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| 0.0 | bloc | February 27th 11 |
Scale The Summit certainly display an increase in emotion on The Collective (as opposed to the monotone "chill" vibe" that came from the majority of Carving) which is interesting to notice from an instrumental band. By utilizing different modes, scales, and note choices Scale The Summit are totally redefined. Not only is there more technicality coming from all 4 members, but there is much more variation displayed in guitar effects and instrument techniques. The inclusion of these variances and emotions make The Collective not only one hell of a ride, but also a ride to be enjoyed for years to come.
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| 5.0 classic | Thompson D. Gerhart STAFF | March 1st 11 |
Scale the Summit put out another astonishing release that really shows the band maturing ranother degree past Carving Desert Canyons. While there's no doubt that all of the musicians rhere have honed their skills since their last release, what's really been sharpened is the roverall sound of the album.rOn each track, there's simply not a note out of place, and the instruments come together to rform a larger picture more now than they did on Carving Desert Canyons (and even moreso on rMonument), where the framework would often be set for a guitar battle. And yes, that kind of rskill and the show of it are still around, but they're even more artfully exercised than rbefore. Which is saying a lot.rThe album loses some cohesion between tracks, which wasn't much of an issue on the past two rreleases, but the increase in technicality and the more mature sound definitely makes up for rit.rHard to put it at a 5 just yet, but it's definitely no lower than a 4.5.
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| 3.5 great | kingjulian | March 7th 11 |
An impressive, epic album. I'm not into this kind of stuff much anymore so listening to this is sort of like watching Avatar for me; enjoyable and technically admirable yet totally inconsequential at the same time. Love these guys live and in person so I do my best to support their stuff.
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| 0.0 | WhiteWallStargazers | March 6th 11 |
I've never been one for instrumental albums, and although Carving Desert Canyons was good, it doesn't touch this masterpiece. Absolutely gorgeous guitarwork, especially on Secret Earth
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| 4.5 superb | Comatorium. | February 28th 11 |
The first "5" of 2011. This is AOTY material right here, and at the very least SOTY in "Whales." So much variance and diversity, and one of the only instrumental metal albums i've heard that so perfectly conveys emotion.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | July 26th 19 |
Better than all they've done except The Migration, but I do feel this one lacks a bit of the adventurous feelings The Migration had. Good shit, but it doesn't make me want to explore mindlessly the next open field like a Hobbit.
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| 4.0 excellent | monocaust | June 14th 19 |
they're really good at playing their instruments you guys. Like, really damn good at it
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| 0.0 | zetsumeisama | January 18th 19 |
Best Scale the Summit album. Best Scale the Summit song: Black Hills. Favorite Tracks: Black Hills, Whales, Emersion, The Levitated, Gallows, Drifting Figures, Origins Of Species, Balkan.
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| 3.0 good | EasterInTheBatcave | January 3rd 17 |
Impeccable performances, great production, and some truly stellar songs ("Whales," "The Levitated"). It gets tiresome, though, for the lack of variation. The musicianship is just so great; I'd love to see more experimentation/genre play.
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| 4.5 superb | Himself | March 16th 15 |
Scale the Summit's magnum opus, displaying a diverse range of sounds, riffs, but most of all displaying an overwhelmingly satisfying arrangement of leads and solos. Finally a modern progressive album that oversteps the need for technicality in favor of good songwriting and memorable musicianship.
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| 4.0 excellent | TRMshadow | January 23rd 13 |
While I couldn't exactly grasp how much the band has improved on first listen, now it is blatantly obvious how much they've matured. Where Caving Desert Canyons was over-saturated at its high points and monotonously repetitive at its lows, The Collective is entertaining and interesting the whole way through. While the genre of instrumental prog may leave something to be desired as a whole, Scale the Summit have definitely found their sound as a band. 3.8/5
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| 4.0 excellent | J | December 22nd 12 |
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| 0.0 | Julianna Reed EMERITUS | July 12th 12 |
Instrumental progressive that's just as tasteful as it should be.
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| 5.0 classic | ChuckyTruant | May 4th 12 |
Never have I heard a better Instrumental Metal album than this. The way they convey emotions and moods without words is impeccable. Also for being instrumental, they are wank either. In fact very much so the opposite, they are very patient and Chris Letchford is among the best guitarist I have heard.
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| 0.0 | Camstr | March 22nd 12 |
After "Carving Desert Canyons" I expected StS to go heavier for some reason that doesn't make sense to me now. But I really enjoyed the variety the band showed on this release. It can be heavy when it wants. It can also be chill. Hell, it can be and is pretty much everything you could want from an instrumental album.
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| 4.0 excellent | lifter | February 21st 12 |
Believe it. Instrumental metal on a par with Canvas Solaris, which for my money was the best and most consistent instrumental metal band out there. Gorgeous melodies, excellent group dynamics, memorable passages abound. "Black Hills" is my personal favorite song, yours may vary.
