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Too Rye Ay Spotify
Dexys Midnight Runners
release date July 22, 1982 publisher: UMG Recordings
Jan. 23, 2026 listened
There is so much more to Dexys than just "Come On, Eileen", and you don't even have to go far to find it: Plan B, Jackie Wilson Said, I'll Show You etc right on the same album.

Hardcore Celtic speed soul FTW! :)
1980s DexysMidnightRunners Pop Soul UK
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Natalia Lafourcade Spotify
Natalia Lafourcade
release date July 5, 2002 publisher: Sony
Jan. 23, 2026 listened
Great début, full of verve & joy.

(Except for Mírame, Mírate, which is so out of keeping with the rest of the album that I suspect a record exec insisted on having a formulaic ballad.)
2000s Mexico NataliaLafourcade Pop Spanish
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Sí Spotify MusicBrainz
Julieta Venegas genre: Pop / Latin / Pop Rock / Rock
release date Nov. 18, 2003 publisher: BMG
Jan. 14, 2026 listened
The first three tracks are good but the rest feels like filler.
2000s Mexico Pop PopRock
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Life Spotify
The Cardigans
release date March 1, 1995 publisher: Universal / This Compilation
Jan. 12, 2026 listened
'Carnival' and 'Rise & Shine' are 2 of my favourite songs of the 90s, but my first time listening to the whole album.

Most of the rest of the album enjoyable without being special, although I did get a kick out of the easy-listening version of 'Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath'! :D
1990s EasyListening Lounge Pop Sweden