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Top Ten Hits of the End of the World
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  • Summary: Produced by Scott Colburn, the concept album of a compilation release of top hits from ten bands (played by the Brooklyn duo of Taraka and Nimai Larson) who died during an apocalypse on December 21, 2012.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The Boston Phoenix
    Nov 6, 2012
    88
    The music is what matters, and Prince Rama, with this highfalutin' silliness, have delivered big.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Nov 15, 2012
    70
    As a concept Top 10 Hits… is frequently confusing, often brilliant and at times downright awful. Ultimately, it adds up to a very intriguing album by a band that is quite impossible to pin down.
  3. The Wire
    Dec 5, 2012
    70
    There's a subtle psychedelic twist in these phony hits that somehow renders the best of them compulsively listenable. [Oct 2012, p.64]
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  4. Beats Per Minute
    Nov 15, 2012
    65
    An ambitious concept, but not fully executed, Top Ten Hits Of The End Of The World is stuck somewhere in-between.
  5. Q Magazine
    Nov 21, 2012
    60
    It's more accessible than more tripped-out previous releases. [Dec 2012, p.110]
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  6. Filter
    Nov 9, 2012
    58
    It's a real coloring book of an idea, but too many crayons and a shaky hand have left the original images looking blurred.
  7. Consequence
    Nov 6, 2012
    40
    Top Ten Hits often sees a band with a highly stylized identity sitting inside of another band with a highly stylized identity. More often than not, these halves clash, one entirely overpowering the other, negating what makes the concept interesting.

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  1. jyo_tirmaya
    Mar 10, 2013
    9
    I can honestly say that I am the proud owner of all three Prince Rama's albums, and that Rama's brother, Krishna, says in His book,I can honestly say that I am the proud owner of all three Prince Rama's albums, and that Rama's brother, Krishna, says in His book, Bhagavad-gita, "Declare it boldly, O Arjuna, My devotee never perishes."

    Prince Rama ki jaya!    … Expand