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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:58:33 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Had 2 teeth yanked out (warning, not for fainthearted)]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=977</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:42:18 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well, I know Michelle is brave enough, she sees this crap all the time.<br />
I was a good little patient, and held the gauze in my mouth as long as I could- clenched into the back teeth.  In fact, I rode the subway home like that.<br />
Finally, I couldn't take the taste of blood any more, and spit it into the sink.<br />
It looked so pretty, the contrast of the dramatic swoop of red against the bone-color of the sink, almost like modern art.  It's almost like Stevie's crescent moon pendant!  I just had to snap a pic with my iPhone, hehe.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, I know Michelle is brave enough, she sees this crap all the time.<br />
I was a good little patient, and held the gauze in my mouth as long as I could- clenched into the back teeth.  In fact, I rode the subway home like that.<br />
Finally, I couldn't take the taste of blood any more, and spit it into the sink.<br />
It looked so pretty, the contrast of the dramatic swoop of red against the bone-color of the sink, almost like modern art.  It's almost like Stevie's crescent moon pendant!  I just had to snap a pic with my iPhone, hehe.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Everybody DOES love you, Stevie!]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=975</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:24:32 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[http://www.mediafire.com/?tyz2oxk5m1m<br />
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What do we think of the new Stevie/Dave Stewart snippet?]]></description>
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What do we think of the new Stevie/Dave Stewart snippet?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Papa]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=974</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:47:10 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last thursday evening we received the news that my dad had gotten worse and that he was not expected to live much longer. Stubborn as always he refused to let go and fought with all he had.  This morning it was cold but sunny with a bright blue sky and at 11.45 hrs, with my mum and Otto and myself at his side he finally let go and peacefully passed away. For the past days the world seems to have stopped for me but i'm grateful he was not alone and his suffering is over. But letting go hurts more than i had ever imagined...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last thursday evening we received the news that my dad had gotten worse and that he was not expected to live much longer. Stubborn as always he refused to let go and fought with all he had.  This morning it was cold but sunny with a bright blue sky and at 11.45 hrs, with my mum and Otto and myself at his side he finally let go and peacefully passed away. For the past days the world seems to have stopped for me but i'm grateful he was not alone and his suffering is over. But letting go hurts more than i had ever imagined...]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Matt!]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=972</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:29:34 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Street Dreamer.   I hope it's a great one for you! :applause:]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tom Petty: new tour and album with the Heartbreakers]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=971</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:37:26 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[February 24, 2010<br />
North American Tour and New Album Announcement<br />
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We are excited to announce that Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers will mount an extensive tour of North America this summer and also release their first studio album in eight years, Mojo, this spring.<br />
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The tour begins May 6 in Raleigh, NC and will take the band throughout the US and Canada all summer long. Special guests on the tour will include a mix of appearances by My Morning Jacket, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joe Cocker, ZZ Top, and Drive-By Truckers.<br />
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Tickets for many of the shows go onsale to the public Monday March 8. Highway Companions Club presales will begin on Wednesday March 3.<br />
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Visit the tour page for cities, dates and venues. Click here for details on the new Highway Companions Club and premium ticket packages.<br />
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Mojo is Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ twelfth studio album and is the sound of a band making some of its most exhilarating music, over thirty years into their career.<br />
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Every online ticket purchased to the tour comes with an MP3 download copy of Mojo, delivered via email on the album’s release date, scheduled for this spring.<br />
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Upon purchasing their ticket to the tour fans will receive an email with codes entitling them to download two tracks from Mojo right away. The tracks are “First Flash Of Freedom” and “Good Enough.”<br />
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“Good Enough” is currently streaming exclusively on TomPetty.com. Click here to listen.<br />
