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Dream Pop Albums for Slowly Getting Lost in the Music
Dream Pop Albums for Slowly Getting Lost in the Music
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2 in common: Cigarettes After Sex and Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill
Where shoegaze overwhelms with volume, dream pop invites you into space: chiming guitars, soft synthesisers, slow drum machines and voices that seem to drift rather than push. These albums suit...
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Jazz Guitar Albums with More Than Technical Flash
Jazz Guitar Albums with More Than Technical Flash
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2 in common: Midnight Blue and Idle Moments
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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Rock Albums for People Who Think They Have Heard It All
Rock Albums for People Who Think They Have Heard It All
by record_digger  • 
In common: Laughing Stock
For seasoned listeners who feel guitar music has run out of new moves, these albums sit just outside the classic-rock canon and treat the guitar as a source of tension, texture and storytelling...
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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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In common: I Could Live in Hope
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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Modern Folk Albums with a Strong Sense of the Outdoors
Modern Folk Albums with a Strong Sense of the Outdoors
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In common: Not Even Happiness
Folk's link to the natural world is often reduced to a vague pastoral cliché, but the most compelling modern folk records are rooted in specific places. Instead of using acoustic guitars as...
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Jazz Albums Where You Can Follow the Melody
Jazz Albums Where You Can Follow the Melody
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In common: Idle Moments
One of the biggest hurdles for jazz newcomers is losing the thread during long, abstract solos. But improvisation at its best is not random notes at speed. It is the art of taking a clear...
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Albums That Sound Like Winter
Albums That Sound Like Winter
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In common: Vespertine
These records make winter audible. A piano can sound as close as a lamp in a dark room, or a voice can hang in the mix like breath in cold air. There are no holiday standards here. Start with Kate...
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Synth-Pop Albums for People Who Love a Strong Melody
Synth-Pop Albums for People Who Love a Strong Melody
by record_digger  • 
In common: Hats
For listeners who love a tune they can carry away, these records put melody at the centre of electronic pop. The attraction varies: Erasure offer vocal drama, Shura makes room for uncertainty, and...
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Albums to Explore When Your Listening Feels Stuck
Albums to Explore When Your Listening Feels Stuck
by record_digger  • 
In common: Heart Food
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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Albums That Sound Like an Unsettling Dream
Albums That Sound Like an Unsettling Dream
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In common: Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill
For listeners who want an album to feel like a place rather than a playlist: records whose voices blur, whose sounds shift shape and whose calm always has something slightly wrong underneath. The...
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Albums That Make Listening from Start to Finish Worthwhile
Albums That Make Listening from Start to Finish Worthwhile
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In common: A Crow Looked at Me
For curious listeners ready to spend time with a whole record, these albums make order and connection part of the pleasure. Some tell a story. Others return to a musical idea, join songs through...
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Albums That Reveal More on a Second Listen
Albums That Reveal More on a Second Listen
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In common: Vespertine
A first listen can give you the melody or the mood. A return can reveal a bass line that changes the song's balance, a voice hidden in the arrangement or a detail whose emotional weight only...
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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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Instrumental Albums for a Quiet Working Afternoon
Instrumental Albums for a Quiet Working Afternoon
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For a stretch of reading, writing, or routine work, these albums give you something to hear without a lead vocal pulling you into the words. Hiroshi Yoshimura’s small keyboard phrases suit a...
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Metal Albums with Room for Beauty and Restraint
Metal Albums with Room for Beauty and Restraint
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On a similar theme
Metal does not have to be a relentless blast to knock you off your feet. Some of the genre's most crushing moments only work because the band knows when to step back, pick up an acoustic guitar or...
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Albums Everyone Should Hear at Least Once
Albums Everyone Should Hear at Least Once
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On a similar theme
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
by record_digger  • 
On a similar theme
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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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 for People Who Usually Only Listen to Singles
Albums for People Who Usually Only Listen to Singles
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On a similar theme
Know the hits but rarely stay for the album? These records offer an inviting next step: immediate songs, a clear sense of movement and less familiar tracks that repay staying put. The choices...
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