WEBVTT 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.679 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:16.640 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:19.219 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.480 And in case you haven't read the news on the 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.420 social media accounts at My Weekly Mixtape, I 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:30.079 have announced that this and next week's episode 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.700 is going to wind down this run of My Weekly Mixtape 00:00:33.700 --> 00:00:38.310 for now. This has been 150 incredible episodes, 00:00:38.350 --> 00:00:41.670 but a lot's gone down over the last year. As 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:43.390 a lot of you know, I've talked about it on the 00:00:43.390 --> 00:00:46.890 show. I had heart surgery one year ago in July, 00:00:46.969 --> 00:00:50.429 and unfortunately this year lost my father to 00:00:50.429 --> 00:00:53.409 pancreatic cancer. And with that, I'm going to 00:00:53.409 --> 00:00:55.729 take a little time to spend the first round of 00:00:55.729 --> 00:01:00.130 holidays in the fall with my family. navigating 00:01:00.130 --> 00:01:02.469 the new normal, if it will. I'm not saying that 00:01:02.469 --> 00:01:05.209 my weekly mixtape is going away forever, but 00:01:05.209 --> 00:01:07.390 for the fall, we are gonna press pause for now. 00:01:07.590 --> 00:01:10.069 But I wanted to celebrate with two really awesome 00:01:10.069 --> 00:01:13.129 episodes. And this week, we are talking about 00:01:13.129 --> 00:01:16.689 The Perfect Album. Now, what is The Perfect Album? 00:01:16.849 --> 00:01:19.859 To everybody, it's a completely... different 00:01:19.859 --> 00:01:22.319 answer. And that's what I love about this exercise. 00:01:22.579 --> 00:01:25.359 So over the last year, I've asked pretty much 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.939 every guest I've had on the show what they consider 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:30.120 to be a perfect album. Now, I'm not saying it 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:33.019 needs to be your favorite album of all time, 00:01:33.060 --> 00:01:36.019 just an album that you consider to be perfect 00:01:36.019 --> 00:01:40.239 from start to finish. So for example, My favorite 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.939 album of all time is The Car Self -Titled. If 00:01:42.939 --> 00:01:44.920 you don't know that already, you probably haven't 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:47.019 listened to the show yet. Welcome to your first 00:01:47.019 --> 00:01:49.519 episode. But I talk about that all the time. 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.140 It is my favorite album of all time. But when 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:53.859 I think about an album that I consider to be 00:01:53.859 --> 00:01:57.180 perfect from start to finish, Counting Crows, 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:59.959 August, and Everything After comes to mind. Rage 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:02.540 Against the Machines, Self -Titled comes to mind. 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.140 Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill comes 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:07.579 to mind. There are so many albums that could 00:02:07.579 --> 00:02:11.259 be perfect. to each and every listener. And that's 00:02:11.259 --> 00:02:13.219 what this exercise is. So we're going to start 00:02:13.219 --> 00:02:15.840 and I'm just going to go alphabetical by band 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.520 because in this type of episode, really the sky's 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.639 the limit. So we're going to start with Don Jameson, 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:26.740 host of the Rockstrap podcast and his choice 00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:32.919 for the perfect album. Wow. Perfect. A perfect 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:39.030 album. Jeez. That's tough, because I'm trying 00:02:39.030 --> 00:02:42.870 to I'm trying to give something that, you know, 00:02:42.870 --> 00:02:44.930 most people who are going to be listening to 00:02:44.930 --> 00:02:47.169 this have heard. Obviously, I think Destroyer 00:02:47.169 --> 00:02:51.389 is as perfect an album as you can get. But well, 00:02:51.669 --> 00:02:55.550 you know, I think in fact, I know I said this 00:02:55.550 --> 00:02:59.430 on that metal show because it somehow went into 00:02:59.430 --> 00:03:03.780 their Wikipedia page for this album. A perfect 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:08.620 album to me is ACDC Power Ridge. Nice. So, yeah. 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:10.840 And for a while it was on the Wikipedia page 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:14.199 for the album that I had stated that on that 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:17.319 metal show. So I'm going to back up my words 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.060 from back then and say that album to me, there's 00:03:21.060 --> 00:03:24.240 from note one to the last note, there's just. 