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Extended Play episodes

  • The 100 Best Albums of Our Lifetime - The EP 100 - #100-#91

    We did it. We finally put our money where our mouths are and ranked the best albums of our lifetime. Suck it, Apple Music! 😜 In this episode, you’ll learn the method behind our madness in taking a list of 700 or so albums and coming up with the AUTHORITATIVE list of the best albums from 1980 to 2020.

    What do you think about our approach? About our choices? Let us know in the comments!
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    46 min
  • Eminem - “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” Album Review

    Season 5 of The Extended Play Podcast starts here! What a better way to kick things off than with a contentious album review. Our hosts are definitely split on hometown hero Eminem’s 12th album, but have a blast discussing the merits - and the problematic bits - of this album.

    Plus, E and Tank preview the upcoming season, in which they come for [redacted music YouTuber]’s crown. 👑

    What did you think of the album? What should we review next? Let us know in the comments!

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    Watch the video version of this episode and previous video episodes on YouTube.

    40 min
  • Building a Career in Music - Interview with Musician, Songwriter, and Producer B.K. Barone

    This time around, hosts E and Tank get some music industry insider knowledge from special guest B.K. Barone. B’s spent half of his life involved in music in one form or another - from writing and performing in a successful touring band, to band management, to music video production and on and on. Ever wonder what it’s like to make a living doing what you’re most passionate about? Then this is the show for you!

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    Check out the video version of this episode as well as our past video episodes.

    1 hr 10 min
  • Waxahatchee - “Tigers Blood” Album Review

    Join hosts E and Tank as they review “Tigers Blood,” the new album by Waxahatchee. Using their flawless 😎 20–point rating scale, our hosts avoid hipster snobbery and take a down-to-earth and very personal look at what they like - and don’t like - about Waxahatchee’s sixth studio album.

    Check out the ⁠video version⁠ of this episode, or check out all of our ⁠past video episodes⁠.

    Remember to ⁠like/follow/subscribe⁠ to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Extended Play Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. It helps people find the show and grows our Extended Family!

    31 min
  • What Are Our Favorite Music Videos?

    As card-carrying members of the MTV generation, hosts E and Tank have watched A LOT of music videos. In this episode, they each pick five of their favorites. There are some classics, some surprises, and plenty one of them is seeing for the first time.

    What are your favorite videos? Let us know in our Spotify poll!

    Check out the video version of this episode and previous video episodes.

    Watch a playlist of the videos mentioned in this episode.

    Listen to the songs mentioned in this episode.

    Other recent editions of "My Five:"

    • Summer Songs
    • Underrated Songs and Artists
    • Cover Songs
    • Best Albums of 2023

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      31 min
    • Top Touring Country Musicians vs. Highest Grossing Biopics - The 10 Before 5 Music Quiz

      It’s 10 Before 5 time! It’s the music quiz show in which our hosts spring music-related lists on each other, with each having to answer 10 correctly before getting 5 incorrect. This episode, E will have to guess the top touring country musicians of all time, while Tank will have to guess the highest grossing biopics of all time. Sound easy? Well, for them it wasn’t!

      Watch the video version of this episode or check out all of our past video episodes.

      Check out previous editions of 10 Before 5:

      - Top 20 Concert Acts vs. Rolling Stone's Top Guitarists
      - Top Streaming Metallica Songs vs. Billboard No. 1s
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      31 min
    • The Smile - “Wall of Eyes” Album Review
      In this episode, our hosts - one a big Radiohead fan, the other a novice - review the latest album by The Smile (Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood + Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner) - “Wall of Eyes.” Using their time-tested (well, one time, anyway) 20-point scoring method, they’ll break down what they liked, what they didn’t, what confused them, and how it must feel to be a side-chick of a side-chick.
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      36 min
    • Album Review - “S.O.S.” by SZA

      In this episode of The Extended Play Podcast, hosts E and Tank review “S.O.S.” by SZA. Our hosts are going in knowing next to nothing about this album (well, except that it was most people’s album of the year in 2023 and won a few Grammys), and you won’t believe what they thought.

      Listen to "S.O.S." by SZA.

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      44 min
    • The Apple Music 100 Best Albums List is F&@*ing Terrible

      The title of the episode says it all, doesn’t it? Yet another clickbait-y list has got hosts E and Tank mad as hell, and they’re not gonna take it anymore. This time around it’s the Apple Music 100 Best Albums list that has them seething. Feel their wrath!

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      Mentioned in the episode:

      • Robert Glasper calls out (Ms.) Lauryn Hill
      • Lauryn Hill’s rebuttal

        • Listen to playlists from the show on Spotify.

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        44 min
      • Our Favorite Summer Songs - “My Five”

        🎵 It’s (nearly) summertime in southeast Michigan🎵, so what better time for hosts E and Tank to talk about their five favorite summer songs? And no, they didn’t pick Satriani’s “Summer Song” (though they definitely considered it).

        Listen to the songs on Spotify and YouTube.

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        From the episode:

        • Miami Vice guest spots
        • Sad bastard music (from "high Fidelity")

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          42 min

        About Extended Play

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        Renewing your passion, five songs at a time. Each week on Extended Play, hosts E and Tank - friends for over 30 years - give you a five-song playlist, recommend an album, and give a new Top 10 list of everything from Best Hair Metal Bands to Worst Concert Offenses.