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1986
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"In the 80's, you weren't cool without this album. Stan Ridgeway was different from anyone, and this record was as on the edge as LA New Wave would ever really get."  Reply
- Romanelli | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 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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1982
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"Beautiful, shattering, remorseful about the dire state of things but strangely hopeful in the end, a warm wooly blanket that actually has something important to say but doesn't wallow in feigned misery- a masterstroke from a promising artist who has finally come into her own."  Reply
- cestuneblague | 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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2019
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"Pretty much a mess, with occasional glimmers of better. Would never have guessed had I heard it new that I would be listening to this band as much as anyone for the next 50 years. I own it for completeness, but listen to it as duty once in a long while."  Reply
- Taosjohn | 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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1968
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1980
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2000
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2011
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"I was really surprised when I first heard this. After several albums where I thought they had got into a rut and maybe even lost interest they produced what I think is a collection of excellent and varied songs with many a bit different from their earlier work. Violins and Tambourines, In a Momen..."  [+]  Reply
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2013
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2004
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"Good pop/rock album. Best 10 songs average is 83,0/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best song is "That's freedom" 90/100, followed by "All our sons and daughters" and "The time has come" both 85/100. All other songs in the average region of 75-80/100, except last song "Time and money" poor ..."  [+]  Reply
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1990
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