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.360 There's nothing wrong. There's nothing bad. There's 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:32.319 nothing boring. There's nothing typical. That 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.520 album is absolutely perfect from beginning to 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.580 end. Shocked that Rock and Roll Damnation was 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:43.740 not a staple in ACDC set lists from the day it 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:46.159 was released. To me, it's one of their most powerful 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.520 album openers. And that's against songs like 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:52.319 Hell's Bells, Thunderstruck. For those about 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:56.479 to rock, we salute you. It is an amazing album 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.900 opener and the entire album is incredible. Easily 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:02.599 their most underrated album too, on top of everything 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.560 else. Yeah. Well, I did. The good thing was with, 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:07.900 you know, with Brian, he was always open to doing, 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:11.819 you know, the Bond material. In fact, he would. 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:15.099 He pushed for it. And, you know, I know they 00:04:15.099 --> 00:04:17.500 did one tour where they did a bunch of songs 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:20.920 off Powerage. And, you know, I just think that's 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:24.560 cool because there are singers who refuse or 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.519 begrudgingly sing the other person's material, 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:31.899 Sammy Hagar being one of them. You know, he never 00:04:31.899 --> 00:04:33.779 really wanted to do the Dave stuff, which is 00:04:33.779 --> 00:04:35.860 fine. I don't have anything against Sammy for 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:39.920 that. But I love that Brian Johnson. was really 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:43.720 instrumental in keeping The Bond stuff in the 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.639 set and mixing it up a little bit with stuff. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.360 And they're doing it on this tour as well, which 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.120 is cool. So but I agree with you that album and 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.199 Rock and Roll Damnation just kicking off riff 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.660 raff. Oh, my God. It doesn't end. It's just beginning 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:59.420 and Sin City, you know, Bond, you know, Sin City. 00:04:59.500 --> 00:05:01.639 Like you could picture Bond rolling into the 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:04.639 casino with a girl on on both his arms with a 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:07.319 bottle of champagne and, you know, rolling those 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:09.839 dice. And, you know, it just gets seared into 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.050 your brain. It's always a pleasure talking music 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:15.790 with Don. Check out Rockstrap wherever you find 00:05:15.790 --> 00:05:18.769 your favorite podcasts. He is hysterical. He's 00:05:18.769 --> 00:05:20.889 also out doing his comedy thing on the road. 00:05:21.029 --> 00:05:23.389 Keep an eye on him and keep up with what he's 00:05:23.389 --> 00:05:26.410 got going on. Awesome human being and incredibly 00:05:26.410 --> 00:05:29.129 funny dude, knowledgeable about music to the 00:05:29.129 --> 00:05:33.230 umpteenth degree. Up next, C .J. Pierce of Drowning 00:05:33.230 --> 00:05:36.430 Pool gives his choice for the perfect album. 00:05:38.329 --> 00:05:41.519 That's a tough one, man. There's so many. Oh, 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:47.899 my God. There's a lot of them. One of them that 00:05:47.899 --> 00:05:50.339 I did listen to consistently, especially certain 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:52.259 parts of my life and still to this day. I mean, 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.660 Alice in Chains, Dirt, to me, front to back is 00:05:54.660 --> 00:05:57.420 great. I know that's, you know, there's just 00:05:57.420 --> 00:05:58.620 something about that. Fucking amazing album, 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:02.139 man. Yeah, it's a great record, man. It's front 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:03.560 to back. And we have a handful of albums out 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.079 here in the front. I do have the PA in the living 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.160 room and a record player. And on Sundays, you 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.360 know. Not every Sunday, but we try to pick an 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:12.399 album. And with the family, we're going to listen 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:14.100 to an old record, old school. You're going to 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:15.480 sit down with Daddy for an hour, and we're going 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.459 to listen to this thing front to back with everything 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:19.920 else just to keep that tradition going. Because 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.100 it's something, again, like with Tool, turn the 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:24.319 cameras off. Sit there and just pay attention, 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.379 absorb the whole band and the music and this 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:28.339 whole record, and then get on with the rest of 00:06:28.339 --> 00:06:30.339 your day. So we still kind of, I don't know why 00:06:30.339 --> 00:06:31.959 I pick Sundays. It's like Sunday music day. But 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.480 it's like we'll go through and put albums on. 