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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

7. Tame ImpalaLonerism

This one just hits the spot with me. I don’t know. I found the first album [Innerspeaker] too derivative of stuff I was familiar with. I loved it, don’t get me wrong, and a true test of whether or not I love a record is if I bring it into the studio and try it on the guys, because they are unequivocal in their tastes. So if I take a record in and say listen to this, if one of them doesn’t like it, it makes me like it a little less. So I’ve got to be really sure that a band is great and the guys will love it before I even chance taking it near them. I took the first album in and said, "This sounds like a lot of stuff like you love already." But it’s punchy. It’s from Australia, and it is amazing.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Paul Weller
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