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MUSIC won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. The album was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. "Music" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Record Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
With MUSIC, Madonna expands upon the electronic advances made on her previous album, RAY OF LIGHT. RAY producer William Orbit is back on board, joined by French artiste electronique Mirwais Ahmadzai. Both men aid Madonna in pursuing ever more sophisticated electronic soundscapes. The accent here is squarely on club-oriented dance music, as propulsive electronic beats and percolating synthesizers power such pure-pop confections as the title tune and "Runaway Lover." Even Madonna's voice undergoes a fair amount of electronic modification, as on the moody "Nobody's Perfect" which bears a hook that hinges on the same vocoder effect that endeared millions to Cher's "Believe."
There's another side to MUSIC, though. While Orbit and Ahmadzai maintain the sonic thread of loops and samples throughout the album, several songs leave the party atmosphere behind in favor of a more melancholy, balladic approach. "I Deserve It," "Gone," and "Don't Tell Me" are pushed along by drum loops, but are based around acoustic guitar, and it's easy to imagine them being performed effectively with nothing more than guitar and voice. While MUSIC pushes Madonna into the future, it allows her to arrive in her new surroundings with the full emotional range of her vision intact.
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Recorded at Sarm East and Sarm West, London, England; Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, California; The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
Personnel: Madonna (vocals); Guy Sigsworth (guitar, keyboards, programming); Steve Sidelnyk (drums); Sean Spuehler (programming).
Audio Mixer: Mark "Spike" Stent.
Recording information: Air Lundhurst Studios, England; Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, CA; Sarm East And Sarm West, London, England; The Hit Factory, New York, NY.
Photographer: Jean Baptiste Mondino.
Producers: Mirwais Ahmadzai, William Orbit, Guy Sigworth, Mark "Spike" Stent, Talvin Singh.
Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.106) - Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000. Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Dirty, casually urgent....[It's] her most radical sonics yet....intimate, futurist pop..." Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #18 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]". Spin (10/00, p.173) - 7 out of 10 - "...It's the first Madonna record in years that feels as effortless as the dance-pop of her Ciccone youth..." Entertainment Weekly (9/24/00, pp.72-3) - "...[She's] encased in a jet-stream, hard-disco beat and continually contorting her voice....MUSIC burps and thumps harder than RAY OF LIGHT, and it allows her moments of playful humor absent from that predecessor..." - Rating: B Q (1/01, p.93) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000". Q (10/00, pp.108-9) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A brave, radical and punchy album....thrilling non-stop Eurocentric disco....this is Madonna without a safety net." Uncut (10/00, p.86) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Nursery rhyme melodies hang off twinkling, cut-glass keyboard lines..." Mixmag (10/00, p.179) - 3 out of 5 - "...It's full of Mirwais' trademark production gimmicks: stuttering vocal edits, tortured analog synth howls and oceans of vocoder....Yet the album's finest moment is the ruthlessly simple guitar-and-voice ballad 'I Deserve It'..." Vibe (11/00, p.173) - 4 discs out of 5 - "...A masterpiece of brilliantly arranged keyboards, futuristic drums and electronica dressings....it's a weird and fresh-sounding mix..." Melody Maker (9/26/00, pp.50-1) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A collection of her slickest and sexiest sounds since 'Justify My Love'....impressive..." Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.102) - "...Still doing what she does best - giving a lick of pop genius to the unlikely genre of experimental dance music." NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.79) - Ranked #47 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year". NME (Magazine) (9/16/00, p.35) - 8 out of 10 - "...A bionic record, a triumph of advanced mechanics and the faultless design of a consumate superstar..." Music Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)    List All Reviews electric ocean A warm beautiful combination of electronics and acoustics. Weaves a fantastic cord shimmering with rich textures that pull you along on an entrancing journey. Submitted by a reviewer (Plumstead, WC, South Africa)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Another Great Album From Queen of music I remember this album came out in 2000. It was a big hit in every country. Music is very nice song. The same with Don't Tell Me.
Runaway Lover and I Deserve It should have been released as singles - very nice songs.
