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Name Your 10 Favorite Artists And Their 3 Best Albums I think I've started to notice that a lot of the great artists, or at least the ones who've recorded a lot and have huge fanbases, always have a holy trinity of albums that everybody agrees are their best. Here's My top ten favorite artists and their 3 best
Duke Ellington: The Blanton Webster Years, The Great Chicago Concerts, The Far East Suite John Coltrane: Blue Train, A Love Supreme, The major works of John Coltrane Miles Davis: Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, Birth Of The Cool Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced, Axis Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland (duh) Sly And The Family Stone: Stand, There's A Riot Goin On, Fresh Stevie Wonder: Talking Book, Innervisions, Songs In the Key of Life Prince: 1999, Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser, the Complete Blue Note Recordings, Monk's Music Earth Wind And Fire-I Am, All N All, Spirit The Beatles-Sergeant Pepper, Revolver, Abbey Road | |
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Tori Amos: Boys for Pele, From the Choirgirl Hotel, Scarlet's Walk
The Cure: Disintegration, The Head on the Door, Kiss Me Miss Me Kiss Me Prince: Purple Rain, Sign o' the Times, Lovesexy David Bowie: Aladdin Sane, Lodger, Reality Eurythmics: Savage, Sweet Dreams (are made of this), Touch Radiohead: OK Computer, Amnesiac, The Bends Pet Shop Boys: Very, Behaviour, Nightlife The Beatles: White Album, Abbey Road, Revolver Neil Young: Silver & Gold, Rust Never Sleeps, Zuma Kate Bush: The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World | |
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1. Prince: (can't narrow it down to three, sorry)
2. Bowie: (see above, though i love the 'berlin trilogy' - low/'heroes'/lodger - as if they were all one big album) 3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Tender Prey, Murder Ballads, Boatman's Call 4. St. Etienne: Tiger Bay, Good Humor, Sound of Water 5. Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Catsup, Dots & Loops, Sound Dust 6. Sonic Youth: Ciccone Youth, Goo, Dirty 7. Laurie Anderson: Mr. Heartbreak, Home of the Brave, Bright Red 8. Johnny Cash: Don't think of his songs in terms of albums, really... 9. Beck: Odelay, Midnite Vultures, Sea Change 10. The Cure: Head on the Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration 11. The Residents: Meet the Residents, Commercial Album, Duckstab/Buster & Glenn | |
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1. Prince: 1999, Dirty Mind, Controversy
2. Rick James: Throwin' Down, Street Songs, Fire It Up 3. The Barkays: Nightcruising, Dangerous, Propositions 4. Cameo: Alligator Woman, Knights of the Sound Table, Cameosis 5. Zapp: Zapp II, Zapp III, Zapp 6. The Isley Brothers: Grand Slam, Go All The Way, Go For Your Guns 7. Lakeside: The Untouchables, Rough Riders, Fantastic Voyage 8. Gap Band: Gap Band IV, Gap Band III, Gap Band V- Jammin' 9. Shalamar: Three For Love, Friends, Big Fun 10. The Jacksons: Triumph, Destiny, Victory Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Janet Jackson
Meshell Ndegeocello
Joan Armatrading
Michael Jackson
Tori Fixx
Stevie Wonder
Chic
Prince
Sade
No Doubt
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Prince
Dirty Mind 1999 Sing 'O' The Times Jackson 5 Lookin' Through the Windows Third Album Diana Ross Presents ... Michael Jackson Off The Wall Thriller Goot To Be There (Young Mike) The Jacksons Triumph Destiny The Jacksons James Brown Ain't It Funky Now Cold Sweat There It Is Sly And The Family Stone There's A Riot Goin' On Stand Fresh Parliament/Funkadelic One Natiion Under A Groove Electric Spanking of War Babies The Mothership Connection Marvin Gaye What's Goin On Let's Get It On I Want You Stevie Wonder Song In The Key of Life Innervisions Talking Book Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Stankonia Aquemini PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Prince
Sign O' The Times Dirty Mind Purple Rain Bob Marley & The Wailers Soul Revolution Exodus Natty Dread Curtis Mayfield Superfly There's No Place Like America Today Curtis The Smiths / Morrissey The Queen Is Dead Vauxhall And I Strangeways Here We Come R. Kelly R Happy People / U Saved Me TP2.com David Bowie Young Americans Ziggy Stardust Station To Station Pixies Doolittle Come On Pilgrim Bossanova Tom Waits Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years Swordfishtrombones Will Oldham / Bonnie Billy / Palace Viva Last Blues Days In The Wake I See A Darkness Marvin Gaye What's Goin' On Here, My Dear Let's Get It On I woke up sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
