Fifty by Two

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

James and Glen get into a room together to talk about naming children and their 28th favourite albums. Does James have a new favourite band? And what does Glen think of Marmite?

Content Warnings: none.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/05/17/episode-23-28-a-long-hard-day-of-warhammer/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

Strange appearances by acclaimed actors on gameshows; the worst kind of PE teacher; celebrity friends; encounters with wildlife; celebrity deaths... all of this (and two albums) on episode 22.

Content Warnings: some explicit language. Discussions about depression, suicide, and suicidal ideation through song writing.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/05/03/episode-22-29-im-not-tainted/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

We have a new theme tune, and James and Glen discuss iconic moments, iconic fashions, video game frustrations, the final resting place of Disney Princesses, and two albums.

Content Warnings: some explicit language and adult themes.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/04/19/episode-21-30-horses-are-really-expensive/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

A break from the countdown for another special: live albums are excluded from the series-proper, but we pick one each to make each other listen to and talk about.

Content Warnings: some minor explicit language.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/04/05/episode-20-5-live-albums-special-doors-to-other-places/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

James struggles through another heavy album, and Glen tries to keep the episode length down to adhere to manufacturing restrictions.

Content Warnings: mild explicit language.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/03/22/episode-20-31-ten-thousand-guitars/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

In this episode, Glen drops some hot music theory and searches for a klaxon sound effect, and James asks: "why?"

Content Warnings: minor description of surgery on a baby (at roughly 8-10 minutes).

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/03/08/episode-19-32-more-satisfied-than-others/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

Would you be a better wrestler or darts player? This one came out longer than planned, but with good reason. We discuss childbirth, Christmas, speeding, hot chocolate, the ins-and-outs of comedy and free speech, and the usual two albums.

Content Warnings: discussion of childbirth and parenthood, some mild adult themes.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at hhttps://50by2.net/2024/02/23/episode-18-33/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

We tap up two Irish solo artists for this episode. James finds some depressing music not depressing, and Glen is forced to reveal one of his most surprising secrets about his tastes. Over twenty-six hours of this, everybody.

Content Warnings: some explicit language late on.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/02/09/episode-17-34/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

When is a street corner not the street corner it appears to be? How big is Yorkshire? What does the world's greatest ever squash player have to do with any of this? What if Jarvis Cocker sounded a bit more like Roy Orbison? Where is your Mercury Bingo Card?

Content Warnings: some explicit language.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/01/26/episode-16-35-a-girl-named-keith/.

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Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

We start a new year with a special award for James, and - as expected - talk about two albums. One, critically considered one of the best of its decade, the other might not even actually exist. We also return to the question: what is the worst band name ever?

Content Warnings: some explicit language and mild adult themes.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2024/01/12/episode-15-36/.

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