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Singer-songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes and sings their own material including lyrics and melodies. They often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano. A number of other well-known musicians may write some of their own songs,...
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The Heart of Saturday Night
The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 339 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, his...
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- Oct 1974
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- 2,496.027 s (41.60045 min )
Heads and Tales
Heads & Tales is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. (see 1972 in music). "Taxi" went to #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
All songs by Harry Chapin
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- Mar 11, 1972
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Greatest Stories Live
Greatest Stories Live is the first live album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1976, (see 1976 in music). Certain elements had to be re-recorded in the studio due to technical problems with the live recordings. The...
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- Apr 23, 1976
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Living Room Suite
Living Room Suite is the eighth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1978. (see 1978 in music).
All songs by Harry Chapin
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- Sep 10, 1977
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- 2,506.16 s (41.7693 min )
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Legends of the Lost and Found
Legends of the Lost and Found: New Greatest Stories Live is the second live album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). It featured ten new songs plus live versions of six tracks from recent albums....
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Sarah McLachlan Live EP
Live is a 1992 live recording by Sarah McLachlan, not to be confused with the 2004 Live Acoustic EP. It documents a concert that McLachlan performed in September of that year in Harbourfront, Toronto, and was released on CD in October. All of the...
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- 1992
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Songs for Clem
Songs for Clem is a 1999 album by Sarah Harmer, credited to Harmer and Jason Euringer.
The album was never originally intended for release, but as a 1998 Christmas gift for her father, Clem Harmer. It features Sarah's personal, home-recorded...
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- 1999
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- 1,920 s (32 min )
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How I Lost My Life and Lived to Tell about It
How I Lost My Life and Lived To Tell About It was released by Mark Mallman in 2000. Second album from Mallman.
Bass: Bill Shaw (1-6,8,9); Ed Rodriguez (7,11)
Drums: Peter Anderson (2,7,11); Christopher McGuire (3-6,8,9); Tom Siler (4); Dan Didier ...
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- 2000
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Heart Food
Heart Food is the second album released by American singer/songwriter and musician Judee Sill. It was released on David Geffen's Asylum label in the spring of 1973 to acclaim but minimal sales. Sill wrote, arranged, and produced the album, with...
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- May 1973
Pretty Little Head
Pretty Little Head is the second album by singer Nellie McKay. It was released October 31, 2006, on Nellie's own Hungry Mouse label. Initial reports indicated that the album would be released on the Internet in January, with a possible conventional...
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- Oct 31, 2006
Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy
Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy is Billy Bragg's first studio album, released in 1983.
The original album played at 45 rpm rather than the more usual 33.3 rpm, contained only seven songs and lasted for only 15 minutes and 57 seconds. However, rather...
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- May 1983
Time
Time (The Revelator) is the third full length album by Gillian Welch. All songs were written by Welch together with David Rawlings and were recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. "I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll" was recorded live at the Ryman...
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- Jul 31, 2001
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- 3,102.133 s (51.70222 min )
Southern Hummingbird
Southern Hummingbird is the debut album by American R&B; and soul singer–songwriter Tweet, released in the United States on April 2, 2002 by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart with 195...
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Dreams Come True
Dreams Come True is the third official album release by singer and songwriter Judee Sill. A double CD released on Water Records in 2005, the album mainly contains work originally recorded in the seventies as potential material for a third album on...
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- Mar 2005
Foreigner
Foreigner is an album released by English singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens in July 1973. In addition to the minor hit "The Hurt", which received a moderate amount of airplay, Foreigner also included such songs as "100 I Dream" and the 18-minute-long ...
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- Jul 1973
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- 2,170.44 s (36.174 min )
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae is the debut album by English singer–songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in February 2006 and in continental Europe in March 2006. It went straight in at number one on both the UK Albums Chart...
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- Feb 27, 2006
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- 2,760.613 s (46.01022 min )
Makers
Makers is the 2006 release from Seattle singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato. It marks his debut on Barsuk Records after previously releasing albums on Second Nature Records. The album is characterized by sparse arrangements, focusing mainly on Votolato...
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- Jan 24, 2006
Remember When the Music
Remember When the Music is a posthumously produced album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1987. Produced on CD and cassette tape, it contained the same tracks as the album, Sequel which was the last complete album released...
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- 1987
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West
West is the fourth solo album by American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1997. It includes songs co-written and produced by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck from October 15 to October 17, 1996.
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- May 6, 1997
Unlucky 7
Unlucky 7 is an EP by singer/songwriter Glen Phillips. It is a compilation of six outtakes from the Winter Pays For Summer sessions, and one track from a scrapped solo album from 2002. The EP was released shortly before his third full-length album,...
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- 2006
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg is the second album by Billy Bragg, released in 1984.
While his debut album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy (1983) was performed by Bragg accompanied only by his guitar, Brewing Up with Billy Bragg began to use subtle...
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- Nov 1984
Element of Light
Element of Light is the sixth album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock and his third with his backing band, the Egyptians.
Most of the album was recorded at Alaska Studios and Berry Street, but two tracks, "The President" and "Lady Waters & The...