and the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert | |
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The Beatles- White Album, Revolver, Abbey Road
Paul McCartney- McCartney, Ram, Flaming Pie Prince- Dirty Mind, 1999, Parade Radiohead- Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To The Thief PM DAWN- Jesus Wept, Dearest Christian, F*cked Music Beck- Midnight Vultures, Sea Change, Mutations Josh Rouse- Under The Cold Blue Stars, Nashville, 1972 George Michael- Listen Without, Older, Patience Wilco- YHF, Ghost Is Born, Summerteeth Ben Folds- Rockn the suburbs, Whatever and ever Amen, Ep trilogy I have tons more.. buts thats the current list. | |
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Stevie Wonder---Talking Book,Innervisions,Song In The Key Of Life
Prince---Dirty Mind,1999,SOTT Madonna---Erotica,Ray Of Light and Like A Prayer Jamiroquai---Traveling Without Moving,Synchronized,A Funk Odyssey Earth Wind and Fire---I Am,All'N All,Spirit Fleetwood Mac---Fleetwood Mac,Rumours,Tusk Rick James---Street Songs,Throwin Down,Bustin Out Of L7 Rufus and Chaka Khan---Ask Rufus,Rufusized,Rufus featuring Chaka Khan The Eagles---Hotel California,One Of These Nights,The Long Run Donna Summer---Bad Girls,Once Upon A Time,I Remember Yesterday | |
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1.Johnny Cash
* American IV: the man comes around * Bitter tears (ballads of the american indian) * At San Quentin 2.David Bowie * Station to station * Outside * Earthling 3.Prince * The gold experience * Sign O the times * Emancipation 4.Willie Nelson * You were always on my mind * Pancho & lefty * Honnysuckle Rose (ost) 5.Bob Dylan * Highway 61 revisited * Freewheelin' * Blood on the tracks 6.Alan jackson * Drive * What I do * Don't rock the jukebox 7.Nick Cave & the bad seeds * Murder Ballads * Boatsman call * The good son 8.The Doors * L.A Woman * Morisson Hotel * the Doors 9.Elvis * Elvis: the best of the sun years * Nbc Comeback special * 2nd to none 10.Kris Kristofferson * Kristofferson * the silver-tongued devil and I * Jesus was a capricorn It was not in vain...it was in Minneapolis! | |
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Kate Bush
Hounds Of Love The Dreaming The Sensual World Michael Jackson Off The Wall Invincible Dangerous Bee Gees Main Course Still Waters Bee Gees First The Beatles Revolver The Beatles Abbey Road Radiohead Kid A OK Computer The Bends Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life Innervisions Talking Book Fleetwood Mac Tusk Rumours Fleetwood Mac David Bowie Hunky Dory Low Ziggy Stardust Prince Sign O' The Times The Truth The Black Album Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin III | |
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Led Zeppelin: I, III, IV
Prince: Sott, Purple Rain, Dirty Mind Neil Young: Everybody knows this is nowhere, Harvest, Zuma AC/DC: Let there be Rock, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, Back in Black Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the edge of town, Born to run, the River Public Enemy: Yo! Bum rush the show!, Fear of a black planet, It takes a nation of millions to hold us back Beck: Mellow Gold, Sea Change, Mutations Cream: Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Goodbye Jimi Hendrix: Are you experienced, Electric Ladyland, Axis: bold as love The Doors: The Doors, LA Woman, Morisson Hotel | |
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1. prince - controversy, 1999, 
2. miles davis - kind of blue, sketches of spain, a tribute to jack johnson 3. john coltrane - a love supreme, lush life, giant steps 4. lee morgan - live at the lighthouse, the procrastinator, taru 5. the cure - the head on the door, disintegration, the top 6. elvis costello - get happy, armed forces, my aim is true 7. frank zappa - uncle meat, apostrophe, one size fits all 8. parliament - mothership connection, funkentelechy vs the placebo syndrome, motor booty affair 9. james brown - sex machine, there it is, live at the apollo 10. the beatles - with the beatles, abbey road, rubber soul 11. joe jackson - i'm the man, look sharp, night and day ------------------------------------------------
"babies, before this is over, we're all gonna be wearing gold plated diapers!" the bruce dickinson | |
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PRINCE
SOTT 1999 PR MESHELL Bitter Cookie Comfort Woman TTD/SANANDA Symphony or Damn Vibrator Introducing the Hardline... I can't really consider anyone else a "favorite"   I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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I think some of my favorite artists only released three albums. I'll do the old-school list since some of the new school artists only have two albums under their belt.
