Temple of the Dog · 1991 Spin it Again - A grief record made in a few weeks by people who didn't know they were about to become famous, and it shows — in the best possible way.

Screaming Trees · 1992 Spin it Again - The record that proved the Screaming Trees were never really a grunge band — they just had the bad luck to live there.

Various Artists · 1992 Spin it Again - Everyone owns this for the Pearl Jam track and forgets there are nine other songs worth their time.

Prefab Sprout · 1984 Spin it Again - The album that serious songwriters quietly cite when they think no one is listening.

Julia Holter · 2015 Spin it Again - Julia Holter put strings and horns in a room in Los Angeles and made something that sounds like longing with a floor plan.

Rilo Kiley · 2004 Spin it Again - The EP Rilo Kiley released the same year as their best album, which is exactly why nobody talks about it enough.

Wolf Alice · 2017 Spin it Again - There are bands that grow into their second album and bands that detonate it — Wolf Alice did the second thing.

Susanne Sundfør · 2015 Spin it Again - The record Sundfør made before everyone found her — colder, stranger, and more honest about what she was reaching for.

Peter Gabriel · 1986 Spin it Again - Stewart Copeland played drums on one track, Kate Bush sang on another, and somehow the whole thing sounds like one continuous thought.

Karla Bonoff · 1978 Spin it Again - Linda Ronstadt was having the hits; Bonoff was writing them and making her own records anyway.

Richard Thompson · 1991 Spin it Again - One acoustic guitar, one story about a motorcyclist and a redhead, and somehow five minutes later you've heard one of the best songs of the century.

Jason Collett · 2008 Spin it Again - The BSS guitarist went to Montreal, hired the drummer who plays behind the beat on purpose, and made something Elliott Smith would have respected.

Spirit of the West · 1992 Spin it Again - A Vancouver folk-rock band in peak form, making the kind of record that Gold certification in Canada quietly undersells.

Matthew Tavares · 2006 Spin it Again - Solo piano, 2006, Toronto, made before BADBADNOTGOOD existed — this is what it sounds like when someone plays like nobody's watching because nobody was.

Vicki Brown · 1977 Spin it Again - She sang on half of London's hit records in the seventies, and almost nobody knew her name until this.

Vicki Brown · 1982 Spin it Again - One of Britain's most in-demand session singers gets a Biddu production and forty minutes to herself — and sounds like she's been saving this up for years.

Codeine · 1992 Spin it Again - While Sub Pop was busy with loud guitars, Codeine quietly made the quietest record on the roster — and it hit harder than most of the rest.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse · 2003 Spin it Again - A concept album recorded in a ranch barn with a band that had been playing together since Nixon — it should not work as well as it does.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse · 1979 Spin it Again - One side acoustic, one side electric, and the whole thing sounds like it was recorded in a building that was on fire.

Vusi Mahlasela · 1990 Spin it Again - Recorded in Pretoria in 1990, this is what it sounds like when someone has been singing for their life and finally gets a microphone worth the trouble.