Madonna kicks ass Submitted by Irina (Ternopil, Ukraine) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
I Love This Cd!! This is Madonna at her best this cd is so great and reminds me of the 80's Madonna where albums seemed so effortless to her (I mean that in a good way). Every real fan should have this cd its 55 minutes of great music!! Submitted by reinvention24 (Ohio,Usa) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
music got lost this cd i completely forgot about since it really didn't have any great songs but the title track Music and the rest of them are alright but if your a die hard fan of madonna, like myself, then it's a must have!! Submitted by brice.braxton (ft walton beach, california, usa) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
bless ya girl Ineffective as being called a dance album, Music includes sorrowful ballads as well as tricky pop (ie. runaway lover). The a and b side tracks are different. Both are appealing, but to me the resonantly simple yet expressive melodies of the last three songs are contagious. What it feels like for a girl is my favorite. Submitted by sweet love (ramford) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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Purchase Music CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind CD (2000)
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$10.45 "Beautiful Day" won the 2001 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, for Song Of The Year and for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. "Walk On" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Record Of The Year. "Elevation" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Seldom has an album title been as appropriate as ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND. Here, U2 returns to its pre-irony '80s glory days with a straightforward rock approach, leaving behind the electronics and intentional mock-decadence of POP and ZOOROPA. It quickly becomes clear however, that the band had to make those albums in order to get to the ego-free state from which this one emerges. While Larry Mullen's driving beat, Adam Clayton's insistently throbbing bass, the Edge's chiming guitar, and Bono's soulful vocals mesh as in the days of yore, there's a less messianic feel to the proceedings that must have resulted from the group's ego-deflating '90s endeavors.
While POP and ZOOROPA were the sound of four guys having fun, on this album U2 manages to combine unpretentious joy with the open-hearted rock power of its early recordings. From the spiritual warmth of "Grace" to the soul leanings of "In a Little While," the band regains the organic quality that had been missing from its music of the previous decade. What sounds like an unusually hands-off approach on the part of producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois can only mean that they were smart enough not to fix what was clearly not broken.
Lyricist: Bono .
Personnel: The Edge (vocals, guitar, strings, piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Bono (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Daniel Lanois (guitar, background vocals); Paul Barrett (brass); Brian Eno (synthesizer, programming, background vocals); Larry Mullen, Jr. (dr
| | Sting Brand New Day CD (1999)
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$11.05 BRAND NEW DAY won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. "Brand New Day" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Performance.
BRAND NEW DAY continues Sting's sophisticated approach toward pop music as he once again collaborates with ace musicians on material that knows no cultural or stylistic boundaries. Not surprisingly, the tantric guru chooses love as the theme for this eclectic collection of songs.
Sting's cross-cultural forays range from a collaboration with Algerian singing sensation Cheb Mami on the Ofra Haza-meets-William Orbit "Desert Rose" to the bossa nova-influenced "Big Lie Small World." There's a jazz patina throughout--guest trumpeter Chris Botti emulates Miles Davis on the coffee-house hip-bop of "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" and long-time friend Branford Marsalis adds mournful clarinet to the sumptuous string arrangements of the noirish "Tomorrow We'll See," a song about a weary prostitute straight out of a Raymond Chandler novel. Although the upbeat yet moody title track cheerfully rings with Stevie Wonder's bubbly harmonica, Sting's restlessness on "Fill Her Up" truly stands out. The track starts out as a country song (a la "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying") in 9/8 time only to eventually reveal an ambient gospel chorus.
Principally recorded at Il Palagio, Italy and Mega Studios, Paris, France.
Personnel: Sting (vocals, guitar, bass); Cheb Mami, James Taylor, Ste (vocals); Dominic Miller (guitar); B.J. Cole (pedal steel guitar); Katherine Tickell (fiddle, Northumbrian pipes); Gavin Wright, Moulay Ahmed, Koulder Berkan, Salem Bnouni, Sameh Catalan (strings); Branford Marsalis (clarinet); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Chris Botti (trumpet); Jason Robello (piano, Clavinet); Dave Hartley, Don Blackman (Hammond B-3 organ); Kipper (keyboards, drum programming); Manu Katche, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Minu Cinelu (percussion); Joe Mendez, Janice Pendarvis, Althea Rodgers, Marlon Saunders, Veneese Thomas, Darryl Tookes, Ken Williams, Tawatha Agee, D
| | Madonna Erotica CD (1992)
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$6.95 Madonna released EROTICA around the same time she released her SEX book, and that's exactly what it sounds like. The title song has a sensuously static groove over which she commands, "Put your hands all over my body." "Where Life Begins" demands that you do something a whole lot more intimate (and quite unrepeatable here) to her. The CD booklet has a photo of Madonna in bondage. To get across the album's naughty feel, Madonna dispensed with the pop prettiness of LIKE A PRAYER and returned to her hard-core dance club roots.