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:36.240 So I'm getting started getting a bigger collection 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.819 now. um between my wife and i but i still love 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:40.839 putting on the record player dude and playing 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:43.800 it through i have um two power amps and everything's 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:45.860 analog that i'm going through because i'm a purist 00:06:45.860 --> 00:06:47.639 when it comes down to the album stuff so i want 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.720 to i want to hear it and feel it so you are literally 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:53.399 describing my friday nights growing up my parents 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:56.860 would turn the tv off my dad would open up the 00:06:56.860 --> 00:06:59.399 bin underneath the record player and he'd be 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.600 like brian pick an album And I would go through 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:04.579 and just look at the album cover and be like, 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:07.600 what's this? And that's how I got my music education 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.759 between the Cars, Huey Lewis. Huey Lewis is great, 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:13.360 dude. Yeah, I still do that, man. That's just 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.079 something about that. Just getting in that zone 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:17.139 and listen to the whole thing. Well, parenting, 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.240 C .J. Pierce is doing it right. I think I'm doing 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:24.180 it. I'm trying my best. And if you haven't checked 00:07:24.180 --> 00:07:27.000 out my episode with C .J., go back and check 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.819 out his perfect concert set list in the archives. 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:33.699 Really fun conversation. Be sure to check that 00:07:33.699 --> 00:07:37.180 out. But up next, we have Patreon mixtaper Philip 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:39.939 Bergman with his pick for the perfect album. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:42.139 You know, Brian, one of these days I'm going 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:44.860 to have a normal answer for you for these questions. 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:48.959 I feel like one of these days I'm just going 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:51.839 to be able to say, oh yeah, this ACDC record 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:55.439 or this Tom Petty record, I'll just, it'll be 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.139 something that just is something that everyone 00:07:58.139 --> 00:08:00.579 else is like, oh yeah, that's a good one instead. 00:08:01.149 --> 00:08:03.490 I guess I'm going to go with another head tilter 00:08:03.490 --> 00:08:07.250 here. But for me on a personal level, I have 00:08:07.250 --> 00:08:11.170 to go with the Avenue Q soundtrack. I mean, there 00:08:11.170 --> 00:08:14.850 was a time, there was a few years there where, 00:08:14.970 --> 00:08:18.329 I mean, the weight of existence just felt so 00:08:18.329 --> 00:08:22.209 daunting. And I would just put the CD on of the 00:08:22.209 --> 00:08:25.910 soundtrack and I would just use it as medicine, 00:08:25.930 --> 00:08:29.089 basically, to just cheer me up and just kind 00:08:29.089 --> 00:08:33.340 of help me. go to bed without a feeling of existential 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:37.860 dread and it even got to the point where uh when 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:40.899 my then girlfriend would call me up on the phone 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:43.139 and she would hear what do you do with a ba in 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:46.059 english in the background she'd be like what's 00:08:46.059 --> 00:08:49.299 wrong philip what's wrong because she knew something 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:52.279 was wrong with me if it's not just the comedy 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:54.279 numbers yeah the comedy numbers are great too 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.039 and it's mostly comedy numbers and even my girlfriend 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.379 in canada or i'm not wearing underpants today 00:08:59.379 --> 00:09:03.789 just hilarious tracks but even the big love ballad 00:09:03.789 --> 00:09:07.950 there's a fine fine line it is kind of that you 00:09:07.950 --> 00:09:12.289 can feel it in your heart because even if i mean 00:09:12.289 --> 00:09:16.629 it's a song about chasing love pointlessly but 00:09:16.629 --> 00:09:20.029 i think with so many fluid things in life there's 00:09:20.029 --> 00:09:23.629 such a fine fine line about many things in life 00:09:23.629 --> 00:09:26.129 they there's a joke here there's a thin line 00:09:26.129 --> 00:09:29.620 between being weird and being insane. And I like 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:31.940 to use that line as a jump rope. There's that 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:36.320 joke. But yeah, to just cheer me up. Every song 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:41.059 on the album just was another dose of medicine 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:44.700 to help me feel better. And I still love that 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:47.240 song, even when I'm not feeling depressed. I 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.039 still love listening to that soundtrack. And 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:51.779 once in a while, I listen to it now. I feel like 00:09:51.779 --> 00:09:54.100 I'm in the mood to start some shenanigans. So 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:57.559 I have to go with the Avenue Q soundtrack. I've 00:09:57.559 --> 00:09:59.799 had the pleasure of having Philip on the show 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:02.500 several times to talk about Weird Al Yankovic 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:06.059 as well as Summer Golden Oldies and Doo -Wop. 