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"I find myself wishing he'd commit to either ambient or post-rock, because the fence-sitting sometimes means the songs only really work as background music. But I'm enjoying it all the same."  Reply
- zdwyatt | 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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2010
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1945
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"John and Phil could hardly have been a bundle of fun during these sessions but what a fantastic set of soulful, sad tunes they produced. So much emotion, especially Hurt In Your Heart & Baby Please Come Home. Don't put this on if you've just blown a meaningful relationship...or on second thoughts..."  [+]  Reply
- HarryBarrel | 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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1980
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1997
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"This must be one of the first collections of recordings on record that was referred to as an album. Not sure but certainly non classical wise I'd guess. It's basically an anthology of 6 previously released singles on 78. Sometime later it would be possible to issue a collection like this on singl..."  [+]  Reply
- Graeme2 | 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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1938
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"This atmospheric rock album would become the midway between their previous doom metal albums and their latest prog-rock album. Throughout the album, most songs have similar haunting keyboards and piano, fascinating acoustic guitars and sometimes aggressive, sometimes calm electric guitars. These,..."  [+]  Reply
- manurock | 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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1998
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"Oh man the tender, wistful, wondrous beauty of this album is extraordinary. It's done so perfectly that the fact that it's a bit one-note doesn't bother me. All of Obel's albums are soft pools of angelic loveliness, and this may be the best album she's made yet. Check it out, people."  Reply
- Mercury | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 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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2016
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1987
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1997
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"Okay so when Fleshwater, a Vein.fm post-hardcore/alternative metal side project, dropped "demo" I was ecstatic. The demo version of "Linda Claire" sounded like the perfect merge of 90s hardcore and late 2010s indie female vocals. With enough DIY muddiness in the mix that it sounded unique and com..."  [+]  Reply
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2022
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Overall Chart composition

Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. R.E.M.
16. The Beach Boys
17. Kanye West
18. Bruce Springsteen
19. The Cure
20. Pixies