ca..."  [+]  Reply
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1996
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2023
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