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K-pop septet BTS (@BTS_twt) dives into concepts of identity and self through fame, relationships, and Jung. allmusic.com/album/map-of-th…
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Expertly-crafted, three-disc anthology that packs hits, rarities, and personal curation from K-pop septet BTS.
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Ladies dominated the best pop albums of 2023 including standout releases from @KylieMinogue, @AvaMax, @OliviaRodrigo, and @TaylorSwift13. Not to be dismissed were pop smashes from @NiallOfficial, @TroyeSivan, and the official debut of BTS singer V.
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@JasonIsbell We appreciate when even the “Party Music” merch has a rich back story:
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With his second album out today, @DavidDuchovny spoke with us about gaining confidence as a singer, how his band members put up with some of his cheesier ideas, and what it's like to have Marilyn Manson as a fan allmusic.com/blog/post/david…
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New reviews: Norah Jones explores new sounds in a compilation of digital singles, K-pop megastars BTS expand their empire with their most accessible album to date, and stalwart Bruce Hornsby brings elements of electronica and jazz into his songwriting. allmusic.com/newreleases
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RIP Marty Balin: As a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, Balin contributed to the development of the psychedelic aesthetic of the late 60s and soundtracked the Summer of Love. He would go on to further success with Jefferson Starship and a solo career. allmusic.com/artist/marty-ba…
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Talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist @JasonIsbell adds producer to his list of duties on a superb, emotionally powerful album.
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RIP Dennis Edwards. The R&B singer fronted the Temptations from the late '60s through most of the '70s as the group became more experimental with its sound, like on the psychedelic soul masterpiece 'Cloud Nine.' allmusic.com/artist/dennis-e…
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Lana Del Rey
Blue Banisters
With the instrumentals on every track somewhat stripped down, the focus of the album was on Lana Del Rey’s soul-crushing lyrics and evocative vocals. Like her previous work, Blue Banisters is meant to be … ift.tt/3sWIzW4
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New Reviews: Camila Cabello's second album finds the singer further establishing herself beyond Fifth Harmony, the Who sounds rejuvenated on the band's second record in 37 years, and Pitbull departs the majors and makes his most diverse album yet. allmusic.com/newreleases
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Embracing dancefloor anthems, lo-fi glitches and abrasive, cathartic near-noise, the electronic genre pushed boundaries in 2023. Our editors highlight groundbreaking recordings and a farewell to legend @RyuichiSakamoto.
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Mojo Nixon, 1957-2024
One of the most outsized personalities on college radio in the '80s, Mojo Nixon won a fervent cult following with his motor-mouthed redneck persona and a gonzo brand of satire with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
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The latest from Demi Lovato is a candid confessional set to hyper-stylized pop. allmusic.com/album/dancing-w…
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REO Speedwagon
Ridin' the Storm Out
While the group still had elements of their bar band boogie, they began to streamline their approach on this album, released 50 years ago this month.
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Rapper and pop star @NICKIMINAJ's fifth album serves as a multi-genre sequel to her 2010 breakthrough, expanding her range both musically and emotionally.
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Album eight from @starfucker hits a sweet spot with 17 bittersweet, grooving synth pop tracks that play out like an hour-long DJ set for the alienated.
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Americana heroine @amandashires throws away her rule book and delivers a stylistically diverse and remarkably accomplished album.
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This raw, hard rock pivot from erstwhile pop star @ddlovato is a thrilling, pleasant surprise.
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@OfficialRunDMC
Tougher Than Leather
As groundbreaking as Run-D.M.C.'s first album was, they became a better group when they started rhyming faster and embraced dense, busy, sample-heavy production.
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We talked to @ladisputeband on recording Nirvana's "Polly" for the album Whatever Nevermind allmusic.com/blog/post/song-…
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A gorgeously textured and varied set on @bluenoterecords from enigmatic guitarist @julian_lage featuring production from @JoeHenryMusic.
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Leeds post-punks @YardActBand upstage their Mercury Prize-nominated debut with a wry, chaotic, and infectious follow-up produced by @gorillaz's Remi Kabaka, Jr.
