Album2008

Dear Science

TV on the Radio/Interscope

A Brooklyn art-rock record where soul, production, politics, and major-label reach sit in tension.

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InterscopeUniversal Music Group

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105K

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5.0

Tracklist

01Golden AgeBrian Eno

02DLZPeter Saville

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