1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,880 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts, Andy, Don, and Dude. 2 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,880 It's showtime, Synergy. 3 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,880 See you on Nerds podcast. 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,640 Hi, dude. 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,680 I got Don with me. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:27,720 Unfortunately, Andy is on a safari searching for the world's finest albums. 7 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:28,720 Ah, yes. 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,280 He'll be back soon. 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,000 Whenever that exhibition ends. 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,880 I thought he was just preparing for his fantasy draft. 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,480 Yeah, yeah, it could be too. 12 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:37,920 I mean, he does need to buckle down. 13 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:44,120 He hasn't been, he hasn't been winning any championships, but you know, I miss him. 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,960 So here we are, just the two of us. 15 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,120 And this is the Album Nerds podcast. 16 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,880 And we've got a great show for you today. 17 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:58,660 We're each going to discuss an album that we consider to be a hidden gem, something 18 00:00:58,660 --> 00:01:01,040 that maybe has been missed by many years. 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,640 We'll discuss those. 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,760 Don's going to ask us a deep question. 21 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,080 It's going to ask me a deep question. 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,480 We're going to have some shout outs to some albums and album related items that we're 23 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,240 digging and then we're going to spin that wheel of musical discovery to find out what 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,960 we'll be talking about next time. 25 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:25,280 But this week, it's all about them gems. 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:30,120 Well some albums, despite their quality, do not receive the recognition or popularity 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,120 they deserve. 28 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,720 So today, I guess we're going to fix that problem. 29 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:38,120 And we're both going to present albums we consider to be hidden gems. 30 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,120 Yes. 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,560 And that's so subjective and so weird because, you know, there are really well known artists 32 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:49,480 that I think put out albums that they're considered crappy among their discography, but are still 33 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,940 really good, you know, or they made missteps creatively. 34 00:01:53,940 --> 00:01:56,920 So what else did you consider besides your big pick? 35 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,000 What was on your mind grapes there, Donnie? 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,360 Well, there's one I'll mention later in digging. 37 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,160 So I'll save that. 38 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,480 But one that came to mind is an album by Pink Floyd. 39 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,600 Not sure if you've heard of them. 40 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,760 So it's probably, I'm not sure how under the radar it is, but there was an album from 41 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,520 1972 called Obscured by Clouds. 42 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,040 And it's technically a soundtrack to this French film, La Velay or something. 43 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,760 Bad pronunciations are Andy's job. 44 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,240 So filling in. 45 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,160 But yeah, so this was right in between metal and the dark side of the moon. 46 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,080 And it's really an excellent album. 47 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,600 And I'm sure it, I mean, it probably went platinum or something, but I just feel like 48 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,480 if you were new to the Pink Floyd catalog, this would not be one of the first ones you'd 49 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,480 end up on. 50 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:42,720 But how about you? 51 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:43,720 Yeah. 52 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,680 So there were a couple of things I thought about. 53 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,920 Blind Melon, their second album, Soup, you know, the No Rain Guys. 54 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,360 This is 1995, a follow up to the self titled, but Soup was dark. 55 00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:00,380 The lead singer, Shannon Hoon was having some really like he had drug issues and other issues 56 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:03,500 and they were really coming to a head when they recorded this. 57 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:05,220 There's no happy hippie vibes. 58 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:07,200 It's sonically experimental. 59 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:14,080 There's zeppelin-y moments, but lots of backtrack loops and some weird stuff going on. 60 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,920 Critically just slaughtered at the time. 61 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:19,760 And then Shannon died about a month after its release. 62 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,980 It's now considered an underrated hidden gem and that they were just being super creative 63 00:03:24,980 --> 00:03:29,220 and it wasn't what people wanted to hear, no rain over and over again. 64 00:03:29,220 --> 00:03:36,160 Another one, you'll appreciate this Don, Hours Distorted Lullabies released in 2001. 65 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,640 Really intense, ethereal melodies, raw haunting vocals from Jimmy Necco. 66 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,000 We've talked about the band before, but this is their first official album and I still 67 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 love it. 68 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Yeah, I enjoy it too. 69 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:54,760 Yeah, it fits in the mopey world of The Cure, but it's a little harder rocking than that. 70 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,600 So yeah, that's what I was thinking about as well. 71 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:58,600 I think so. 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:03:59,600 All right. 73 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,160 So let's get to what we actually chose. 74 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,960 You choo choo choose me? 75 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:15,760 I had to dig deep under the radar for this one. 76 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:16,760 You used a book. 77 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:17,760 Yeah, that's true. 78 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,320 Yeah, in fact, I found this, I don't know if we mentioned the Rocks Knob's Dictionary 79 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,360 before, you know, great book, you know, if you can find a copy of it. 80 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,080 But there's a list there of, I don't know if they call it hidden gems or under the radar 81 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,080 or something like that. 82 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,520 Yeah, underrated or something. 83 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,480 Yeah, but this is one of those. 