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28th Day
Complete Recordings
Active for only a few years in the mid-'80s, 28th Day was loosely connected to the Paisley Underground, making songs of psychedelic jangle and punky angst as filtered through Beatles-informed melody.
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The latest from @AdamLambert is a glitter-dipped exercise in '70s disco-era funk, rock, and soul that makes the most of his swaggering vocal charisma. allmusic.com/album/velvet-mw…
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Jim Hall-Ron Carter Duo
Alone Together
Long considered a classic and a revelation to listeners who had taken guitarist Jim Hall for granted, this set of duets with bassist @RonCarterBass has near-telepathic communication.
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Lime Spiders
Nine Miles High 1983-1990
This collection of 26 cuts on a single disc offers the best of the best ofthe band's Australian garage madness on one of the best reissue labels in the biz -- Raven
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@CutCopy
In Ghost Colours
Mix a shimmering new wave-meets-indie pop-meets-neo-disco sound that's totaly retro, but somehow quite futuristic, with a batch of heartfelt songs with really sticky melodies and the occasional teardrop.
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Ron Funches
The Funches of Us
The debut comedy album from the sweet-miened comedian/actor gracefully juggles topics including pop culture (Ludacris, Muppet Babies), past service jobs, racism, and regional U.S. cultures.
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@Peaches
I Feel Cream
Funky electroclash and shiny synths collide on this neon throbber, delivering sleekness and polish without sacrificing the raw attitude of her prior albums.
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Sometimes the best way to look back is to look way, way back. These are our favorite reissues, boxed sets, expanded editions, previously unreleased releases and archival albums of 2023.
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Philly band Sheer Mag make their Third Man Records debut with their most stylistically diverse yet still rockin' album to date.
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Cuban-born/Florida-bred singer @Camila_Cabello embraces her inner Miami party girl along with a sweaty, neon-dipped hyperpop sound.
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Charles M. Bogart
Sounds of North American Frogs
Celebrate leap day with this unexpected runaway hit album of frog calls from legendary record label @smithsonian @Folkways.
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A bright, colorful record from @NorahJones that places equal weight on mood and melody.
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Premiere: 'Point Break' soundtrack, feat. Steve Aoki & Headhunterz, Art Department & more allmusic.com/blog/post/album…
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@WillieNelson
Phases and Stages
Phases and Stages, released 50 years ago today, is a wonderful set of music that resonates deeply, as deeply as the words.
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A period of relentless turmoil involving loss, rehab, and divorce inspired art rocker @nadineshah's resilient and atypically groove-heavy fifth LP.
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Musical polymath @seanonolennon broadens his scope with an album of completely instrumental cosmic jazz and ambient cinema-scapes.
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The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family Album
The first LP from this Monkees-inspired TV entity yielded a pair of U.S. Top Ten hits, including the Cassidy classic "I Think I Love You," which went all the way to number one.
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@QueenWillRock
Queen II
Queen II, released 50 years ago today, has a kind of insular drama is quite alluring in its own right, which makes it one of the favorites of their hardcore fans.
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Johnny Costa
Plays Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Longtime pianist for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Johnny Costa's warm jazz stylings helped define the show's smart but always welcoming tone.
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Watch the doc from @ComplexMag on the history of Shady Records, w/@Eminem, @50cent & @DrDre allmusic.com/blog/post/watch…
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This year, our editors chose 271 different albums on their respective lists including records by emerging artists and established acts. Peruse these individual lists to find all of these, giving AllMusic reason enough to love 2023.
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A lush, laconic album from Faye Webster that can sometimes feel like a 21st century spin on yacht rock.
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AllMusic Staff Pick:
Unrest
Perfect Teeth
While not without the usual twists keeping their oblong pop a little left-of-center, it is as cohesive and uncluttered as the band got, and it includes some of their definitive sounds and songs.
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Bassist Ian Hill spoke with AllMusic shortly before the release of @judaspriest's upcoming album Invincible Shield, discussing the record, his picks for favorite and most underrated Priest recordings, and if a 20th studio album is a possibility.
