Albums reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 361 Reddit reviews across 21 subreddits and 46 posts to rank the best Albums brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/MusicRecommendations, r/deftones, r/musicsuggestions, r/fantanoforever, r/EDM. Top-rated brands include Deftones (4.8/5), Pink Floyd (5.0/5), Tool (5.0/5).

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Reviews361
Subreddits21
Posts46
Brands76
Products96
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#1

Deftones

4.8
(72)
"Saturday Night Wrist!! There is not other answer in my opinion."
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"I started with white pony and i have no regrets, it got me into the band and now i fw anything deftones"
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"Around The Fur"
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"Diamond eyes always"
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"Around The Fur Adrenaline Deftones White Pony Whatever"
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"Around the fur for sure"
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"White pony got me deeper into deftones"
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"White fucking Pony"
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"I started with White Pony as recommended by a friend. Safe to say it worked on me lol."
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"First album I fully listened to front to back was Around the Fur and I absolutely fell in love."
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#2

Pink Floyd

5.0
(22)
"Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon."
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"Wish you were here album - Pink Floyd"
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"Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon."
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"Wish you were here & The Wall - Pink Floyd"
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"Pink Floyd - The Wall is a great headphone experience"
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"Dark Side of the Moon by PF"
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"The Dark Side Of The Moon By Pink Floyd (It's heavy with instrumentals and solos)"
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"All deserve to be on a headphone listening list."
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"Just about any Pink Floyd album."
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"Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd"
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#3

Tool

5.0
(13)
"Tool - Fear Innoculum."
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"Tool - Aenima for Prog Metal"
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"Fear Inoculum - Tool"
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"Tool - Lateralus"
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"Tool - Ænima"
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"Tool - Fear innoculum"
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"Best sure is Lateralus by TOOL, Dopesmoker by Sleep and Relentless Mutation by Archspire"
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"TOOL - Lateralus"
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"Lateralus and Ænema by Tool"
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"Ænima-Tool."
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#4

Mac Miller

4.8
(13)
"Swimming by Mac miller. Fucking production masterpiece."
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"Circles for sure."
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"Swimming is an absolute must."
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"Swimming Circles Faces"
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"Swimming, divine feminine, WMWTSO"
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"1. Faces 2. Swimming 3. GO:OD AM"
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"I’d pick: Swimming"
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"The album that hooked me was Circles."
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"I’d pick: Faces"
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"Swimming Good AM Faces"
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#5

The Dead

5.0
(11)
"The best Dead studio albums are American Beauty and Workingman's Dead."
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"Live/Dead for Ice Death."
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"American Beauty and Workingman’s Dead."
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"For live Dead start with Europe 72 and Without a Net."
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"Europe 72 is the best live album."
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"Live/Dead is a great 60s live album."
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"Europe 72 and Cornell 77 are rightfully mentioned numerous times here."
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"American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are two great albums."
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"Check out Live/Dead & Europe 72 (both live albums) for a taste of some of their best."
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"Probably American Beauty imo."
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#6

Metallica

5.0
(7)
"For metal I would say Master of Puppets the album."
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"Metallica - Master of Puppets for Metal"
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"Ride The Lightning"
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"Any thing on Metallica "Ride The Lightning" or "Master Of Puppets""
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"Any thing on Metallica "Ride The Lightning" or "Master Of Puppets""
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"Try Metallica’s Master of Puppets or Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light—they’ll keep your pace up."
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"Ride The Lightning"
#7

The Beatles

5.0
(7)
"Revolver and Abbey Road may be some of the best mixed albums."
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"Sargent Pepper & Abbey Road - Beatles"
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"Is a true delight in "rediscovering" an album that you thought you knew backwards and forwards."
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"Abby Road"
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"Beatles: Revolver, Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road"
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"Beatles: Revolver, Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road"
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"Sgt Pepper"
#8

Daft Punk

5.0
(7)
"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories, Tron Legacy Soundtrack"
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"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories"
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"Discovery - Daft Punk"
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"Everyone putting Daft Punk’s Discovery here but that came out 23 years ago y’all."
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"Daft Punk- Discovery"
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"Daft Punk - Discovery."
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#9

Portishead

4.9
(7)
"Dummy by Portishead (electronic/downtempo)"
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"Portishead - Dummy"
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"- Portishead - Dummy"
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"Portishead - Dummy"
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"Dummy"
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"Dummy - Portishead"
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#10

Aphex Twin

4.4
(7)
"Milk Man is a necessary listen no doubt about that"
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"I’ve been into Drukqs lately. What an astoundingly great record"
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"Richard D James Album - Aphex Twin is a great electronic IDM album."
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"For the album it's drukqs for the song it's Beautiful japanese people"
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"I think the Richard D James album encapsulates Aphex Twin probably more than any other album."
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"Favorite album is druqks and favorite song is Girl/Boy Song"
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"Milk man - Aphex twin Analord series - afx"
#11

