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How old was Paul Simon when he met Art Garfunkel? Who produced Simon & Garfunkel's first album? What album did Simon win a Grammy for? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions and more as he goes through Paul Simon's back catalogue album by album.

Featured songs:

True Or False
He Was My Brother
Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Anji
A Simple Desultory Philippic
Punky's Dilemma
The Only Living Boy In New York
Duncan
One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
My Little Town
Oh Marion
Hearts & Bones
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
Can’t Run But
Adios Hermanos
Old
Another Galaxy
The Afterlife
Cool Papa Bell
Graceland

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What does "DMC" stand for? What was the Beastie Boys' original name? What Beasties album did Rolling Stone say was a "celebration of American junk culture that is still blowing minds today"? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes trough the back catalogues of the Beastie Boys and Run DMC.

Featured songs:

Hard Times
You Talk Too Much
You Be Illin’
She’s Crafty
I’m Not Going Out Like That
Egg Man
Don’t Stop
Funky Boss
3 In The Head
Sabrosa
Dr Lee, PhD
Ahhh
Right Right Now Now
B For My Name
Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win
[You Gotta] Fight For Your Right [To Party]

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What album features two Ray Charles covers? What year did his TV show begin broadcasting? What album features two of his daughters taking lead vocal? Find out the answer to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at Johnny Cash album by album [well, some of them].

Featured songs:

Hey Porter
Pickin’ Time
Lead Me Father
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know
As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
Boa Constrictor
I Got A Woman
Folsom Prison Blues
He Turned The Water Into Wine
Ned Kelly
Friendly Gates
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Far Side Banks Of Jordan
Highway Patrolman
Down There By The Train
The Man Who Couldn't Cry
Rusty Cage
Wayfaring Stranger
We’ll Meet Again
Man In Black

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What is Paul Weller's real name?  What album did Q say was the 46th greatest of all time? What album did Weller say was deliberately self-indulgent. Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he takes a look at Paul Weller's back catalogue album by album.

Featured songs:

Art School
Ghosts
The Whole Point Of No Return
Boy Who Cried Wolf
Above The Clouds
Can You Heal Us [Holy Man]
Pink On White Walls
Golden Sands
There Is No Drinking, After You’re Dead
It’s Written In The Stars
Don’t Make Promises
I Wanna Make It Alright
Have You Made Up Your Mind
No Tears To Cry
That Dangerous Age
Going My Way
The Cranes Are Back
Bowie
Old Father Tyme
Fat Pop
Wild Wood

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Which album did Stereogum say sounded like "Jekyll confronting Hyde"? On what album did Waits first say he felt "completely confident" as a songwriter. What album did Waits make two months after being arrested for fighting with police officers in a coffee shop? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Tom Waits's back catalogue album by album.

Featured songs:

Closing Time
Ice Cream Man
[Looking For] The Heart Of Saturday Night
Warm Beer And Cold Women
Invitation To The Blues
Barber Shop
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jersey Girl
I Beg Your Pardon
16 Shells From A 30-Ought-6
Clap Hands
Yesterday Is Here
Doritos
Black Wings
I’ll Shoot The Moon
Get Behind The Mule
Alice
God’s Away On Business
Hoist That Rag
Tell It To Me
Face To The Highway
Big In Japan

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On what song does Devendra Banhart channel Elvis Presley? What album did Pitchfork say established Banhart as a "major voice in new folk music"? What album did PopMatters say had a "smouldering, slow-burn intensity of languorous susurrations"? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Devendra Banhart's back catalogue album by album.

Featured songs:

The Charles C Leary
Pumpkin Seeds
A Sight To Behold
Poughkeepsie
Little Yellow Spider
At The Hop
Cripple Crow
I Feel Just Like A Child
Rosa
Sea Horse
First Song For B
Rats
Golden Girls
Won’t You Come Over
Losing My Taste For The Nightlife
Fig In Leather
Saturday Night
Kantori Ongaku
Memorial
Book Of Bringhi
Todo Los Dolores

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Annie Lennox suffered a nervous breakdown during the making of what album? During which album sessions did they record a cover of The Doors' Hello I Love You? What movie did they record a soundtrack for?

Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through the Eurythmics' back catalogue album by album.

Featured songs:

Never Gonna Cry Again
Revenge
Somebody Told Me
This City Never Sleeps
The First Cut
Paint A Rumour
Julia
I Did It Just The Same
Conditioned Soul
Hello I Love You
I Remember You
My Guy
Put The Blame On Me
Brand New Day
You Hurt Me [And I Hate You]
Sylvia
Crown Of Madness
Legend In My Living Room
Jealousy
Take Me To The River
Lifted
Sweet Dreams [Are Made Of This]

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Which Talking Heads album received five stars in Mojo and 10/10 in Pitchfork? What album did Brian Eno describe as "a vision of psychedelic Africa"? What album finds Byrne at his most naked? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through David Byrne's back catalogue [including Talking Heads] album by album.

Featured songs:

First Week / Last Week … Carefree
I’m Not In Love
Heaven
The Great Curve
Very Very Hungry
Moon Rocks
The Lady Don’t Mind
Dream Operator
Mommy Daddy You And I
Independence Day
Sad Song
Finite=Alright
Neighborhood
She Only Sleeps
Home
Dinner For Two
Gasoline And Dirty Sheets
Everybody’s Coming To My House

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What is the last album Genesis made with Gabriel? Who produced Scratch? What album did Rolling Stone say was full of “considerable emotional complexity and musical sophistication”? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Peter Gabriel's back catalogue album by album.

Featured songs:

Silent Sun
The Musical Box
Supper’s Ready
Broadway Melody of 1974
Humdrum
Excuse Me
Exposure
Intruder
The Family & The Fishing Net
Red Rain
Blood Of Eden
The Story Of OVO
Growing Up
Flume
Don’t Give Up
The Court
Steam

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In its list of the greatest artists of all time where did Rolling Stone place The Who? What was the band called before they took the name The Who? What album featured songs written by all four members? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at The Who album by album.

Featured songs:

Zoot Suit
Out In The Street
See My Way
Tattoo
Go To The Mirror!
I Believe In Everything
Getting In Tune
Giving It All Away
I’m One
Move Over Ms L
Come And Get Your Love
Imagine A Man
Music Must Change
Keep On Working
How Can You Do It Alone
Brilliant Blues
Outlive The Dinosaur
It’s Not Enough
As Long As I Have You
She Rocked My World
Won’t Get Fooled Again

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