I gave the following albums a spin this week:

Steely Dan -- Aja (one of the finest rock albums ever, in memory of Walter Becker)

Van Hunt -- Popular (were it only released earlier . . . solid, creative piece of work)

Me'Shell NdegeOcello -- Comet, Come To Me (didn't grab me when it first came out, enjoyed it better after years between spins)

You?

If you like AJA you will love this too:

Comser said:

fucking christ...how is this not the only album anybody is listening to...

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because it's the only other album worth listening to right now.

Comser said:

Tori Amos, Native Invaders

Tori Amos - Native Invader (its better than i expected. she's on Tour now! If someone gonna see her in Minneapolis, she takes request for covers... get some Prince, but something beside 'purple rain' and 'little red corvette' - she done that)

Nick cave & the bad seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

Shiina Ringo - 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 (recently discovred her genius... this album is out of this world!)

Comser said:

I don't know why, but.... Alison Moyet - Alf

Good stuff.

Glindathegood said:

Tori Amos, Native Invaders

Yay! Gorgeous piece of work.

Paul McCartney ~ McCartney

Kendrick's DAMN. n untitiled unmastered.

peedub said:

Faith Evans: Faith, Keep the Faith, The First Lady, The King and I

Biggie: Ready to Die, Born After Death, The King and I

Amy Winehouse: Frank, Back to Black, The Lionness

M.I.A.: Kala, Maya, Matangi, Aim

Missy Elliott: Supa Dupa Fly, Miss E... So Addictive, Under Construction, This Is Not a Test, Cookbook

Alicia Keys: Songs in A-Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys, As I Am, Element of Freedom, Girl on Fire, Here

Michael Jackson: Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad 25, Dangerous, HIStory, Blood on the Dance Floor, Invincible, Michael, Escape

Prince: Gold Nigga, Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds and Pearls, , The Hits, Come, The Black Album, The Gold Experience, Emancipation, Chaos and Disorder, The Truth, Crystal Ball, Rave Unto the Fantastic Joy, Expectation, News, The Chocolate Invasion, The Slaughterhouse, Planet Earth, Lotus, 20Ten, 1-800-000 New Funk

1988 today....

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Sade - Stronger Than Pride

Peter Cetera - One More Story

Gregory Abbott - I'll Prove It To you

Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff

Tyka Nelson - Royal Blue

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel

Billy Ocean - Tear Down These Walls

Nia Peeples - Nothin But Trouble

Nicole - Jam Packed

Steve Winwood - Roll With It

Elton John - a lot of it

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A lot of these album tracks and the whole album of Elton John (1970) just sustained brilliance. The two videos are from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) and 2 Low 4 Zero (1983) as opening tracks they give you some idea of how good his opening tracks always were.

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Dancelot said:

One of the greatest hip-hop duos of all time. Mecca winds up filling my summer playlists, and Ingredient fills my fall playlists.

My last two vinyl spins:

A Tribe Called Quest -- The Low End Theory (1991)

Lena Horne -- The Incomparable Lena Horne (1963)

I've recently rediscovered the A Tribe Called Quest back catalog thanks to the great sound of the streaming albums on Amazon Prime music player. My CD rips had lower volume and these remasters sound amazing!

Mostly Kate Bush.

namepeace said:

I gave the following albums a spin this week:

Steely Dan -- Aja (one of the finest rock albums ever, in memory of Walter Becker)

Van Hunt -- Popular (were it only released earlier . . . solid, creative piece of work)

Me'Shell NdegeOcello -- Comet, Come To Me (didn't grab me when it first came out, enjoyed it better after years between spins)

You?

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Its a fantastic album! I was lucky enough to secure the bonus tracks (Enjoy The Silence, Never Still Water, and Who Wears The Crown) along with non-album track Harvey. Shame this stuff is obscure but kinda fun for those who have found it. Never Still Water was later released on "Buy This Fracking Album".