Tbh Any of their output could claim a place in a top 10, apart from (for my money, Nocturnal and Dig, Lazarus Dig)...
23.11.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@philthomas.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Theologian, Gardener, Reader, Author ("Hope for A Tree" and "In A Vision of the Night") Low-level Theological Educator
Tbh Any of their output could claim a place in a top 10, apart from (for my money, Nocturnal and Dig, Lazarus Dig)...
23.11.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thanks, cat
22.11.2025 13:03 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hi Rich. Hope last weekend's work was ok. My #5debutalbums1014 choices are:
1. Agnes Obel - Philharmonics
2. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
3. Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal
4. Asgeir - In the Silence
5. Glen Hansard - Rhythm and Repose
Thanks
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Excited for my colleague who sent off her PhD proposal today.
20.11.2025 21:23 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This skeet not getting much traction... (must confess that I don't know the song or the band ๐ฌ)
20.11.2025 21:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Sad to hear about the death of #Mani. Vanishing Point is one of my favourite Primal Scream albums.
BBC News - Tributes to Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Don't have much REM (I know, I know!) but love this album.
20.11.2025 21:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
18.11.2025 06:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Such a great album
16.11.2025 13:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Heard this yesterday on Heart80s and remembered just what a good song it is.
15.11.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A friend gave me this. Some lovely songwriting
13.11.2025 16:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Will probably has them all...
10.11.2025 16:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Rainy November afternoon = Squash soup + Gingerbread
09.11.2025 16:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Autumn colours this morning
08.11.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Reading this book as research for a module I'll be teaching on "Revelation and the Machine".
30.10.2025 20:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That's a good haul
29.10.2025 07:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wow, big gap between 2 and 3!
26.10.2025 19:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So true
26.10.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Evening Rich,
My #5debutalbums8084 picks are:
1. U2 - Boy
2. Nick Cave - From Her to Eternity
3. The Pogues - Red Roses For Me
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
5. Byrne & Eno - My Life In the Bush of Ghosts
Have a good weekend!
Sad. I mentioned her work just today teaching on the Old Testament.
21.10.2025 18:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I read that book a few years ago when I felt a bit stuck in my job. I'm not a dancer at all, but it was a very helpful book to make me think about things in a new way.
20.10.2025 18:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0That's the benefit of having rematches it on iPlayer with my son!
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Yeah! He played keyboard for Bowie at LiveAid
14.10.2025 16:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Read Satantango a few years back and it was dense and hard going. There was no reward, at least for me...
09.10.2025 16:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A bit late to this but yeah!. Watched it last night and it's one of the most fun and prescient movies I've seen in a long time
06.10.2025 06:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks for the hard work, Rich. This is a great poll.
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Evening Rich. I foresee a very busy weekend ahead for you!
My #5debutalbums0004 picks are:
1. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
2. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
3. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
4. Tomahawk - Tomahawk
5. 65days of static - The Fall of Math
Good luck!
I don't have this one but I love their stuff
29.09.2025 16:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy Birthday
22.09.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Last bit of shortlisting for #5debutalbums0004 gor this week is this from Thalia Zedek. Not listened to this in years. Worth a spin
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