I would probably have loved this album even more if:

  1. Sledgehammer was not on it.
  2. I had listened to it ten years ago so I could base entire swaths of my personality around it, as I have done with Graceland

It is glorious, though, and I'm probably gonna go down a Peter Gabriel rabbit hole now.

★★★★

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I'm Justin Duke — a software engineer, writer, and founder. I currently work as the CEO of Buttondown, the best way to start and grow your newsletter, and as a partner at Third South Capital.

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