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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Joshua Tree: A Story of Limitations as Strengths

The Joshua Tree is the band's first album in six years. Barlow: "I feel it very viscerally. It's just like in my gut is where I receive music" He says he has an innate understanding of what a melody is and how to get it out on stage. The singer-songwriter adds that his strengths are instinctive rather than technical, so sometimes not knowing theory leaves you hostage to inspiration.

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