84 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:39,560 So from the band Talk Talk, English band formed in London in 1981, kind of known for sort 85 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,240 of a new wavy synth sound. 86 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,680 The album is called Spirit of Eden, released in September 1988, features guitarist Mark 87 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,600 Hollis, vocalist guitarist Mark Hollis, Lee Harris on drums and Paul Webb on bass. 88 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:57,560 The producer, Tim Fries Green, basically co-wrote all the songs, also plays some instruments 89 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:58,560 on it. 90 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,840 This is a radical departure from their earlier synth pop sound. 91 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:06,720 So here's a cut called Eden. 92 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Kind of sounds like a mashup of like Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins solo work, mashed 93 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,400 into one sound, at least on that song. 94 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:26,960 So you know, like the whole album, it incorporates elements of jazz, I guess, ambient and experimental 95 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:27,960 rock. 96 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,560 It's got a slow atmospheric buildup. 97 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,200 Are you sure it's not ambient and experimental rock? 98 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,560 Because it's a little sleepy. 99 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:36,560 Yeah, it is. 100 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,800 This album, I mean, the song in particular, but this album kind of reminds me of the Velvet 101 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:46,040 Underground a little bit, sort of that post rock sound, slowly building. 102 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:50,320 Almost all of the lyrics deal with spirituality and transcendence. 103 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:56,720 But this album pretty much came out of nowhere for this band. 104 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,880 So I mean, they had like three successful albums. 105 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,480 Their record label must have been just not happy. 106 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,840 EMI was not happy. 107 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,920 This is very cathedral-esque, right? 108 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:14,600 I know it's a weird connection, but I kept kind of picturing the scene in Home Alone 109 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,200 when Kevin is sitting on Christmas Eve alone in the church, like this kind of dimly lit 110 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:24,240 church with the kids singing, but that ethereal sort of organ sound. 111 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,440 It kind of seems like that's what they were going for. 112 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:32,440 It's worshipful somehow, but not specifically about any kind of higher power per se, just 113 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:33,920 the essence of life. 114 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,000 Well, let's hear another cut. 115 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:45,800 This is actually the final cut on the album called Wealth. 116 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,400 That's where I was really hearing the Peter Gabriel. 117 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,720 I actually kind of hear Steve Winwood or something too in his voice. 118 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,240 Yeah, for sure. 119 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:59,080 It's the spirit of Peter Gabriel's solo work, I think, around the same period of time, but 120 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,280 much more organic, I would say. 121 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:07,120 Peter Gabriel was experimenting more with sounds and technology and things, and this 122 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:12,160 seems kind of like a step back from a lot of what they were doing with the synth pop. 123 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,840 Although I listened to some of their older records and there are strings and moments 124 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,480 that you can hear this cut. 125 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,480 Yes, that's right. 126 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,280 Yeah, so the previous album, The Color of Spring in 1986, yeah, it has hints of this. 127 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:31,640 I compare it to Radiohead, so Color of Spring was OK Computer, and then this is Kid A, where 128 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,200 they take it and go too far with it or something. 129 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:40,120 Yeah, and I would imagine, I don't know this for sure, but this has to have been an inspiration 130 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,160 for Radiohead and bands like it, I would think. 131 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,320 Yeah, I've seen it cited. 132 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,520 Yeah, Radiohead, what's it? 133 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,520 Bon Iver, Bon Iver. 134 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,120 I never know how to pronounce it. 135 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:59,120 Well my clickbait headline for Spirit of Eden is Talk Talk commits commercial suicide, but 136 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,720 the notes they left behind live on. 137 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:02,720 Get it? 138 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,720 Because it's like a suicide note. 139 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:04,720 Sure. 140 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,920 So they killed their career. 141 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:14,200 Yeah, and they were allowed to make one more record after this, which was more of this 142 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,200 type of thing. 143 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:21,680 And I don't know, they stopped recording after that, but I think the first few listens, I 144 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:22,680 was like, oh, this is cool. 145 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:27,440 I mean, I guess I was more impressed that they just were doing something completely 146 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,920 off book. 147 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:34,480 But the more I listen to it, I actually see it as actually a really good album. 148 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,620 After a while, you start to recognize they're not really hooks, but there's little melodic 149 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:40,560 parts that kind of stay in your head. 150 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:46,700 And I guess it's more of an album that you experience, it's a sonic experience. 151 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:53,560 It's different from six pop songs, it's six, eight minute kind of adventures. 152 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:58,240 Yeah, definitely a tough speaker listen. 153 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,960 You don't hear all the details and it's easy to kind of tune out. 154 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,720 That's the problem with these kind of records. 155 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:11,120 Your earlier albums, lyrics were a more important part of the sound, right? 156 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,560 And you have long periods of little lyric to no lyric. 157 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,600 Sometimes it doesn't necessarily feel like the song is moving along unless you're hearing 158 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,520 all the little details on headphones. 159 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,380 Well, let's hear another track. 160 00:09:23,380 --> 00:09:31,800 This is I Believe in You. 161 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,400 I like the bass line there. 