Music Genre: Pop

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Joanna Newsom
Michelle
4

Not sure how to describe this but jolting and lovely. Joanna sings and plays the harp. Peach, plum, pear.

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Thom Yorke
Michelle
5

Yorke's first solo album has a real album feel to it with nine melancholic tracks blending and blurring together into a whole. It's a good backdrop for a gloomy day.

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Pretenders (Musical group)
Michelle
3

It's about time. This four-disc compilation of remastered hits and previously unreleased tunes demonstrates the timelessness of this music, particularly Chrissie Hynde's punk swagger and vocals.

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Neil Young
Michelle
3

I still don't know how a song called Let's Impeach the President could be so damned catchy. Rock on, old man. Someone had to say it.

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Sigur Rós (Musical group)
Michelle
5

On many 2005 Top 10 lists including some here at the Library, this is a must hear, dramatic and lovely.

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Dirty Three (Musical group)
Michelle
4

Mostly instrumental, mostly melancholic, somewhat mesmerizing, modern and classic.

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Death Cab for Cutie
angela
4

Musical poetry that I can listen to again and again. If you don't like it the first time, give it another listen, this one will grow on you.

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Nouvelle Vague
angela
5

"Nouvelle Vague" means "New Wave" in French and "Bossa Nova" in Portuguese. The idea behind the album was to take post-punk era songs from bands like The Clash, Joy Division and The Dead Kennedys and remake them in a bossa nova style. But it gets better--the young European singers performing the...

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Michelle
4

Music from the HBO series, Six Feet Under - just a small sampling of the many excellent tunes on TV's best show.

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1972- Cat Power
Michelle
5

Cat Power's plaintive musings resonate deeply, particularly if you are melancholy. She is one of a kind.

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Björk
james
3

Consisting entirely of vocal tracks with no musical instruments, this unique recording is hypnotic, strange and hauntingly beautiful. While this may not be everyone's cup of tea, Medulla merits a listen.

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Faint
angela
3

Social commentary combined with inventive electronica evoking the style of 80s bands like The Cure make this album old and new at the same time. Upbeat, fiery and hypnotic.

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Iron & Wine
angela
5

Singer-songwriter Sam Beam has created a wondrous album with slide guitar, percussion, and backing vocals. A lush and personal work of quiet remorse.

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Postal Service
angela
4

This electro-pop album is filled with wistful, beautiful lyrics and catchy beats. A great mix of upbeat and mellow, this CD creates a world of sound that is great for chilling out.

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Edie Brickell
Michelle
3

Remember her? Don't know what she's been doing since the Bohemians, but she hasn't lost her touch.