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| 4.5 superb | CynicalComplex | October 21st 11 |
Carving Desert Canyons was an enjoyable effort, but it was often weighted down by songs that were a bit too long for their own good. Monument suffered from a similar problem, only the issue there was that things were a bit too mathy. Scale the Summit went back to the drawing board, struck a balance, did some minor trimming and tweaking, and this beauty is the result.
"Whales", "The Levitated", "Origin of Species", and "Drifting Figures" are modern masterpieces; everything else ranges from good to great. Absolutely no filler.
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| 3.5 great | Pillow123 | June 4th 11 |
Between a 3.5 and a 4, but definetly a great album that shows that the band has matured.
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| 4.5 superb | patrickfannon | April 25th 11 |
This album is fantastic. It contains some of the most technically beautiful, well-arranged post-metal that I have ever heard. Inititially, the darkness inherent in the sound of this album drove me from it, but now it stands as the primary reason for my affection for it. Sprawling, immense, and filled with diversions through murky clouds of dissonant melody, The Collective is an immensely impressive piece of music.
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| 4.0 excellent | modernman2 | April 18th 11 |
I can play this album on repeat without getting bored. Near classic.
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| 4.5 superb | Manland | April 11th 11 |
It's the album I WANTED to hear from these guys. It's exactly what I wanted their sound to somehow evolve into. A nice mix of post-metal, tech metal, jazz, and etc. Much less dweedly doo's and more concise, well-structured songs.
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| 4.0 excellent | szea426 | April 10th 11 |
They have finally merged cleans into their guitar playing. For a hardcore lover of their first two albums, this was a hard fact to accept. After a few listens, I realized once again their ingenious they had worked again into this album, which is headed in a different direction than the others. I see a band growing into other sounds as a positive thing, and they have clearly shown that they don't plan to be stagnant in repeating previous work (such as their emphasized use of upbeat crunching guitar riffs in CDC.) Beautiful stuff here.
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| 5.0 classic | progbabe88 | March 21st 11 |
The Collective is just another reason why STS is simply amazing. The technicality of their guitars and collaboration of sounds makes their songs unique and excellent. My fiance is seeing them in concert on Mar 28th...lucky bastard.
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| 4.0 excellent | iamSeraph | March 15th 11 |
Awesome post rock/metal-mix, beats the shit out of the new Long Distance Calling record.
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| 0.0 | Motiv3 | March 10th 11 |
This certaintly aint no Master of Puppets Enderski.
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| 5.0 classic | fLewis23 | March 9th 11 |
The production on "The Collective" is slicker than a Yes album. I think when all is said and done this album will be my vote for best album of the year.
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| 4.0 excellent | cumilaut | March 9th 11 |
these guys play with "mood" in mind, and I'm surely in the mood for great instrumental works
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| 3.0 good | ENDERSKI | March 8th 11 |
5.0? Seriously? It's a competent album, with some nice musicianship and a few stellar guitar solos, but I don't think it deserves 5.0. 5.0 to me is Master of Puppets or Love Supreme quality. That ain't it.
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| 4.5 superb | dsgn09 | February 28th 11 |
They're maturing very nicely. I like the ambient feel.
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| 4.5 superb | Scoot | February 27th 11 |
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| 4.0 excellent | MiguelSS | February 18th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Glovoc | April 19th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | lurxy | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpturk21 | February 10th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | November 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | November 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Grandpa | February 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roidv | December 21st 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Risodo | December 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziggity | April 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | March 1st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | September 21st 19 |
| 5.0 classic | lilmilk | August 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vlexis | April 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Leland | June 5th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asthurse | November 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | MrSu | October 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tekight | March 22nd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | 2ool | February 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodstar | December 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | El Olam | December 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | L0rdSnow | December 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | dbizzles | November 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | November 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | November 4th 16 |
| 3.5 great | YakNips | September 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Respawn | September 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | kark | August 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | August 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | StBrox | April 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Momentai | February 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | trilo | February 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fenix | December 15th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | BigH20 | October 2nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | TanMan | September 29th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | cord13 | September 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jamper | September 26th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Pavera | September 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | pantoast | September 18th 15 |
| 3.0 good | mzeet | August 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | August 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | benhxc | July 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kurazz | July 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jiag | June 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | nbrick | May 15th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | tarcus | April 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | OmairSh | February 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | GibTG | February 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | MikeBG | February 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Titan | October 21st 14 |
| 3.0 good | dbilidb | September 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | September 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 2.5 average | wwf | August 6th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | booth | July 21st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | June 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arashi | April 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | April 20th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | benkim | April 18th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | ANJ45 | March 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | nyshago | March 16th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Adam | March 4th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Pudpots | January 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tropby | January 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | W3bsurf | January 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geodude | December 7th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Regalia | December 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | djken97 | December 2nd 13 |
| 2.5 average | Acorn | November 30th 13 |
| 3.5 great | bgf97 | November 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | chaitu | November 12th 13 |
| 3.5 great | zethmal | September 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | VanJalen | September 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | rooby | September 3rd 13 |
| 2.5 average | k4yser | August 18th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Gnome7 | August 16th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | GaugeOT | August 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tdmalfo | August 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | dctarga | July 28th 13 |
| 2.5 average | JS19 | July 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Cakey | July 25th 13 |
| 3.5 great | DPK | July 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | June 23rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Pagan | June 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | rompho | June 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Drawk | June 7th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | N2B3J | June 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | limbs | May 28th 13 |