162 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,760 I'd say it's the most accessible track on the album, which makes it a little more emotionally 163 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,560 potent I think because there's more words. 164 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:41,120 It's more traditional sounding. 165 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:47,280 It's a nice break from the, you know, heaven's opening and the angels choirs coming down 166 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:48,280 or whatever. 167 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:54,000 The melody is supported by minimalist instrumentation, which again, that's different compared to 168 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,840 a lot of the rest of the album. 169 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,720 Themes of faith and addiction, but it never really picks up pace. 170 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:05,800 It's hypnotic, I think like a lot of the album, but it is probably the most comforting to 171 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:06,800 me. 172 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,600 I think they actually made a video for this. 173 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,120 Oh my God. 174 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,240 This is the one the record labels like, oh, well that's the single. 175 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,240 Yep. 176 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,480 I would have picked it as the single as well. 177 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,200 So what was it? 178 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,480 Him just laying on the grass with a close up on his face in black and white or something? 179 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,680 I think it's just like him and a guitar for the most part. 180 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:26,680 I don't know. 181 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:31,840 So my clickbait headline to describe the album Spirit of Eden revolutionized rock and no 182 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,120 one noticed until years later. 183 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,120 You're welcome. 184 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:36,120 90s alternative. 185 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:42,200 I think this helped shape the sound of what alternative rock became, which was just basically 186 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,560 being willing to experiment with other sounds. 187 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:51,240 You know, there were very specific boxes in the eighties when alt rock started taking 188 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:58,320 off and those boxes were largely hip hop, dance pop, glam rock and the heavy metal stuff. 189 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,600 But that was off to the side a little bit too. 190 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:07,240 So yeah, I think this definitely, I can hear influences everywhere from this and I wasn't 191 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:08,540 expecting that. 192 00:11:08,540 --> 00:11:09,880 I wasn't expecting much. 193 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:10,880 Yeah. 194 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,960 It really, it doesn't sound like 1988 to me. 195 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,000 No. 196 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:20,040 And what I like about it is it's still mostly traditional instruments. 197 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:25,000 You know, they're doing interesting things with the usual stuff. 198 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,320 It's not a lot of studio trickery. 199 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,520 There's not electronic noises and things like that. 200 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,520 So it's very organic. 201 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,280 That's what I appreciate about it. 202 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,080 So you agree that it's a hidden gem? 203 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,080 Yeah, I'd say so. 204 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,000 I mean, I certainly had never heard of it. 205 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:44,880 I'd only a little bit heard of Talk Talk mostly because of No Doubt's cover of It's My Life. 206 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,520 So I knew it was a British group of some kind. 207 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,280 That was about it. 208 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,120 Well, someday we'll have to ask Andy what he thinks of this record. 209 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,400 Yeah, I would like to know what he's thinking. 210 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,400 All right. 211 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,800 Well, so that was Talk Talk with Spirit of Eden. 212 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,200 All right. 213 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:08,880 Before we get to Don's deep question, we're going to hear from our friends over at the 214 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,760 Six Picks Music Club podcast. 215 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:18,500 Hey there, I'm Dave and I host Six Picks Music Club with my two buddies, Jeff Rowe and Russ. 216 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:22,960 We talk about six songs on a playlist that meet a theme to a topic that we've already 217 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,960 decided on. 218 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:24,960 Just real quick. 219 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,960 Do you meet themes? 220 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,960 Do you meet them? 221 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,680 Okay, no, I don't know. 222 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,640 I guess that what's the Russ? 223 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,160 Can I get a ruling on the verbal phrase? 224 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,400 Meet the theme, Jeff. 225 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:36,400 I don't know. 226 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,120 I'm not fluent in the spoken word. 227 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,000 People just don't say meet the theme. 228 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,440 They say fit a theme. 229 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,920 And every week we talk about six songs that fit a theme. 230 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:46,920 All right. 231 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:47,920 Okay. 232 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,840 Guys, we're going to have to rerecord this. 233 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:51,840 My 234 00:12:51,840 --> 00:13:01,040 Okay, and Dave, don't forget, it's Six Picks Music Club, not your dark web pod, sex picks 235 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,520 booty grub. 236 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,520 Geez. 237 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:12,320 Boy, I bet there's a lot of onion busting going on on on that show. 238 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,320 All right. 239 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:21,040 So check them out if you want to hear about their six picks. 240 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,040 Excuse me. 241 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,800 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 242 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:30,120 Okay, well, it's time for deep questions by Don. 243 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,800 This week's question, where's Andy? 244 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,520 Just kidding. 245 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:41,880 So no, seriously, dude, what else do you enjoy that is under the radar or could be considered 246 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,200 a hidden gem? 247 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:49,040 The first thing that came to mind was a show from Netflix called Lily Hammer. 