SILENT SHOUT The Knife (2006)"A much darker, more ambitious set of songs than the Knife's previous work, the album finds the duo stretching their sonics and downplaying the overt poppiness of Deep Cuts and The Knife. Truly unique -- even for a group as different as this one is -- Silent Shout is the Knife's most compelling work yet.
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THERE IS LOVE IN YOU Four Tet (2010)"There Is Love in You is an accomplished, beautiful record. Vocals, where they appear, are wordless and textural; the few samples are glitchy but warm and hypnotic." - John Bush, AllMusic
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AMERIKKKA'S MOST WANTED Ice Cube (1990)"AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is a timeless, riveting exercise in anger, honesty, and the sociopolitical possibilities of hip-hop." - David Jeffries, AllMusic
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ON AVERY ISLAND Neutral Milk Hotel (1996)"an inscrutable concept album, a chronicle of an insular world told in a remarkably universal language. A fuzzy masterpiece of experimental lo-fi recording" - Jason Ankeny, AllMusic
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INTIMACY Bloc Party (2008)"it's a breakup album that gives personal situations a political heft." - Heather Phares, AllMusic
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HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED Bob Dylan (1965)"proved that rock & roll needn't be collegiate and tame in order to be literate, poetic, and complex" - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Editor
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ILLINOISE Sufjan Stevens (2005)"like many of history's most untrustworthy wordsmiths, he somehow manages to switch the opportunist off and turn on the human being each time the listener gets suspicious of his intentions. " - James Christopher Monger, AllMusic
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WHITNEY Whitney Houston (1987)"the ultimate in polished, super-produced urban contemporary material." - Ron Wynn, AllMusic
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LIVELOVEA$AP A$AP Rocky (2011)"LIVELOVEA$AP is a triumph of immaculate taste. Rocky's ear for beats is worthy of Rick Ross or early Game." - Jeff Weiss, Pitchfork
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BITCHES BREW Miles Davis (1970)"Thought by many to be among the most revolutionary albums in jazz history, Miles Davis' Bitches Brew solidified the genre known as jazz-rock fusion." - Thom Jurek, AllMusic
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