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Plus, fans who purchase tickets online and download Mojo will also receive 8 tracks recorded during the 2010 Tour to be delivered after the tour. Members of the Highway Companions Club will receive an additional 6 live tracks for a total of 14 at the end of the tour.<br />
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http://www.tompetty.com/news/title/north...nouncement]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[February 24, 2010<br />
North American Tour and New Album Announcement<br />
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We are excited to announce that Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers will mount an extensive tour of North America this summer and also release their first studio album in eight years, Mojo, this spring.<br />
<br />
The tour begins May 6 in Raleigh, NC and will take the band throughout the US and Canada all summer long. Special guests on the tour will include a mix of appearances by My Morning Jacket, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joe Cocker, ZZ Top, and Drive-By Truckers.<br />
<br />
Tickets for many of the shows go onsale to the public Monday March 8. Highway Companions Club presales will begin on Wednesday March 3.<br />
<br />
Visit the tour page for cities, dates and venues. Click here for details on the new Highway Companions Club and premium ticket packages.<br />
<br />
Mojo is Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ twelfth studio album and is the sound of a band making some of its most exhilarating music, over thirty years into their career.<br />
<br />
Every online ticket purchased to the tour comes with an MP3 download copy of Mojo, delivered via email on the album’s release date, scheduled for this spring.<br />
<br />
Upon purchasing their ticket to the tour fans will receive an email with codes entitling them to download two tracks from Mojo right away. The tracks are “First Flash Of Freedom” and “Good Enough.”<br />
<br />
“Good Enough” is currently streaming exclusively on TomPetty.com. Click here to listen.<br />
<br />
Plus, fans who purchase tickets online and download Mojo will also receive 8 tracks recorded during the 2010 Tour to be delivered after the tour. Members of the Highway Companions Club will receive an additional 6 live tracks for a total of 14 at the end of the tour.<br />
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http://www.tompetty.com/news/title/north...nouncement]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:01:54 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[lyrics/clips site]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:16:05 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[a friend of mine sent me this link :<br />
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 http://www.lyricstube.net/video.php?titl...c&id=36599<br />
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now don't shoot me if some songs do not work (like Caroline), i only tried a few titles so far. Oh Well and Need Your Love So Bad are great !]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[a friend of mine sent me this link :<br />
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 http://www.lyricstube.net/video.php?titl...c&id=36599<br />
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now don't shoot me if some songs do not work (like Caroline), i only tried a few titles so far. Oh Well and Need Your Love So Bad are great !]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hi! I am Addison.]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=966</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:05:23 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi!<br />
My name is Addison and I am an idiot with an unhealthy fetish for hard drives and flash sticks. Please berate me!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi!<br />
My name is Addison and I am an idiot with an unhealthy fetish for hard drives and flash sticks. Please berate me!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[R.I.P. Goobers]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:20 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<br />
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On what should have been a happy day - Dots' second birthday - I am heartbroken to report that I just found my precious Goobers dead in his hammock. I am not sure what caused it, other than the effects of aging. I knew he was slowing down a lot recently but he was alert and had a great appetite. He didn't have any tumors and wasn't displaying any signs of respiratory problems or any of the common ailments seen in rats. <br />
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As you all well know, he was much loved and will be sorely missed. <br />
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Goodbye, my baby boy. <br />
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Goobers, December 12, 2007-February 11, 2010 <br />
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On what should have been a happy day - Dots' second birthday - I am heartbroken to report that I just found my precious Goobers dead in his hammock. I am not sure what caused it, other than the effects of aging. I knew he was slowing down a lot recently but he was alert and had a great appetite. He didn't have any tumors and wasn't displaying any signs of respiratory problems or any of the common ailments seen in rats. <br />
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As you all well know, he was much loved and will be sorely missed. <br />
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Goodbye, my baby boy. <br />
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Goobers, December 12, 2007-February 11, 2010 <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Think About It/Stand Back chords]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:59:55 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Anyone know how to play these two songs? Specifically the Rumours era demo of Think About It.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Anyone know how to play these two songs? Specifically the Rumours era demo of Think About It.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[On the subject of bands that sound like Fleetwood Mac,]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=960</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:33:10 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Beach House. Or at least, according to Pitchfork.. I don't know, I hear it in some bits. Whatever it sounds like, their album Teen Dream is wonderful.<br />