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Part of the 30th anniversary celebration of @MariahCarey's debut, 'The Rarities' gathers prime B-sides, career-spanning outtakes, and a peak Daydream-era performance. allmusic.com/album/the-rarit…
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A joyous celebration of jump blues, swing, and boogie woogie made by a pair of natural collaborators, Jools Holland and @rodstewart.
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@AmpFiddler
Waltz of a Ghetto Fly
After a couple decades spent floating around with the likes of George Clinton, Prince, and fellow Detroiter Moodymann, keyboardist/vocalist Fiddler finally came up with his first solo album.
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Nat King Cole
The Christmas Song
First issued in the early '60s, this collection of musical Christmas cheer is packed full of the smoothly sung, sentimental favorites associated as much with Nat King Cole himself as with the season.
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Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire leads a deeply meditative yet still celebratory trio collaboration with the veteran jazz masters.
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Steve Lawrence, 1935-2024
A suave, mature vocalist who followed Sinatra's lead for decades, often as one half of Steve & Eydie with wife Eydie Gorme.
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Jason Isbell delivers a brilliant album about the search for strength and direction that emerged in a most chaotic and uncertain time. allmusic.com/album/reunions-…
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A joyous, star-studded celebration of @WillieNelson held at the Hollywood Bowl on his 90th birthday.
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Wilco
Summerteeth
While @Wilco was inarguably @JeffTweedy's band at this point, Summerteeth, released 25 hours ago today, was the apex of his collaboration with Jay Bennett.
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@EmmylouSongbird
Red Dirt Girl
Alternately sparse and lush, it can be seen as a companion piece to 1995's Wrecking Ball. Drum loops and exotic melodies nestle in comfortably with warm guitar work and Harris' gently wavering voice.
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This Week @BTS_twt presents a three-disc anthology and hits and rarities, Rusty pairs up @ElvisCostello with Allan Mayes to pay tribute to songs they loved as teenagers, and @eltonofficial celebrates Madman Across the Water with an expansive boxed set. allmusic.com/newreleases
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There was no shortage of notable jazz in 2023: @alisononbanjo reminded us that the banjo has a rich history in jazz, we got a terrific live set from @FredHerschMusic & @EspeSpalding, and hip-hop influences weighed heavily on several standout albums.
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A moody, dreamy album from @taylorswift13 designed to be played in the wee small hours of the morning.
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@LaurieSpiegel
The Expanding Universe
This 2012 release of computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel's 1980 album extends its running time with 100 extra minutes of cosmic synthesizer sounds and code-derived melodies.
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Heavy metal elder statesmen @judaspriest are operating at full power on their thrashing, exhilarating 19th studio album.
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Former @thesonicyouth member @KimletGordon delivers knife-edged beats and hypnotic character studies that feel like the essence of her entire body of work.
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Singer/songwriter Mary Timony returns to her solo career with songs about surviving grief that combine mystical folk with the rock crunch of her band Ex Hex.
@exhexband @MaryT_Money
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Several classical albums stood out to our reviewers this month including a beautiful recital of French orchestral songs by Sandrine Piau.
Discover more of our editors' selections and highlights.
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Editors (@editorsofficial) frontman Tom Smith talked us through the creation of his band's new album (we gave it 4 1/2 stars) and its growth over the course of six records allmusic.com/blog/post/edito…
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The vaunted trilogy from @_Therion comes to an end with its most stylistically diverse and musically dramatic volume.
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Jack Antonoff's comforting and contemplative fourth album as @bleachersmusic ponders the hopes and worries that come with life-changing love.
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Eddie Kendricks
Boogie Down!
Boogie Down, released 50 years ago today, is Kendricks' fifth solo album and shows that he had attained a mature and tasteful musical niche independent of his former group, The Temptations.
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A cathartic autobiographical set from @TheBillyPorter dominated by celebratory, queer-themed dance anthems.
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Popol Vuh
Einsjäger & Siebenjäger
Released 50 years ago today, Einsjäger & Siebenjäger (Earth & Sky) remains a watermark for their trademark of melding beauty and free-flowing composition.