She and co-producer Shep Pettibone, who had made his name as a club DJ and dance remixer, craft some alluring bad-girl grooves (catch the ocean-deep bass on "Waiting") while still managing to keep things catchy. "Deeper And Deeper" is celebratory dance-pop (with a brief Latin break that nods to the music's true roots) and "Rain" stands among Madonna's major ballads. There's a strange heaviness amidst the fun, games and bondage on EROTICA, which "In This Life" goes a long way toward explaining: it's about AIDS and homophobia. At her naughtiest and most R-rated, Madonna still carries a message, and it resonates well beyond the dance floor.
Recorded at Mastermix and Sound Works, New York, New York.
Personnel: Madonna (vocals); Jerome Dickens, Paul Pesco (guitar); Andre Betts (strings, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, string synthesizer, drums, programming, drum programming); Danny Wilensky (saxophone); James Preston (piano, keyboards, string synthesizer); Jimmy Preston (piano); Joey Moskowitz (keyboards, drums, programming); Tony Shimkin (keyboards, programming, drum programming, background vocals); Shep Pettibone (keyboards, programming); Doug Wimbish (bass guitar); Anton Fig (drums); Sander Selover (programming); Donna De Lory, Nikki Harris (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: George Karras; Goh Hotoda.
Recording information: Clinton Recording, New York, NY; MasterMix; Mastermix, New York, NY; Sound Works, New York, NY.
Photographer: Steven Meis
| | Madonna Ray Of Light CD (1998)
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$6.19 RAY OF LIGHT won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album and for Best Recording Package, and was nominated for Album Of The Year. "Ray Of Light" won the 1999 Grammy for Best Dance Recording and Best Short Form Music Video, and was nominated for Record Of The Year.
Relentlessly contemporary, RAY OF LIGHT pairs Madonna with producer William Orbit, an electronics wizard who has worked with major R&B acts and even such modern rockers as Blur and Depeche Mode. Reportedly, Madonna tried to snare Liam Howlett of high-strung techno-rockers the Prodigy into the project--Howlett claims to have turned her down. But the more dextrous, less in-your-face Orbit was probably a better choice anyway. He provides a dizzying array of soundscapes, incorporating everything from psychedelic-rock guitar to dub-reggae echo and cold, cutting techno beats for what critics are calling Madonna's most committed performance in years.
From the slow chill of the album's first single, "Frozen," to the disco-like title track, RAY OF LIGHT finds Madonna embracing the club beats that are her roots while still teetering on the edge of dance-club vogue. It also finds the singer, who has become a mother since her last studio album, in a long-untapped spiritual mode. When the inevitable comparisons are made to Madonna's previous standard-bearer, 1989's LIKE A PRAYER, that may well be the reason.
Recorded at Larrabee Studios North, Universal City, California.
Personnel: Madonna (vocals); William Orbit (guitar, electronics); Mark Moreau (guitar); Pablo Cook (flute); Marius De Vries (keyboards, programming); Fergus Gerrand (drums, percussion); Steve Sidelnyk (programming); Donna DeLory, Niki Harris (background vocals).
Producers: Madonna, William Orbit, Patrick Leonard, Marius De Vries.
| | Beatles 1 CD (2000)
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$14.39 Digitally remastered by Peter Mew (2000, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).
For the six years the Beatles were recording for Capitol Records, the Fab Four ascended to top of the American and British charts an astonishing 27 times. This single-disc compilation brings those hits together in one place to span every phase of the foursome's highly influential career. Early Merseybeat-flavored sides like "Love Me Do" (the band's first Stateside hit), "She Loves You," and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" struck a chord early on with hordes of screaming teens. Unfortunately, this found the band temporarily dismissed as mere teen idols despite these numbers coming as a result of the vaunted Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership.
