Tag: album anniversaries
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Episode 797: Album Anniversaries – Beach Boys, Four Tops, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Listener Mackensi Crenshaw joins the show via Skype (a patron gift from Mike Wagner) and get to pick the topic. We discuss the 50th anniversary of three albums: “Sunflower” by the Beach Boys, “Cosmo’s Factory” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “Still Waters Run Deep” by the Four Tops.
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Episode 695: Album Anniversaries – Lloyd Cole, Sam Phillips
Eric Lohrenz, a patron of the pod, gets the Guest Star treatment today. His chosen topic: album anniversaries. Specifically, “Rattlesnakes” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, released in October 1984, and “Martinis & Bikinis” by Sam Phillips, released in March 1994.
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Episode 471: Galaxie 500 – ‘Today’
Today, we celebrate “Today.” That’s Galaxie 500’s debut album, released 30 years ago. Nick Scalera leads the discussion.
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Episode 470: Sonic Youth – ‘Daydream Nation’
Sonic Youth’s pivotal double album, “Daydream Nation,” was released 30 years ago. Nick Scalera joins the podcast to discuss its impact.
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Episode 451: Public Enemy – ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’
More album anniversaries! Today we discuss a monumental record, Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back,” released in 1988.
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Episode 450: Devo – ‘Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!’
Forty years ago, Devo released its debut album. And it still sounds great today! Maybe better.
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Episode 449: The Byrds – ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’
It’s album anniversary time. Fifty years ago, the Byrds, with new member Gram Parsons, released one of the most spectacularly strange albums of all time, “Sweetheart of the Rodeo.”
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Episode 358: PJ Harvey – ‘Rid of Me’
Twenty-five years ago, PJ Harvey exploded onto the alternative scene with “Rid of Me.” Like a bomb.
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Episode 357: Pixies – ‘Surfer Rosa’
The Pixies’ debut full-length album, “Surfer Rosa,” was released 30 years ago, first in the UK, then a few months later in the U.S. We discuss its unique sound, as well as its impact.
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Episode 356: Pere Ubu – ‘The Modern Dance’
Anniversaries Week continues! Today, we explore the sonic soundscape that is Pere Ubu’s ‘The Modern Dance,’ released in 1978. It was post-punk before that was even really a thing.