See You Down The Front

After Liverpool, New York and Manchester we now turn our attention to London in a city-focused episode of See You Down The Front.
We rank 25 songs  from London artists or specifically about the capital, and only when you realise what's not there do you come to appreciate just how many great songs have emanated from the Smoke.
We've got artists as varied as Amy Winehouse and The Kinks, The Clash and Skepta as we cast our eyes and ears over this playlist.  

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Little beats that great feeling of putting a new album on, hearing the first track and thinking you're on to a good thing.
In this episode of See You Down The Front, Paul, Elle and Adam pick some favourite opening tracks that set the scene for the rest of the albums to come.
It's a wonderful mix of punk, pop, rap and rock as these Track One Side One songs will attest.

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It's a World Cup episode as Adam, Elle and Paul sift through the best of 2005 to find their ultimate single of that year.
It was an era of breakout indie guitar groups, girl band fantasticness, quality RnB and much, more.
But of the 32 songs on show, what becomes number one? Listen to find out.

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This week Paul, Adam.and Elle put their knowledge to the test to come up with five songs sharing the same word in the title - then did it twice more.
A few rabbit holes were followed as the lists crossed soul, disco, rock, pop, rap and funk.
No gimmes like 'love' or 'the'. And yes, 'ain't' is a word!

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There are plenty of artists who haven't had a proper look-in on the podcast so far, and this week we decided to try and redress the balance. 
Adam, Elle and Paul have each picked five bands or singers who this podcast needs some more of.
There's new British soul, old Philly soul, Northern Ireland punks, Korean girls, classic 60s songwriting and New York New Wave of the highest order. 

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What better way for the See You Down The Front podcast to start 2023 than by looking back at 2022?
In this episode,  Elle, Adam and Paul pick through their Spotify Wrapped to discover what was getting played most last year - often with surprising results.
From new soul to old punk, and Korean pop that's not K-Pop, there's quite the cross section, plus Adam's perennial favourite Japanese Boy.
Also apologies to Sufjan Stevens for shockingly getting the name of his album very wrong. The track's still great though!

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Back with another festive special as Paul, Adam, Elle and Neil have a World Cup of the best Christmas number ones that aren't Christmas songs. It's a right old mix of the sublime and the ridiculous with 32 tracks from 70 years of chart history. Does the right one win in the end? You'll have to listen to find out!

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Remember when you heard a song and thought that's the most exciting thing I've ever heard? Could have been a new single, an album track, the opening song at  gig - or even a band changing direction. We've all had that buzz from a track that gave you goosebumps - and not always for the same reason. This week Elle, Adam and Paul choose examples of songs that excited them and the reasons behind their choices.

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In this episode, Elle, Adam and Paul dig deep into their record collections to come up with a diverse group of artists who can boast a great run of singles. 
Leaving out many of the usual suspects they cover everything from Korean rap, West Coast pop, P-Funk inspired hip-hop and, ahem, Abba.  Well we did say 'many' of the usual suspects - not all!
It's five artists each, and three singles in succession - making for a great final playlist.

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We're back on the World Cup trail with this episode as Paul, Adam and Elle pick through 32 of 1982's big hits, classic tracks and underground favourites to find the ultimate winner. It's an era where alternative bands are as big in the charts as pure pop, and rap, electro and hip-hop are starting to make their considerable presence felt.

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