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10 strangely haunting albums
TodayToday by Skip James
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Veteran bluesman recorded near the end of his life
The WalkingThe Walking by Jane Siberry
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Canadian songstress' most desperate hour
Big ScienceBig Science by Laurie Anderson
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The melancholy of empty car parks at night
TiltTilt by Scott Walker
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Awesomely down
AbyssiniansAbyssinians by June Tabor
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English folk singer in extreme stripped-down Stoicism mode
MURMURMURMUR by R.E.M.
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You may scoff - but have you listened to it lately? As time goes by it looks more and more like their best stuff...
Bach - Goldberg Variations (1981)Bach - Goldberg Variations (1981)
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Piano virtuoso's distinctly wintry second stab at the piece that originally made his name, recorded at the opposite end of his career
Duck Stab/Buster and GlenDuck Stab/Buster and Glen by Residents
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Manages to be eerie and stupid at the same time
Good Un'sGood Un's by Otis Rush
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A man, a guitar, a lot of reverb and a soul in torment. Damn shame he never got paid
DrumDrum by Hugo Largo
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Forgotten early 90s art-rock quartet make record full of weird indecipherable singing and doomy folky ditties. No wonder Michael Stipe was a fan (he co-produced)