The Album Years

By Steven Wilson & Tim BownessMusic

The Album Years episodes

March 12, 2024 #37 (1987 Part 2B) Guns N' Roses, The Smiths, Pixies & more
We're wrapping up 1987 on The Album Years Podcast! In Episode 2B, Tim and Steven delve into the murky world of metal, rock, the origins of grunge and more!

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35 min
March 05, 2024 #36 (1987 Part 2A) Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, David Bowie, Yes & more
This week's The Album Years episode features a death match between Pink Floyd's 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason', and Roger Waters' 'Radio K.A.O.S'! Who do you think wins this one? Listen now to find out!

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32 min
February 27, 2024 #35 (1987 Part 1B) Tom Waits, David Sylvian, Wire & more!
On this week's episode of The Album Years Podcast, we return to 1987 and 'mavericks off their rocker'... we discuss the boundary-pushing creativity of singer-songwriter Tom Waits and his 1987 studio album 'Franks Wild Years' and much more! We think it's one of his maddest records, do you agree?

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38 min
February 20, 2024 #34 (1987 Part 1A) Prince, George Michael, U2, Depeche Mode & more!
It's time to move into a new year of The Album Years podcast... introducing 1987! On Episode 1A, we share our thoughts on classics by Prince, George Michael, U2, Depeche Mode, Dead Can Dance and much more... our question of the week is, what's your favourite Prince record?

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39 min
February 06, 2024 #33 (1977 Part 4B) Brian Eno, Van Morrison, Weather Report, Brand X & more!
Finally, we've reached the last episode of the marathon year of 1977 in The Album Years Podcast! On today's instalment, we commit the cardinal sin of talking about an album we've never even heard… tune in to find out what that might be!

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50 min
January 30, 2024 #32 (1977 Part 4A) Queen, Fela Kuti, Throbbing Gristle & more!
In one of the most eclectic episodes of The Album Years podcast yet, Steven and Tim delve into records by Queen, Throbbing Gristle and Fela Kuti. Now for our question of the week...do you have a favourite album that your best mate absolutely hates? Or as in Tim's case, is indifferent to...

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55 min
January 23, 2024 #31 (1977 Part 3B) Fleetwood Mac, John Martyn, The Eagles, Billy Joel & more!
On this week's episode of The Album Years, we dive into American 🇺🇸 soft-rock albums from 1977, including Fleetwood Mac's ‘Rumours'. Plus, we also discuss one of our desert island discs, John Martyn's 'One World’. Our question of the week to you: what is your favourite American album from 1977?

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44 min
January 16, 2024 #30 (1977 Part 3A) The Beach Boys, Saturday Night Fever, Roy Harper & more!
On this week's episode of The Album Years podcast, find out why Tim calls 'The Beach Boys Love You' an album that is 'mad as a hatter'. Have you got an album which fits that description?

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43 min
January 09, 2024 #29 (1977 Part 2B) ABBA, Peter Gabriel, Godley & Creme, Jethro Tull & more!
Steven & Tim dive into more iconic albums that defined 1977, with releases by ABBA, Peter Gabriel, 10cc, Jethro Tull & more!

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1 hr
January 02, 2024 #28 (1977 Part 2A) Rush, Yes, Kansas, Utopia & more
Steven & Tim dive into the progressive rock albums that defined 1977, with releases by Rush, Yes, Kansas & more!

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44 min

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Music is finite, opinions are endless. On The Album Years podcast, long term friends, collaborators and music nerds Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness discuss and bicker about their favourite music…