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Three Very Special Pop Albums I Love

Friday is fun. It’s about music. There’s a playlist. There’s often other links. And clips. And things. Plus…it’s Friday! Yay just for that. We made it. (Again).

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Simon Sweetman
Aug 10, 2023
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I don’t listen to pop music much. The new stuff I mean. “Pop” as a genre – ie: “Classic Pop Music”, sure. That would mean The Beach Boys and The Beatles and XTC and Todd Rundgren and all sorts of things I love.

But pop music is the music du jour. It’s “popular” – so it is Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift and Beyoncé and Harry Styles and, um, whatever else tha…

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