248 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:50,040 Oh, yeah, I know that. 249 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,040 I know that show. 250 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,040 Yes. 251 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:57,800 So Lily Hammer, I guess, I think originally was from made in Norway and the first season 252 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,240 was on Norwegian NRK one. 253 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,160 And so then they made a deal with Netflix to get it distributed. 254 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:11,360 But it was the first Netflix original series back when that was just such a new concept. 255 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,640 I was still getting the DVDs at the time too. 256 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:20,720 So it's a crime comedy and it was Stephen Van Zandt, little Stevie from from Bruce Springsteen 257 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,440 in the East Street Band. 258 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:23,440 He plays a gangster. 259 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:29,400 He was also in The Sopranos, but he plays a gangster that Frank the Fixer Tagliano tries 260 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,960 to start a new life in Lily Hammer in the witness protection program. 261 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:38,800 And it's a fish out of water thing, you know, with the culture and and his, you know, talking 262 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,960 about beautiful broads and stuff like that. 263 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,080 It's just it lasted like three seasons, maybe four. 264 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,920 I really enjoyed it and I recommend it to a lot of people, but I have run into very 265 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,460 few that have actually watched it. 266 00:14:52,460 --> 00:14:53,460 It's funny. 267 00:14:53,460 --> 00:15:00,280 It's weird the way that these nice, innocent people, even the criminals are like not as 268 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,840 nasty as as they typically would be. 269 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,520 So yeah, I think that that's kind of a hidden gem. 270 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,480 I think they pulled it off in Netflix, but it may have come back. 271 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:09,480 I'm not sure. 272 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,480 We'll have to look. 273 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,680 What I liked about it was because they asked him where he wanted to go for witness protection 274 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,560 and he thought of Lily Hammer because because of the Olympic, the Winter Olympics, I think 275 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:18,560 it was 94. 276 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:19,560 It looks like a nice place. 277 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:20,560 Didn't you see the Olympics in 94? 278 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:21,560 Clean air, fresh white snow, gorgeous broads. 279 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:22,560 It was beautiful. 280 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:35,480 So for me, I may I couldn't remember if I talked about it on air before or if I just 281 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:40,280 had the conversation with you or Andy, but also of Scandinavian origin, there's a long 282 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,560 game called Kube. 283 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,920 Yeah, that sounds. 284 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,600 Anyway, I'll repeat myself. 285 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,840 So it's just that's wouldn't be the first time. 286 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:52,840 So you basically have like these wooden blocks that you set up and you knock them over with 287 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,520 these like dowels or sticks. 288 00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:00,160 But it's it's a cool game because there's actually some strategy, you know, like where 289 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,840 you place things and stuff like that. 290 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:06,400 So some people refer to it as Viking chess, but it's it's called Kube. 291 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,400 K-U-B-B. 292 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:08,400 Yeah. 293 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:13,600 And yeah, I think it supposedly comes from Norway or Sweden or something like that. 294 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,600 Cool. 295 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,720 And of course, a hidden gem, the album nerds podcast. 296 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,800 And right now, the hidden gem, Andy, got to got to find that guy. 297 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,280 All right, man, just call me back. 298 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,120 Fucking miss you. 299 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,680 So what do you like that's under the radar or that could be considered a hidden gem? 300 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:33,680 Let us know. 301 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:38,840 Hit us up on Instagram or Facebook or check out our website, albumnerds.com. 302 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:49,560 OK, so my hidden gem pick is by a band named Brad. 303 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,520 It doesn't inspire a lot of confidence for some reason. 304 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,920 The album is called Shame from April of 1993. 305 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,480 Just a few months later, Versus by Pearl Jam came out. 306 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:06,520 And the reason that matters is Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam is the lead guitarist of this 307 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:07,520 band. 308 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:14,440 Also in the band, Sean Smith on vocals, Reagan Hagar on drums and Jeremy Tobak on bass. 309 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:20,280 Jeremy Tobak, Tobak. 310 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,240 They had to have made those jokes, right? 311 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,240 Low hanging fruit. 312 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,080 That's what we specialize in. 313 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:33,040 So why don't we check out a little bit the opening track Buttercup? 314 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:43,840 Yeah, so it's a little different in Pearl Jam, right? 315 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:49,480 Like the way he holds the ooh for like way longer than you would think he would. 316 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,480 And it works. 317 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,480 Yeah. 318 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,040 And the guy can sing soulful. 319 00:17:55,040 --> 00:18:00,760 The lyrics are poetic and kind of ambiguous, which kind of adds to the song's mystique. 320 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:06,280 There's that vulnerability and kind of emotional depth, which Sean Smith, I think, kind of 321 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,760 brought to the mix here. 322 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,240 Buttercup kind of seems like a term of endearment, right? 323 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,920 So you're not my Buttercup. 324 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:17,720 But there's such sadness that it feels like clearly there's something wrong with this 325 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,720 relationship. 326 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,200 So you go into this thing, this is the first song you hear. 327 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,360 What were your expectations? 328 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,360 Were they met? 329 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,920 I would say they exceeded my expectations. 