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Jazz Guitar Albums with More Than Technical Flash
Jazz Guitar Albums with More Than Technical Flash
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In common: Undercurrent
In jazz the electric guitar can easily become a vehicle for athletic display: frantic scale runs, endless arpeggios and finger speed aimed at other guitarists. The recordings that last move...
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Pre-1980 Albums With Distinctive Recording Sounds
Pre-1980 Albums With Distinctive Recording Sounds
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In common: Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Some old records make you notice how much the room, the tape, or the equipment shaped the performance. On these albums, the sound is part of what makes the songs worth returning to. Start with...
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Albums to Explore When Your Listening Feels Stuck
Albums to Explore When Your Listening Feels Stuck
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In common: TNT
When familiar playlists stop catching your attention, change one part of the experience: the pace, the sound of the lead instrument, the way a voice meets a band, or the space a song takes to...
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Quiet Albums That Reward Close Listening
Quiet Albums That Reward Close Listening
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Low volume can make a record feel bigger. These albums leave room around the playing, whether that means a voice close to the microphone, a few spare guitar notes, or a whole band holding back...
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Gentle Guitar Albums for an Unhurried Evening
Gentle Guitar Albums for an Unhurried Evening
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When you want to sit with a guitar record at the end of the day, the space between notes can be as inviting as the melody. These albums make room for that through Bert Jansch’s fingerpicking, Pat...
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Ambient Albums for Watching Rain Through the Window
Ambient Albums for Watching Rain Through the Window
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Some records sound like the view through a wet window, with a clear shape close by and the rest softening into the distance. Loscil starts with the sound of rain. Other picks get there through...
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Rock Albums That Use Quiet as Well as Volume
Rock Albums That Use Quiet as Well as Volume
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On a similar theme
Volume alone is a blunt instrument: when everything plays at full force from first bar to last, the ear adjusts and the impact fades. These rock albums earned their place because the heavy moments...
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Short Albums That Leave a Lasting Impression
Short Albums That Leave a Lasting Impression
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A satisfying album need not take most of an evening. These studio records each fit inside 35 minutes in the standard edition described, yet leave a distinct musical world behind. There is room for...
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Ambient Albums with a Sense of Movement
Ambient Albums with a Sense of Movement
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Ambient music is often mistaken for static wallpaper or a sleep aid, yet its most enduring works are full of quiet currents. These pieces drift, swell, dissolve and reshape themselves over long...
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Piano Albums for a Slow Start to the Day
Piano Albums for a Slow Start to the Day
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These piano records leave room for a morning to take shape. Some offer a familiar melody with a little give in the timing. Others make a few repeating notes feel like enough. Start with Keith...
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R&B Albums for a Late Night with Good Headphones
R&B Albums for a Late Night with Good Headphones
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Late-night listening is not one mood. Sometimes midnight wants romantic warmth, sometimes solitary introspection, sometimes the uneasy hum of a city that will not sleep. Good headphones expose the...
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Downtempo Albums That Stay Interesting in the Background
Downtempo Albums That Stay Interesting in the Background
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Downtempo is often written off as sonic wallpaper: unchallenging loops to fill silence while the coffee brews. The best records do something more sophisticated. They make a calm, inviting space...
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Albums with No Obvious Place to Skip
Albums with No Obvious Place to Skip
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These records make a case for giving every track a turn, including the quiet songs, instrumentals and brief links. The selection looks for a clear purpose and consistent care across the original...
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Albums Everyone Should Hear at Least Once
Albums Everyone Should Hear at Least Once
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For curious listeners who want a way beyond familiar playlists, these albums offer a broad shelf of musical worlds: soul, jazz, folk, rock, hip-hop, electronic music and songwriting from several...
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Short Albums That Leave a Lasting Impression
Short Albums That Leave a Lasting Impression
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A great album does not need a whole evening. Every record here runs under thirty-five minutes, and each earned its place because the brevity is part of the effect: nothing feels like a sketch, and...
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