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

We get into the top forty, bringing very different albums to the discussion. Episōdo o o tanoshimi kudasai! 

Content Warnings: some (difficult to hear) explicit language in song lyrics in the first half; very probably some explicit language in Japanese, but honestly we're not sure.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/11/03/episode-11-40-no-one-goes-shopping-any-more/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Hotdog. Jumping frog. Albuquerque. A break from the countdown as we share and examine the first albums that we owned. We didn't choose these albums; they chose us.

Content Warnings: minor reference to adult themes (first half); minor drugs reference (second half).

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/10/20/episode-10-5-1st-albums-special-quality-assurance-purposes/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

With the Rumours Coefficient at 10, James and Glen go to war, pulling out the Most Opposite (TM) albums so far. Will either of us survive? 

Content Warnings: some coarse language and adult themes scattered through the second half (we're mostly quoting).

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/10/06/episode-10-41-thats-a-cleaning-spray/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

It's Transfer Deadline Day, and we get distracted for a while lamenting the absence of Harry Redknapp leaning out of a Range Rover. Glen visits an old friend, and James steps outside of his demographic. 

Content Warnings: one pretty early mild expletive. It's "piss". James says "piss".

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/09/15/episode-9-42-an-ill-fated-name/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

This episode, the hosts come in undercooked and end up discussing Waterloo Station, Eurovision, misplaced faeces (not a typo), and Christmas music. As well as two albums, of course.

Content Warnings: none.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/09/08/episode-8-43-there-are-worse-places-to-live/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, James and Glen find that talking about albums is less fun when they both like them, so instead explore some tangents and take a shallow dive into Contemporary Christian Music.

Note: the audio quality is not as good as usual this episode – for which we apologise.

Content Warnings: a host swears once, at about 42:30. Discussions about dealing with lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/?p=233.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Our hosts get out of their depth in an unfamiliar genre; James gets bored, and Glen springs a surprise.

Content Warnings: explicit content in music clips with themes of gang violence and misogyny.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/08/25/episode-6-45/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Glen attempts to upstage a Subject Artist, while James has a public argument with a chat bot. Plus: what is the point of a Super Group?

Content Warnings: brief discussion of drug taking and drug culture in dance music (second half).

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/08/18/episode-5-46-before-it-becomes-stupid/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

James gets nostalgic, and Glen lowers the mood. An elephant is given no time to settle.

Content Warnings: discussions about depression, drug use, and suicide; and musicians writing from a place of depression (second half).

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/08/11/episode-4-47-a-good-sandwich/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Contrasting experiences this week, befitting of their differing tastes. Glen Wins the episode.

Content Warnings: some extremely heavy music clips that can be difficult to listen to; brief mild mention of adult themes in relation to a band t-shirt (first half); brief mention of sex trafficking in relation to the conviction of the actress Alison Mack (second half); spoilers for Smallville and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2023/08/04/episode-3-48-he-doesnt-fly-on-purpose/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.