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Macalla

Clannad · 1985

Macalla is Clannad’s 1985 eighth studio album, recorded across Switzerland, England, and Ireland. It features bilingual Irish-English material, including two fully Irish-language tracks and a notable duet with Bono. Producer Steve Nye oversaw key tracks such as 'Closer to Your Heart' and 'Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)', both of which became hit singles. The album also includes the hit duet 'In a Lifetime' with Bono, opening with Máire teaching him Irish phrases.

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12 Songs

Randy Newman · 1970

12 Songs is Randy Newman’s second studio album, released in April 1970 by Reprise Records. It features a swampy style of roots music with introspective, satirical songwriting; demonstrates Newman's eccentric mix of traditional pop song structures and sardonic, satirical humor; contains his most mordant character studies, which boast a recognizable humanity; counterposes his indolent drawl against instrumental settings ranging from rock to bottleneck to various shades of jazz; includes several songs previously recorded by other artists; features a stellar trio of guitarists — Ry Cooder, Clarence White, and Ron Elliott; and replaces the orchestra with an Americana rock rhythm section.

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400 Degreez

Juvenile · 1998

400 Degreez is a foundational New Orleans hip-hop record defined by its production method — lyrics first, live keyboards only, no sampling — and its regional coherence. It is not a crossover bid. It is a local document made with daily discipline and total instrumental control.

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A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers · 1960

A Date With The Everly Brothers is a 2013 tribute album by the Chapin Sisters. It is not the 1960 Everly Brothers record. No sonic, technical, or interpretive detail is provided in the source material.

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A Meeting by the River

Ry Cooder · 1993

A Meeting by the River is a 1993 Grammy-winning world music crossover album recorded in September 1992 by Ry Cooder on slide guitar and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on the Mohan veena—an instrument Bhatt created—with Joachim Cooder on dumbek and Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari on tabla. The session was unplanned and unrehearsed: Cooder and Bhatt met less than an hour before recording began. Produced and engineered by Kavichandran Alexander, it features voice-like phrasing, alternating and unison melodic lines, and improvisation rooted in Hindustani classical tradition and blues sensibility. Its four tracks—'A Meeting by the River', 'Longing', 'Ganges Delta Blues', and 'Isa Lei'—are noted for clarity, distinctness, and three-dimensional sound quality.