The timeless "Yesterday" struck a worldwide chord (and subsequently became one of the most played songs of all time) and Liverpool's favorite sons soon found themselves shifting gears. They were soon dabbling with flower power ("All You Need is Love"), character-driven storytelling ("Eleanor Rigby"), and allowing glimpses behind the Beatles curtain ("Hey Jude," "The Ballad of John & Yoko"). By the time "The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' chart-topping swan song, popular music's landscape had been permanently altered.
Includes a 30-page color booklet documenting artwork for all the number one singles recorded by The Beatles.
Recorded at Apple, Olympic Sound, Trident and Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Pathe Marconi, Paris, France, between 1962 & 1970. Includes liner notes by George Martin.
Engineers include: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick, Barry Sheffield.
Personnel: John Lennon, George Harrison (vocals, guitar); Paul McCartney (vocals); Ringo Starr (drums).
Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (09/11/1962-??/??/1969); Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (09/11/1962-??/??/1969); Pathé Marconi, Paris FR (09/11/1962-??/??/1969).
Introduction by: George Martin.
Photographer: Richard Avedon.
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| | Madonna True Blue CD (1986) Remastered
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$6.29 Includes rare 12" dance remixes previously unavailable on CD.
Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
Not to take away from the two fine party albums that preceded it, but TRUE BLUE is arguably the first great Madonna album, the one on which she discovered that great soul music isn't just a beat; it usually requires delving into one's own soul. As originally released on LP, the album's first side, featuring a dizzying single about teen pregnancy ("Papa Don't Preach"), a perfect Tin Pan Alley pop song ("Open Your Heart") and the amazing "Live To Tell," a ballad on which she discovers, for the first time, the low end of her vocal range, is almost undoubtedly the finest album side she ever cut.
TRUE BLUE also includes "Where's The Party," a catchy throwback to the forget-your-cares dance pop of her debut album, and "La Isla Bonita," which represented the beginning of Madonna's fruitful obsession with Latin beats and culture. Five songs from the album, including the girl-groupy title cut, made the top five of the pop chart; three of them hit #1.
True Blue is the album where Madonna truly became Madonna the Superstar -- the endlessly ambitious, fearlessly provocative entertainer who knew how to outrage, spark debates, get good reviews -- and make good music while she's at it. To complain that True Blue is calculated is to not get Madonna -- that's a large part of what she does, and she is exceptional at it, but she also makes fine music. What's brilliant about True Blue is that she does both here, using the music to hook in critics just as she's baiting a mass audience with such masterstrokes as "Papa Don't Preach," where she defiantly states she's keeping her baby. It's easy to position anti-abortionist as feminism, but what's tricky is to transcend your status as a dance-pop diva by consciously recalling classic girl group pop ("True Blue," "Jimmy Jimmy") to snag the critics, while deepening the dance grooves ("Open Your Heart," "Wh
| | Robbie McIntosh Emotional Bends CD (2000)
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$15.69 Additional personnel includes: Stephen Darrell Smith (accordion, keyboards); Lucy Watkins (background vocals).
1st Solo;Guitar Player For The Pretenders,Paul Mccartney++
Robbie McIntosh Band: Robbie McIntosh (vocals, acoustic, electric & slide guitars, mandolin); Melvin Duffy (pedal steel guitar); Mark Feltham (harmonica); Pino Palladino (bass); Paul Beavis (drums, percussion).
Producers: Robbie McIntosh, Stephen Darrell Smith.
Engineers: Stephen Darrell Smith, Chris Vass.
Personnel: Mark Feltham (harmonica); Paul Beavis (drums, cymbals).
Recording information: "Room With A View", Hampshire, England.
Photographer: Joy Michaud.
| | Level 42 Ultimate Collection CDs (2002) England
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$17.79 This is a best-of double-CD collection of tracks recorded by the British rock group Level 42.
The Ultimate Collection is an exhaustive double-disc anthology that is ideal for those who want all of Level 42's key moments ("The Sun Goes Down," "Lessons in Love," "Starchild," "Something About You," "Love Meeting Love"), in addition to select album material. Released in 2002 by Polydor in the U.K., it boasts digitally remastered sound and sells for the price of a single disc -- so, although it contains more than what most people in search of a good introduction want, it might be preferable to Level Best, the excellent single-disc compilation released over a decade prior. This easily trumps Turn It On, since it features no studio scraps and focuses on the band's best work. ~ Andy Kellman
Digitally remastered double disc collection from one of the UK's best pop exports. With hits like "Something About You", "Lessons In Love", "Running In The Family", "To Be With You Again" and "It's Over Now", Level 42 were simply one of the best sets of musicians ever assembled.
