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The Big Takeover Show - Number 311 - January 4, 2021 - Homebound Edition XLII - Part 1 of 2, Special Countdown Show: Jack Rabid’s 50 Best Albums of 2020

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DJ Jack Rabid
50 Petrified Max – Three Times Gone (Charlie Drove North)
49 Ex Norwegian – Fear Backwards (Hue Spotting)
48 Willie Nelson – Stealing Home (First Rose of Spring)
47 Sunshine Boys – In Between Time (single, Work and Love)
46 Ringo Deathstarr – God Help the Ones You Love (Ringo Deathstarr)
45 The Wolfhounds – Like Driftwood (Electric Music)
44 D.O.A. – Gonna Set You Straight (Treason)
EP/single 10: Pointed Sticks – Infected (single)
Newly Issued Old Recordings 10: The Chills – Double Summer (Soft Bomb) 1992; reissued 2020
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43 Terrible Signal – Look in the Water (The Window)
42 Drew Citron – Free Now (Free Now)
41 The Stroppies – Look Alive (Look Alive!)
40 Dennis Davison – Shadow on a Tall Tree (The Book of Strongman)
39 James Williamson & Deniz Tek – Good as Gone (Two to One)
38 Peel Dream Magazine – Pill (Agitprop Alterna)
EP/single 9: Trotsky Icepick – Came Back to Ash (Acrylic EP)
Newly Issued Old Recordings 9: Young Canadians – Hawaii (Hawaii EP) 1979; reissued 2020
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37 Joy Cleaner – Phlox (You’re So Jaded)
36 Kestrels (featuring J Mascis) – Grey & Blue (Dream or Don’t Dream)
35 The Lil’ Smokies – Carry Me (Tornillo)
34 X – Water and Wine (Alphabetland)
33 Smokescreens – What is to Be Done (A Strange Dream)
32 Doves – Broken Eyes (The Universal Want)
EP/single 8: Tommy & the Commies – Power on Standby (Hurtin’ 4 Certain EP)
Newly Issued Old Recordings 8: 100 Flowers – Bunkers (Drawing Fire) 1984; reissued 2020
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31 Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With the Arab Strap (live) (What to Look For In Summer)
30 Proper Ornaments – You Shouldn’t Have Gone (Mission Bells)
29 Cut Worms – Baby Come On (Nobody Lives Here Anymore)
28 Real Estate – November (The Main Thing)
27 The Electorate – If I Knew (You Don’t Have Time to Stay Lost)
26 Cloud Nothings – The Sound of Everyone (The Black Hole Understands)
EP/single 7: Slowness – Berlin (Part Time Punks EP)
EP/single 6: The Descendents – On You (“Hindsight 2020” single)
Newly Issued Old Recordings 7: Pale Saints – Language of Flowers (Woodhouse Studio LP Demo) (The Comforts of Madness 30th Anniversary reissue) recorded 1989, released 2020
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Newly Issued Old Recordings 6: Neil Young (with Robbie Robertson) – White Line (Homegrown) recorded 1974-1975, released 2020

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