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January 3: The Force Awakens – Play a breakthrough album. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

January 2: Andor’s Resolve – Play something that embodies resilience, or quiet determination. Wildflower - Green World

January 1: A New Hope – Play the beginning of an epic journey, aka, a debut album. Idaho - Year After Year The band’s debut with a title appropriate for today. They’re still putting out great records three decades later

Day 31: New Year's Eve Play an album to ring in the bells. James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up Made it to the end! First time in a while. Thanks, @Joe Mac! Happy New Year, everyone!!

Day 30: Unloved Play an album that you bought this year but haven't either spun yet or given enough love to if you've spun them all! The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart Got the box set for Christmas and am still working my way through it!

Day 29: Album of the Year Play your album of 2024 Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal Tied for first with DIIV. My kids are the ones who usually inform me which records were the most played for the year. :::first notes play::: “ugh, this again?”

1. Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (10) 2. DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water (10) 3. Fontaines DC - Romance (8) 4. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da (8) 5. Nilufyer Yanya - My Method Actor (5) 6. Being Dead - Eels (5) 7. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks (5) 8. Starflyer 59 - Lust For Gold (5) 9. This Is...

Day 28: Pretty Play me your prettiest looking record. Nada Surf - Moon Mirror “Blue galaxy splatter vinyl with foil jacket.” Sure, let’s say this one is the prettiest

Day 27: Folk Music Play me a folk or traditional album. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

Day 26: St. Stephen's Day Time for a proper session with your pals. Play an appropriate soundtrack! Less Than Jake - “Hello Rockview” …for the high school reunion

Day 25: It's Christmas Free hit, play whatever makes you happy. The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers

Day 24: Christmas Eve Play an album an artist made right before their masterpiece. Pond - The Practice Of Joy Before Death The one before Rock Collection

Day 23: Go On Then I'm not a fan of Christmas music, but go on then, play me a Christmas album. John Prine - A John Prine Christmas

Day 22: Artwork Air - Moon Safari

Day 21: Driving Home For Christmas Play me some great upbeat driving music The Wallflowers - (Breach) This is their best album, no question. Severely underrated

Day 20: Tom Waits Play some Tom in memory of that. Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain Everyone else has played the Tom Waits I have, but he did play piano on “Morning Hollow” on this record

Volume 3 is also great, with the Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Cornell songs

DIIV Starflyer 59 Wishy Dummy Spiral XP Punchlove Belong

Day 19: Christmas Is In The Heart In recognition of the most brilliantly awful Christmas album of all time play something by Dylan. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind

Day 18: Manics Play something by the Manics or something that inspired them or that they inspired Wire - A Bell Is A Cup… Until It Is Struck Wire was an influence on the Manics but apparently weren’t reciprocating fans