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Jun 14
Just Another Diamond Day
Vashti Bunyan · 1970 Spin it Again - A woman walked from London to the Isle of Skye with a horse and cart, and this album fell out of her head along the way.
genre:Psychedelic Folk
Jun 13
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone · 1965 Spin it Again - After a decade of classical training at Juilliard, Nina Simone finally let the devil into her piano.
genre:Blues
Jun 10
I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone · 1965 Spin it Again - A singer who understood that a spell is not a performance but a transformation, and she damn well meant every word.
genre:Soul
May 28
Alem
Mahmoud Ahmed · 1975 Spin it Again - Mahmoud Ahmed proved in 1975 that the greatest jazz was being made three thousand miles east of where anyone was looking.
genre:Funk
May 27
The Voice of Scott Walker
Scott Walker · 1967 Spin it Again - Abbey Road orchestrations and a voice that sounds like a man who's lived too long, deployed with enough restraint to break your heart.
decade:1960s
May 27
Scott 4
Scott Walker · 1969 Spin it Again - The last orchestral pop record from a man who would spend the rest of his life moving away from beauty.
decade:1960s
May 27
Tropicália: ou Panis et Circensis
Various Artists · 1968 Spin it Again - The moment Brazilian music decided it didn't have to choose between bossa nova and chaos.
genre:Psychedelic Rock
May 26
Autobahn
Kraftwerk · 1974 Spin it Again - Twenty-two minutes of driving forward at exactly one speed, Conny Plank's studio rendering German engineering into an almost human hypnosis.
genre:Krautrock
May 25
Encontros e Despedidas
Jobim & Desafinado · 1985 Spin it Again - By 1985 Jobim had given enough immortal melodies to fill three lifetimes, so he spent this session proving how much a song needs to be taken away before it becomes perfect.
decade:1980s
May 25
Elis & Tom
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim · 1974 Spin it Again - A 1974 record from Elis Regina & Tom Jobim that rewards close listening.
decade:1970s
May 25
Fino
João Gilberto · 1971 Spin it Again - A 1971 record from João Gilberto that rewards close listening.
decade:1970s
Apr 21
I Forget Where We Were
Ben Howard · 2014 Spin it Again - Ben Howard walked away from the sound that made him famous and built something stranger — most people heard the first ten minutes and called it a day.
genre:Indie Folk
Apr 4
Replicas
Kraftwerk · 1974 Spin it Again - Kraftwerk in 1974, still half-human, building the machines that would eventually replace them.
genre:Electronic
Mar 30
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk · 1974 Spin it Again - Four Germans in 1974 deciding that machines were more honest than guitars, and they weren't wrong.
genre:Krautrock