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Lana Del Rey's Norman F****** Rockwell! topped Tucker's list of the best albums of the year, with Lizzo and Billie Eilish running a close second and third.

A Japanese firm created an app that lets fans follow the match as they would on TV, and cheer or boo players through their phones. Their voices are then played in the stadium through loudspeakers.

lassical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a number of new recordings conducted by composer Piere Boulez (Boo-LEZZ). Three new discs of Stravinsky, Bartok, and Debussy (on Deutsche Grammophon). The Erato label has a new recording, and so does Sony (Boulez''s greatist hits).

Actor ROBERT DUVALL. His roles include his film debut as Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," a crazy colonel in "Apocalypse Now," counsel to the mob in "Godfather" I and II, and a country singer in "Tender Mercies" (for which he won a Oscar). In all he's acted in more than 50 films. His latest is "A Family Thing," in which he co-stars with James Earl Jones. REV: Rock historian ED WARD begins a series on the instruments of rock n' roll. Today's installment is drums.

NPR's David Welna reports from Quito (KEE-toh) that Ecuador still has not resolved its political crisis, despite a weekend deal brokered by the armed forces. Beleaguered President Abdala Bucaram (ahb-dah-LA boo-kah-RAHM) has been forced out of office, and Vice President Rosalia Arteaga (rohz-ah-LEE-ah ar-tay-AH-gah) has been sworn in as interim president. But Arteaga is suggesting she might stay in office for an extended period of time, a move which would touch off another showdown with that nation's Congress, which is expected to select a new president tomorrow.

To help guide you as findings from the Jan. 6 hearings emerge over the next few weeks, NPR has rounded up a list of books about the assault on the U.S. Capitol and the people and groups involved.

When the votes came in for Prospect magazine's list of the top 100 public intellectuals, at No. 1 was Turkish Sufi cleric Fethullah Gulen. Prospect Magazine editor Tom Nuttall says Gulen's global network of supporters propelled him to the top spot.

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

Also: President Trump apparently wrote the letter on his health released by his doctor; hundreds of protesters are arrested in Paris in May Day rallies; and NASA prepares to send a new probe to Mars.

President Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.