330 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,680 I didn't really have any expectations because I had not heard of Brad. 331 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:35,200 I vaguely remember the album cover, I think, which we can copy. 332 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:40,560 But yeah, I mean, the thing that struck me and I'll talk more about it in a minute, but 333 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,320 Sean Smith's voice is just really special. 334 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:50,560 And I don't even know who the guy is, like the band he was in, like Satchel. 335 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,560 That's the one. 336 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:52,560 Yeah. 337 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:53,560 The most well-known one. 338 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:54,560 I've never heard them. 339 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,640 So yeah, this was great. 340 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,680 And then the whole album just is different. 341 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,360 It takes you in different places and his voice goes to different places. 342 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:06,440 So I was really blown away by it. 343 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:11,560 And I'm really surprised that I had not heard anything about it before. 344 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:12,560 Yeah. 345 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,320 I mean, I had a buddy of mine knew about it back in 93. 346 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,040 Pearl Jam freak like myself. 347 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,320 So that's why we listened to it. 348 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,800 I was disappointed because I wanted it to sound like Pearl Jam. 349 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,480 But it doesn't. 350 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:25,960 It does not. 351 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,000 So that song in particular kind of exemplifies what made Brad different from other bands 352 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,000 of the era. 353 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,660 And it's more about mood and emotion than it is about filling in the grunge mold. 354 00:19:35,660 --> 00:19:40,400 So why don't we jump into the second track, which actually a little more aggressive, but 355 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,840 still funkier than you would expect. 356 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,840 This one's called My Fingers. 357 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:57,760 There's shades of mother love bone there, which would have come from Gossard, I think, 358 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,760 anyway. 359 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,920 I think Gossard's guitar is the only one that's on this record. 360 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,320 And I like that I actually get to hear it. 361 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:10,040 Because when I hear a Pearl Jam record, I don't know if it's McCready or Gossard that 362 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,040 I'm hearing. 363 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:16,880 McCready tends to do the more shreddy, bluesy, rock god stuff. 364 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,560 And Stone Gossard is more of a, he drives the foundation. 365 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:26,000 I wouldn't say he's a rhythm guitarist, but he definitely is more in the grooves than 366 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 on the top. 367 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Yeah. 368 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 It's really impressive. 369 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:35,000 And so that song, I think at the time it was the thing that sustained me that made me think, 370 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:41,120 okay, this is, I hear some noise and some distortion and some effects on the vocals. 371 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:46,160 But that song does showcase Stone Gossard's riff driven guitar work. 372 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,760 It's groovy and raw. 373 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:55,160 Jeremy's bass line is deep and it's got this nice undercurrent throughout the song. 374 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,980 Lyrics, like I said, are ambiguous. 375 00:20:56,980 --> 00:21:02,720 It suggests maybe actions and intentions, like that your choices aren't always under 376 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:03,720 your own control. 377 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,440 I don't know. 378 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,720 It's hard to say. 379 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,680 And that was one of the struggles for me too. 380 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,920 Pearl Jam somewhat spelled it out back in those days, at least from their first record. 381 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:21,240 So my clickbait headline to describe the album, Grunge's best kept secret, Brad's Shame, the 382 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,160 overlooked masterpiece you need to hear. 383 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,140 Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it's definitely a damn good album. 384 00:21:27,140 --> 00:21:33,160 And it's not what you expect from Seattle Sound of 1993, but it's really nice that they 385 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,000 had the freedom to do it. 386 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,040 And I think that came from Gossard being like, you know what? 387 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,800 I can do whatever the hell I want now. 388 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:44,680 It's I mean, I guess it's debatable to what extent it's grunge, you know? 389 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,360 And yeah, I remember. 390 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,560 I mean, if grunge is even really a genre, which I'm not convinced it is. 391 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:55,160 Yeah, because I definitely was not really going there in the first listens. 392 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,040 But I was actually, I was listening in my office and a student came in and they said, 393 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,040 oh, is this Nirvana? 394 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,040 I'm like, what? 395 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,040 What? 396 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,760 And I guess they must have something that it must have been some particular part that 397 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,800 they might just be looking for, you know, some connection point to me. 398 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:10,800 Like, oh, he's old. 399 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,280 He knows I'll mention Nirvana. 400 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:13,280 Oh, perhaps. 401 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:19,040 You know, what's funny about the name of the band kind of hinted at Brad not really telling 402 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,560 you anything about what they would sound like. 403 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:26,440 They wanted to be called Shame, which gives you a little more of an idea, but apparently 404 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:33,760 a band already existed with that name and Brad Wilson was a band member in Shame. 405 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,000 So they changed their name, Brad. 406 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,640 I wish they'd go with Wilson. 407 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:41,640 All right. 408 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,940 Why don't we get into the next song? 409 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:57,200 This one's called 20th Century. 410 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,320 Yeah, the group sustains you, the lyrics not so much. 411 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,600 He actually kind of sounds like Lenny Kravitz or something on that song. 412 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:10,520 Yeah, I actually was going to say he sounds like Johnny Jamiroquai or whatever the guy's 413 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:17,680 name is from, you know, it's kind of that vibe to it. 414 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:18,680 Yeah, definitely. 