Prince - 1. Parade, 2. Purple Rain, 3. The Gold Experience Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1. Tinderbox, 2. Peepshow, 3. Juju Tori Amos - 1. Little Earthquakes, 2. To Venus And Back, 3. Under The Pink Janet Jackson - 1. The Velvet Rope, 2. Rhythm Nation 1814, 3. Janet. Jesse Johnson - 1. Shockadelica, 2. Jesse Johnson's Revue, 3. Every Shade Of Love Lush - 1. Gala (does a collection of their early EPs count?), 2. Spooky, 3. Split Book Of Love - 1. Book Of Love, 2. Lullaby, 3. Candy Carol Rosetta Stone - 1. Adrenaline/An Eye For The Main Chance, 2. The Tyranny Of Inaction, 3. Chemical Emissions Cranes - 1. Forever, 2. Wings Of Joy, 3. Loved Curve - 1. Cuckoo, 2. Doppelganger, 3. Gift | |
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1. Prince: Purple Rain, SOTT, Lovesexy (order changes depending on the day)
and the rest in no particular order, culled from about dozens I could name equally: 2. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Giant Steps, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman 3. The Police: Ghost In The Machine, Regatta D'Blanc, Synchronicity 4. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions, Fear of a Black Planet, Apocalypse '91 5. Sade: Stronger Than Pride, Love Deluxe, Promise 6. Stevie Wonder: Talking Book, Songs In The Key of Life, Innvervisions 7. Digable Planets: Blowout Comb, Reachin', Where I'm From 12" 8. Me'Shell Ndegeocello: Bitter, Cookie: TAM, Comfort Woman 9. Miles Davis: Seven Steps To Heaven, Kind of Blue, Milestones 10. Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else, Cannonball Adderley and Nancy Wilson, Know What I Mean? [Edited 1/6/05 11:48am] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Prince - Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times, 1999
Talking Heads - 77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Speaking in Tongues The Clash - The Clash, London Calling, Sandinista! The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow, Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead The B-52's - Wild Planet, WHAMMY!, Cosmic Thing Gang of Four - Entertainment!, Solid Gold, Songs of the Free Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley, BloodSugarSexmagik, Californication ABC - The Lexicon of Love, Beauty Stab, How to Be A Zillionaire! The Specials - The Specials, More Specials, The Singles Collection Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle, See Jungle....., When The Going Gets Tough..., Girl Bites Dog [Edited 1/7/05 14:47pm] NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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SADE
Promise Diamond Life Love Deluxe Maxwell All (He only has 4 albums out) Anita Baker Rapture Giving U the Best I've Got The Songstress PRINCE 1999 Rainbow Children SOTT WILL DOWNING Moods Invitation Only Pleasures of the Night | |
