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As Soundcheck looks back at the first decade of the 2000's in our annual "Critics' Week," we ask you, the listener, to weigh in on the best albums in rock, pop, hip-hop, jazz, classical and world music.

Steve Reich seems more like a teen with his iPod up too loud than a Pulitzer-prize winning septuagenarian composer.

This week’s picks include music from a distinguished American composer, a dynamic soul duo, and an epic jazz-rock quartet.

What was, for you, the signature song of the period of 1989 and the two years after?  Was it just a catchy pop tune or did it perhaps reflect the times?

Inga Swearingen
"April Afternoon"
Playing at: Town Hall (123 W. 43rd St., Theater District)
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Michael Bates' Outside Sources
"Fellini"
Playing at: Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway, Bushwick)
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The Phenomenal Handclap Band
"You'll Disappear" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)
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