You know I've got shit to do when Beastie Boys hit the turntable.

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I've had the new album Closer to Happy by the band Joseph on repeat since it came out three weeks ago. Even with one of the three sisters leaving the band, the harmonies are fantastic and I'm loving the album.

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Tody in 1984 The Cars released Heartbeat City. Look at the hits on this album: Hello Again, Magic, Drive, You Might Think, the list goes on.

I still contend that 1984 was one of the best years for music. And yes, I've been collecting records so long now I only paid $2.50 for this record.

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Thirty-five years ago today Queen released their final album, Innuendo. (Sorry, I don't count Made in Heaven). Freddie Mercury was literally singing from his deathbed during the making of the album.

I was just getting in to Queen in a big way when this album came out and I remember collecting all the reissues on Hollywood records.

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Thirty five years ago today in 1991, Jesus Jones released their sophomore album, Doubt. Featuring the hit single "Right Here, Right Now", the song would hit #1 in the US and the album topped the charts in the UK.

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Thirty years ago today, Tori Amos released her third album, Boys for Pele. According to Wikiepedia, the first single, Caught a Lite Sneeze, was the first full song ever released for streaming online prior to an album's release. The album would reach #2 in the UK and #2 on the Billboard 200.

My copy is a rare original 1996 pressing.

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My wife has never understood my love of ABBA. Arrival, released 50 years ago this year, may just be the perfect ABBA album. It features such hits as When I Kissed The Teacher, Dancing Queen, My Love, My Life, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Money, Money, Money, and Tiger.

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The King is Dead by The Decemberists was released fifteen years ago today. The album would go on to reach #1 on the US Billboard 200 and the lead single, Down By The Water, was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Song. This Is Why We Fight is one of my favorite songs by the band.

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Fifteen years ago today, Social DIstortion released their final album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes. Proving that after 30 years they still knew how to rock out with their punk rock sound.

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In the last few years, just by chance, I've really gotten into some Australian singer-songwriters like Alex Lahey, Gordi, and Angie McMahon, whom I really like. Check out her debut Salt (pictured) from 2019 or her 2023 follow-up Light, Dark, Light again.

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