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Wendy Levinson, JB Rose, and I do a deep dive on the Cure, focusing on what their best twenty-two songs are. Which sounds like a lot, but there were a lot to choose from. Listen to find out which song fans voted #1!

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David Thurmaier, Eric Virshbo, and Leon Virshbo join me to touch a Beatles' third rail question: Who was the best at making songs? We'll be looking at the whole song shebang: lyrics, music, and performance. At the end of the episode, we'll all be forced to pick a side and see who wins, Will it be Lennon, McCartney, or Lennon-McCartney? Listen to find out!

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On this episode Mike Ferrigno, Craig Hesterlee, and me go on a journey through nine genres from 2023 music in the search to find the best five albums from that year. Come with us we navigate our reactions to such artists as 100 Gecs, Olivia Rodrigo, Zach Bryan, Lil Yachty, Peso Pluma and more!

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Elliott Boone and Melissa Hovis join me to discuss the most important albums of 2013. We cover Frozen, AM, Yeezus, Pure Heroine, Modern Vampires of the City, Doris, Trouble Will Find Me and much much more. Which five albums will make our top five? Listen to find out!

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Join John Weir, Jerry Shrall, and I as we listen to an incredible variety of music that made up the best albums of 2003. We'll go from 50 Cent to Sufjan Stevens and everything in between. Hope you enjoy!

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On this episode, Johnny Askew and David Oppenheim join me to discuss the most important albums of 1993. This year is a particularly deep one for various genres, so we have lots to cover. Give it a listen!

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Listen to three children of the eighties (John Page, Stuart Levy, and me) as we discuss the albums that came out in 1983. We talk about the year in general, each choose a most-80s 1983 song, share some lesser-known albums, and then decide on the five albums we could agree on if all of us were stuck on a desert island.

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On this episode I'm joined by my cousin Mike and his daughter Caroline to discuss the many great and interesting album from 1973. Before you listen, you might want to check out the episode playlist, which has a song from the all of the albums we're considering plus a few more that came up. For the truly devoted, here are the full albums. And here is a list of those albums. I hope you enjoy!

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For my first 1960s episode, Eric and Leon join me as we discuss the best albums of 1963. There was a lot more variety here then we expected. Besides early albums by some real heavy hitters (Beatles, Beach Boys, Dylan...), this year includes some great jazz, soul, surfer music, folk, country, and... Christmas music? Tune in to find out which albums make our top 5!

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This season of Mixed Takes covered 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022. Every guest was invited to make a mixtape based on those years. Which was all nice and good, but which was the best? This was determined by some overly complicated, yet shockingly perfect ⁠rules and regulations⁠. On this episode Pete, Melissa, and I discuss mixtapes in general, then share the overall mixtape power rankings in reverse order. You will be on the edge of your seat!

Below are the mixtapes. Listen beforehand or revisit them after!

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⁠Autumn⁠

⁠Carly⁠

⁠Casper⁠

⁠Elliott⁠

⁠Charlie⁠

⁠Mike⁠

⁠Sarah⁠

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