Vinyl Verdict

On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe listen to Jamie's next pick - Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story. Released in 1971, this is Rod Stewart's third studio album. Featuring the members of his previous group The Faces, it reached number one on the charts in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US in 1971. Will the boys like this album or will it paint a picture best left forgotten? Come along and find out!

On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe listen to Bell's next pick - Lianne La Havas' - Lianne La Havas. Her third studio album, Lianne La Havas came out after a five year hiatus following her second studio album. Released to overwhelmingly positive reviews by critics, the album has been called  "truly captivating" and "jazzy, soulful and understated". Will the boys find the album truly captivating, or will they find the album paper thin? Come along and find out!

Today on Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe take a listen to their favourite TV and Movie soundtracks. Come along as the boys talk about what they like in a soundtrack. Will it be a cinematic experience? Will there be laughs? Will there be Conan the Barbarian? Tune in and find out!

On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie, and Plouffe listen to Plouffe's next pick -- Gift of Gab's Rejoice! Rappers are Rapping Again! Gift of Gab was a prolific artist both solo and with Blackalicious, having put out a multitude of albums, mixtapes, EPs and collaborations before his death in 2021. Released in 2017, Rejoice! Rappers are Rapping Again! is Gift of Gab's third EP, and it comes in at a swift 21 minutes long. Will the boys enjoy their brief time with the album, or will they think it was much too fast? 

On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe listen to Jamie's next pick -- Supertramp's Crime of the Century, or Space Prison as Bell calls it. Coming off the release of the unsuccessful Indelibly Stamped, this is Supertramp's third album, released in 1974. Will the boys love it, or will they feel like Supertramp has committed a sonic crime and has sent their ears to jail? Come along and find out!

Today on Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe listen to Bell’s next pick — Slide by George Clanton. A prolific artist, George has also performed as ESPRIT 空想, Mirror Kisses and Kids Garden. Slide is his second album under his own name. Will the boys slide into good times? Find out!

Today marks a special episode of Vinyl Verdict, where Bell, Jamie, and Plouffe are joined by a special guest: Alex Clark. Alex's pick is an album by the acclaimed flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, An Evening of Magic: Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Released in 1978, Live at the Hollywood Bowl is Chuck Mangione's second live album and was in support of his enormously popular 1977 release Feels so good. Will the boys feel so good about this pick, or will an evening of magic turn the podcast back into a pumpkin?

This week on Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie, and Plouffe listen to Plouffe's pick -- Future Me Hates Me by The Beths. Released in 2018, Future Me Hates Me is the first studio album by New Zealand indie rock band The Beths and is the follow-up to their EP, Warm Blood. Will the boys like the Upbeat, airy sounds of the record, or will future Vinyl Verdict hate present Vinyl Verdict for wasting 38 minutes of their lives?

This week on Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie, and Plouffe listen to Jamie's pick -- Live at Leeds by The Who. Originally released in 1970, Live at Leeds is widely regarded as one of the most influential live albums of all time. Clocking in at 129 minutes, the boys are listening to the entire concert, re-released on 3 LPs in 2014. Will the boys have the same reverence for the album, or will they rank it as a certified "mouldy oldie"?

In the inaugural episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie, and Plouffe take a listen to Bell's first pick -- The Now Now by Gorillaz. Released in 2018, The Now Now is Gorillaz' sixth studio album. Will the boys like it, or will their verdicts leave this album an outcast?