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""So I leave my possessions to the wind / And I'm done with ever wanting anything / Well I can die satisfied / No desires do I hide / Not today, not today / Nor for the next one thousand lives." So Devendra Banhart proclaims in "Seahorse," and if all you knew were the lyrics, you'd be sure this wa..."  [+]  Reply
- buzzdainer | 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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2007
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1997
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"I have been after a decent vinyl copy of this album for years! Finally, at last, picked up a near mint copy at a second hand vinyl shop yesterday. It is an excellent album with, as the title would suggest, a bit of a middle eastern theme to it. Ship of Fools is undoubtedly the high point but the ..."  [+]  Reply
- Junomoogmello | 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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1988
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1992
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"Some of the music is a little of its time, and there is a heavy debt to the original which, in places, comes off as a little heavy-handed, but this is an album full of melodic hooks and charming electronica. Excellent."  Reply
- DJFresh-Rock | 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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1997
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1994
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2004
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1968
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1982
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"Former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp blends the sound that would have been Songs From the Black Hole and the sound of Pinkerton and makes a formidable debut album. Please That Be You and Brilliant Boy are the best tracks, but find the slow acoustic version of The Love I'm Searching For if you want to..."  [+]  Reply
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1995
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Overall Chart composition

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