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"Bruce Springsteen's most iconic album, and his breakthrough. It's amazing to think now, that he could have been dropped from his record label if this album had flopped. Fortunately for Springsteen and for us, it didn't, and we have one of the greatest careers in rock/pop music to enjoy. Born to r..." Reply
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1975
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14,277
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"Oh man, what a great album. When I first got my copy I would just listen to it on repeat for days, it never fails to make me happy, the catchy tunes and rockin solos keep me coming back to this day. Ending with such an innocent song about love like Only In Dreams, just sends chills down my spine...." Reply
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Keatownrodriguez | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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14,231
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"This album is the perfect musical manifestation of a snowy winter night where the ground is covered in white and the sky is filled with stars. It's probably the most emotional, gorgeous, and dreamy album ever recorded. The album has many highs, and the highest of those has to be the climax of Viò..." Reply
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1999
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14,115
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"Really good. Like most Neil Young, even the lesser material is better than most other artists' good stuff." Reply
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planetneutral | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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14,059
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"Wow. I blinked for like two months in time buried in work and suddenly Tame Impala became one of the best and most popular bands out there. It's for good reason, Lonerism is outstanding. Within four songs it has you hooked, each with their own approach. They took all the complaints I have about I..." Reply
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ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (13 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2012
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13,662
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"There's a feeling I get from Close to the Edge which I get from very few other albums. There's this feeling that it's bigger than me, almost towering over me. All three songs range from hard-hitting to peaceful at times, sometimes changing mood in the middle of the song. It's apparent that these ..." Reply
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1972
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13,446
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"What I was trying to convey with the slightly awkward comment below is that this is not at all a fun and happy album as some commenters have said. I mean look at the lyric subjects for the first half of the album, we've got: longing (Care of cell 44), loneliness (A Rose for Emily), jealousy (Mayb..." Reply
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1968
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13,222
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"The amount of different ideas and aspects that get explored on this record is phenomenal. Not just one of my favourite ever hip-hip records but one of my favourite records of all time. It goes from smooth, classic sounding hip-hop to new, modern and disjointed sounding (which is extremely good); ..." Reply
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Sometype | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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"A modern classic. Part Television, and as is often noted, part-Joy Division. Not a bad combination of influences. It's probably less 'important' than Is This It in the history of the early 2000s indie-revival, but in my opinion this is the better album. Darker, more mysterious. Leif Erikson in pa..." Reply
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2002
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12,702
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"Homogenic is the strongest album by Björk. If you are not blown away by the first four tracks beauty and power then turn around. Björk is then not for you. This album is in my all time top 10." Reply
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1997
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,415 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,397 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,589 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,728 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,990 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 833 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 42 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 36 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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5,027 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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427 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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156 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
Up 3 from 81st to 78th |
Up 3 from 72nd to 69th |
Up 2 from 96th to 94th |
Up 2 from 95th to 93rd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 92nd to 95th |
Down 2 from 69th to 71st |
Down 2 from 94th to 96th |
Down 2 from 98th to 100th |
Down 1 from 27th to 28th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
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