Light the Sky Podcast

Episode 56 covers the fourteenth Queen studio album, 1991's "Innuendo." Produced by David Richards and the band, it was the band's last album to be released in lead singer Freddie Mercury’s lifetime, and their most recent one to be composed of entirely new material. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this rock album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's fourteenth studio album "Innuendo." Tune in next week for Episode 57 covering the fifteenth and final Queen studio album "Made in Heaven."

Episode 55 covers the thirteenth Queen studio album, 1989's "The Miracle." Considered by some to be one of the two best 80s Queen albums (along with The Game), would you agree? Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this rock album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's thirteenth studio album "The Miracle." Tune in next week for Episode 56 covering the fourteenth Queen album "Innuendo."

Episode 54 covers the twelfth Queen studio album, 1986's "A Kind of Magic." Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this rock album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's twelfth studio album "A Kind of Magic." Tune in next week for Episode 55 covering the thirteenth Queen album "The Miracle."

Jumping back into the rock after the synth/dance heavy "Hot Space", Episode 53 covers Queen's eleventh studio album, 1984's "The Works." Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's eleventh studio album "The Works." Tune in next week for Episode 54 covering the twelfth Queen studio album "A Kind of Magic."

Taking a slight break from our full Queen studio discography journey, for Bonus Episode #5 we've decided to do something special. It's co-host Chris' turn to come up with the bonus episode topic and he's decided on... "5 Favorite Guitar Solos."

Each of us brought to the show five guitar solos, without any crosstalk or hints of what we might pick ahead of time. There was no criteria or limitations other than the ability to make your case for why you connected with this particular guitar solo so much.

Each solo would be given a seed, 5 (least favorite) through 1 (most favorite). After presenting them all, we’ll go through a modified version of our hilarious and savage "Love It or Flush It" section, to determine the Top Five Guitar Solos out of all of our selections for the Light the Sky Podcast.

Considering that this was such a blast, we might do a Part II, as this really isn’t meant to be so much of a "Top Five of All Time - We Love Jimi Hendrix" list, but an entertaining way to introduce each other and our audience to new music.

Taking the "Another Bites the Dust" idea and running with it for basically an entire album... Are you a fan of this direction for Queen? Episode 51 covers the tenth Queen studio album, 1982's "Hot Space." Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's tenth studio album "Hot Space." Tune in next week for Episode 52 covering a special non-Queen related bonus episode, then back to regularly scheduled programming for Episode 53 covering "The Works" the week following.

Episode 50 covers the ninth Queen studio album/first soundtrack album for the 1980 space opera film "Flash Gordon." Some rate it as one of the stronger film soundtracks while some may wonder why Queen ever participated in this. For this episode, we've decided to listen to the album live and provide live commentary with you as you listen along. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's ninth studio album "Flash Gordon." Tune in next week for Episode 51 covering the tenth Queen studio album "Hot Space."

1980... Queen enters the decade in style incorporating synth, dance, and funk into one of their biggest singles of all time. Are you a fan of this direction for the band, should they have made an entire record in this style, or do you prefer the 70s symphonic rock that made Queen famous? Episode 49 covers the eighth Queen studio album, 1980's "The Game." Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's eighth studio album "The Game." Tune in next week for Episode 50 covering the ninth Queen studio album/first soundtrack album "Flash Gordon."

Episode 48 covers the seventh Queen studio album, 1978's "Jazz." Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this art/hard rock album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's seventh studio album "Jazz." Tune in next week for Episode 49 covering the eighth Queen album "The Game."

Episode 47 covers the sixth Queen studio album, 1977's "News of the World." Opening the album with two of the biggest stadium anthems of all time, is this one of Queen's stronger studio albums, or is that all there is here? Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this art/hard rock album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen's sixth studio album "News of the World." Tune in next week for Episode 48 covering the seventh Queen album "Jazz."