Tag: album anniversaries
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Episode 1602: The Way of the Vaselines
31 years ago, Sub Pop Records released a 19-song retrospective of songs from a Scottish indie band. It remains a brilliant portrait of The Vaselines.
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Episode 1580: Album Anniversary: Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew’
The milestone album that launched a thousand jazz-rock groups was released on March 30, 1970. Patrick discusses the double-LP’s influence and makes a case for March 30 as Bitches Brew Day.
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Episode 1570: Roxy Music ‘For Your Pleasure’
Who did we meet at the pub in the 1973 rabbit hole? Ferry and Eno of course. We take a look at the second Roxy Music album, ‘For Your Pleasure.’
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Episode 1569: John Cale’s ‘1919’
John Cale’s mesmerizing third solo LP recently turned 50 years old. We take an episode to report that the album is just as hypnotically beautiful as it was upon its release.
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Episode 1559: U2’s ‘War’ Turns 40
February 28th is the 40th anniversary of U2’s ‘War’ album and we take a look back at this classic record.
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Episode 797: Album Anniversaries – Beach Boys, Four Tops, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Listener Mackensi Crenshaw joins the show via Skype (a patron gift from Mike Wagner) and get to pick the topic. We discuss the 50th anniversary of three albums: “Sunflower” by the Beach Boys, “Cosmo’s Factory” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “Still Waters Run Deep” by the Four Tops.
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Episode 695: Album Anniversaries – Lloyd Cole, Sam Phillips
Eric Lohrenz, a patron of the pod, gets the Guest Star treatment today. His chosen topic: album anniversaries. Specifically, “Rattlesnakes” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, released in October 1984, and “Martinis & Bikinis” by Sam Phillips, released in March 1994.
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Episode 471: Galaxie 500 – ‘Today’
Today, we celebrate “Today.” That’s Galaxie 500’s debut album, released 30 years ago. Nick Scalera leads the discussion.
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Episode 470: Sonic Youth – ‘Daydream Nation’
Sonic Youth’s pivotal double album, “Daydream Nation,” was released 30 years ago. Nick Scalera joins the podcast to discuss its impact.
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Episode 451: Public Enemy – ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’
More album anniversaries! Today we discuss a monumental record, Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back,” released in 1988.