415 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:25,480 I mean, very funky track, love gossards, you know, little guitar, whatever you call the 416 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,080 Nile Rogers style or whatever that is. 417 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,800 Yeah, that's good. 418 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,400 I mean, lyrically, it doesn't matter. 419 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,400 I don't think it matters. 420 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,400 No, probably not. 421 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,120 But I read like anticipation and nervousness about the end of the century. 422 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:40,920 Yeah. 423 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,760 Was this a Y2K song? 424 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:47,200 Oh, no one was talking about that yet. 425 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:52,120 In 93, we were all oblivious, like, oh, that's forever away. 426 00:23:52,120 --> 00:24:00,720 So my clickbait headline for shame is Don finds Brad on 90s rock app and swipes right. 427 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,720 Is that the one where you want to bang them? 428 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:04,720 Yes, that's the... 429 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:05,720 You don't like them? 430 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:06,720 Exactly. 431 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:07,720 I like Brad. 432 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:08,720 That's the point. 433 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:09,720 I like that stuff. 434 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,720 Yeah. 435 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,960 I mean, I really, I fell in love with Brad. 436 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,360 Check out the big brain on Brad. 437 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:18,360 Yeah. 438 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:23,160 I mean, Sean Smith is great and I'm surprised I hadn't heard of him. 439 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:28,160 I mean, not that I know everything, but you know, he's never been on my radar before. 440 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,240 Did you listen to the rest of their albums? 441 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,540 No, no, not yet. 442 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:34,360 They kept releasing them every few years. 443 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:39,300 They had one recently, but unfortunately, Sean passed away in 2019. 444 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:44,360 So the one that was released in like 2022 was the last of his performances. 445 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,640 For a side project, I mean, they seem to have chemistry. 446 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:48,640 They're real. 447 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:49,640 Yeah. 448 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:50,640 It's a real thing. 449 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:56,960 I think that's part of what makes it a hidden gem is it's not just a side project for the 450 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,960 fun of it. 451 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,360 This was a passion project as well, I'd say. 452 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:01,360 Yeah. 453 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:08,640 It's so diverse and it doesn't feel quite as like angsty, I guess. 454 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:13,560 I mean, it's dark and sad, I think, but it's like more emotional. 455 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,480 No, I guess it's a different emotion, right? 456 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:23,880 So I think with Pearl Jam and other Seattle artists at the time, they were just a little 457 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,200 more angry maybe. 458 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,200 Yeah. 459 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,200 Yeah. 460 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,320 Well, Eddie and Sean couldn't be any more different in their approaches than they are, 461 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:35,600 which I think is part of what makes this so interesting and almost to a point where the 462 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,480 Pearl Jam connection almost doesn't matter. 463 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:46,160 These are just great musicians making really interesting blend of sounds in a time when 464 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,840 these blends weren't really coming together very often. 465 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:50,880 Weird album cover though. 466 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,200 It freaks me out. 467 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,840 Those people, are they in masks? 468 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,840 I don't even know what... 469 00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:02,200 Well, it looks like in the old days at Disney World and stuff when they had the big plastic 470 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,440 heads on like to be the dwarves or whatever. 471 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:11,560 Yeah, it's freaking creepy and I couldn't find anything to really explain it other than 472 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:16,680 like where the picture was taken, but maybe they just thought it'd be funny. 473 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,720 I need to know. 474 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,680 If anyone out there has the inside scoop, at Album Nerds on the socials. 475 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:23,680 Cool. 476 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,400 So yeah, check out the album. 477 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,760 Nadine's a really great track. 478 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:35,800 Bad for the Soul, I think kind of is a good title for a song on this record and Rockstar 479 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,360 is not what you expect. 480 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:41,880 Also beware at the end, a very creepy voice comes in. 481 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:48,740 You have this pleasant soulful sad experience and then there's this voice. 482 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:51,480 So when it comes in, listen, but just be warned. 483 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,200 All right, so that was Brad with Shame, Hidden Gem. 484 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,560 Yes, I see. 485 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:57,560 Yes. 486 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:58,560 All right. 487 00:26:58,560 --> 00:26:59,560 Can you dig it? 488 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,560 Can you dig it? 489 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:01,560 Can you dig it? 490 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:12,320 Yeah, so this is usually the part where like Andy says something about having a bag full 491 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,720 of satchel or sack or baggies. 492 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,520 Oh yeah, those baggies. 493 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:25,600 So basically some sort of storage solution for the many new releases and things he's 494 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,640 been digging because that guy listens to a lot of music. 495 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,480 That's why he's on his safari looking for new albums. 496 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,480 Okay. 497 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,840 Well, so this is when we talk about what else we've been digging. 498 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,040 So dude, what have you been digging? 