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"This is his best album for me - consistently hits an emotional depth not seen on his other records. As far as break-up albums go, this is up there with the very best."  Reply
- SleepDealer | 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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2012
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1945
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2024
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"‘3’ is oddly enough album number 4 and is purely one for the VF aficionado’s I’d fully recommend skipping this one and going straight to 1991’s excellent ‘Why Do Birds Sing?’"  Reply
- Brad1770 | 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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1989
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"Few artists have been as influential at Don and Phil were to popular music. By The time they released It’s Everly Time, they had already made their mark with hits like “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake Up Little Susie.” On their third LP, they just seemed to perfect their art. Opening with the Don Everly ..."  [+]  Reply
- meccalecca | 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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1960
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1983
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"Words cannot describe how obsessed I was with this compilation album as a child. Everything from the cover to the track selection and their sequence, including the amazing b-sides Fortune Faded and Save the Population, is perfect. It is also the only Chili Peppers release that is the home to one ..."  [+]  Reply
- SomethingSpecial | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 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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2003
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2011
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2009
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"This is basically a set of enormous festival fillers and hard club bangers that come together and deliver and intense, bizarre and sometime a psychedelic experience. They combined the extended dance-floor workouts from their revitalizing previous record "Further" with some really new good pop son..."  [+]  Reply
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2015
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Overall Chart composition

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1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. R.E.M.
16. The Beach Boys
17. Kanye West
18. Bruce Springsteen
19. The Cure
20. Pixies