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| 4.5 superb | Antonius | September 3rd 16 |
Before These Crowded Streets is my favourite DMB release, surpassing even the exciting debut. This album is all about the diversity of emotions that Dave Matthews and his guest musicians manage to convey in the music and the lyrics. I would recommend to listen to this from beginning to end, however if I had to choose from it I would say "The Last Stop", "Halloween", "Crush", Don't Drink The Water", "Rapunzel".
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| 4.5 superb | danmhood | October 11th 12 |
It's hard to find serious flaw with this album. After a solid debut and a fantastic sophomore album, few bands that I've seen can stay so good after 3 albums without even dropping off.
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| 0.0 | Jom | December 1st 06 |
I'm not the biggest DMB fan, but this album is near-flawless from start-to-finish. Matthews is a storytelling machine on this album - just listen to the haunting tale of "The Dreaming Tree" or the mellow, intimate "Crush," which also sports one of the coolest bass intros ever. The other singles also highlight the strength of this album. "Stay (Wasting Time)" is a bouncy, vibrant track with a trio of female vocals to accompany Matthews, and the saxophone solo is brilliantly executed. "Don't Drink the Water" starts calm and quiet, but Matthews and guest vocalist Alanis Morissette turn to seething, anguished vocals to deliver the message. Ultimately, the jam rock feel that this album provides is extraordinary, with the improvisations being top-notch, but again, I cannot emphasize enough how spectacular of a listen "The Dreaming Tree" is. Listen to this album. You will not be disappointed.
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| 4.0 excellent | ibecryst | November 11th 25 |
| 3.0 good | KuyJuk | February 2nd 25 |
| 5.0 classic | Kosko | June 17th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | October 13th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brock619 | September 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zalr | April 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Above313 | February 11th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | jmdau | January 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | fog | June 8th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Vaka | January 26th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Luminol | November 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | TyLaw | September 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | JNeu | July 7th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Corney | June 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | May 22nd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | nexxion | January 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gschwen | September 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | SirKwan | January 24th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | May 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GMBass | January 9th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | JRdrums | October 2nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | amkunz | April 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jiag | February 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | KaNe00 | October 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | wakeem | June 20th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Renba7 | April 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | eazye | November 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | tef | September 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | beeaans | August 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | djbytes | June 23rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | March 16th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | yjrb | February 23rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | 5am | January 17th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | November 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flyboy | September 15th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Damon | June 23rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | PHATJ | February 2nd 12 |
| 5.0 classic | bnard | October 23rd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | dude293 | September 9th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | razzle | April 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Curse. | November 18th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Jaymo | October 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | mike838 | September 19th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | antism | September 16th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | beau99 | June 25th 10 |
| 3.0 good | matt4 | January 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nagrarok | December 21st 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mandais | December 5th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | mallen | November 9th 09 |
| 2.5 average | sblount | October 15th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chendrix | September 28th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DaMorg3 | July 22nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | mvdu | July 2nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thef | June 6th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | omgbees | February 2nd 09 |
| 5.0 classic | TheTony | October 23rd 08 |
| 5.0 classic | Kehl | July 1st 08 |
| 5.0 classic | dlm4849 | February 7th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | donovr | December 12th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | joo81 | August 7th 07 |
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