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Best 1 Thoughts Become Things

Thoughts Become Things is Markus Schulz's first full-length album under his Dakota alias, released in 2009 with a darker progressive trance focus.

8.81 Great
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Modern trance classic praised for emotional scope, sophisticated production, strong sequencing, and enduring specialist acclaim.

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2 Giants in the Earth

Giants in the Earth is a novel by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Rølvaag, first published in Norwegian in 1924 as two volumes and issued in English translation in 1927. It follows a group of Norwegian immigrants who settle on the Dakota prairie in the 1870s, chronicling their struggles with is...

8.72 Great
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Major immigrant prairie classic with high academic reputation; bleak psychological force and historical importance place it near genre summit.

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3 The Nine Skies

The Nine Skies is a 2017 progressive trance concept album created by German-American DJ and producer Markus Schulz under his darker Dakota alias. The album is structured around nine distinct stages, originally conceived as an audiovisual performance experience. It features extended, atmospheric trac...

8.52 Great
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Ambitious concept album combining cinematic progression and trance intensity, acclaimed for cohesion despite occasional narrative excess.

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4 Thoughts Become Things II

Thoughts Become Things II is a 2011 studio album by German-American DJ and producer Markus Schulz, released under his darker progressive trance alias, Dakota. As the sequel to his 2009 album Thoughts Become Things, it expands upon the alias's moody, atmospheric sound design. The record is characteri...

8.36 Great
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Highly regarded sequel with powerful production and standout melodies, though slightly less cohesive and influential than the first volume.

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5 Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park protects a unique landscape of sculpted badlands in southwestern South Dakota. The park’s dramatic geology features extensive prairie formations and significant fossil deposits dating back to the Oligocene epoch. Paleontologists and researchers study these fossils, primarily m...

6 Peder Victorious

Peder Victorious is a 1929 novel written by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Rølvaag. As the second book in a trilogy, it continues the narrative of a Norwegian immigrant family in southeastern Dakota Territory, following their son Peder. The story explores themes of cultural assimilation, relig...

8.02 Great
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Important sequel to Giants in the Earth with strong immigrant-assimilation themes; respected academically, though less powerful than the first.

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7 Welcome to Hard Times

E.L. Doctorow's 1960 debut novel, a revisionist dark western set in the Dakota Territory that subverts frontier mythology; adapted into a 1967 film with Henry Fonda.

7.76 Good
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Doctorow's revisionist debut is critically respected for anti-mythic violence and bleakness; less accomplished than his later major novels.

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8 Theodore Roosevelt National Park

The Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a United States national park located in the badlands of western North Dakota. Established as a national park in 1978, it commemorates the 26th President's formative experiences ranching in the Dakota Territory during the 1880s. The park is divided into three...

9 Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park is a protected area in the Black Hills of South Dakota, established in 1903. It was the first cave system designated as a national park and is known for extensive calcite boxwork, a delicate honeycomb-like formation found there in unusual abundance. Above ground, the park pro...

10 Bugles in the Afternoon

Bugles in the Afternoon is a historical western novel by Ernest Haycox, published in 1943. The book is centered on the Fetterman Fight of 1866, a clash between United States soldiers and Native American forces near Fort Phil Kearny in the Wyoming region. Haycox uses the military frontier as the sett...

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Thoughts Become Things currently leads the Dakota results with a displayed score of 8.81/10. This is an editorial ranking result for the items included on this page, not a universal verdict for every use case.

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The 0 to 10 score is Lunoo's ranking judgment. Strong confidence means 10 or more recorded comparison checks, some means 2 to 9, and provisional means fewer than 2.

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