Massive Attack

5.0
(6)
"Trip hop: mezzanine by massive attack"
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"This a such a perfect album to start exploring Trip Hop closely followed by Mazzaine by Massive Attack."
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"All sound impeccable imo"
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"Massive Attack - Mezzanine"
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"Massive Attack - Mezzanine"
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"100%."
#12

Miles Davis

5.0
(6)
"Miles Davis - Kind of Blue"
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"Always thought Kind Of Blue was the only entire Modal album."
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"[Kind of Blue-Miles Davis]"
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#13

Nine Inch Nails

5.0
(6)
"Industrial rock/alternative rock: Nine inch nails - Pretty hate machine"
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"NIN - Pretty Hate Machine"
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"Nine inch nails - the downward spiral."
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"Check out TDS - NIN."
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"Pretty Hate Machine - NIN"
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"The Downward Spiral, by NIN"
#14

Steely Dan

5.0
(5)
"Steely Dan. Aja is my personal fave"
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"Steely Dan - Aja"
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"Aja by Steely Dan is still a benchmark in production."
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"Aja (Steely Dan)"
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#15

Stevie Ray Vaughan

5.0
(5)
"Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather."
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"Couldn’t stand the weather by stevie ray vaughan will do a lot of heavy lifting for you."
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"Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood"
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"Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood."
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#16

Jeff Buckley

4.8
(5)
"Grace - Jeff Buckley"
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"Grace by Jeff Buckley."
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"Grace- Jeff Buckley"
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"Grace - Jeff Buckley"
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#17

Radiohead

5.0
(4)
"RadioHead - OK Computer"
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"OK Computer - Radiohead"
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"OK Computer"
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#18

Rage Against the Machine

5.0
(4)
"Whenever I get new headphones I listen to RATM! Self titled or Battle of Los Angeles."
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"Rage Against The Machine self titled."
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#19

Fleetwood Mac

5.0
(4)
"Solely for THAT bass solo"
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"Fleetwood Mac - Rumours"
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"Fleetwood Mac—Rumours"
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"Rumors by Fleetwood Mac"
#20

Burial

5.0
(4)
"Listen to Burial - Untrue with your new headphones."
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"Burial - Untrue"
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"Burial - Untrue"
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#21

Magdalena Bay

5.0
(4)
"Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay"
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"Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay"
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"Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay"
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"Magdalena Bay's Imaginal Disk is probably one of the most complete albums."
#22

Beck

5.0
(4)
"Beck-Sea Change"
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"Beck - 'Sea Change'."
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#23

B.B. King

5.0
(4)
"B. B. King - Live at Cook County Jail."
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"Live at Cook County Jail - BB King."
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"BB King - Live at the Regal"
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"B.B. King Live at the Regal."
#24

Porter Robinson

4.8
(4)
"Porter Robinson - Worlds and Nurture"
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"Porter Robinson - Worlds"
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"I would also add Porter Robinson’s Worlds here."
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"Porter Robinson - Worlds are some widely agreed on choices."
#25

Pixies

5.0
(3)
"Pixies - Doolittle, Surfer Rosa"
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"Doolittle - Pixies"
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"Doolittle - Pixies"
#26

Green Day

5.0
(3)
"American Idiot- Green Day"
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"American Idiot - Green Day (2004)"
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"American Idiot"
#27

Stevie Wonder

5.0
(3)
"Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder covers several genres"
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"Stevie Wonder-songs in the key of life"
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"Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of life"
#28

Mcbaise

5.0
(3)
"Tubes - mcbaise"
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"Tubes - Mcbaise"
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#29

Smashing Pumpkins

5.0
(3)
"For alternative rock would recommend smashing pumpkins Siamese Dream"
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"Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream"
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"Siamese Dreams -Smashing Pumpkins."
#30

Counting Crows

5.0
(3)
"Counting Crows August and Everything After"
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"Counting Crows - August and everything after"
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"Counting Crows- August and Everything After"
#31

Albert King

5.0
(3)
"Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign."
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"Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign."
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"1- born under a bad sign by albert king."
#32

Prince

5.0
(3)
"The production is phenomenal!"
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"Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution"
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"Prince - Purple rain"
#33

Marilyn Manson

5.0
(3)
"Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson"
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"Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar"
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#34

Muddy Waters

5.0
(3)
"Muddy Waters/Hard Again (w/Johnny Winter)."
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"Muddy Waters- Hard Again."
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"Hard Again - Muddy Waters."
#35

JID

5.0
(3)
"JID-The Forever Story, The Never Story, DiCaprio 2"
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"The forever story - jid"
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"The Forever Story - JID"
#36

My Bloody Valentine

5.0
(3)
"- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless"
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"My Bloody Valentine - Loveless"
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"My Bloody Valentine - Loveless"
#37

Donald Fagen

5.0
(3)
"The Nightfly by Donald Fagen (yes, of Steely Dan fame). 40 years later and it’s still frequently used as a system test recording."
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"The Nightfly - Donald Fagen"
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#38

D-Sturb

5.0
(3)
"D-Sturb - Through My Veins"
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"Through My Veins by D-Sturb"
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"D-Sturb: Through my Veins"
#39