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:09.120 He's been a huge supporter of my podcasting journey 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.460 all the way back from Toon Styles through Playlist 00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:14.720 Wars and now on My Weekly Mixtape. I'm so grateful 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.039 for the support you give the show and for your 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:20.559 friendship and always the amazing musical conversations 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.740 we've had together. Philip, thank you so much 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:25.879 for being a part of the My Weekly Mixtape canon. 00:10:26.490 --> 00:10:29.529 Up next, we've got my friends Jim and Lindsey 00:10:29.529 --> 00:10:32.750 Butler of the Children of the 80s podcasts with 00:10:32.750 --> 00:10:36.649 their choices for the perfect album. Oh, no. 00:10:36.909 --> 00:10:42.909 Oh, you have. You have. You need to ask Jim first. 00:10:43.070 --> 00:10:50.470 Make Jim go first. Jim, I am not going to argue 00:10:50.470 --> 00:10:52.470 with her. How would you like to answer this one 00:10:52.470 --> 00:10:57.330 first? I would probably. Go License to Ill by 00:10:57.330 --> 00:10:59.409 the Beastie Boys. Oh, that was too easy. You 00:10:59.409 --> 00:11:02.929 answered it too fast. I would probably go with 00:11:02.929 --> 00:11:07.610 that because it was such a monumental album that 00:11:07.610 --> 00:11:10.809 we had as kids. I think my brother got it for 00:11:10.809 --> 00:11:12.950 either his birthday or Christmas. And as soon 00:11:12.950 --> 00:11:15.230 as he got it, we ripped it open and we went downstairs 00:11:15.230 --> 00:11:18.190 to our room and we listened to that thing probably 00:11:18.190 --> 00:11:22.009 a hundred times over the next month. No skips. 00:11:22.009 --> 00:11:24.710 We didn't skip anything. As I get older now, 00:11:24.769 --> 00:11:27.509 there might be one or two that I skip. But for 00:11:27.509 --> 00:11:31.309 the most part, it starts out just perfect. It 00:11:31.309 --> 00:11:34.370 ends perfect. It was the first time, other than 00:11:34.370 --> 00:11:37.590 Run DMC, that I had heard rock and rap combined. 00:11:37.850 --> 00:11:39.350 And I'm like, wait a minute, you can do that? 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:41.950 Like, I kind of got Run DMC and Aerosmith because 00:11:41.950 --> 00:11:44.330 it seemed almost like the same song. But then, 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:46.330 you know, to hear a lot of their Led Zeppelin 00:11:46.330 --> 00:11:50.210 guitars going along with just rap or hip hop, 00:11:50.330 --> 00:11:53.360 I was just blown away. And so to me... I would 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.019 say Licensed to Ill by the Beastie Boys. From 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:58.879 the cover art to every single song, it is almost, 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:02.220 if not perfect. Was that enough time, Lindsay, 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:03.639 for you to come up with one? I'm like, now you're 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.779 already coming back to me. It's going to have 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:12.080 to be a Foo Fighters album for me. I can't think 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:20.820 of a bad Foo Fighters album. I don't know off 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:24.279 the top of my head. Well, can I pick their greatest 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:27.740 hits? Can I go with that, Foo Fighters? There's 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:29.960 no rules in this answer. If you consider that 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:33.240 to be a perfect album. I think that no doubt 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:37.320 there is not a song on that album that I don't 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:40.559 love. The greatest hits takes all the good that's 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.519 out there and puts it into one. And if you're 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.399 an 80s nut, be sure to check out All Things Children 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.259 of the 80s wherever you find your favorite podcasts. 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:51.799 I was on there to do a Weird Al episode, had 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.259 a lot of fun. Jim and Lindsey were on My Weekly 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:56.820 Mixtape to talk about 80s music videos. We had 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:59.659 a fantastic conversation. Keep up with all the 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:02.120 amazing things they're doing over there. And 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:04.799 thank you to them for being on the show and part 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:07.799 of the My Weekly Mixtape universe. But up next, 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:11.519 Tim Foreman of Switchfoot talks about his choice. 