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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hi Rich, I hope you're well. Thanks for all you've done with these polls. They've been a highlight of many weeks for me over the years. 🙌🙌 My picks for #5DebutAlbumsFinal 1. Burial 2. Black Sabbath 3. Wu-Tang Clan 4. The Blue Nile 5. De La Soul Cheers 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cheers as ever Rich. Stoked to see Burial sneak in! 😁

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Evening Rich. Hope you are well. Thanks as always. My picks for #5debutalbumsSF4 1. Burial (5 Pts) 2. Curtis 3. Tricky 4. Fever Ray 5. Kneecap Cheers 😃😃

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Evening Rich. Hope you are keeping well. Happy Weekend folks 😄 My picks for #5debutalbumsSF2 1. Roberta Flack - First Take 2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang 3. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 4. Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens 5. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops Cheers 👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Evening Rich, hope you're well. Happy weekend folks. 😄 My picks for #5debutalbumsSF1 1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (5pts) 2. Portishead - Dummy 3. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 4. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly 5. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Cheers. Good luck with the count! 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Nia number one! Love it mate! 🙌

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Evening Rich. Hope you're well. Happy Friday folks 😃 This was tough! My picks for #5debutalbums2026 1. Benefits - Nails (5pts) 2. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 3. Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter 4. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud 5. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 Cheers 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Evening Richard, hope you and family are all well. Happy Friday folks 😄 My picks for #5debutalbums9599 1. Goldie - Timeless (5pts) 2. Tricky - Maxinquaye 3. Lamb - Lamb 4. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing 5. GY!BE - F♯ A♯ ∞ Cheers. Happy Bank Holiday weekend to UK folks. 🌞

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

It never seems to get any easier to pick just 5!

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Evening Rich, hope you're well. Happy weekend folks 😀 My picks for #5debutalbums1519 1. Moor Mother - Fetish Bones 2. SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 3. Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens 4. Viet Cong - Viet Cong 5. The Japanese House - Good at Falling Cheers 🙌🙌

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Evening Rich, hope you're keeping well. Happy Friday folks 😁 My picks for #5debutalbums0509 1. Burial - Burial (5 pts) 2. Fever Ray - Fever Ray 3. Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger 4. The xx - xx 5. Andy Stott - Merciless Cheers 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Evening Rich, hope you and family are well. Happy Friday folks 😀 My picks for #5debutalbums50s60s 1. Roberta Flack - First Take (5pts) 2. Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio 3. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left 4. Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery 5. Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba Cheers 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Evening Rich, hope you're well. My picks for #5debutalbums9094 1. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (5pts) 2. The Loud Family - Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things 3. Portishead - Dummy 4. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels... 5. Björk - Debut Cheers 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Evening Richard. Hope you and family are well. My picks for #5albums25 are: 1. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker... 2. Benefits - Constant Noise 3. Rainy Miller - Joseph, What Have You Done? 4. Tim Reaper - in vain 5. For Those I Love - Carving The Stone Cheers and Happy New Year all 🙌🙌

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Evening Rich, hope you are well. Happy Friday folks 😀 My picks for #5debutalbums7074 1. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (5pts) 2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 3. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis 4. Cymande - Cymande 5. Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day Cheers 👍 👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

The Blue Aeroplanes last night were as wonderful as ever. Great to see Rodney Allen make an appearance. ❤️❤️ And I got a high-five from Wojtek when we were down at the front. 😄 Absolute legends. 🙌

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

#5debutalbums7074 #NowPlaying Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man Phenomenal album. Likely top pick for me. ❤️❤️❤️

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Evening Rich, hope you're well. Happy Friday folks 😀 My picks for #5debutalbums1014 1. Emilie Nicolas - Like I'm A Warrior 2. Daughter - If You Leave 3. Forest Swords - Engravings 4. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place 5. Bing & Ruth - City Lake Cheers 👍👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I hope so because it's in my 5 😅

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Yeah I'm not hundred percent. I think Fjree Feather and Dagger Paths are EPs. According to Wikipedia this is the debut studio album.

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Name 10 current female artists you love 😍😍 Arooj Aftab Emma-Jean Thackray Ethel Cain Federica Deiana KeiyaA Kelly Lee Owens Moor Mother Nadia Reid Nala Sinephro Nia Archives

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#CanCheck #BeerSky Happy Friday 😁 This is a collab beer brewed to celebrate beer and books. Two of my favourite things! 😄 Have a great weekend! 🍻🍻📚📚

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#5debutalbums1014 #NowPlaying Daughter - If You Leave ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#MusicChallenge #NovemberAlchemy Day 1: Molting Silence Volcano Choir - Almanac "Shed skin, for kin. I'll be alive when all this is over. When all of us are sober. Shed skin, with kin."

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Good point. Yeah they have been pretty consistent over the years. Great live band too. 👍

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Sterling work as ever Rich, cheers 👍

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Kimber Johnson @kimberjohnson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

In November’s hush, leaves turn to whispers and the wind stirs secrets. Our November #MusicChallenge will embrace nature’s quiet spell of transformation with related cues to inspire your musical choices. @firstnamebob.bsky.social and I invite you to join us for November Alchemy #NovemberAlchemy

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

You guys always have interesting music challenges. 😃 I like the look of this and will get definitely get involved. Been out of the loop on challenges lately so will try to complete this one! 😄

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Happy Birthday Suzanne!! 🙌🙌 Hope you are having a wonderful day. 😊😊

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This is my favourite top 5 I've seen tonight 🙌🙌

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Stephen Hardman @harddayswrite.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Evening Rich, hope you're keeping well mate. Happy weekend folks😁 My picks for #5debutalbums8084 1. Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure 2. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly 3. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops 4. Sade - Diamond Life 5. Run D.M.C - Run D.M.C Cheers 👍👍

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