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| | Spectator, The: Civilian thoughts |
 | | Maybe it's one of the best albums of the year, or an encouraging advance on previous work, or a bold departure, or a crippling disappointment, or more of the same. |
 | | Civilians, by contrast, may still be listening to that album in 30 years, and may change their minds about it every time they play it. |
 | | The great album someone makes years after everyone has forgotten about him, and you suspect you're the only person who ever listens to it, and the injustice of it all stings you (J.J. Cale's Guitar Man, after the failure of which he announced his retirement). |
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