00:13:12.110 --> 00:13:17.090 for the perfect album abbey road every song is 00:13:17.090 --> 00:13:20.309 perfect not in just that it's a perfect song 00:13:20.309 --> 00:13:23.450 but that it's telling a story that album gives 00:13:23.450 --> 00:13:25.769 you everything you want you know from kind of 00:13:25.769 --> 00:13:29.250 this moody mysterious track one come together 00:13:29.250 --> 00:13:34.250 kind of these bright psychedelic moments followed 00:13:34.250 --> 00:13:38.070 by this you know grand three or four song kind 00:13:38.070 --> 00:13:42.620 of seamless medley multiple Guitar solos, surprises, 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:49.340 just no rules on that album. I can't imagine 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:51.960 hearing that for the first time when it came 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.759 out because there was nothing like it. No one's 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:57.759 done anything like it since. Be sure to check 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:01.240 out Switchfoot's latest single, Last Man Standing, 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:03.919 which they did with... the one and only Buddy 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.480 Guy. We did a song dive episode on that earlier 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.639 this year. Be sure to give that one a listen. 00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:12.059 Awesome stuff going on there. And up next, we 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:14.820 have Zach Derby of the Neat Cast with his choice 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:18.960 for the perfect album. Oh, gosh. So there's a 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:20.879 couple, but the one that immediately comes to 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.080 mind, Boston. Oh, nice. An absolute classic. 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:29.019 Debut album, cover to cover, just I'm a New England 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:33.970 boy. That is classic rock. Oh, my God. Just everything 00:14:33.970 --> 00:14:38.190 about that first Boston album is just zinger 00:14:38.190 --> 00:14:40.889 after zinger after zinger. Just everything is 00:14:40.889 --> 00:14:43.649 just put out there. I think that's one of the 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:48.730 best albums, not even a debut album, just best 00:14:48.730 --> 00:14:51.970 albums, period. Now, Zach is somebody that I 00:14:51.970 --> 00:14:54.789 am so grateful to have actually met now outside 00:14:54.789 --> 00:14:58.500 of the podcasting universe. And my family have 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:00.519 gotten together several times over the last couple 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:02.840 of years. Amazing family, amazing human being. 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.220 Be sure to check out what's going on over at 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:06.940 the neat cast. They have an incredible thing 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:09.419 going on over there. And I'm grateful for the 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:11.519 podcasting relationship we've had over the years, 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.899 as well as for his friendship. So I appreciate 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:17.879 that. And it looks like up next, we've got a 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:21.460 twofer and that being from Chris Voss of the 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:24.259 record company who gives two choices for what 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:28.379 he thinks are perfect albums. Well, I'll chicken 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:30.600 out and say two, because one's a live record 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:34.320 and one's studio record. Fair enough. The live 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.720 record would be Hendrix Band of Gypsies. Nice. 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:39.019 No question. Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies at 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:41.559 Fillmore. Starts with Who Knows, goes into Machine 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:45.059 Gun. That's Side A. You know, two songs for Side 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:47.580 A, and the back half is more of the Funky Party, 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.559 but it's still, it's just three piece, and he's 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.899 playing out of his mind. Just absolutely out 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:55.590 of his mind, breaking every rule. built guitar 00:15:55.590 --> 00:15:58.529 playing afterward. Eddie Van Halen, for instance, 00:15:58.769 --> 00:16:01.889 said his favorite solo is Machine Gun off of 00:16:01.889 --> 00:16:04.149 that record. So if you're a fan of metal and 00:16:04.149 --> 00:16:06.149 stuff, it's like, that's how deep that stuff 00:16:06.149 --> 00:16:08.090 goes. It's the intersection of the blues meets 00:16:08.090 --> 00:16:10.610 psychedelia at the exact moment where it just 00:16:10.610 --> 00:16:12.970 kind of shot up. You could kind of hear a little 00:16:12.970 --> 00:16:15.389 bit of what eventually became Black Sabbath and 00:16:15.389 --> 00:16:17.889 all this other stuff and Zeppelin, all that stuff. 