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1982
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"The three albums would have made a good double album or a fantastic single album. As it is, listening to the three albums back to back, by track 5 of this album I'm tired of Green Day. So I took a break (meeting at work) came back. The album finishes very strong."  Reply
- Listmeister | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 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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2012
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2009
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"Good album. Best 10 songs average is 80,0/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Best song is "Right here, right now" 90/100, followed by "Who? Where? Why?", "International..." and "Nothing to hold me" all 80/100. All other songs average 75/100, except "Stripped" poor 50/100 only. Genre: Alternat..."  [+]  Reply
- Eastwood | 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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1991
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1978
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"Another great album from Jens, easily on a par with his last offering, even if not quite as thrillingly uplifting and beautiful as his first two records. Interesting arrangements and unconventional song structures make his already great songwriting even more compelling."  Reply
- flamingyesdept | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 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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2017
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"Great album which could so easily be Pink Floyd. Such a shame that Waters was so pre-occupied with war and the death of his father that it overshadowed later work with Floyd and his solo works."  Reply
- Junomoogmello | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 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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2000
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"This was like nothing I had ever heard. Mossiman's playing was like sledgehammer. Gira was the singer I didn't want to be because his world sonded so terrifying. I loved the danger of this album."  Reply
- lancashirearab | 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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1984
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2011
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"Very strong compilation of the band's best material from their best period before they went a little too AOR for my taste. Even then, a bunch of great songs didn't make the cut—Introduction, Old Days, I'm a Man, Questions 67 and 68 just to name a few. Chicago was really on top of their game in th..."  [+]  Reply
- MetaKoopa99 | 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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1975
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