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Going to a gig of them in two weeks time, I think.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Beach House. Or at least, according to Pitchfork.. I don't know, I hear it in some bits. Whatever it sounds like, their album Teen Dream is wonderful.<br />
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Going to a gig of them in two weeks time, I think.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Buckingham/Nicks 2010?]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=959</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:39:41 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just dreamt that this was NOT the Besnard Lakes.<br />
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Lindsey should listen to this at gunpoint. Then he can take over the weapon and force Nicks to listen to this the same way. And Then Jack White should come in and produce the shit. No, Jim O'Rourke.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just dreamt that this was NOT the Besnard Lakes.<br />
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Lindsey should listen to this at gunpoint. Then he can take over the weapon and force Nicks to listen to this the same way. And Then Jack White should come in and produce the shit. No, Jim O'Rourke.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Country band that sounds like Fleetwood Mac]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=958</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:56:48 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hoping someone could help me out here.<br />
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A couple of months ago, I came across a new country band that sounded a whole lot like Fleetwood Mac, but now I don't remember the bands name.    Does anybody know what the bands name might be?<br />
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G]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hoping someone could help me out here.<br />
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A couple of months ago, I came across a new country band that sounded a whole lot like Fleetwood Mac, but now I don't remember the bands name.    Does anybody know what the bands name might be?<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[happy birthday, james]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=957</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:56:57 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[bretonbanquet turns 56 today!!! wish him a happy day!!!<br />
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:<br />
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:thumbsup:<br />
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:kiss:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[bretonbanquet turns 56 today!!! wish him a happy day!!!<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Big Love Performance?]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=955</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:55:34 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello all :)<br />
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Hopefully someone can help me as its been driving me crazy!!!  I remember watching Lindsey perform big love at one of there shows, I remember the background looking almost like a Forrest? I think I remember seeing alot of tree's.  I know this isn't much information, but hopefully someone will be able to help out!! ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello all :)<br />
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Hopefully someone can help me as its been driving me crazy!!!  I remember watching Lindsey perform big love at one of there shows, I remember the background looking almost like a Forrest? I think I remember seeing alot of tree's.  I know this isn't much information, but hopefully someone will be able to help out!! ]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Question on instrumentation on You Make Loving Fun]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=952</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:20:06 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just had a quick question about the song; is the bass double tracked? Because especially during the intro you can hear a semi-distorted sounding bass line (that kind of biting "dow dow dow dow" you hear) as well as a more traditional tone underneath that sort of goes with the keyboard, but the one underneath could be me mistaking the keyboard's lower range for a bass line.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just had a quick question about the song; is the bass double tracked? Because especially during the intro you can hear a semi-distorted sounding bass line (that kind of biting "dow dow dow dow" you hear) as well as a more traditional tone underneath that sort of goes with the keyboard, but the one underneath could be me mistaking the keyboard's lower range for a bass line.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[History Of British Blues album]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=946</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:11:58 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello all, Revoultion_Vanderbilt here<br />
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I've been quite a fan of the early Fleetwood Mac, and I recently discovered that the band is featured on a rare album called "History Of British Blues" along with a song by Christine Perfect.<br />
