Tangerine Dream · 1974 Spin it Again - A 1974 record from Tangerine Dream that rewards close listening.

Cluster · 1974 Spin it Again - A 1974 record from Cluster that rewards close listening.

XTC · 1992 Spin it Again - Gus Dudgeon, Prairie Prince, harpsichord, martyrdom myths, and the quiet sound of a band making their best record while ceasing to exist.

Culture Club · 1983 Spin it Again - Boy George was twenty-two and already knew that the quieter he sang, the harder it landed.

The Human League · 1982 Spin it Again - A remix album that has no right being this good — Rushent went back into the Dare tapes and found rooms no one knew were there.

D'Angelo · 2000 Spin it Again - Questlove played the drums slightly behind the beat on purpose, and that decision is why this record still sounds like nothing else made in your lifetime.

XTC · 1979 Spin it Again - Hugh Padgham was in the room, Terry Chambers was behind the kit, and the bass guitar sounds like it's trying to escape the speakers.

Scritti Politti · 1985 Spin it Again - Green Gartside spent years in a Welsh breakdown, then came back and made the most philosophically loaded pop record of 1985 — with Marcus Miller on bass.

The Human League · 1981 Spin it Again - Martin Rushent almost left 'Don't You Want Me' off the album entirely.

Massive Attack · 1998 Spin it Again - Massive Attack in 1998, paranoid and slow, building dread out of guitar loops and darkness until you forget there was ever anything called trip-hop.

XTC · 1986 Spin it Again - Todd Rundgren produced it, Andy Partridge hated him for it, and the record came out better for the argument.