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2009
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157
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1985
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157
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"Pop/rock with a bit of electronic and generally catchy songs that create an entertaining album to listen to. I missed the Teardrop Explodes but remembered Trampolene and World Shut Your Mouth, bought this recently and impressed enough after listening to have caught up on The Teardrop Explodes stu..."  [+]  Reply
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1987
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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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1973
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1984
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2018
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"Like their other albums, I don't entirely understand whats going on, but I think its amazing none the less. I actually find it kind of funny, as the Boredoms do their own impression of the whole "cock rock" thing"  Reply
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1992
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1986
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2017
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