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Taking Up Your Precious Time
Electronic · 2006 · 15 tracks · 1h 13m

Taking Up Your Precious Time

Pretty Lights

Dusty soul samples meet glitchy boom-bap beats. A hazy, late-night masterpiece of downtempo electronic music that feels like a memory you can't quite place.

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It's the ultimate 'driving through the city at 2 AM' soundtrack.

A soulful, nocturnal nostalgia that feels like a warm memory of a city you've never visited.

Taking Up Your Precious Time · vs · Pretty Lights
Nostalgic+0.6σ

Nostalgic saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 1h 13m
01
Short Line
2:59
02
Until Tomorrow
4:36
03
Wrong Platform
6:13
04
Finally Moving
4:38
05
Stay
5:07
06
Summer's Thirst
4:22
07
An Empty Station
5:42
08
Switch Up
3:49
09
Waiting for Her
2:59
10
Samso
4:22
11
Down the Line
5:11
12
Happiness (Troubled Faces)
4:44
13
Almost Familiar
4:13
14
The Last Passenger
4:42
15
Try to Remember
9:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
the iconic Etta James vocal flip on Finally Moving that feels like a warm embrace
the way the drums stutter and dissolve into the synth pad on Samso
the nine-minute slow-burn evolution of Try to Remember that closes the album in a hazy wash
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