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Prince: Dirty Mind, 1999, SOTT
Terence Trent Darby: Symphony or Damn, NFNF, Vibrator Meshell: Peace Beyond Passion, Bitter, Cookie Janet Jackson: RN 1814, The Velvet Rope, Janet Michael Jackson: Off the Wall, Thriller, Dangerous Run-DMC: Run-DMC, King of Rock, Raising Hell New Edition: New Edition, Heartbreak, Home Again |
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Michael Jackson
1) Off The Wall 2) Thriller 3) Bad Prince 1) Sign 'O' The Times 2) Lovesexy 3) The Rainbow Children Miles Davis 1) Kind of Blue 2) Someday My Prince Will Come 3) Round About Midnight John Coltrane 1) Giant Steps 2) Blue Note 3) A Love Supreme Musiq 1) Juslisen 2) Aijuswanasing Maxwell 1) MTV Uplugged 2) Urban Hang Suit D'Angelo 1) Voodoo 2) Brown Sugar The Jacksons 1) The Jacksons Live 2) Destiny 3) The Jacksons Stevie Wonder 1) Songs In The Key Of Life 2) Talking Book 3) Innervisions Al Green 1) I'm Still In Love With U 2) Let's Stay Together 3) Gets Next To You  | |
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Madonna Like a Prayer, Erotica, American Life
Prince Gold Experence, Sign O Times, Parade Kylie Minogue Fever, Impossible Princess, Light Years Me'shell Peace Beyond Passion, Bitter, Comfort Woman Janet Velvet Rope, janet., Rythym Nation Dannii Minogue Neon Nights, Girl, Love and Kisses NIN Downward Sprial, Fragile, Pretty Hate Machine Annie Lennox Diva, Medusa, Bare George Michael Older, Faith, Patience Michael Jackson Dangerous, HIStory, Off the Wall You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
authentic power is service- Pope Francis | |
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Maxwell
Urban Hang Suite Embrya Now U2 Under A Blood Red Sky The Joshua Tree All That You Can't Leave Behind Prince Purple Rain Parade 1999 Sade Stronger Than Pride Lover's Rock Love Deluxe Duran Duran Rio Notorious Astronaut The Beatles Revolver A Hard Day's Night Rubber Soul "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me." | |
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Prince
Dirty Mind Sign Of The Times Rainbow Children David Bowie Honky Dory Space Oddity At The Beeb Terence Trent D'Arby/Sananda Maitreya Neither Fish Nor Flesh Vibrator Symphony Or Damn Neil Young After The Goldrush Harvest Comes A Time Queen Live Killers The Game Hot Space D'Angelo Voodoo Brown Sugar Radiohead OK Computer The Bends Amnesiac David Crosby It's All Coming Back To Me Now Thousand Roads Oh, Yes I Can America Holiday Hourglass Hat Trick Crowded House Woodface Crowded House Temple Of Low Man I also love the music of Sade, Heather Nova and Joni Mitchell, I listen to their albums quite frequently. Of course there are lots of other artists I admire and listen to. These are just my favourites. [Edited 1/7/05 3:54am] [Edited 1/7/05 3:55am] | |
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Sorry, I can't do just 10...
