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Apr 14
Facing You
Keith Jarrett · 1972 Spin it Again - Before the Köln Concert made him famous, Jarrett sat alone in a German studio and invented the whole template in one morning.
genre:Piano
Apr 13
The Scene of the Crime
Bettye LaVette · 2003 Spin it Again - She'd been making records since 1962 and this is the one that made people feel guilty for not knowing her name sooner.
genre:Blues
Apr 13
Unplugged and Seated
Joe Satriani · 1992 Spin it Again - Turns out all those guitar-hero melodies hold up fine without the amp.
decade:1990s
Apr 13
In the Wings
Neil Young · 2012 Spin it Again - Neil Young kept the tape running between albums and the outtakes turned out to be the whole point.
decade:2010s
Apr 13
Soul Station
Hank Mobley · 1960 Spin it Again - The record Leonard Feather accidentally described when he called Mobley a middleweight — turns out that's exactly what jazz needed.
decade:1960s
Apr 12
Colter Wall
Colter Wall · 2015 Spin it Again - Dave Cobb knew enough to step back and let the room do the work.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 12
River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock · 2007 Spin it Again - The man who produced it was married to Joni Mitchell for eight years — that alone should tell you this is not a tribute album.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 12
Cafe Blue
Patricia Barber · 1994 Spin it Again - Two microphones, a working bar in Chicago, and one of the most unsettling piano voices in American music.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 11
Three Weeks in January
Laurie Anderson · 1993 Spin it Again - This proves that all albums in the 90's weren't bad
genre:Electronic
Apr 11
Another Green World
Brian Eno · 1975. Spin it Again - Brian Eno and Phil Collins in 1975. That's all you need to know.
genre:Experimental
Apr 11
World of Echo
Arthur Russell · 1986 Spin it Again - This is a strange album and that's what makes it great. It's one of those ones you make a tape of and share it with your friends. "Listen to This".
genre:Electronic
Apr 11
Disintegration Loops
William Basinski · 2002–2003 Spin it Again - Magnetic tape eating itself alive on September 11th, 2001, and Basinski just let the recorder run.
genre:Experimental
Apr 11
Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Brian Eno · 1978 Spin it Again - Eno took the waiting room and made it the destination, and in 1978 that was either a joke or a religion depending on how late your flight was.
decade:1970s
Apr 10
Hospice
The Antlers · 2009 Spin it Again - Peter Silberman recorded it alone in his apartment, and somehow that suffocating smallness is exactly what makes the grief feel true.
genre:Chamber Pop
Apr 10
Historically, Hysterically, in My Newfound Clarity
Have a Nice Life · 2013 Spin it Again - Two guys in Connecticut recording post-punk funeral dirges in a basement and somehow landing on something that sounds like grief finally getting bored of itself.
decade:2010s
Apr 10
Bach: The Art of Fugue
Yo-Yo Ma · 2013 Spin it Again - Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach alone in 2013 and somehow makes a piece written for no instrument in particular feel like it was always meant to end like this.
decade:2010s
Apr 10
The Cello Suites: Casals, Segovia, Stern
Various Artists · 1998 Spin it Again - Three men, three centuries of technique between them, all circling the same six suites like they each found something different hidden inside the wood.
decade:1990s
Apr 10
Inspired by Bach
Yo-Yo Ma · 2006 Spin it Again - Yo-Yo Ma spent years living inside the Bach Cello Suites and then handed you the receipts.
decade:2000s
Apr 10
Six Evolutions – Bach: Cello Suites
Yo-Yo Ma · 2018 Spin it Again - Yo-Yo Ma, thirty years after the first recording, sat back down with these suites and played them like a man who finally stopped trying to impress Bach.
decade:2010s
Apr 10
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Yes · 1973 Spin it Again - Four sides of vinyl, four Hindu scriptures, and four guys who forgot that restraint is also a musical decision.
decade:1970s
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