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"This is one of a handful of cases where their album was just as good, and highly similar stylistically, as their last album; and yet, i liked the album a bit less because i've become a bit tired of the "formula". This is simply a "ho hum / show me something new" reaction to an otherwise solid boo..."  [+]  Reply
- paladisiac | 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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2008
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"Hmmm. Just give us the music. As it was live. Pointless animal and insect noises with ridiculous and intentionally obvious backing vox at times, added later is just dumb. When it's just the unfiltered and raw music, it's fine. It's either live or it's not. I just don't get the concept, or maybe w..."  [+]  Reply
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2016
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1959
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"The most addicting album I've ever heard; I can listen multiple times on repeat and never get even a little tired of it. Masterful as both pop and rock, an album that doesn't sound quite like anything else, full of unique character."  Reply
- bigeyedfish | 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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2006
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1959
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2001
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1988
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2007
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2002
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"A good compilation with the addition of some previously unreleased, live and demo tracks. My only gripe would be to include Buildings Have Eyes instead of Who's That? or After All."  Reply
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Overall Chart composition

Best Artists of 1965
1. Bob Dylan
2. The Beatles
3. John Coltrane
4. Otis Redding
5. Nina Simone
6. The Beach Boys
7. The Byrds
8. The Who
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Vince Guaraldi
11. The Sonics
12. Albert Ayler
13. Albert Ayler Trio
14. Jackson C. Frank
15. The Kinks
16. B.B. King
17. Bert Jansch
18. The Yardbirds
19. John Fahey
20. Smokey Robinson