Pure Poetry
What are the songs that could easily be read as a piece of poetry – Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits created some great lyrical poetry – but who else? What are the most poetic songs those that could stand alone without the music?
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Roxy Music
Virginia Plain
- Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
- Eg.
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Bob Dylan
Forever Young
- The Best Of Bob Dylan.
- Columbia.
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Gilbert O’Sullivan
Nothing Rhymed
- Gilbert O'Sullivan -Nothing But The B.
- Park Records.
- 1.
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Yazoo
Only You
- Alison Moyet Singles.
- Columbia.
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Tom Odell
Another Love
- (CD Single).
- Sony Music.
- 1.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Into My Arms
- Boatman's Call, The.
- Mute Records.
- 1.
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Gretchen Peters
When You Are Old
- Gretchen Peters - The Secret Of Life.
- Curb/Hit.
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The Divine Comedy
National Express
- 21st Century Rock.
- Divine Comedy Records UK Ltd.
- 12.
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Bread
If
- David Gates & Bread - Essentials.
- Elektra.
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Elvis Presley
If I Can Dream
- Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions & Lloyd Cole
Perfect Skin
- Lloyd Cole - The Collection.
- Polygram Tv.
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Barry White
You're the First, the Last, My Everything
- Barry White - The Collection.
- Mercury.
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The Proclaimers
Oh Jean
- The Best Of The Proclaimers.
- EMI.
- 20.
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Lianne La Havas
Lost & Found
- Lost And Found.
- Warner Music.
- 1.
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Leonard Cohen
Suzanne
- The Singer & The Song (Various Artist.
- Stylus.
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Peter Gabriel
Solsbury Hill
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Elliott Smith
Angel in the Snow
- An Introduction To Elliott Smith.
- Universal Music.
- 12.
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Paul Simon
How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
- The Complete Albums Collection.
- Legacy Recordings.
- 4.
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James Grant
Does It All Add Up To Nothing
- My Thrawn Glory.
- Vertical.
- 3.
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MARINA
Buy the Stars
- Electra Heart.
- Atlantic Records UK.
- 16.
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Shirley Bassey
A House Is Not A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
- 12 of Those Songs.
- Parlophone UK.
- 3.
Broadcasts
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