Whether you prefer solitude, get-togethers with family or friends, or steeling yourself for the week to come, we've got the perfect album to score your early Sunday hours.

Featured artists and albums:
1. Miles Davis: 'Kind of Blue'
2. Astrud Gilberto: 'The Astrud Gilberto Album'
3. The Congos: 'Heart of the Congos'
4. Madredeus: 'O Espírito da Paz'
5. Laurie Spiegel: 'The Expanding Universe'
6. BAD OPERATION: 'BAD OPERATION'
7. Django Reinhardt: '1937'
8. Tirzah: 'Devotion'
9. Margo Guryan: 'Take a Picture'
10. V/A: 'Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960'
11. Electrelane: 'The Power Out'
12. Woo: 'Into The Heart Of Love'
13. St. Germain: 'Tourist'

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