499 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,040 All right. 500 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,160 Well, I've been digging quite a few things and one I want to get to eventually is the 501 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,720 Fontaine's DC album that just came out. 502 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:52,360 I've been trying to immerse myself in that a little bit more, but one that I'd been looking 503 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:56,080 forward to, Laney Wilson's Whirlwind, her follow-up. 504 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:57,080 Laney. 505 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,960 Laney Wilson's Whirlwind. 506 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:05,600 We brought this back just hopefully for the last time. 507 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,240 It's her fifth studio album, but her follow-up to the big breakthrough of the bell bottom 508 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,920 country. 509 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,840 This was released August 23rd. 510 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:20,280 14 tracks that she co-wrote, so let's listen to a little bit of Country's Cool Again. 511 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:30,880 So she calling out like Beyonce and Post Malone for going country. 512 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,360 Everybody wants to be country now. 513 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:36,840 I think she's just saying that it is cool again and they're part of that wave. 514 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:41,320 She's not the talk to the hand type. 515 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:48,440 So yeah, I haven't listened to the whole album a lot of times yet and it definitely is a 516 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:54,960 lot of it is in reaction to the whirlwind of fame that she's experiencing, but it's 517 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:55,960 fun. 518 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,240 She sounds great. 519 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,160 It's everything I hoped for. 520 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,800 Hopefully it'll become more like her last album, but yeah, I've been enjoying it. 521 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:04,800 Did you listen to it at all? 522 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,600 I've not listened to the new album. 523 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:12,800 I do remember enjoying much of the last album and kind of expecting her to grow. 524 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,880 So maybe this is what I'm waiting for. 525 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,440 All right. 526 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:24,160 The next one, I like to do a vinyl album that I've recently picked up or been listening 527 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,160 to. 528 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:30,640 I stumbled upon an album by various artists that I used to have on cassette when I was 529 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,640 a young boy who liked to break dance. 530 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,920 It was a compilation called Electric Breakdance. 531 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,120 It was released in 1984. 532 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:46,280 It features many artists, Nucleus, D-Train, Grandmaster Flushing, L.A. Mel, Run DMC. 533 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:51,560 Why don't we listen to a little bit of Jam On It by Nucleus? 534 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:59,320 Yeah man, I mean that's more electro than a lot of the other hip hop going on. 535 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:05,640 Sorta has some shades of George Clinton and stuff like that, but yeah, Jam On It. 536 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:11,240 I used to say that a lot and I remember on the Cosby Show when Theo was jamming on the 537 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,560 one when Stevie Wonder was on the show. 538 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:18,120 But yeah, this was the first time I ever heard Run DMC. 539 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:19,120 It's like that. 540 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:23,240 We talked about that when we talked about the Run DMC record and this was my introduction 541 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,240 to that. 542 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:30,280 So I don't think compilation albums, I mean maybe you're just a way of discovering, I 543 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,720 guess playlists are the equivalent now. 544 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,520 But yeah, it was pretty cool. 545 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,200 So it was really, I saw that in the bin. 546 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,360 I'm like, holy crap. 547 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:42,680 Now it originally came with a giant poster of breakdancing moves. 548 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,200 This did not have the poster included. 549 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,160 It probably would have cost a lot more if it did. 550 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,260 But yeah, that's cool. 551 00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:51,480 So what you digging my friend? 552 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,960 Well back to Hidden Gems, Dennis Wilson, right? 553 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,300 One of the members of the Beach Boys. 554 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:00,300 The only surfer. 555 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:01,300 Yeah. 556 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:02,300 True. 557 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:03,300 That's true, the only surfer. 558 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:08,460 But brother of Brian and Carl, he did a solo album. 559 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:13,100 His only solo album in 1977 was called Pacific Ocean Blue. 560 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:16,760 And this is also on that Rocks Knob's list of Hidden Gems. 561 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:17,760 Wow. 562 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:18,760 I have no original thoughts. 563 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,040 Yeah, it's like. 564 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,200 Here's the opening cut River song. 565 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:29,960 Sounds kind of Beach Boys. 566 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:34,880 Yeah, there's definitely a lot of Brian influence. 567 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,760 But it tends to be his voice is much more gruff. 568 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:44,160 I think Dennis was doing some hard living and it comes out in this album. 569 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,680 Those were the rumors, yes. 570 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,960 But yeah, definitely record people should check out. 571 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,720 And then for something new, although it's an older artist, Kate Pearson of the B-52s. 572 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,280 Oh man, which one was she? 573 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:57,280 Red Haired. 574 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,280 Or they both had B-52s. 575 00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,280 Yeah, it depends on the video. 576 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:05,480 She has a solo album coming out on September 20th called Radios and Rainbows. 577 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:09,080 Here's the single, Take Me Back to the Party. 578 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:20,040 That's so funny how things come full circle because it feels like B-52s, that kind of 579 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,880 sound was probably an inspiration for artists like Katy Perry. 580 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:27,480 And this sounds like it was inspired somewhat by artists like Katy Perry. 