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147
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2.99
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6
5-Star Albums
3
1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Sunbather
Deafheaven
5 2.87 +2.13
Blackwater Park
Opeth
5 3.03 +1.97
O
Damien Rice
5 3.23 +1.77
Música, Gramática, Gimnasia
Dënver
5 3.29 +1.71
Voodoo
D'Angelo
5 3.29 +1.71
Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
5 3.56 +1.44
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
SOPHIE
4 2.77 +1.23
Symbolic
Death
4 2.79 +1.21
Espaloian
Itoiz
4 2.88 +1.12
10,000 gecs
100 gecs
4 2.88 +1.12

You Love Less Than Most

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Continuum
John Mayer
1 3.1 -2.1
Stories
Avicii
1 2.55 -1.55
Rainbow Brain
GRiZ
1 2.43 -1.43
Wincing The Night Away
The Shins
2 3.42 -1.42
Hadestown
Anaïs Mitchell
2 3.21 -1.21
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
of Montreal
2 3.21 -1.21
The Mollusk
Ween
2 3.18 -1.18
One Time for All Time
65daysofstatic
2 3.17 -1.17
10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2 3.14 -1.14
Shallow Bed
Dry the River
2 3.12 -1.12

5-Star Albums (6)

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This is my record, the one I submitted. What can I say that hasn't been said by far better music writers? This album was both the peak in quality and the tip of the spear of what Chilean Indie Pop was all about between mid 00's and the following decade. What I would ask of my fellow users is to put themselves in context, in the waning years of 00's, in a post adolescence atmosphere, lovingly quoted in "Los Adolescentes", probably the album's best known song. Back then, Chile was ready to take advantage of what the post dictatorship in the 90's had built: a system that never fulfilled its promise of a better country. In the mid 00's came the generation that didn't remember anything of the dictatorship because they weren't born yet or were barely conscious, too little to absorb the anxiety. They had to live in a failed educational system, though, full of broken promises. Endure not one but two economic crises. And yet, they had the internet, the fastest in the continent which meant access to a whole array of communication systems and the eagerness and will to take advantage of them. Napster was a thing, Kazaa and others too. ICQ, messenger plus and sms texting. This was a generation of interconnect. Information (and musical influences) was flying fast across boundaries. No wonder 2006 and 2011 saw the biggest student protests in the history of the country. And yet, this record and most of the explosion of Chilean Indie Pop felt hopeful. There is lushness and playfulnessin the arrangements, the instruments and their interplay feels both violent and tender. There's hope in here as well as disappointment. There are songs about daydreaming, romanticism, fights, and angst all living in perfect sync with buzzy and dirty synths, ethereal voices and gorgeous melodies. It's as if dënver actually managed to capture the ineffable essence of a certain adolescence. Quite the feat.

Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell

Surprisingly annoying.

Sunbather by Deafheaven

Great fucking record. I love the way it interchanges the noise with the melodies. During the course of this project I've confirmed what I knew, but couldn't put quite into words: I don't care about the genre or the style, what I like and react to the most are melodies. Right around the time this record came out I was exploring death metal courtesy of Opeth. Exploring the genre and styles related to it I came around Alcest, Agalloch and other bands that put the effort in the melodies rather than de overwhelming noise. The Sunbather came out and became one of those records that you just have to put on again right after it ends with the last track.

The Simple Plan by August is Falling

This is an EP. auto removal feature should be a thing.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Only 4% of albums received 5 stars. Average rating: 2.99.