The Ape Of Naples
by Coil

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The Ape Of Naples by Coil
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-12-02
Overall rank: 2,423rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 133 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (49th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (397th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,423rd)

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Overall rank: 2,423rd | 2000s rank: 397th | 2005 rank: 49th  Overall chart history
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79/100 (from 133 votes)
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From 04/05/2021 02:35 | #268220 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It's pretty rare album art draws me in this deep. I just did a very cursory review of some of my collection, and none of the art hits me like this one. Dare I say, side by side, it makes a lot of album art look like just something that everyone sends with an album because they have to. I like the idea of album art complementing the music to this extent, guiding my thought along through another dimension of the music experience.

In terms of the tunes, I like everything on here, but I don't love all of it. The real killer tracks though are the ones with the production where sounds seem to reach out of my desktop speakers. (Edited)
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From 08/28/2018 11:04 | #220189 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is beautiful music, the last three tracks really do it for me especially Going Up with those amazingly high vocals which just seem otherworldly. And I give such a high rating because I love when an album both starts and finishes so strongly. Not to mention there are fantastic songs found all throughout this with Heaven's blade maybe just being the weakest (But still amazing).

Definitely one of my favourites and the rating could increase the more I listen to it. 9/10 for now.
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