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ricdeadstar's top albums (half year) 1. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (1545) [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Lana+Del+Rey/Born+to+Die http://covers.nmstudio.pl/img/free-parts/spacer.gif2. Feist - Let It Die (903) http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6879/4ee67c740aea2.jpg http://covers.nmstudio.pl/img/free-parts/spacer.gif3. Britta Persson - Current Affair Medium Rare (871) http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9808/4f319a1075f80.jpg http://covers.nmstudio.pl/img/free-parts/spacer.gif4. Feist - Metals (713) http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7026/4ee6b48cdf97e.jpg http://covers.nmstudio.pl/img/free-parts/spacer.gif5. She & Him - Volume Two (660) http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3466/4ee79d3d8b494.jpg http://covers.nmstudio.pl/img/free-parts/spacer.gif6. Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials (634) http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3928/4ee649096abfc.jpg http://covers.nmstudio.pl/img/free-parts/spacer.gif7. …

Baaba Kulka – Baaba Kulka

Gaba Kulka has always been great for a surprise (remember her changing her name from Gabriela Kulka?), now she’s out to get me hooked on heavy metal (and, thus, turn me into my brother, Thermoskanne) with this record full of Iron Maiden covers.

Rating: ★★★★☆
Best tracks
To Tame a Landaces highProdigal SonChildren Of The Damned

Tom Waits – Bad as Me

After having been completely overwhelmed with the quantity of material on his last two records, I was glad to see Waits back with a regular studio record. It does contain the usual mixture of melancholy and noise with songs erring on either side.

Rating: ★★★½☆
Best tracks
Face to the HighwayTalking at the Same TimeGet Lost

R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now

I’m a sucker for R.E.M.’s catchy tunes and ÜBerlin reminds me a lot of the good stuff™ there like Imitation Of Life. …

Winter 2010/2011:
Track: The Black Keys - Too Afraid to Love You
Album: The Brothers
Artist: The Black Keys

Spring 2011
Track: The White Stripes - Wasting My Time
Album: The White Stripes
Artist: The Black Keys

Summer 2011

Track: The Prodigy - Firestarter
Album: The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Artist: Kings of Leon

Autumn 2011

Track: Warpaint - Billie Holiday
Album: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Music From The Motion Picture The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Artist: Melody Gardot

Winter 2011-2012

Track: The Smiths - Never Had No One Ever
Album: Feist - Let It Die
Artist: Feist

Spring 2012

Track: Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
Album: Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
Artist: Norah Jones

Summer 2012

Track: The Beatles - Don't Bother Me
Album: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Artist: The Beatles

Autumn 2012

Track: Feist - How Come You Never Go There
Album: Jenna Andrews -…

I did this a few years ago. Since my top 50 has changed quite a bit in the last few years, I figured I'd do this again.

1. How did you get into #31? I saw Sarah Harmer's You Were Here album at Best Buy. For some reason, I was intrigued by the cover so I went home and sampled it on the internet. I liked what I heard, so I bought the album and everything else she released after that.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by #22? I've been listening to Sonic Youth since high school, so it is kind of hard of to pinpoint which song I heard first. I'm pretty sure it was Kool Thing. One of my classmates played it a music appreciation class I took my junior year of high school. It remains my favorite song by them.

3. What's your favorite lyric by #29?
I love a lot of Hole lyrics. But my favorite would have to be from Doll Parts. That song has always been my favorite from them and has always resonated with me.

I want to be the girl with the most cake
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