00:16:18.570 --> 00:16:20.330 So that's the live record. And then the other 00:16:20.330 --> 00:16:23.710 record, it's not exactly what I would call one 00:16:23.710 --> 00:16:25.669 nobody's heard about, but I think Dark Side of 00:16:25.669 --> 00:16:29.570 the Moon is absolute perfection. I only put that 00:16:29.570 --> 00:16:33.070 on when I'm really ready to go for the whole 00:16:33.070 --> 00:16:35.850 ride. That's an album I won't listen to unless 00:16:35.850 --> 00:16:38.029 I'm going to listen to the whole album. It's 00:16:38.029 --> 00:16:39.710 been a while since I've listened to the whole 00:16:39.710 --> 00:16:43.629 album. Just had some really beautiful experiences 00:16:43.629 --> 00:16:45.690 with that album on in the background or just 00:16:45.690 --> 00:16:49.340 with that album. And what's funny is that when 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:51.960 I first was a fan of music, you know, I didn't 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:53.980 really I'm not going to say I didn't like Pink 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:55.899 Floyd, but I didn't get them to the point that 00:16:55.899 --> 00:17:00.360 they were anywhere near what I just said. I just 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:02.080 didn't have that. You know, I'm a dairy farm 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.859 kid in the middle of hadn't barely ever drank, 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.940 never took a toke of weed, didn't know nothing. 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.359 And then, you know, it was kind of like when 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:11.380 I went to I ended up going to college in Milwaukee 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:15.400 because my mom made a deal with me. that because 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.299 i wanted to go move to chicago and start playing 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:19.319 professionally right away she said if you go 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:22.559 to school i'll never say another word but you 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.220 should go to school so i owed her that she's 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:27.579 a great mother so and she was right it was the 00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:30.579 right thing to do i still formed bands in college 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:32.819 and had a great time so it didn't cost me nothing 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:36.779 but it was in college you know probably elevated 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:45.190 uh that album came on and uh it just Words, words 00:17:45.190 --> 00:17:48.849 fail me on that one. It's just when you get to, 00:17:48.849 --> 00:17:51.609 by the time you hear that last note, you know, 00:17:51.609 --> 00:17:54.869 it's just forget about it. Be sure to check out 00:17:54.869 --> 00:17:57.730 the ultimate record company playlist episode 00:17:57.730 --> 00:17:59.970 in the archives. They are one of my favorite 00:17:59.970 --> 00:18:02.829 bands that I feel like should be selling out 00:18:02.829 --> 00:18:06.490 arenas and they are just on it. Every album is 00:18:06.490 --> 00:18:09.150 fantastic from the first to the fourth. You are 00:18:09.150 --> 00:18:11.069 going to love the record company. Be sure to 00:18:11.069 --> 00:18:14.200 check out what they've got going on. And up next, 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:18.500 Jim Laughlin of Moe gives his choice or choices 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:22.279 for the perfect album. Judas Priest, Screaming 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:25.940 for Vengeance. Ooh. And I've said this since 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:29.039 I was in eighth grade. There's not a bad song. 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:31.920 There's not a lift the needle song on that record. 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:36.420 There've always been. Oh. That and the first 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:40.750 three Metallica albums. I mean. Again, those 00:18:40.750 --> 00:18:43.049 are songs, the records that I can just listen 00:18:43.049 --> 00:18:47.490 to and not, you know. When I lived at home, when 00:18:47.490 --> 00:18:51.289 I was in high school, my stereo was actually 00:18:51.289 --> 00:18:54.430 in the other room. The speakers were in my room. 00:18:54.630 --> 00:18:58.109 Stereo was in the other room. Those records I 00:18:58.109 --> 00:19:01.809 never had to touch. If we were all hanging out 00:19:01.809 --> 00:19:03.990 in my room, those records played. They didn't, 00:19:03.990 --> 00:19:06.650 nothing. got touched there was tons of other 00:19:06.650 --> 00:19:08.470 records where everyone someone was like ah dude 00:19:08.470 --> 00:19:14.170 skip this you know like you know no one wants 00:19:14.170 --> 00:19:16.470 to hear this one but screaming for vengeance 00:19:16.470 --> 00:19:18.750 was the first record that that hit me like though 00:19:18.750 --> 00:19:21.190 i realized like holy cow like everything on this 00:19:21.190 --> 00:19:24.630 album is amazing i love every song on this record 00:19:24.630 --> 00:19:27.490 i can you know listen to it over and over and 00:19:27.490 --> 00:19:31.869 over and not feel a need to skip a track and 00:19:31.869 --> 00:19:34.730 like i said and then and then I heard the first 00:19:34.730 --> 00:19:37.289 three Metallica and those like, if we're talking 00:19:37.289 --> 00:19:39.309 perfect records, those three records are perfect. 