Aussie band
debut album
hearing hints of Lloyd Cole in places
i like it

worth a listen if youre in need of one to fill in the gap this week MH

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #6

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from down under
6th album

single

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #68

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from Tennessee
3rd ep

single

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #4

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from Michigan
3rd ep
Christian rapper

5 tracks hit the Songs chart
highest at #35

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #2

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from Atlanta
3rd album
sounds like she went porn also

7 tracks hit the Songs chart
highest at #58

German soul/R+B/jazz producer teams up with Paul Weller to bring this excellent 1970s soul sounding R+B song
great stuff as a single-only release.

i believe its only released in Germany but i'll try to get the 7" single anyway....

enters the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart at #79

I don't like it

YouTube listen

encouraged by Ruby:
YAY!
i got round to hearing the new-ish Mavis Staples album

i found it a bit to mellow and bland overall musically speaking.
the opening track: "chicago" was a solid rocker with an almost Black Keys feel, i loved that one
then closing track: "everybody needs love" had a decent uptempo soul/R+B thing happening which was a great positive uplifting album closer.
its just everything inbetween which was all on one tone that didnt seem to fit the 'bookend' tracks.
those tracks were okay, passable, nothing special but Mavis' vocals still shone through as the highlight of it all, yes they were frail at times and yes she couldnt quite hold some of the notes as well as she was once able to do, but hey, she is 86 years young and her effort was incredible.

stand out tracks for me:

"Chicago"  Mavis Staples - "Chicago" (Full Album Stream)

"everybody needs love"  Mavis Staples - "Everybody Needs Love" (Full Album Stream)

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #15

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from Chicago
7th album
it's rap crap

most plays

enters the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart at #63

I don't like it