Overall Chart
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"An overlooked disco album, up here with the best. It contains some of the most inspired tracks of the style like "Angel In My Pocket" or the instrumental epic "The End"." Reply
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"Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2024 Grammys. the winner was Midnights by Taylor Swift" Reply
"Despite the impressive role call of support artists here (Chad Smith, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Benmont Tench and Stevie Wonder) Edward Louise Severson The Third dishes up the quintessential mixed bag album with the good (“Try”, “Power of Right”, “The Haves”, “Mrs Mills”), the bad (“Brother the Cl..." [+] Reply
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"It’s taken Jack Antonoff four years but he finally gets ‘Gone Now’ out of his system with the help of a few high profile friends (Lana Del Rey / The Boss) to give us a post breakup album with 10 neat organic tracks dripping with substance and style. For an excellent Springsteen tribute look no fu..." [+] Reply
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"The Joy Formidable have so much potential, I just hope that one day they are able to realize their full potential, and I think they will. They have a great sound, kind of a Muse mixed with My Bloody Valentine thing, loud, fuzzy guitar riffs and pounding drums with loud, proclaiming songs. This is..." [+] Reply
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"A nice little album from Beth Orton. Predominantly an acoustic Laurel Canyon type record with some nice songs. Not brilliant, but very good." Reply
"I always try and avoid albums with 'featured' artists, always looks like 'help I've run out of ideas' to me. Two good tracks here, Game of Love and Victory is Won. The 'Feat.' Chad Kroeger one is OK too. I really hate 'featuring' what is wrong with 'with'??" Reply
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"This is no way her best album but at time of writing this, that is where it is placed. Her 70's albums are better and Love Hurts is a better album." Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,602 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,724 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,965 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 824 | 8% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 26 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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5,001 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 2016 | |
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| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Frank Ocean | |
| 4. Car Seat Headrest | |
| 5. Danny Brown | |
| 6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | |
| 7. Nick Cave | |
| 8. Bon Iver | |
| 9. Kanye West | |
| 10. Beyoncé |
