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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge #musicsky 1: Exodus by Bob Marley and the Wailers Quality mix of religiously-enthused liberation politics and smooth romantic grooves. youtu.be/JdPV4yO7LKQ?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge #musicsky 2) David Bowie - Low Hard choice between this and Heroes, but I love the variety on this - including the upbeat Sound and Vision & Be My Wife snd the dark and brooding Warszawa. youtu.be/9Gy94N_mcWs?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge #musicsky 5) News of the World by Queen. youtu.be/04854XqcfCY?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge #musicsky 6) Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees (mainly) Debates about appropriation aside, this is full of great disco tunes. youtu.be/SkypZuY6ZvA?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 8) Star Wars soundtrack Composed by John Williams As a kid I was dismissive of classical music... but as I matured I realised how much emotion it could convey. And that I'd already been enjoying it in films. youtu.be/a0SuX1IvJys?... youtu.be/54hoKbTWon4?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 9) Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf No time for his politics but he could really sell a melodramatic rock opera. youtu.be/3QGMCSCFoKA?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 10: The Clash by The Clash Later albums would show more musical diversification but this debut was all raw anger and energy. youtu.be/WngpvGpjJsQ?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 11: In The City by The Jam Another strong debut. Better was to come, but the title track is banging. youtu.be/ycnWuHsly0A?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 12) Iggy Pop - Lust For Life This and its predecessor albums were such great collaborations with Bowie. youtu.be/-fWw7FE9tTo?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 13) Elvis Costello - My Aìm is True. Another great debut, including a timely welcome to the working week: youtu.be/YPbtQUdugds?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 14) Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday An unusual title for an impreasive album that looked forward musically to disco and its offshoots. youtu.be/c-QNfo4pQlc?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 15: Never Mind the Boll*cks, Here's The Sex Pistols. John Lydon's politics may have gone completely rotten since, but this was still an appropriately two-fingered salute to the establishment. youtu.be/yqrAPOZxgzU?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 16: Foreigner by Foreigner. Pop/rock debut mainly notable for the classic Cold As Ice. youtu.be/ySb1f9zWJkQ?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 17: The Stranglers, Rattus Norvegicus Punk is often caricature as attitude over art, but the Stranglers had both, and although their lyrics were provocative they were mostly progressive in intent. youtu.be/HzFOS-KyOlA?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 18: Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel Gets in the chart on the merits of Solsbury Hill alone, a timeless folky ballad with a tricky time signature. youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 #musicchallenge 19: Commodores by the Commodres Their fifth album that includes probably their signature song - Easy - a great mix of soul vocals and smooth guitar. The rest of the album's pretty good too. share.google/DYe0EfIkbILt...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

#1977AlbumsTop20 20: Ultravox! By Ultravox! This path breaking New Wave album shows great confidence, variety and panache, ably assisted by Brian Eno. Its opener, Satday Night In The City Of The Dead is like a prologue to punk. youtu.be/geeEQyXg7Q8?...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Trump watches the Hunger Games and thinks that President Snow is the hero.

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Someone good in stripes... since it's #DoctorWhoDay...

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Share a TV show you love from the 2020's. My choice:

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy.

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Meanwhile, the UK government issues the kind of strongly worded warning that a school might use for a minor uniform infraction:

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I know we're in morally compromised times but "Thanos: Ultimate Hero"... really?

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Education spending down from 5.7% to 4.1% of GDP since 2010. Books not bombs!

GDP spent on education down from 5.7% in 2010 to 4.1%. Books not bombs.

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Andy Stone @andystone2002.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

@thecricketdraft.bsky.social Query: As things stand I would expect Wheal to automatically replace Ahmed and Vaughan to become 12th man. But what if Wheal's points surpassed Vaughan's? Would he become 12th man but leave me a bowler short?