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- 1986
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- 3,064.173 s (51.06955 min )
Like a Star
"Like a Star" is a song by English soul singer–songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae from her self-titled debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae (2006). Released in November 2005 as her debut single and re-released in October 2006, the song was nominated for the...
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- Nov 7, 2005
Running Time:
- 722.24 s (12.037 min )
Sand and Water
Sand and Water is an album by Beth Nielsen Chapman.
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- Jul 15, 1997
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NOW
NOW is a 2000 album by Cara Jones. It was the first international release for the million-selling singer-songwriter, whose career thus far had been mostly in Japan. The album received favorable reviews in the US and abroad, and is continually used...
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- 2000
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Different Skies
Different Skies is the 1994 debut album by singer and songwriter Cara Jones who, up until its release, had operated solely as songwriter for other artists. The album established Jones as an artist in her own right, selling unusual amounts for an...
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- 1994
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Until Death Comes
Until Death Comes is the debut album by Frida Hyvönen. The album was recorded at Stockholm's Atlantis Studios and released by Swedish label Licking Fingers in 2005, American label Secretly Canadian in 2006 and Australian label Chapter Music in 2007....
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- 2005
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Northern Blues
Northern Blues was released by Kristofer Åström together with Hidden Truck in 2001 on Startracks.
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- 2001
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Dead End EP
Dead End EP was released by Kristofer Åström together with Hidden Truck in 2003 on Startracks.
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All songs by Kristofer Åström, except "You Are My Sunshine" by Jimmy Davis/Charles Mitchell
Produced by Jari Haapalainen...
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- 2003
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Writing in the Margins
Writing in the Margins is the tenth studio album by folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. It was released on July 11, 2006 by Red House Records and debuted at number one on the Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart. One departure from previous recordings is...
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- Jul 11, 2006
Live From Bonnaroo
Live from Bonnaroo 2005 is a live EP by Ray LaMontagne, released on June 12, 2005. It contains five live versions of tracks from Lamontagne's debut album, Trouble, and one previously unreleased track. The EP is based on a small set that the singer...
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- Jun 12, 2005
Wear Headphones
Wear Headphones (GR001), released on September 23, 2006, is a collection of songs written by Daniel Folmer from 2002 - 2006.
'The majority of songs were recorded by John Congleton of the pAper chAse in Dallas, TX and Denton, TX.
'"Wear Headphones"...
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- Sep 23, 2006
Faces & Names
Faces & Names is Dave Pirner's first solo studio album. It was released in the United States on July 30, 2002.
All songs written by Dave Pirner.
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- Jul 30, 2002
Throwing Punches in the Dark
Throwing Punches in the Dark is a studio album from Matthew Perryman Jones. It was recorded at the Mr. Lemons studio in Nashville, TN (Engineer Andy Hunt). The record was dedicated to his father, Alan Perryman Jones.
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- Mar 2006
Gravity Love
Gravity | Love is a recent studio album from Sandra McCracken, recorded in 2006 with Ray Kennedy (engineer) and Peter Collins (producer). Additional engineering was done by Bleu and Jon Schroeder.
The album was recorded at Room and Board Studios ...
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- 2006
She Must and Shall Go Free
She Must and Shall Go Free is the first solo studio album from Derek Webb following his 2003 departure from Caedmon's Call. It is notable for causing controversy in Contemporary Christian Music circles; some Christian retailers refused to stock the...
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- Mar 25, 2003
The House Show
The House Show (2004) is a live album from Derek Webb from his House Show tour, following the release of his first solo album, She Must and Shall Go Free.
In order to provide further interaction with listeners, Webb embarked on the House Show Tour,...
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- 2004
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- 3,937 s (65.62 min )
I See Things Upside Down
I See Things Upside Down (2004) is the second studio release from Derek Webb since his departure from Caedmon's Call for a solo career. Recorded at The Smoakstack, in Nashville, TN (engineered by Justin Loucks).
This album branches out musically...
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- 2004
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- 3,822 s (63.7 min )
Mockingbird
Mockingbird (2005) is the third release from Derek Webb since his departure from Caedmon's Call for a solo career.
Produced by Cason Cooley, the album touches on subjects such as politics, social justice, and war. Webb has stated that he tackled...
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- Dec 26, 2005
The Morning
The Morning (2006) is a studio album from Andrew Osenga. It is his second solo full length studio album, following the short EP Souvenirs and Postcards (2004).
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- Jun 2006
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Photographs
Photographs (2002) is the first solo studio album from Andrew Osenga. Originally released in 2002, it was re-released at the same time as his second full-length studio album, The Morning (2006).
All songs are written by Andrew Osenga.
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Live in Europe (Leo Kottke album
Live in Europe is a 1980 live album by guitarist Leo Kottke. The title "Palms Blvd." is only available as a live performance.
Live in Europe was re-released on CD by BGO in 1996.
All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.
Two bonus tracks were...
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- 1980
Songs One Through Six
Songs One Through Six (2006) is the latest release from Chris Mason. It is his third release, following two previous full length studio albums, the most recent being Crowded Spaces (2003).