David Bowie

5.0
(3)
"Low by David Bowie is the best album ever made."
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"Also David Bowie’s Low if you haven’t."
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"David Bowie- Low"
#40

Lauryn Hill

5.0
(3)
"*The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill* by Lauryn Hill. This album is a masterpiece..."
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"Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill"
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#41

Carly Rae Jepsen

5.0
(3)
"Emotion by carly rae jepsen"
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"Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion"
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"Carly Rae - Emotion"
#42

The Cure

5.0
(3)
"Desintigration - The Cure"
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"Disintegration - The Cure"
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"Disintegration -The Cure."
#43

Garbage

5.0
(3)
"Garbage - Version 2.0"
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"Version 2.0 - Garbage"
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"Version 2.0 - Garbage"
#44

Alice In Chains

5.0
(3)
"Dirt - Alice in Chains"
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"Dirt and Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains"
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#45

Alan Parsons Project

5.0
(3)
"I Robot by Alan Parsons Project"
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"Alan Parsons - I , Robot"
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"I Robot by Alan Parsons Project."
#46

Björk

5.0
(3)
"Björk - Post"
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"Or for something more accessible maybe try Decide - Djo or Post - Björk."
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"Bjork - "Post";"
#47

Justice

4.7
(3)
"Justice - Cross"
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"Justice - Cross"
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"Justice - Cross."
#48

The Flaming Lips

4.7
(3)
"If I’ve recommended it once I’ve recommended it a hundred times. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - the flaming lips"
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"I'm gonna go off the Ween script and go with the album 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'."
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#49

Boston

4.7
(3)
"Boston - Boston"
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"Boston: Boston"
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"Boston by Boston"
#50

ODESZA

4.7
(3)
"Odesza - A Moment Apart"
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"ODESZA - A Moment Apart"
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"ODESZA - A Moment Apart."
#51

Saba

5.0
(2)
"Saba, CARE FOR ME."
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#52

The National

5.0
(2)
"I would start by listening to every album by The National starting with Trouble Will Find you and Sleep Well Beast."
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"Every album by The National starting with Trouble Will Find you."
#53

McCoy Tyner

5.0
(2)
"McCoy Tyner’s The Real McCoy is another good example."
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#54

Flint Meadow Lane

5.0
(2)
"Flint Meadow Lane."
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"Flint Meadow Lane"
#55

Flume

5.0
(2)
"Flume - Skin"
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"Flume - Skin"
#56

Coldworld

5.0
(2)
"Coldworld - Melancholie"
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"But i want to recommend Coldworld - melancholie²"
#57

Animals as Leaders

5.0
(2)
"The AAL album is the one I usually use to try out new equipment."
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"A great album (in my opinion, at least) that I think you probably haven't heard before."
#58

Necrophagist

5.0
(2)
"Buying epitaph on cd was the best thing i ever did"
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"Epitaph by Necrophagist is a masterpiece in my opinion, definietly worth a listen."
#59

Cult of Luna

5.0
(2)
"Fantastic atmosludge/post-metal album about male loneliness"
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#60

Porcupine Tree

5.0
(2)
"*Fear of a Blank Planet* by Porcupine Tree"
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"Porcupine tree -Fear of a blank planet."
#61

Origami Angel

5.0
(2)
"Feeling Not Found - Origami Angel"
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"Origami Angel came through with another FANTASTIC album with Feeling Not Found."
#62

IDLES

5.0
(2)
"Joy as an Act of Resistance by IDLES"
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#63

Santana

5.0
(2)
"Santana - Abraxas"
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"Abraxas - Santana."
#64

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

5.0
(2)
"Nonagon infinity - king gizzard and the lizard wizard"
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"King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity"
#65

Bring Me The Horizon

5.0
(2)
"Post human nex gen - bring me the horizon"
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"Bring me the horizon’s newest album, Post Human: Nex Gen"
#66

Robert Johnson

5.0
(2)
"Complete recordings of Robert Johnson."
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"Robert Johnson: Complete Recordings."
#67

Boards of Canada

5.0
(2)
"Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children"
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#68

Steven Wilson

5.0
(2)
"Steven Wilson - *Hand. Cannot. Erase.* (2015)"
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"Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase."
#69

Clutch

5.0
(2)
"Clutch - Blast Tyrant. That shits for the BOYS"
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"Clutch - Blast Tyrant"
#70

Earl Sweatshirt

4.5
(2)
"Earl Sweatshirt, Some Rap Songs."
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#71

Pestilence

4.5
(2)
"Consuming Impulse (1989)"
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"Consuming Impulse by Pestilence is also great"
#72

Carcass

4.5
(2)
"1993 — Heartwork"
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"Carcass -Heartwork"
#73

Animal Collective

4.5
(2)
"Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective"
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"Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion"
#74

Will Wood

4.5
(2)
"The Normal Album-Will Wood"
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"The Normal Album - Will Wood (pretty good)"
#75

Puscifer

4.5
(2)
"Puscifer “D” is for Dubby or any of the albums."
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#76

Muse

4.0
(2)

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