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For Groundhog Day, Hear Public Radio's Records On Echo : Globe Cafe If you lot had to wake upwards to the same record every day for the remainder of your life, a la Bill Murray in Groundhog 24-hour interval, what would it be? Public-radio hosts weigh in.

For Groundhog Day, Hear Public Radio's Records On Echo

February ii, 2017 9:00 AM ET

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In Bill Murray's Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil checks for his shadow every solar day on repeat. Alex Wong/Getty Images hibernate caption

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In Bill Murray's Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil checks for his shadow every day on echo.

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When Phil Connors, Nib Murray's graphic symbol in Groundhog Twenty-four hours, wakes up at six a.m. to an alarm clock playing Sonny and Cher's "I Got Y'all Babe," it sounds similar a lovely and chipper musical start to a regular day. That is, until — spoiler alert — Connors gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive that twenty-four hour period over and over and over again, and therefore start the morning listening to Sonny and Cher. Every. Single. Mean solar day.

In laurels of Groundhog Solar day, we figured we'd ask: If yous had to wake up and relive the same record every mean solar day, over and over, for the rest of your life, what would it be? Here are what some of your public-radio pals wouldn't heed hearing on loop for all time.

David Bowie, 'Young Americans'

Which album could I relive every solar day? The answer came to me fast: David Bowie's Young Americans. His 1975 ode to American funk and soul, it arrived at the dawn of a whole new scene in music. There are only viii songs hither over xl minutes, but it has a wide enough emotional spectrum to stand the test of time — from experience-skilful funk and dance tunes to a cogitating cover of "Across the Universe." Immature Americans brought Bowie together with John Lennon at Electric Lady Studios, was the first identify nosotros heard the phonation of Luther Vandross, gave Bowie his first No. i vocal in usa and landed him on Soul Train. Then if I must be trapped in time with 1 album, let it exist i that has grown through the years alongside me. It stands up to the wide range of frames of listen and mood I've asked of it. I'd happily relive it day afterward 24-hour interval and never tire of information technology, even if I don't become to stop up with Andie MacDowell.

—Rita Houston, Program Director, WFUV

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T. King, 'Electric Warrior'

So, starting time of all, the idea of only listening to one album for the residual of my life scares me to death. Many years ago, I was with nigh seven other people on a bus from Istanbul, Turkey, to Den Haag in holland. We only had one cassette with united states of america: Dire Straits' Making Movies, which was played endlessly throughout the two-solar day trip. Information technology took me years to be able to listen to that album again. That said, if I'm playing along, I would take to choice the T.Rex anthology Electric Warrior. I was a 13-year-onetime in England when it was released, and it was the starting time album that I came of age with. Up until then, I'd never really personally identified with an artist or their music. Only Marc Bolan spoke to me almost girls and sexual ambiguity, sang about wizards and unicorns and wrapped it all up in perfect, shimmering pop-rock. It's an album that changed my life and pushed me into boyhood and all the possibilities that came with it. If I could only listen to 1 album from here on out, I'd choose the 1 that made me believe that anything was possible.

—Nic Harcourt, Morning time Music Mix, KCSN

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Jeff Buckley, 'Grace'

If I had to wake up to the same tape every day over and over for the residuum of my life, information technology would be Jeff Buckley'south Grace. "Mojo Pin" gently rouses you lot from sleep as it fades upwards and into the apropos lyric, "I'm lying in my bed / The blanket is warm." The building intensity of this song should make for a smooth transition from dreams to consciousness, but if you're extra groggy, the galloping guitars at 3:45 (and over again a minute later) serve every bit a nice substitution for jarring alert clocks. Each morning, you'd be "born again from the rhythm," with Buckley's angelic vocalisation laying the groundwork for a day that flows equally hands every bit his melodies do from track to rails on this perfectly sequenced anthology.

—Kristen Kurtis, Morning time Prove Host, WXPN

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Haim, 'Days Are Gone'

Easily down, my Groundhog Day tape would exist Days Are Gone, the 2013 debut album from Haim. One time, for my birthday, a friend gave me a Velvet Surreptitious vinyl LP, which I was glad to receive. Literally one minute subsequently, another friend gave me Days Are Gone on vinyl — and I lost my mind with happiness. The fresh take on '80s pop, contemporary R&B and classic '70s rock striking nearly every sweet spot for me. Frontwoman Danielle Haim has one of the best pop sensibilities I've ever seen or heard, and these songs elicit insane dance moves from me that I did not call up were possible. I wouldn't get sick of information technology because this music makes me experience crawly and powerful. Who doesn't want to feel that way every mean solar day?