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Anyone know or have this album?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello all, Revoultion_Vanderbilt here<br />
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I've been quite a fan of the early Fleetwood Mac, and I recently discovered that the band is featured on a rare album called "History Of British Blues" along with a song by Christine Perfect.<br />
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Anyone know or have this album?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top ten break-up albums]]></title>
			<link>http://fleetwoodmacforum.com/thechain/showthread.php?tid=945</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:09:31 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[From The Times<br />
January 16, 2010<br />
Top ten break-up albums<br />
Pete Paphides <br />
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To bastardise the words of the famed hack sapsmith Neil Sedaka, breaking up is hard to do, but peculiarly easy to write about. Just seven months after his last album, Mark “E” Everett — working under his trading name Eels — is back with an autobiographical suite addressing the dissolution of his relationship. “The twinkle in your eye is gone/ And now all that’s left is a mean old girl,” runs Unhinged, in what amounts to one of the colder observations on End Times. Several songwriters have lured out goosebumps by capturing the moment that love dies. Famously, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil did it with the opening line of You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling: “You never close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips.” Some break-up songs sound bereaved (The Go-Betweens’ Dive For Your Memory), while others sound as uncomprehending in their sorrow as a wounded animal (The Czars’ Paint the Moon — YouTube it). A great break-up song is no mean achievement, but — as with Eels — when the words begin to pour forth and cease to abate until 12 songs have been written, it’s hard not to marvel at the results with a perverse awe. Especially when the results comprise ten break-up albums of this vintage . . .<br />
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1 Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (1975) The mother of all post-relationship albums. “The songs are my parents talking,” said son Jakob later. Those must’ve been some conversations for a child to hear. Famously, on Idiot Wind the singer trills of Sara Dylan: “You’re an idiot, babe/ It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.”<br />
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2 Noah and the Whale: The First Days of Spring (2009) Titles such as I Have Nothing and My Broken Heart compelled you to feel sorry for Charlie Fink — though not as sorry as you felt for his bandmate-turned-solo artist Laura Marling, the subject of his no-longer-requited outpourings.<br />
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3 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977) John was splitting with Christine. Lindsey was splitting with Stevie. Stevie was seeing Mick. If they hadn’t written an album to formalise their sleeping arrangements, there is every chance that, once you factored in the drugs, they would have forgotten them.<br />
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4 Lee Hazlewood: Requiem for an Almost Lady (1971) The man who wrote These Boots Are Made for Walking decamped to Sweden in the 1970s, making cruelly overlooked albums. In trying to discern meaning from a dying relationship, this one yielded gems such as If It’s Monday Morning.<br />
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5 Elbow: Leaders of the Free World (2006) Before settling down with Editors’ Tom Smith, Edith Bowman broke Guy Garvey’s heart. The fallout is chronicled with painstaking beauty on Elbow’s third album. On My Very Best, trying to keep a stiff upper lip, he sings, “And would you tell her/ I’m from a long line of survivors.”<br />
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6 Richard and Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights (1982) On the release of this album Thompson told his wife that he was seeing another woman. During the ensuing shows, Linda vented her rage by hitting Richard with a bottle and winding up in prison after stealing a car.<br />
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7 Blur: 13 (1999) Damon Albarn’s first album after his split with Justine Frischmann was hailed for its bravery. Tender was rather beautiful, but you did feel that when the other three were singing, “Come on, come on, come on/ Get through it”, they might have been referring to the rest of the album.<br />
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8 Mark Olson: The Salvation Blues (2007) Nine years after marrying Victoria Williams, Olson ran over her dog by accident, and couldn’t bring himself to tell her. The resulting strain, he said, stripped him of all rationality. He sought succour in the arms of an ex-lover. Williams found out. Thirteen songs later, this was the result.<br />
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9 Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear (1978) In 1976, Marvin Gaye was ordered by a judge to hand over half the royalties of his next album to his estranged wife Anna Gordy. In the resulting record Gaye channelled his feelings into some of the most affecting performances of his life.<br />
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10 Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel of Love (1987) Coincided with Springsteen’s marriage collapse with Julianne Phillips and a new relationship with Patty Scialfa; sombre of mood, it’s the work of a man who can hardly see the bridleway of true love for what the horses have left on it. <br />
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/t...985071.ece]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From The Times<br />
January 16, 2010<br />
