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Jun 15
The Power and the Glory
Gentle Giant · 1974 Spin it Again - This album is proof that prog could be intellectually rigorous without being boring.
genre:Art Rock
May 23
Eat to the Beat
Blondie · 1979 Spin it Again - A 1979 record from Blondie that rewards close listening.
genre:Disco
May 16
True
Spandau Ballet · 1983 Spin it Again - They spent two years in four different studios to understand how to be the thing they sounded like they wanted to be. This is where they figured it out.
genre:Synth-Pop
May 3
Goddess of Love
Niki Haris · 1991 Spin it Again - She sang background for Madonna and then made a debut this good, which is exactly the kind of injustice that takes thirty years to correct.
genre:R&B
May 1
Crimes of Passion
Pat Benatar · 1980 Spin it Again - She had been singing in Holiday Inns two years before this, and then she went quadruple platinum.
genre:Rock
Apr 24
Nightjar
Vicki Brown · 1977 Spin it Again - She sang on half of London's hit records in the seventies, and almost nobody knew her name until this.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 15
Parallel Lines
Blondie · 1978 Spin it Again - Mike Chapman flew in from LA, ran Debbie Harry through takes until she was nearly done, and accidentally made the template for the next decade of pop.
genre:Disco
Apr 10
Octopus
Gentle Giant · 1972 Spin it Again - Seven musicians in 1972 deciding that medieval counterpoint and prog rock were basically the same problem, and being right.
decade:1970s