581 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,720 I'm not the biggest B-52s fan in the world, but I always kind of liked her. 582 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:31,720 Why not? 583 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:37,080 But I liked the duets she did, you know, of course with R.E.M. 584 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,080 She did one with Figgy Pop that was really good too. 585 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,760 So yeah, I just think she has a unique voice and I'm looking forward to checking out this 586 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,080 record when it comes out. 587 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,080 Cool. 588 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,500 All right, well, maybe eventually we'll find out what Andy is digging. 589 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:53,520 But for now, digging out of his, what are they called? 590 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:54,520 Clam diggers or something? 591 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,920 Clam diggers. 592 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,560 I think he's probably wearing a fanny pack on Safari right now. 593 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:02,560 Whatever he's digging is in there. 594 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,200 You think he has the hat with like the, there's like something that blocks the sun from your 595 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,400 neck, you know what I'm talking about? 596 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:08,400 That people wear on Safari. 597 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:09,400 The flappy things. 598 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,760 Yeah, the flappy things. 599 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:11,760 Probably. 600 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,240 I mean, whatever's the coolest look, Andy's got it. 601 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,400 Well, what are you digging? 602 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,400 Let us know. 603 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,880 Join us on the socials, Facebook, Instagram and threads. 604 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:26,240 Also on our website, AlbumNerds.com. 605 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:31,200 It will be a discovery of extraordinary value. 606 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:37,640 Well, it's about the time on the show when I'm reminded of the words of Charlotte Bronte 607 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,640 from Evening Solace. 608 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:45,480 The human heart has hidden treasures in secret kept and silence sealed. 609 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:52,820 The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures whose charms were broken have revealed. 610 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:58,400 With that in mind, let's bring out my friend and yours, the will of musical discovery and 611 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:09,440 see what we'll be discovering next week. 612 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:14,480 As music fans, you know that the rhythm and beat are the driving force of any album. 613 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,980 Next time, you will be diving into albums that showcase legendary drummers. 614 00:34:18,980 --> 00:34:21,000 What defines a legendary drummer? 615 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,440 I'll leave that for you to decide. 616 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:24,800 It's going to be legend. 617 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:25,800 Wait for it. 618 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:26,800 Derry. 619 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:27,800 Legendary drummers. 620 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:28,800 On the next episode. 621 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:29,800 That's cool. 622 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:30,800 Yeah. 623 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,520 We just did Keith Moon not too long ago. 624 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,880 Yeah, that would have been a good one. 625 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:41,520 But I'm sure there's plenty of examples where drummers really can make a huge impact in 626 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:42,520 the sound of a band. 627 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,640 So we'll find a couple albums that fit that bill. 628 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:46,640 Sweet. 629 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,640 Don't forget, you can suggest topics for the wheel on our website, AlbumNerds.com, as well 630 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,240 as vote on any ongoing Album Nerds Hall of Fame nominations. 631 00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:57,280 Who's your favorite legendary drummer? 632 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:58,280 What else are you listening to? 633 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,720 Leave a comment on our website or email us at podcast at AlbumNerds.com. 634 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:05,760 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and threads at Album Nerds. 635 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,680 Also, please subscribe, rate, and review on your favorite podcast app. 636 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:13,000 And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at AlbumNerds.com slash 637 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,000 support. 638 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,400 Thank you so much for joining us on the Album Nerds podcast. 639 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,960 We'll catch you next time with those legendary drummers. 640 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:20,960 Peace out. 641 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,920 This is called I Am Spartacus. 642 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,480 Boom boom boom, ching ching. 643 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:32,160 Play that Spartacus thing for me one more time, would you? 644 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,160 Let's keep this a duet. 645 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,160 Del Paxman? 646 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,160 You are my biggest fan. 647 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,160 All right, catch y'all next time. 648 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,160 Andy, where are you, Andy? 649 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,160 Get back here. 650 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,160 You don't have to come back. 651 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:40,160 Yes, you do. 652 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,160 The show needs you. 653 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,160 I am Spartacus. 654 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,160 I am the best. 655 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,160 I am the best. 656 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,160 I am the best. 657 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,160 I am the best. 658 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:47,160 I am the best. 659 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,160 I am the best. 660 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:49,160 I am the best. 661 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:50,160 I am the best. 662 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,160 I am the best. 663 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:52,160 I am the best. 664 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,160 I am the best. 665 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,160 I am altijd das ich meine Liebe voll ich produ Smithson, und das ist blossomlos. 666 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,160 Enjoy, Andy. 667 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,160 Good day, Andy. 668 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,160 Show needs you. 669 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,160 Ohhh, Andy. 670 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,160 Oh Eddie... 671 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:28,160 Your album is truly outrageous.