1. Prince - Parade, SOTT, Purple Rain 2. Bjork - Post, Debut, Homogenic 3. Beck - Midnite Vultures, Odelay, Mutations 4. The Beatles - The White Album, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper 5. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland, Axis: Bold As Love, Are You Experienced 6. Juliana Hatfield - Become What You Are, Bed, Beautiful Creature 7. David Bowie - Station To Station, Low, Ziggy Stardust 8. Ween - Chocolate and Cheese, The Mollusk, White Pepper 9. Frank Zappa - Lather, One Size Fits All, Overnight Sensation 10. Sananda Maitreya/TTD - Symphony Or Damn, Vibrator, Wildcard! 11. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love, Stories..., Is This Desire? 12. Nirvana - In Utero, Nevermind, Bleach 13. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova 14. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Songs In the Key of Life 15. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile, The Downward Spiral, Pretty Hate Machine 16. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad 17. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue, Bitches Brew, Rebirth Of The Cool 18. John Coltrane - Love Supreme, Giant Steps, Blue Trane 19. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde, Bringing It All Back Home 20. Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique, Hello Nasty, Ill Communication . [Edited 1/7/05 4:38am] | |
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Prince : TRC - Lovesexy - SOTT
Kate Bush : The Dreaming - Hounds of Love - the Kick Inside Siouxsie (and Creatures) : Juju - Anima Animus - PeepShow Cocteau Twins : Treasure - Garlands - Heaven or Las Vegas Cranes : Futur songs - particles and Waves - Forever the Cure : Pornography - the Top - Concert Björk : Medulla - Homogenic - Debut [Edited 1/7/05 7:27am] Les enfants qui mentent ne vont pas au paradis. | |
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JonSnow said: Tori Amos: Boys for Pele, From the Choirgirl Hotel, Scarlet's Walk
The Cure: Disintegration, The Head on the Door, Kiss Me Miss Me Kiss Me Prince: Purple Rain, Sign o' the Times, Lovesexy David Bowie: Aladdin Sane, Lodger, Reality Eurythmics: Savage, Sweet Dreams (are made of this), Touch Radiohead: OK Computer, Amnesiac, The Bends Pet Shop Boys: Very, Behaviour, Nightlife The Beatles: White Album, Abbey Road, Revolver Neil Young: Silver & Gold, Rust Never Sleeps, Zuma Kate Bush: The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World 
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Tori Amos
Little Earthquakes Under The Pink From the Choirgirl Hotel Prince Parade Sign "O" The Times C-NOTE Kate Bush The Kick Inside The Dreaming The Hounds Of Love Björk Unplugged Homogenic Vespertine Joy Division Peel Sessions (BBC Recordings) Closer Still The Cure Seventeen Seconds Join The Dots The Cure The Cocteau Twins Garlands Heaven or Las Vegas Four-Calendar Café The Eurythmics In The Garden Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) Touch Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Live At Paradiso Live At Glastonbury 2004 The Arcade Fire The Arcade Fire Funeral |
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Prince: Purple Rain, ATWIAD, 1999
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral, Pretty Hate Machine, Fragile Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses, Violator, Singles 86 Destiny's Child: Writing's on the Wall, Survivor, Destiny Fulfilled Styx: Paradise Theater, Cornerstone, Kilroy Was Here (tie with Grand Illusion) Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, The Slim Shady LP The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's, Revolver, Abbey Road Linkin Park: Meteora, Hybrid Theory, haven't listened to Collision Course yet Janet Jackson: Rhythm Nation 1814, Velvet Rope, Control and a lot of country artists no one would be interested in. | |
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1. Madonna - Ray Of Light/Like A Prayer/Bedtime Stories
2. Prince - Purple Rain/Sign Of The Times/Parade 3. MeShell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion/Cookie/Bitter 4. Jamiroquai - Synkronized/Return of the Space Cowboy/Travelling Without Moving 5. Deee-Lite - World Clique/Dewdrops in the Garden/Infinity Within 6. Tina Turner - Rough/Private Dancer/Foreign Affair 7. Bjork - Post/Vespertine/Homogenic 8. Mary J. Blige - No More Drama/What's The 411?/My Life 9. Radiohead - Kid A/OK Computer/Amnesiac 10.Erykah Badu - Baduizm/Mama's Gun/Worldwide Underground | |
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1. Led Zeppelin - II,IV,Physical Graffiti
2. Motorhead - Inferno, Ace Of Spades, Overkill 3. Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge, One Nation.., Let's Take It To The Stage 4. Prince - Sign O The Times, The Gold Experience, Lovesexy 5. Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat And Tears, San Quentin, American Recordings 6. ACDC - Let There Be Rock, Powerage, Dirty Deeds 7. The Wildhearts - Earth Vs, The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed, Coupled With 8. Urge Overkill - Saturation, Exit The Dragon 9. Rancid - Let's Go, Rancid(1993), Rancid(2000) 10. Ramones - Leave Home, Mondo Bizarro, It's Alive | |
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