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Album Tracks That Should Be Singles – Blues Rock Ripper ‘CHICAGO’ Of Legend MAVIS STAPLES’ New Full-Length

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22 November 2025

Artist: MAVIS STAPLES
Who: Legendary soul/blues/rock voice who, along with family, had a long and
greatly accomplished career under the name of The Staple Singers (1948-1994).
She’s 86 now, singing and swinging like a 36-year-old.

Track: CHICAGO

Cover of a Tom Waits song from 2011. Her version is a steamy blues rock
ripper (Chicago is her hometown), part of her new, 15th solo LP, titled
Sad And Beautiful World.

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Album Tracks That Should Be Singles – TITLE TRACK Of The New PORTUGAL. THE MAN Full-Length

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12 November 2025


Promo pic

Band: PRTUGAL. THE MAN
Who: American alt-rockers, fronted by mastermind
John Gourley, formed in 2004 in Wasilla, Alaska and
based in Portland, Oregon.

Last weekend, they released their 10th LP, baptized SHISH.

Glide Magazine says: “Shish is yet another awe-inspiring effort from Gourley and his Portugal. The Man project turned out to be some of the most honest, refreshing music
the artist has added to his discography in some time. These ten songs pinpoint the exact time and space Gourley is currently in, and turn his point of view into relatable slices of daring, artistic indie rock.”

The album was preceded by two singles, Tanana and Denali.

If the band consider dropping a third single from the LP, it should definitely be
the title track, SHISH. Its repetitive, groovy swagger is just irresistible. Check it out
here.

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Album Tracks That Should Have Been Singles – ‘MANY A DAY HEARTACHE’ By THE CHARLATANS From Their New LP

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7 November 2025

Band: THE CHARLATANS
Who: Britpop vets, fronted by the charismatic Tim Burgess, who have entertained the masses with synth-pop thrills since 1988.

Track: MANY A DAY A HEARTACHE
Part of their new 14th LP, baptized We Are Love

Glimmering, silky-smooth synth,
and catchy. It’s called pop-ular music.

TRACK

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Tracks From New Albums That Should Have Been Singles – Epic Pearl ‘KRAKEN’ By FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

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5 November 2025

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE started as a band in 2007, and
became, over the years, the musical vehicle for British songstress
Florence Welch.

Last weekend her album No. 6, named EVERBODY SCREAM
came out to euphoric critics all around.

It features several stand-out tracks, including the 3 singles,
Everybody Scream, Sympathy Magic and One Of The Greats.

My non-single favorite is KRAKEN. A mini rock opera
chant, with a grand big choir chorus. An epic pearl.

TRACK

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Album Tracks That Should Have Been Singles – ‘FUCKIN’ IN THE BUSHES (2000) By OASIS

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16 April 2025

Band: OASIS

Track: FUCKIN’ IN THE BUSHES
Album: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
Their 4th one, released in 2000.

It’s not constructed as a single – no verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse. Noel wrote
it – with Led Zeppelin in mind – specifically to have a killer intro for their concerts
(Liam used it later to start his solo shows too). And it worked brilliantly, therefore
it was worth a single. Anyway, for me that is.

Click to go straight to YT and watch/hear
Fuckin’ In The Bushes at Wembley, London,
on 21 July 2000.

Can you imagine! Because of the song’s title you
need to check into YT to see the footage. It’s 2025.


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The concert was recorded and released on CD, named
Familiar To Millions, a couple of months later.

Album Tracks That Should Have Been Singles – ‘I SIT AND WONDER’ (2008) By THE VERVE

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13 March 2025

Band: THE VERVE
Bittersweet symphonic Brits, led by
charismatic voice/face Richard Ashcroft.

Album: FORTH
4th and final one.

Singles: Love Is Noise and Rather Be.


📸 by Chris Floyd

The track that should have been a single too.
The LP’s epic opener SIT AND WONDER.


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Album Tracks That Should Have Been Singles – ‘LORD LET IT RAIN ON ME’ (2003) By SPIRITUALIZED

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17 February 2025


Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2015 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Band: SPIRITUALIZED
Who: Musical project of English psych-rock artist Jason
Pierce who was in Spacemen 3 from 1982-1991.
Albums: 9 (so far).


Album artwork

Album: Amazing Grace
5th one

Track: LORD LET IT RAIN ON ME

Spiritual splendour.


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Album Tracks That Should Have Been Singles – ‘GO’ (2011) By THE MACCABEES

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9 February 2025


Promo photo

Band: THE MACCABEES
Who: British indie pop/rock team that released
4 longplayers between 2004 and 2017 and called
it a day afterward.

But they are about to return to
the scene soon. More details TBA.

Album: Given To The Wild
Track: GO

Guitar-pop grandeur.


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