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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends
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Albums I listen for the first time in 2017
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Everything but the Girl have always taken a languid approach to their music, but they were at their most sublime on Idlewild. Produced by the duo's own Ben Watt, the music is stripped down to the bare minimum--a rhythm, a melody, and Tracy Thorn's divine voice--yet somehow they make it feel lush. Some of EBTG's most affecting songs are on Idlewild: Thorn's adolescent reminiscence in "Oxford Street"; "The Night I Heard Caruso Sing," Watt's ode to father and (someday) son in which he explains that the great tenor is "almost as good as Presley"; the tale of friendship in "Blue Moon Rose"; and
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros UK
Release date: 13 January 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0022924384028 UPC: 022924384028
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Release date: 13 January 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0022924384028 UPC: 022924384028
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1788 music items)
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Albums I listen for the first time in 2017 (520 music items)
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1788 music items)