What's Spinning April 2026

Kicking off the long weekend with some playlists from an account I follow on Instagram @ayybaybay_radio

She creates playlists on Spotify and this is ideal for a Friday evening

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Great album

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Oh that’s nice.

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Going back to an old fave from the Sheffield days.

Amanda McBroom
The Amanda Albums
16/44.1

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Baba Blues - Glimmer of Gold, Qobuz 16/44.1

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The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988-2003
Alternative/Indie Rock
Warner Bros. - 28th October 2003 (Remastered)
24/192
DR: 8

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Repetitive lyrics aside, OneRepublic knocks it out of the park once again with their new single “Need Your Love” off their forth coming 7th album :heart_eyes:

Up on Qobuz in 24/48k

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Arlo Parks
Ambiguous Desire
Alternative/Indie-Rock/Pop-Rock
Transgressive Records - 2026
24/44.1 - DR: 6dB
:heart::heart::heart::heart:
Preferred Track: 8. Nightswimming

Latest record from Arlo Parks, released this week.

3 Likes


Harry Belafonte
The Midnight Special
Calypso/Vocal/Pop
HDTT - 2026 (original recording 1962)
DSD128 - DR: 9dB
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
Preferred Track: 4. Gotta Travel On

Released recently by High Definition Tape Transfer.

2 Likes


FKA Twigs
EUSEXUA
Electronica/Techno/Club-Dance
Young - 2025
24/48 - DR: 10dB
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
Preferred Track: 6. Sticky

As time flies by, I more and more listen to this one.
Never been quite convinced by the previous opuses of Talhia Barnett, but this one really hooked me.
Production and arrangements are outstanding!

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So far my album of the year (yeah, it’s early to say this
I know
)

Vila by Fabiano do Nascimento

3 Likes


Bill Evans Trio
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Jazz/Piano-Jazz
HDTT - 1961
DSD128 - DR: 7dB
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
Preferred Track: 2. My Man’s Gone Now

4 Likes

Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
Post-Rock
Kscope - 24th April 2007
24/44.1
DR: 11

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Steven Wilson: to the bone
Post-Rock
Caroline - 18th August 2017
24/96
DR: 13

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David Sylvian: Secrets of the Beehive
Art Rock
Virgin - 7th November 1987 (Remastered 2003)
16/44.1
DR: 8

4 Likes


Massive Attack v Mad Professor
No Protection
Trip-Hop/Dub
Gyroscope - 1995
16/44.1 - DR: 6dB
:broken_heart::broken_heart::broken_heart:

Massive Attack were not quite happy with their second LP “Protection”, so they issued a remix of it with their friend Neil “Mad Professor” Fraser, clearly oriented Reggae & Dub (my two most hated music genres).

Saying I’m not liking this album is an understatement


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Massive Attack
Mezzanine
Trip-Hop
Virgin - 1998
16/44.1 - DR: 8dB
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
Preferred Track: 4. Inertia Creeps

Third opus from Massive Attack (I’m not counting the “Mad Professor Remix” above), their best IMHO.

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Eagle-Eye Cherry: Desireless
Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock
Work Group / Epic - 21st July 1997
16/44.1
DR: 7

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Keeping on within the same family:
the elder sister :grin:


Neneh Cherry
Raw Like Sushi
Rap/Pop
Virgin - 1989
16/44.1 - DR: ?
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
Preferred Track: 2. Manchild

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And now: their father


Don Cherry
Art Deco
Jazz/Trumpet-Jazz
A&M - 1989
16/44.1
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

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