| | Tall Dwarfs Sky Above, The Mud Below CD (2003)
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$11.09 In their 24th year, New Zealand's offbeat pop merchants the Tall Dwarfs -- centered around Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate -- put together an arsenal of lo-fi pop on the bewitching The Sky Above, the Mud Below. Housing 17 proper songs, plus eight bonus numbers recorded as the International Tall Dwarfs and featuring folks like Jad Fair, Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum, and members of the Verlaines and the Clean, the disc is long on peculiar numbers like "Possum Born," a comical ode to said rodents, and the strangely alluring rocker "Carsick." The Dwarfs rely heavily on the Fab Four, even going so far as to chronicle an unplanned meeting with the late George Harrison on "Meet the Beatle," but it's John Lennon whose pipes Bathgate resembles most on nuggets like "Big Brain" and "Room to Breathe." While "Baby, It's Over" is the hit the Tall Dwarfs deserve, The Sky Above, the Mud Below isn't about crossing over, it's about digging deeper. And repeated listens reveal vital pop/rock that's as distinct as it is delightful. ~ John D. Luerssen
Unknown Contributor Role: Robert Scott .
Personnel: David Kilgour (vocals, slide guitar); Hamish Kilgour (vocals, tabla); Jimmy Page, Robert Scott (vocals); Jeff Mangum (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Graeme Downes (electric guitar); Laura Carter (clarinet).
Recording information: ??/2000-02/2001.
| | High Rollers: Vintage Gambling Songs 1920-1952 CD (2005)
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$11.55 Subtitled - Vintage Gambling Songs 1920-1952. UK collection from the strange & curious world of the Buzzola label features 18 tracks on a full-color picture disc, packaged in a 6-panel digipak with an 8-page booklet. 2004.
Liner Note Author: Neil Kellas.
| | Panicrew Shake Your Ramp CD (2005) (Import) Japan
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$27.89 This release also contains a bonus DVD.
DVD is NTSC format, region code 2
| | Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70'S Rock's Greatest Hits CD (2005)
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$15.19 Liner Note Authors: Casey Kasem; Gene Sculatti.
| | Patrik Skantze Fiction At First View CD (Import)
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$30.39 Sophomore album from the excellent Swedish Prog guitarist. Fiction At First View contains several musical nods to Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. There are plenty of acoustic guitars, 12 string guitars, pianos, flutes and cellos, making this a definite Prog classic. Mimo Sou.
| | Vejae The Order Of Things CD (2007)
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$12.69 "I sit here waiting for the rain to come. For the reign to pass. For the ebb and flow of things a poet makes into water. I too am always thirsty, never alone. This "we" is silent in a desert of nothings we've said. We're nothing better than what we say. I'm talking about Hip-Hop, our world, the "I" inside of it. It's time I loved you. It's time I gave you water." - Vejae, The Order Of Things Born in Los Angeles to West-Indian parents, Vejae was uplifted in an era of latchkeys and Voltron, Reagan and Crips, slipping consciousness and Tupac, The Box, MTV and suburbs like cities. Schooled mostly by family, mentored more by friends, Vejae nurtured his art-the way of his life-to resemble the energy he wanted to see. A Van Nuys street pronounced him alive. An acre in Lancaster articulated his youth, stumbling over tumbleweeds, allergies, gangs moving in. This was home for his first crossover dribble, epiphanies. He is a mirage, an Antiguan son, Tortola's pride, an American citizen of the World; an islander creating water and reflection in a man-made California. He represents all that. He will be to you all that he has seen and re-imagines.Vejae could speak his love and empowerment better after San Diego. Un-bottling his ideas in Spoken Word and scantrons, he was in protests and parties, Tijuana and learning centers, for "A's" and "Incompletes". He received a BA in Human Development from UCSD but had to seek another desert for clarity. A MFA in Writing from CalArts brought credentials and "good" question marks. He is now a college writing professor with lessons to teach and learn for himself. While being about the truth, Vejae pretends to not have a Myspace or that he runs home after lectures to watch Weeds. How does all of this connect to Hip-Hop? Well he was listening to it the entire time; it's almost everything unsaid, like a heartbeat.
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