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This podcast may contain strong language and adult content, if it's any good.

Hopefully it will.

James Acaster here, comedian and music fan.

And in 2017, I had a breakdown.

I dealt with that breakdown by buying as much music from

2016 as I possibly could. As a result, I now own over 600 albums that came out in 2016 and I consider

it the greatest year for music of all time. But it's not enough me being convinced. I also want to

convince each and every single one of you,

plus a guest every week.

I'm going to send them an album in advance.

You're going to listen to that album.

Come on the podcast, and we're going to talk about that album.

This week, my guest is Jack Rook.

And the album we're talking about is Forts Lined Up by Martin Creed.

If it's not one thing, if it's no one thing, then it's the other.

Martin Creed is quite a unique musician in many ways.

He's been recorded and releasing music for quite a while, but primarily he's known as a visual artist.

He won the Turner Prize one year.

He's put on many left-field exhibitions.

He's always trying to take people's expectations and go in the other direction.

And I feel that's what this album does as well.

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