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Sam Leppard

@spleppard.bsky.social

123 followers 285 following 98 posts

Mainly pop music, but all the other good stuff in life too. Occasional DJ & drummer. Colchester, UK. last.fm - www.last.fm/user/splepp

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think Beck has more great albums than he has great songs.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I like Big Thief as much as the next middle aged 6 music dad but the very thought of a new triple album is exhausting me.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Oh. I've accidentally changed the hashtag I was using.

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

'Astounded' by Bran Van 3000, who I always had pegged as one hit wonders, passed me by when it was released. The archive Curtis Mayfield vocal was approved by him before his death & against the odds this surprisingly great pop record does him justice. #2001songs open.spotify.com/track/1sn72o...

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Bran Van 3000 · Discosis · Song · 2001

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Continuing my #2001songs playlist & giving Blink 182's The Rock Show some credit as a perfect pop-punk capsule. Those harmonies on the middle eight/bridge are 💯. Baffling how the less-good-but-still-servicable First Date has the higher streaming numbers these days. open.spotify.com/track/2ydUT1...

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blink-182 · Take Off Your Pants And Jacket · Song · 2001

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Maybe my favourite Bee Gees song, which is some accolade. I always thought it sounded like Sufjan Stevens - and no disrespect to Sufjan - but better. #2001songs open.spotify.com/track/0Sfpny...

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This Is Where I Came In

Bee Gees · This Is Where I Came In · Song · 2001

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

What has become apparent in my #2001music quest is that a series of bad decisions were made in my big covid-era CD cull. Ballboy's great comp of early EPs 'Club Anthems' is nowhere to be found in my shed. Anyone know which songs were re-recorded for this comp? open.spotify.com/album/0Mtujw...

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club anthems 2001 (anniversary edition) - Album by Ballboy | Spotify

Ballboy · album · 2023 · 16 songs

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Ash released Free All Angels in 2001, but also 5 (five!) singles w/ four b-sides on each. Pick of the b-side bunch is, of course, Warmer Than Fire but I also have a real soft spot for this even though it didn't even make their Cosmic Debris b-sides album. #2001music open.spotify.com/track/3kNERp...

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Skullfull of Sulphur

Ash · Teenage Wildlife - 25 Years of Ash · Song · 2020

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Anita Lane - the former Bad Seed and partner of Nick Cave - covering Gil Scott Heron is some good new-to-me #2001music. Sex O'Clock is a terrible name for an album though. open.spotify.com/track/6eVqlu...

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Home Is Where the Hatred Is

Anita Lane · Sex O'Clock · Song · 2001

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

1986 music 💥 A chunky 325-song roundup of big hits and cult classics turning 40 this year. My personal rules for what should be on here changed more than once during compiling this but broadly speaking it's a maximum of 2 songs per album. Dive in. open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZJ...

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What's Going On, 1986?

Playlist · Sam Leppard · 325 items

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A great cover! Stretching out the original but remaining largely faithful it's easy not to notice it's nearly twice as long as Minnie Riperton's definitive version. It can't quite match her vocals, but it immaculately preserves and extends the vibe. #2001songs open.spotify.com/track/4eLKvH...

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4hero, Carina Andersson · Creating Patterns · Song · 2001

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I've just started making a playlist of 2001 music. It's going to be long and likely take me months, so might as well write some words about it on bluesky as I work through the longlist. #2001music.

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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 24/06/2026

I thought kick off was later and I’m sad I somehow missed it but that’s a great result for Scotland.

Scotland 23:00 Brazil

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It's back! 💥 My occasional series of year-focussed playlists reaches 1976. A hefty 325 songs that turn 50 this year. open.spotify.com/playlist/6qm...

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What's Going On, 1976?

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

In which Dolly Parton invents country-ska. open.spotify.com/track/1I5gvk...

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Busy weekend ahead on Facebook asking questions that were already answered in the original post.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I mainly listen to new music, but these were my most listened to albums from the 20th century this year.

R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Garbage - Garbage
Neil Young - Zuma
Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
R.E.M. - Out of Time
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
Bee Gees - Main Course
Joan Armatrading - Back To The Night
The Replacements - Tim
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Mainstream
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Patti Smith - Horses
Steely Dan - Katy Lied

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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 04/12/2025

I'm at the combination

a combination urgent care and taco bell

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Before we're fully immersed in year-end list season I should put this playlist out into the wild. 1985 favourites, cult classics & big hits. 290 40yr-old bangers. Auto-sorted by popularity. open.spotify.com/playlist/2nY...

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The harmonica solo on Eurythmics' There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) is so good it made me google who it was playing as it is 100% the best thing about that (very decent) song. Delighted to discover that it's Stevie Wonder - apparently 'famously so', but it's news to me.

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

My hot Weezer take is that 2021's OK Human is every bit as brutally honest, open and for-all-its-flaws-relatable as Pinkerton, except Rivers is no longer an angst-ridden 20-something rockstar, but now a slightly bored middle-aged rich dude stuck in his nice house with his family during a pandemic.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Just listening to Deserter's Songs. Mildly intrigued to discover both Levon Helm and Garth Hudson from The Band make cameos on two different songs. Helm drums on album highlight, Opus 40. That's it. Your obscure music trivia for today. You're welcome. open.spotify.com/album/6MvMOh...