Recorded at The Velvet Eagle, in Nashville, TN. Mastered at...
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- 2006
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Mirrorball: The Complete Concert
Mirrorball: The Complete Concert is a two-disc expanded version of Sarah McLachlan's 1999 release Mirrorball. The songs were recorded during the final two nights of McLachlan's Surfacing tour, at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on April 20...
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- 2006
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Court and Spark
Court and Spark is a studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released in January 1974, the album saw Mitchell infusing her folk-rock style, which she developed throughout her previous five albums, with jazz inflections. A very...
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- Apr 1974
Running Time:
- 2,220.2 s (37.003 min )
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is a 1977 double album by the folk/pop/rock musician Joni Mitchell. It is unusual for its experimental style, expanding even further on the jazz fusion sound of Mitchell's Hejira from the year before. Mitchell has stated...
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- Dec 1977
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- 3,594.293 s (59.90488 min )
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 album by Joni Mitchell.
"In France They Kiss on Main Street", the starter, is a jazz-rock song about coming of age in a small town in the rock & roll-driven 1950s. (The song was released as the single from the...
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- Nov 1975
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- 2,559.24 s (42.654 min )
For the Roses
For the Roses is a 1972 album by Joni Mitchell, between her two biggest commercial and critical successes - Blue and Court and Spark. Despite this, in 2007 it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the...
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- Oct 1972
Running Time:
- 2,427 s (40.45 min )
Miles of Aisles
Miles of Aisles is a 1974 double live album by Joni Mitchell backed by the L.A. Express, recorded on the Court and Spark tour. It reached #2 on the charts and became one of her biggest-selling records.
Four years after "Big Yellow Taxi" stalled at ...
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- Nov 1974
Running Time:
- 4,447.827 s (74.13045 min )
Remixed
Remixed is a 2001 album by Sarah McLachlan.
It collects various dance club versions of McLachlan's songs, remixed by DJs such as William Orbit, DJ Tiësto, BT, and Rabbit in the Moon.
The remix for "Plenty" appeared in slightly edited format (perhaps...
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- 2001
Running Time:
- 4,399.84 s (73.3307 min )
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is an album by Sarah McLachlan. It was produced by Pierre Marchand in Montreal, and released in 1993.
The album was an immediate hit in Canada, where McLachlan was already an established star. Over the next two years, it...
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- Oct 22, 1993
Running Time:
- 3,300.067 s (55.00112 min )
Afterglow Live
Afterglow Live is a 2004 live CD and DVD package by Sarah McLachlan.
All songs written by Sarah McLachlan, except "World on Fire", "Perfect Girl", "Witness", "Building a Mystery" and "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" written by Sarah McLachlan/Pierre...
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- 2004
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- 3,918.693 s (65.31155 min )
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Live in Concert
Live in Concert is a 1999 live album and DVD by Natalie Merchant. The album and DVD were recorded at the Neil Simon Theatre in New York City. The setlist includes a rare cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". The U.S. release is an HDCD hybrid.
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- Sep 9, 1999
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- 3,608.6 s (60.143 min )
Time Step
Time Step is a 1983 album by guitarist Leo Kottke. It is his last recording on the Chrysalis label. It is the first of two Kottke albums produced by T-Bone Burnett, the second being My Father's Face.
After the release of Time Step Kottke went into a...
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Release Date:
- 1983
Running Time:
- 1,920 s (32 min )
Balance
Balance is a 1979 album by guitarist Leo Kottke.
It was re-issued on CD by BGO (263) in 1996.
All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.
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- 1979
Great Big Boy
Great Big Boy is a 1991 album by guitarist Leo Kottke.
Kottke's fifth album on the Private Music label, Great Big Boy is unique in the later Kottke canon in that every song includes a vocal part. The disc consists of nine Kottke originals and a...
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- 1991
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- 2,027.24 s (33.7873 min )
Burnt Lips
Burnt Lips is a 1978 album by American guitarist Leo Kottke. It includes two selections from the soundtrack of Terrence Malick's film Days of Heaven. Only one is heard in the movie; an abbreviation of "The Train and the Gate". The album was recorded...
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Release Date:
- 1978
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- 2,466.44 s (41.1073 min )
Peculiaroso
Peculiaroso is a 1994 album by guitarist Leo Kottke.
Coming more than two years after the Great Big Boy album, where all tracks included vocal parts, Peculiaroso returned to Kottke's usual mix of vocal and instrumental selections. The album included...
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- 1994
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- 2,200.04 s (36.6673 min )
Ice Water
Ice Water is the seventh album by guitarist Leo Kottke. It contains Kottke's only charting single, the Tom T. Hall composition "Pamela Brown". Ice Water peaked at #69 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.
It was re-issued on CD by BGO (CD146) in 1992...
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- 1992
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- 2,316.2 s (38.603 min )
Sequel
Sequel is the ninth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). It was the last complete album released during Harry's lifetime. A tenth studio album, The Last Protest Singer, made up of...
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- Jan 1981
