Planet Rotations #231: Manchester

In the age of digital music, we tend to skip through albums, listening to one or two tracks - missing some of the deeper cuts that may be brilliant. We are huge fans of the album format, and love to experience the entire collection the way the artist intended. Listening to one or two songs is like randomly reading a few chapters of a book and expecting to understand the completed work. Like all music lovers, we love to share what we're listening to and discover some new things from friends.

On the second Friday of each month, Sarah and I select a theme for our weekly playlist. For April's theme, we listened to artists from Manchester, England. We each featured 9 albums that we played in full - the first batch are mine, the second are hers. You'll also notice a Spotify player at the bottom, which features a song from each album. This is an ongoing playlist that you can follow directly on Spotify. Please put your own lists in the comments below, or interact at the Life On This Planet Facebook or Twitter. 

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Bret's 9

GoGo Penguin - v2.0

Bee Gees - First

Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth

The Stone Roses - Turns into Stone

The Smiths - Meat is Murder

Booth and the Bad Angel - s/t

A Certain Ratio - To Each...

Happy Mondays - Double Double Good: The Best of the Happy Mondays

Joy Division - Still

Sarah's 9

The Hollies - Essential
Easterhouse - Contenders
Inspiral Carpets - Life
The High - Somewhere Soon
The Verve - Urban Hymns
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
Doves - Lost Souls
The Courteeners - St. Jude
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

Listen to our ongoing Spotify Planet Rotations Playlist!

If you're a vinyl enthusiast, check out our feature on the Spin Clean Vinyl Record Cleaning Machine (click image below)

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