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Jun 15
Starless and Bible Black
King Crimson · 1974 Spin it Again - The album that nearly broke King Crimson opens with a sound like a tape machine struggling to keep its footing.
genre:Art Rock
Jun 15
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
King Crimson · 1973 Spin it Again - A lineup of refugees from Yes and Family plus a percussionist who brought a suitcase full of hardware store items. They recorded for three weeks. The result is the angriest chamber music ever made.
genre:Experimental Rock
Jun 15
Red
King Crimson · 1974 Spin it Again - Three musicians playing with the telepathy of a unit that knows it's over, captured with clinical precision and volcanic force.
decade:1970s
Jun 14
An Electric Storm
White Noise · 1969 Spin it Again - Three Radiophonic alchemists locked in a room with tape loops and oscillators. Still sounds like the future.
genre:Experimental
Jun 10
Police and Thieves
Junior Murvin · 1976 Spin it Again - When The Clash covered the title track, they missed the point — this is airier, weirder, and far better.
genre:Dub
Jun 5
Solid Air
John Martyn · Spin it Again - A timeless record from John Martyn that rewards close listening.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
May 25
Survival
Bob Marley and the Wailers · 1979 Spin it Again - The album where Marley stopped being poetic and started being a document, recorded as cancer was teaching him that time was the only thing he couldn't get back.
decade:1970s
May 24
Liege & Lief
Fairport Convention · 1969 Spin it Again - A 1969 record from Fairport Convention that rewards close listening.
genre:Traditional Folk
May 23
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits · 1985 Spin it Again - A man who decided his own legend wasn't ugly enough, so he built an uglier one.
decade:1980s
May 13
The Finest
2 Men A Drum Machine & A Trumpet · 1988 Spin it Again - Three musicians decided the only way forward was to remove everything but trumpet, drums, and voices, and they were right.
genre:Hip Hop
May 11
Burnin'
The Wailers · 1973 Spin it Again - Clapton heard 'I Shot the Sheriff' here first, made it a hit, and the original got left in the shade — which is exactly backwards.
decade:1970s
May 8
How to Dress Well
Tom Odell · 2013 Spin it Again - He was twenty-two, playing piano in a Bermondsey studio, and somehow the grief in his voice sounds earned.
genre:Indie Pop
May 8
Long Way Home
Låpsley · 2016 Spin it Again - You played this twice in 2016 and then life moved on — tonight is the first time you'll actually hear it.
genre:Indie Pop
May 7
If That Makes Sense
Matilda Mann · 2022 Spin it Again - You've already got this one somewhere in the pile — tonight is the night you actually listen to it.
decade:2020s
May 5
The Joshua Tree
U2 · 1987 Spin it Again - Bono was writing about America from Ireland, and that distance is what made it hurt.
genre:Synth-Rock
Apr 25
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff · 1972 Spin it Again - A Kingston crime movie with a shoestring budget accidentally made the most important reggae record ever released outside Jamaica.
genre:Rock
Apr 24
Eurovision: Fire Saga Soundtrack
Demi Lovato · 2020 Spin it Again - You bought this ironically and you know it sounded better than it had any right to.
decade:2020s
Apr 21
Sigh No More
Mumford & Sons · 2009 Spin it Again - The backlash came so fast you might have missed that the record itself is actually good.
genre:Rock
Apr 20
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake · 1969 Spin it Again - Nick Drake recorded this in a converted Chelsea dairy at night, and you can hear every wall.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 19
Fear
John Cale · 1974 Spin it Again - The Velvet Underground's other founder made the record that explains why fear and art rock were always the same conversation.
genre:Avant-Garde
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