| 1.0 awful | Almus | May 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | E0N | May 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | VinVal | April 22nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Zeg | April 17th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | dobs | April 16th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Quen | April 6th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Zorak | March 5th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | thetree | February 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | CWE | February 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Echozs | January 1st 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Edlund | December 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Ecotone | December 23rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | Shimana | December 19th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | brunch | December 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Mehtal | December 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | AlmaDea | December 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | glezz | December 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | strag | November 2nd 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Dongen | October 20th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Blump | October 17th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | NeoSpaz | October 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | September 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | NBA | September 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | nicksz | September 3rd 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Edael | August 17th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | chiu | July 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | awf170 | June 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apoc | June 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hens | May 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Rail | May 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | viri | May 13th 12 |
| 3.0 good | KILL | April 2nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Dashy | April 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | demjunz | April 1st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | adace1 | March 30th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Emyay | March 22nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Mr_L | March 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matte | March 19th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | sprgv | March 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | c0ffee | March 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mursu | March 1st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | BK201 | March 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Warpt | March 1st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | TBliss2 | February 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mike08 | February 23rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Gbhill | February 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | nex77 | February 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mowgli | February 18th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Durrzo | February 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | vdop | February 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zathyrx | February 3rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Ware | February 1st 12 |
| 3.5 great | iSkane | January 27th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | leycec | January 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | uman32 | January 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Hayzte | January 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uqnivde | January 6th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Loot | January 6th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | stffury | December 31st 11 |
| 3.5 great | MFer | December 31st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | derekkp | December 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lolgical | December 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | gosk8n | December 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ILJ | December 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | malmcw93 | December 18th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Drpibb | December 17th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | bastni | December 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Cryio | December 14th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | sora236 | December 8th 11 |
| 3.5 great | dammets | November 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shevanel | November 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 6chris6 | November 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mandais | November 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | Shaad | November 14th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | TomF | November 14th 11 |
| 3.5 great | MO | November 9th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | xxxzzz | November 8th 11 |
| 3.0 good | VJ90 | November 1st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Tempizt | October 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Aquas | October 29th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Nacram | October 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BlueW | October 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 76TVs | October 5th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | JAV | September 28th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | thawey | September 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wieland | September 19th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Trebor. EMERITUS | September 17th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Tupik | September 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Fadem | September 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | PacM4n | September 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pochi948 | September 14th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Guiltor | September 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | fcmogul | September 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Synda001 | September 3rd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | seifer | August 24th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Pawsee | August 23rd 11 |
| 3.0 good | nick77 | August 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | a7c7e7 | August 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | August 5th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Duffluc | July 23rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | dre517 | June 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spec | June 11th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | June 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | iZac | June 3rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Mikesn EMERITUS | May 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Gale | May 5th 11 |
| 3.0 good | lobby | May 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | April 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | gonzab | April 19th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | aahop | April 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Asator | April 16th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Raidho | April 16th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Groink | April 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hocmat | April 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Riano | April 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Corvus | April 10th 11 |
| 3.0 good | greg84 EMERITUS | April 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aether | April 2nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | zzzxxx | March 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Envy3 | March 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Xzaeon | March 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Klichty | March 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jruined | March 19th 11 |
| 2.5 average | kingsoby1 EMERITUS | March 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Daedus | March 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apollo | March 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | rswolf0 | March 12th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | GBJ | March 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aids | March 10th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Wizard | March 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moses77 | March 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jackal8 | March 8th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Torii | March 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | therms | March 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | KP23 | March 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | L0G05 | March 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | NoXoR | March 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | RCBest | March 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Yordy | March 5th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Photon | March 5th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Zion | March 5th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | ev0ken | March 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dummit | March 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | coleba | March 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Voivod STAFF | March 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Remer17 | March 3rd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | julezv | March 3rd 11 |
| 5.0 classic | aflak7 | March 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Acre | March 2nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | Bea | March 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lineman | March 1st 11 |
| 3.0 good | alsid | March 1st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | itchy | February 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deathcar | February 28th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | mcchub | February 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | YouthCat | February 27th 11 |
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