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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1787 items)
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Published 7 years, 8 months ago

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Listal's 100 Albums To Listen Before You Die (173 items)
list by Ryan P.

Published 11 years, 4 months ago

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Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (200 items)
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Published 11 years, 3 months ago

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7 votes

my CD collection (221 items)
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Published 11 years, 1 month ago

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My Favorite Albums - 2005 (30 items)
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Published 4 years, 10 months ago

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Description: T T On their third recording, the National strikes a delicate balance between light and dark, fast and slow, American and British. While their sound is undeniably tinged with darkness, it isn't gloomy or depressing. This impression is mostly due to Matt Berninger's deep baritone, which brings to mind such sensitive, but manly Brit vocalists as Scott Walker and Stuart Staples of the Tindersticks. The National, however, are American. Formed in Brooklyn in 1999, the quintet hails from Cincinatti and doesn't sound much like a New York Band (Interpol, the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc.). Instead, they could be Midwestern or eve ... (more)

Manufacturer: Beggars Banquet
Release date: 3 April 2006
EAN: 0607618024123 UPC: 607618024123