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Apr 14
Transmigration of Soul
Sussan Deyhim · 2006 Spin it Again - Deyhim trained for years to sing in ceremonial contexts and then spent her career making sure none of those ceremonies exist.
genre:Electronic
Apr 14
Keep Coming Back
Cheb i Sabbah · 2009 Spin it Again - You've had this record for years and you've never actually listened to it.
genre:Electronic
Apr 14
Belonging
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek · 1974 Spin it Again - Manfred Eicher put four people in a room in Oslo and trusted the silence as much as the notes.
genre:Spiritual
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
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
The Easy Wonder
Nickel Creek · 2005 Spin it Again - They already knew it was over when they made it, and somehow that made everything tighter.
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 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
Quiet Nights
Astrud Gilberto · 1964 Spin it Again - Gilberto's voice was so small and so far back in the mix that you had to lean in, and once you did, you weren't going anywhere for a while.
genre:Jazz
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
Mirage
Camel · 1974 Spin it Again - Camel in 1974, still figuring out who they were, accidentally made something more fluid and honest than anything they tried once they knew.
decade:1974
Apr 9
Mysterious Music
Herbie Hancock · 1974 Spin it Again - Herbie in '74, still one foot in jazz and one foot somewhere murkier, and you can hear him deciding which direction to walk.
genre:Funk
Apr 8
Ys
Joanna Newsom · 2006 Spin it Again - Five songs, forty minutes, Van Dyke Parks arranging strings like he had something to prove, and Newsom singing like time wasn't a real concern.
genre:Art Pop
Apr 7
Sunflower
Harry Nilsson · 1971 Spin it Again - Harry Nilsson made this one right after the Beatles stopped needing him, and you can hear every bit of that in how quietly good it is.
genre:Rock
Apr 7
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis · 1974 Spin it Again - A kid alone in his home studio in 1974, playing every instrument, going nowhere commercially, getting everything right.
genre:Soul
Apr 7
Nightshift
Rickie Lee Jones · 1982 Spin it Again - She sounds like the last woman left in a bar at 2 a.m. who actually has somewhere to be, and the band behind her knows it.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 7
Pirates
Rickie Lee Jones · 1981 Spin it Again - She followed up a hit record by making something stranger and sadder and harder to sell, and it turned out that was the right move.
genre:Singer-Songwriter
Apr 7
The Plateaux of Mirror
Harold Budd & Brian Eno · 1980 Spin it Again - Harold Budd plays piano like he's trying not to wake anyone, and Eno makes sure the room agrees.
decade:1980s
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