Should you listen to Diva? How good is Pavement, really? We skpped Yo La Tengo. Oops. Still lots of interesting stuff from 1997.

25th Anniversary of Diva by Annie Lennox

25th Anniversary of Slanted and Enchanted by Pavement

20th Anniversary of Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney20th Anniversary of I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One by Yo La Tengo

20th Anniversary of Full Circle by Pennywise

20th Anniversary of Glee by Bran Van 3000

Host: Riley Haas

This episode Riley talks about Ray Charles going Country, the Country Rock version of Exile on Main Street, some prog, perhaps the most important punk album ever and The Greatest Breakup Album of All Time

55th Anniversary of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

45th Anniversary of Manassas by Manassas

45th Anniversary of Three Friends by Gentle Giant

40th Anniversary of The Clash

40th Anniversary of Over by Peter Hammill

Host: Riley Haas

Is The Joshua Tree the best album of the 1980s? Why doesn't Matt like Prince? Should you listen to Ride? What about that time The Jesus and Mary Chain decided they were Madchester? Is America Must Be Destroyed the most offensive album ever? Finally, you owe it to yourself to listen to The Boatman's Call.

30th Anniversary of The Joshua Tree by U2

30th Anniversary of Sign o the Times by Prince

25th Anniversary of Going Blank Again by Ride

25th Anniversary of Honey's Dead by The Jesus and Mary Chain

25th Anniversary of America Must Be Destroyed by Gwar

20th Anniversary of The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Host: Riley Haas

Guests: Evan Sue-Ping, Matt Forsythe

Riley tries to decide if The Idiot is Iggy Pop's best album. He wonders if Trans-Europa Express invented Synth Pop as well. Can you actually listen to Generic Flipper? Is Tank any good? Is Thomas Dolby any good? Why should you listen to The Fall? Maiden!!! And Richard Thompson. That's a lot.

40th Anniversary of The Idiot by Iggy Pop

40th Anniversary of Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk

35th Anniversary of Album - Generic Flipper

35th Anniversary of Filth Hounds of Hades by Tank

35th Anniversary of The Golden Age of Wireless by Thomas Dolby

35th Anniversary of Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall

35th Anniversary of The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden

35th Anniversary of Shoot Out the Lights by Richard and Linda Thompson

Host: Riley Haas

How scary is Generation Terrorists, really?

Is Pantera better than Metallica?

When should you listen to Aphex Twin?

Is Blur doing Pavement still Blur?

And, about Pavement: were they still good when Blur did Pavement.

Elliott Smith: brilliant songwriter or overrated because he died?

Host: Riley Haas

Guest: Evan Sue-Ping

Riley tackles 6 (only 6!) records this episode, including the firsts of Little Richard, Dylan, and the Velvet Underground. Which of these is one of the greatest debuts of all time?

Also, Donovan, the best single-song LP ever, and Deep Purple.

60th Anniversary of Here's Little Richard

55th Anniversary of Bob Dylan

50th Anniversary of The Velvet Underground and Nico

50th Anniversary of Mellow Yellow by Donovan

45th Anniversary of Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull

45th Anniversary of Machine Head by Deep Purple

Host: Riley Haas

Is Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours the band's 11th studio album or their 1st? Seriously, we debate this. Also, did cutting 1 minute off Television's 11 minute single make it digestible for teens who love pop? How long did it take the Damned to come up with the album name Damned Damned Damned?

Also: Songs from tthe Wood by Jethro Tull, I'm Stranded by the Saints, Peter Gabriel's Car, The Blue Mask by Lou Reed

 

Host: Riley Haas

Guests: Warren Haas, Brodie Christ

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Riley takes on a bunch of classic records from 1967 and 1972 and then tackles one really awful one...

50th Anniversary of Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

50th Anniversary of Younger than Yesterday by The Byrds

45th Anniversary of Harvest by Neil Young

45th Anniversary of Eat a Peach by The Allman Brothers Band

45th Anniversary of Pink Moon by Nick Drake

45th Anniversary of Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

45th Anniversary of Rock in by The Guess Who

Host: Riley Haas

An epic December 2016 podcast featuring way too many albums! (Including one of Riley's all time favourite albums)

50th Anniversary of Fresh Cream

45th Anniversary of Hunky Dory by David Bowie

45th Anniversary of Stormcock by Roy Harper

40th Anniversary of Hotel California by The Eagles

35th Anniversary of Damaged by Black Flag

35th Anniversary of Odyshape by The Raincoats

35th Anniversary of This is The Ice Age by Martha and the Muffins

30th Anniversary of We Became Snakes by Saccharine Trust

25th Anniversary of Dreamy by Beat Happening

25th Anniversary of Lived to Tell by Eleventh Dream Day

Host: Riley Haas

Riley again tackles too many albums, including one of the weirder Stones records, the debut Doors album, the sort of debut of Paul Simon, Pink Floyd going all Orwell on us, the beginning of the Berlin Trilogy and so much more

50th Anniversary of Between the Buttons by The Rolling Stones

50th Anniversary of The Doors

45th Anniversary of Paul Simon

40th Anniversary of Animals by Pink Floyd

40th Anniversary of Low by David Bowie

30th Anniversary of Warehouse by Husker Du

25th Anniversary of Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

25th Anniversary of Magic and Loss by Lou Reed

20th Anniversary of Perfect From Now On by Built to Spill

Host: Riley Haas