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Deserter's Songs (Remastered)

Mercury Rev · Album · 1998 · 11 songs

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

YES. Today was the day. Wordle 1,491 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Just heard this for the first time. The 1986 B-side that forms the basis of Buffalo Stance. The A-side is Pete Waterman produced pop with a Naomi Campbell cameo in the video. 'The Wild Bunch', responsible for this remix, go on to form Massive Attack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcN...

- MORGAN McVEY 'Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch' NENEH CHERRY

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Top albums from June.

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My occasional series of overly long playlists focussed on a single year has reached 1975. It's lengthy, but non-completist (eg. no BoRhap). If I wasn't enjoying it in 2025 it didn't make the cut. Tried not to go too hard on the dad-energy, but it's 1975. WAYGD? open.spotify.com/playlist/4d5...

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What's Going On, 1975?

Playlist · Sam Leppard · 305 items

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Whilst drunk, I jumped over a fence with an unknown-to-me large drop on the other side. I was fine. So five minutes later I demonstrated to my friends what I’d done by doing it again. I was not fine.

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

New BCNR album is a good’un. Fun fact: I HATED all the advance singles, but they somehow work here, and the resulting suspicion that there’s some kind of black magic at work here makes me love it all the more. open.spotify.com/album/5FjaEW...

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Forever Howlong

Black Country, New Road · Album · 2025 · 11 songs

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D*o.t_s>k°y @dottsky.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

sun's out. might have a lunchtime beer.

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Been enjoying Something To Fall Back On all week so jumped into the album this morning. It’s all Todd’s voice! The songs themselves are maybe done a disservice by the concept. But that itself makes it interesting enough to warrant more listens. A fun one. open.spotify.com/album/3OcSfy...

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Todd Rundgren · Album · 1985 · 10 songs

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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

“Lynne. 11.30am. 24th February. I’m entering the town of Twin Peaks.”

Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge behind the wheel of a car. He wears driving gloves and a headset and appears to be talking.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A long playlist of all the good music I heard last year (one song per artist). Late, because it needed a month (some might say more) of extensive editing to make it manageable. You'd be a fool to try to listen to it all, but you might find some gems if you dip in. open.spotify.com/playlist/7y5...

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2024 EVERYTHING

Playlist · Sam Leppard · 457 items

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I know no-one likes this album but IMHO it’s Mitski’s best. Is it so wrong to be a fan of choruses?

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Increasingly it feels like the only way to think about algorithmic media is that it’s a game normal people don’t even know they’re playing

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Finished 2024 with a particularly excellent DJ gig in Colchester Arts Centre. That was a lot of fun.

A busy crowd dancing ina former church. A mirror ball shines lights across the room.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This band suffers from the exact opposite issue.

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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

THE TOP 50 GUARDIAN HEADLINES 2024 - RANKED! part 1, 50-26 50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise" 49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset? 48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

This is a Christmas song, right? open.spotify.com/track/3FmzYM...

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Snow - Radio Edit

JJ72 · JJ72 · Song · 2000

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Watched a Christmassy Ted and remembered this pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was on the cover of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Has the Cindy Lee album been removed from Spotify already?

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Enjoying this article. A window into some sort of parallel universe where I have no idea what's going on. Did a search for these trends on Spotify though, and i'm quite looking forward to getting stuck into some Whimsigoth and Frutiger Aero tunes. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

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Cutesy goths and McMansions: the viral 2024 trends you didn’t know about

This year’s TikTok microtrends drew on mid-2000s screensavers and Tuscan kitchens, romanticizing (supposedly) better days

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Better than getting it in one. Wordle 1,275 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

2024 Favourite songs. An impossible task best left to gut instinct. Here's 40 or so songs from me, a middle age dad with a self-destructive gut. 100% gluten free. open.spotify.com/playlist/4AT...

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2024 FAVOURITES

Playlist · Sam Leppard · 39 items

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Must be nearly Christmas. It’s unexpected midweek Match of the Day season!

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Spotify wrapped, where in my first full year of WFH I racked up a stupid number of minutes. Absolutely baffled how that Bat for Lashes track is at number 2 though. Last.fm has it at number 19.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Turns out this is two bands, but I preferred it when I thought it was just one.

A screenshot of spotify, with the text reading 'how r u, vhs ghost'

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Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

#nowplaying 20+ years on from their debut, minus the media circus & tabloid intrusions the tunes have room to shine, perhaps brighter than ever. Other dark distractions lurk in the libertines’ story though & it feels foolish to invest too much love into this record. open.spotify.com/album/0RQPuy...

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All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade

The Libertines · Album · 2024 · 11 songs

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Round round get a round I get a round. Tray tray need a tray I need a tray. The Beach Boys down the pub.

Sam Leppard @spleppard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Today’s post-work listen is Little Queen by Heart. Picked this up in a charity shop on the way home from the office today. Been after it for a while so happy to pay a premium charity shop price of £12 for it.