00:19:39.490 --> 00:19:42.849 Like absolutely perfect. I have to follow up 00:19:42.849 --> 00:19:46.890 though. If you don't mind my first ever Metallica 00:19:46.890 --> 00:19:49.390 album that I bought with my own money was the 00:19:49.390 --> 00:19:52.309 vinyl of injustice for all. And that is album 00:19:52.309 --> 00:19:56.069 number four. So I have to ask, do you not love 00:19:56.069 --> 00:20:01.809 justice? I love justice. My only critique of 00:20:01.809 --> 00:20:04.009 Injustice for All was after hearing the first 00:20:04.009 --> 00:20:07.589 three records, you had to sonically adjust to 00:20:07.589 --> 00:20:10.789 how Metallica now sounded in the studio. I love 00:20:10.789 --> 00:20:13.470 the record. The songs are amazing on the record, 00:20:13.670 --> 00:20:16.829 but there was like an adjustment to it. It was, 00:20:16.869 --> 00:20:20.470 you know, you heard like Blackened and Dire's 00:20:20.470 --> 00:20:23.170 Eve and those songs like slammed and I was like, 00:20:23.230 --> 00:20:26.609 oh my God. But there was still, there was just 00:20:26.609 --> 00:20:29.069 this little tweak that you had to make and accept. 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:33.019 with that record and i personally am a fan of 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.819 all the records i i love saint anger i know people 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:40.519 like ah um i don't mind the sound of the snare 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:43.039 drum insane anger to me it was lars like trying 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:46.200 to do something different and you know when you 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:50.019 have a fan base that metallica has and are still 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:54.500 willing to change how you sound that's bold there's 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:56.680 not a lot of bands that are willing to do that 00:20:57.130 --> 00:20:59.009 They don't want to mess up a good thing and all 00:20:59.009 --> 00:21:02.569 that stuff and everything. But if you just listen 00:21:02.569 --> 00:21:04.470 to the first three Metallica albums from Kill 00:21:04.470 --> 00:21:06.490 Em All to Ride the Lightning, there's a small 00:21:06.490 --> 00:21:09.289 adjustment, but it's instantly accepted because 00:21:09.289 --> 00:21:13.109 you realize that there was more money in Injustice 00:21:13.109 --> 00:21:15.170 For All. But Injustice For All and Master of 00:21:15.170 --> 00:21:19.769 Puppets just sound so good, both of them. They 00:21:19.769 --> 00:21:22.690 didn't miss a beat going from one record to the 00:21:22.690 --> 00:21:24.910 next. It was amazing, and they just kept getting 00:21:24.910 --> 00:21:27.740 better and better and better. It was incredible 00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:30.819 because I have one of the first, I have an original 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:34.119 pressing of Kill Em All. Nice, from Megaforce. 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:37.200 Yes, I have the Megaforce record. It has no sleeve, 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:40.380 it has no lyrics, just a clear, that clear plastic 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:43.920 around the record. That's it. So I've been listening 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:47.680 to them since what I consider close to day one. 00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:52.579 I've seen them in a small club with Cliff playing 00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:55.980 and I've been around Metallica for my whole life. 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:59.619 And those first three records will always be 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:03.519 just, like I said, they're perfect. There's very 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.539 few records that can contend with those three 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:11.859 out of anybody that's ever recorded an album. 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:15.119 But Scream of Your Vengeance just hit me hard. 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:17.700 I heard it before that stuff, so it holds even 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:24.799 a very special place. Jim has been a three Peter 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:27.279 on my weekly mixtape, joining me to talk all 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:29.599 things Mo way back in the early stages of the 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:32.900 show. He also came on to do an album dive for 00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:35.500 circle of giants, as well as to build his own 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:39.359 ultimate concert set list. Huge fan of Mo will 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.579 always be a fan of these guys. Jim is the bees 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:45.599 knees. What a great dude. Awesome taste in music. 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:48.299 Thank you for all the great conversations, Jim. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:51.559 And love the fact that we're talking Judas Priest 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:55.079 and Metallica in the same breath. Amazing. Up 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:58.539 next on the Perfect Album episode, we have Doug 00:22:58.539 --> 00:23:02.240 Aldrich of the Dead Daisies. Led Zeppelin Physical 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:05.079 Graffiti for me is perfect because it covers 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:07.339 everything. It's got everything you could possibly 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:12.200 want from amazing songs and amazing guitar playing, 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:16.029 different moods. You can trip out on it, but 00:23:16.029 --> 00:23:18.630 you can also get, you know, it's like super heavy 00:23:18.630 --> 00:23:21.849 and it covers the best of Led Zeppelin to me. 00:23:22.210 --> 00:23:24.849 So a lot of people would say like other favorite 00:23:24.849 --> 00:23:28.450 album would be Zeppelin four or Zeppelin three. 