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1997
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135
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"Olivier Messiaen was unusual, even for a 20th century composer, in that he was both a music theorist and an ornithologist. He made several compositions purporting to be transcriptions of birdsong recordings into music, mostly for piano and flute; this album contains most of his birdsong-based pia..."  [+]  Reply
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1994
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1984
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2008
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2011
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1957
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2003
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2009
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"Born out of the 90's brit-pop movement, "All Change" was Cast's debut album. It's a pretty good album too, with a number of good tracks. "Sandstorm" is probably the pick of the bunch. Three Stars!"  Reply
- craigwramsay | 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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1995
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"Alison has a wonderful voice and Union Station provides the best backing you could possibly receive. This fantastic Bluegrass album (and bluegrass in general) needs more respect from BEA."  Reply
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2002
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