—Cindy Howes, Morning Mix Host and Producer, WYEP

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A Tribe Called Quest, 'Midnight Marauders'

In 1993, A Tribe Called Quest released its third anthology, Midnight Marauders. While hip-hop civilisation had been incubating in New York since the belatedly '60s, part of the land was hearing its musical manifestation for the outset time. Hip-hop'south creators were in a abiding struggle with mainstream America to be seen as a legitimate artists. (Oh, the irony.) ATCQ sampled Jack Wilkins, Weldon Irvine, Ramsey Lewis, Ronnie Foster and other musicians who contributed to America'southward cultural identity, making information technology hard not to acknowledge the new genre's artistry. Tribe masterfully combined jazz, funk, rock and blues to create a soulful smash-bap aesthetic that would typify the gilt era of hip-hop. The anthology introduced sounds that were alien to me and struggles I hadn't known about. Through the years, Midnight Marauders has made its fashion from my Walkman to my portable CD player to my iPod. The music is still every bit fresh equally it was in 1993 and the subject thing no less significant.

—Jesse Menendez, Vocalo Host and Producer, WBEZ

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Miles Davis, 'In A Silent Way'

It took me a moment to put myself in the place of Neb Murray in Groundhog Day. This is not a set up of "desert island discs" — this is one album that yous have to wake upward to every day until the cracking screenwriter in the heaven changes the plot. So I apace flipped from thinking about my favorite album to identifying one with staying power and depth, one that would fend off boredom and take at to the lowest degree a month'southward worth of plays to fully understand. My choice: Miles Davis' 1969 initial exploration into electric music, In A Silent Fashion. It features ii side-long pieces recorded in one day and substantially created out of free-form playing through the editing of Teo Macero. Amidst the large cast of boggling players are Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea on keys and John McLaughlin (whom Davis had met the nighttime before the session) on guitar. My initial experience with the album was in a van filled with musicians and instruments cresting the 11,013-foot Eisenhower Pass in the Rockies in a snowstorm. That was a once-in-a-lifetime moment, but I'm betting In A Silent Way holds upward to the everyday.

—David Dye, Host, Globe Buffet

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My Morning Jacket, 'Z'

There are 2 things I beloved about My Morn Jacket and this anthology. Outset, the band's amazing musicianship — I could heed to just the instrumental parts on that record, on echo, forever. "Lay Low" is a peculiarly brilliant gem and one of my all-time favorite guitar jams. 2d, the vocals. Jim James has one of my favorite voices. He sings with such feeling; you feel his pain, his struggle, his fragility and joy. There are songs for all moods on Z. Contemplative songs ("Dondante" and "It Beats For You"), boisterous songs ("Off The Record") and trunk-moving dance songs ("Someday"). There is one actually weird song, also: "Into The Woods," which has a super-creepy carnival vibe that tin actually be quite unsettling. The showtime line is "A kitten on burn down / A baby in a blender." But information technology's so disturbing that it's funny, in a way, and sometimes, you just want that kind of humor. Many of the songs from Z have becomes staples of MMJ'due south phenomenal live show, so I think it's fair to say that the album is a fan fave. Information technology is for this fangirl, anyway.

—Alisa Ali, Evening Host, WFUV

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Donovan, 'Barabajagal'

If I'chiliad going to wake up to ane record on repeat every day for the residue of my life, my biggest consideration is the mood information technology puts me in. I want to exist able to go through the gamut of emotions, yet still come out with serotonin on peak. Then I'g going to take a deep breath and take the plunge into the super-strange, mostly hopeful and often hilarious moods that Donovan evokes on Barabajagal. From the triumphant insanity of "Atlantis" to the quiet affection of "To Susan On The Westward Coast Waiting" to the skippy and sunny (if totally ridiculous) affirmational "I Beloved My Shirt" to the circular, hippy-dippy joy of "Happiness Runs" to the surprisingly sexy title rails, this record is where I want to be. I took Barabajagal on a daily-listening test run through Kingston, Ontario, in the winter of 2004 during my first year of studies at Queen's Academy. On whatsoever gray day, it was a brilliant, uplifting companion. And although "Riki Tiki Tavi" is not on this Donovan tape, I imagine this lover of all living things would gladly brand space among the mongooses and snakes for a little groundhog.

—Talia Schlanger, Contributing Host, World Buffet

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