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@Hoobastank
Hoobastank
Young bands: choose your name wisely. A shame because this debut is as catchy as anything released in 2001, due mostly to a surprisingly talented vocalist and sneakily proficient songwriting.
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The Regrettes
Feel Your Feelings Fool!
Frank, feminist, and sung by then-high schooler Lydia Night, the @regrettesband first album covers every up and down of teenage girlhood from first love to unbridled rage at the world.
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@ThomasDolby
The Flat Earth
The musician/innovator gets points for shrugging off formula on a sophomore album traversing the manically infectious "Hyperactive" and a cover of "I Scare Myself" that brings cocktail jazz into the chat.
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@ronniewood's spirited, loving tribute to the great bluesman Jimmy Reed recorded live at Royal Albert Hall in 2013.
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Go from backroads to Music Row with our favorite country albums of 2023. Standouts include Americana psychedelia from @RustonKelly (pictured), a stripped-down @TheBrandyClark, and welcome returns from @TanyaTucker and @IrisDeMent.
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.@SadierLae combines urgent calls for love and self-knowledge with experimental sonics that border on sacred, making for some of her most vital solo music.
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A Motown Christmas
An outstanding sampler of holiday highlights all recorded during the label's late-'60s peak and infused with the same beautifully soulful vibe which defined the Sound of Young America at its best.
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@theroots
Things Fall Apart
One of the cornerstone albums of alternative rap's second wave, Things Fall Apart (released 25 years ago today) was the point where the Roots' tremendous potential finally coalesced into a structured album.
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. @oasis singer @liamgallagher and @thestoneroses guitarist John Squire prove to be natural creative partners.
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As @Shinedown's new album tops the iTunes charts, frontman Brent Smith shared the ideas behind the concept record allmusic.com/blog/post/shine…
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Various Artists
Ultra Chilled, Vol. 1
Despite the rather unfortunate title, Ultra Chilled, Vol. 1 assembles some of the most established names in down-tempo electronica and trip-hop, mixing them with some relative unknowns.
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The 50th anniversary edition of @alicecooper's hard rock masterwork includes remastered audio of the original album as well as live material and outtakes.
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Jerry Douglas
Slide Rule
On Slide Rule, @JerryDouglas moves away from the jazz experiments of Plant Early, returning to the straightforward bluegrass of his early work.
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The sixth album from New Jersey indie rockers @realestateband continues their arc of maturation while returning to the straightforward charm of their earliest days.
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New voices honoring retro vibes and established artists still breaking ground. These are our favorite R&B albums of 2023.
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'Live Around the World' showcases performances of @QueenWillRock featuring @AdamLambert , including a re-creation of the band's iconic Live Aid set. allmusic.com/album/live-arou…
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Old 97's
Wreck Your Life
While @Old97s second album continues the forlorn West Texas twang-a-billy that they pioneered with their debut, the sharp songwriting of vocalist @RhettMiller steps out to the forefront this time around.
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Explore new voices like Bethany Cosentino and the supergroup Boygenius (pictured), or settle into new music from old favorites like Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant, and PJ Harvey in our editors' favorite Singer/Songwriter albums of 2023.
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AllMusic had the chance to speak with Liberia-born, Chattanooga-based folk musician @mon_rovia_boy about his most recent single, "Don't Lose a Good Thing," how he holds onto his optimism, and his favorite type of tea.
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@Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
Often overshadowed by the subsequent twin highlights of Toys in the Attic and Rocks, Aerosmith's 1974 second album, released 50 years ago on this date, is where Aerosmith became Aerosmith.
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A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Spector believed he could produce a record for the holidays that would capture not only the essence of the Christmas spirit, but also be a pop masterpiece.
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An unusually hushed and warm -- yet typically vital -- album from folk-punk singer/songwriter Hurray for the Riff Raff.
@HFTRR
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The likes of @butcherBRWN, @MarshaAmbrosius, and @kennylattimore assist Grammy-winning singer @ledisi on her rich tenth album.
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A bracing, powerful work from @moormother concentrating on British colonialism and its aftereffects, featuring a stellar cast of guest collaborators.
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