Top ten break-up albums<br />
Pete Paphides <br />
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To bastardise the words of the famed hack sapsmith Neil Sedaka, breaking up is hard to do, but peculiarly easy to write about. Just seven months after his last album, Mark “E” Everett — working under his trading name Eels — is back with an autobiographical suite addressing the dissolution of his relationship. “The twinkle in your eye is gone/ And now all that’s left is a mean old girl,” runs Unhinged, in what amounts to one of the colder observations on End Times. Several songwriters have lured out goosebumps by capturing the moment that love dies. Famously, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil did it with the opening line of You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling: “You never close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips.” Some break-up songs sound bereaved (The Go-Betweens’ Dive For Your Memory), while others sound as uncomprehending in their sorrow as a wounded animal (The Czars’ Paint the Moon — YouTube it). A great break-up song is no mean achievement, but — as with Eels — when the words begin to pour forth and cease to abate until 12 songs have been written, it’s hard not to marvel at the results with a perverse awe. Especially when the results comprise ten break-up albums of this vintage . . .<br />
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1 Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (1975) The mother of all post-relationship albums. “The songs are my parents talking,” said son Jakob later. Those must’ve been some conversations for a child to hear. Famously, on Idiot Wind the singer trills of Sara Dylan: “You’re an idiot, babe/ It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.”<br />
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2 Noah and the Whale: The First Days of Spring (2009) Titles such as I Have Nothing and My Broken Heart compelled you to feel sorry for Charlie Fink — though not as sorry as you felt for his bandmate-turned-solo artist Laura Marling, the subject of his no-longer-requited outpourings.<br />
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3 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977) John was splitting with Christine. Lindsey was splitting with Stevie. Stevie was seeing Mick. If they hadn’t written an album to formalise their sleeping arrangements, there is every chance that, once you factored in the drugs, they would have forgotten them.<br />
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4 Lee Hazlewood: Requiem for an Almost Lady (1971) The man who wrote These Boots Are Made for Walking decamped to Sweden in the 1970s, making cruelly overlooked albums. In trying to discern meaning from a dying relationship, this one yielded gems such as If It’s Monday Morning.<br />
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5 Elbow: Leaders of the Free World (2006) Before settling down with Editors’ Tom Smith, Edith Bowman broke Guy Garvey’s heart. The fallout is chronicled with painstaking beauty on Elbow’s third album. On My Very Best, trying to keep a stiff upper lip, he sings, “And would you tell her/ I’m from a long line of survivors.”<br />
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6 Richard and Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights (1982) On the release of this album Thompson told his wife that he was seeing another woman. During the ensuing shows, Linda vented her rage by hitting Richard with a bottle and winding up in prison after stealing a car.<br />
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7 Blur: 13 (1999) Damon Albarn’s first album after his split with Justine Frischmann was hailed for its bravery. Tender was rather beautiful, but you did feel that when the other three were singing, “Come on, come on, come on/ Get through it”, they might have been referring to the rest of the album.<br />
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8 Mark Olson: The Salvation Blues (2007) Nine years after marrying Victoria Williams, Olson ran over her dog by accident, and couldn’t bring himself to tell her. The resulting strain, he said, stripped him of all rationality. He sought succour in the arms of an ex-lover. Williams found out. Thirteen songs later, this was the result.<br />
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9 Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear (1978) In 1976, Marvin Gaye was ordered by a judge to hand over half the royalties of his next album to his estranged wife Anna Gordy. In the resulting record Gaye channelled his feelings into some of the most affecting performances of his life.<br />
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10 Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel of Love (1987) Coincided with Springsteen’s marriage collapse with Julianne Phillips and a new relationship with Patty Scialfa; sombre of mood, it’s the work of a man who can hardly see the bridleway of true love for what the horses have left on it. <br />
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			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, I just wanted to say that even though I can't ban anyone I've been deleting pretty much all the spam that gets posted here. I try to visit once a day so if you see any of these idiots posting nonsense (other than me!) selling ginseng, computer games, Google Chrome or whatever shit they are peddling ignore it and most likely by the next time you visit it will be gone. Any consistent offenders I will ask Vanessa to ban their asses but since most only post once or twice it probably won't be necessary.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[got tickets for :<br />
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may 12th : the Seatsniffers<br />
may 23rd : Eric Clapton and Stevie Winwood<br />
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may 12th : the Seatsniffers<br />
may 23rd : Eric Clapton and Stevie Winwood<br />
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