00:23:28.569 --> 00:23:30.930 A lot of people, it's a sleeper album, Zeppelin 00:23:30.930 --> 00:23:34.089 three, but a lot of people love that album. There 00:23:34.089 --> 00:23:36.710 was a little competition. What was their favorite 00:23:36.710 --> 00:23:39.190 album? One, two or three. And a lot of people 00:23:39.190 --> 00:23:42.049 would, I picked two because Led Zeppelin two. 00:23:42.210 --> 00:23:45.390 Yep. that was my first album that I got from 00:23:45.390 --> 00:23:47.329 Zeppelin and I love it. And it's got a lot of 00:23:47.329 --> 00:23:50.650 great songs on it, but Zeppelin three also has 00:23:50.650 --> 00:23:53.309 got like amazing songs and a lot of different 00:23:53.309 --> 00:23:56.029 styles to it. So people, a lot of people love 00:23:56.029 --> 00:23:58.829 that, but for me, physical graffiti would be 00:23:58.829 --> 00:24:02.009 it. Be sure to check out the album dive episode 00:24:02.009 --> 00:24:04.609 that we did on the dead daisies looking for trouble. 00:24:04.650 --> 00:24:07.769 We go deep into the blues with Doug, incredibly 00:24:07.769 --> 00:24:10.509 fun blues album. Great. Listen, be sure to check 00:24:10.509 --> 00:24:13.109 that out. And while we're on the topic of Led 00:24:13.109 --> 00:24:15.710 Zeppelin, let's turn it over to Paul Jackson 00:24:15.710 --> 00:24:19.210 of Blackberry Smoke with his choice for the perfect 00:24:19.210 --> 00:24:23.509 album. Oh, God. That comes with so many different 00:24:23.509 --> 00:24:25.930 things. Like maybe there's a guitar record I 00:24:25.930 --> 00:24:28.490 like. Maybe there's a vocal record I like. You 00:24:28.490 --> 00:24:31.950 know, oh, God, that is hard. That's tough. That's 00:24:31.950 --> 00:24:39.460 a mean question. Oh, my God. Because we talk 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:41.140 about this all the time. Like Brandon and I are 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:43.900 listening to a record and we're going like every 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:46.839 band has their dark side of the moon, which is 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:50.079 their beginning to end. Nothing wrong with it. 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:53.900 Everything. So it's hard. And I'll start thinking 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:56.700 about Van Halen and Ozzy and stuff in my head. 00:24:57.539 --> 00:25:02.839 God. I'll accept one because it was fresh out 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:04.880 of the box. I'm trying to remember because my 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:07.319 head's spinning with all this music. Trying to. 00:25:08.089 --> 00:25:10.950 Thinking most of the songs on it. Just the riffs, 00:25:11.009 --> 00:25:14.250 the sound. It didn't take a lot of equipment 00:25:14.250 --> 00:25:17.930 to make that record. Small amps with a microphone 00:25:17.930 --> 00:25:21.589 on it. And it sounds ginormous when you listen 00:25:21.589 --> 00:25:24.650 to it. I'm going to go with that one. I mean, 00:25:24.670 --> 00:25:27.349 come on, it's Led Zeppelin. But that's a tough 00:25:27.349 --> 00:25:30.750 question. Obviously, what can I say? Blackberry 00:25:30.750 --> 00:25:32.849 Smoke, one of my favorite live bands out there 00:25:32.849 --> 00:25:35.170 right now. Southern Rock, they are really carrying 00:25:35.170 --> 00:25:37.670 the torch. Incredible group. Be sure to check 00:25:37.670 --> 00:25:39.470 them out when they're on the road. They're always 00:25:39.470 --> 00:25:42.470 on the road. So there's really no excuse to not 00:25:42.470 --> 00:25:45.109 see some Blackberry Smoke live. And I appreciate 00:25:45.109 --> 00:25:48.789 him coming on the show to be a part of the ultimate 00:25:48.789 --> 00:25:51.369 Blackberry Smoke playlist. Be sure to check that 00:25:51.369 --> 00:25:54.450 episode out. But up next, friend of the show 00:25:54.450 --> 00:25:57.210 and Patreon mixtaper, Chad LaMassa chimes in 00:25:57.210 --> 00:26:00.970 with his choice. for the perfect album. The perfect 00:26:00.970 --> 00:26:03.950 album selection was a little tough for me. I 00:26:03.950 --> 00:26:06.690 guess for me, a perfect album is a no -skip album 00:26:06.690 --> 00:26:09.549 and just one that I can just go back to over 00:26:09.549 --> 00:26:12.549 and over and over. There are so many to choose 00:26:12.549 --> 00:26:16.690 from. The Violent Femmes debut album, pretty 00:26:16.690 --> 00:26:20.390 much anything by Emily Wolfe or ZZ Ward or Weakened 00:26:20.390 --> 00:26:24.829 Friends. But the one I'm going with is Nine Inch 00:26:24.829 --> 00:26:27.619 Nails' Pretty Hate Machine. That was the first 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:31.700 album that really showed me that artists could 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:34.539 be writing from my heart, if that makes sense. 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:37.920 I kind of found that album a little bit late. 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:40.240 It came out in 89 and I didn't really find it 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:44.400 until sometime in 1990. Anyway, in college, I 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:48.079 was going through a breakup and one song in particular 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:53.160 on that album just really was exactly everything 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:56.920 that I was going through in that breakup. that's 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.660 my selection chad has been a huge supporter of 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:03.980 my weekly mixtape since he first discovered the 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:06.539 show and even going back and checking out all 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:09.319 the playlist wars episodes is a huge part of 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:12.200 the show's discord channel had some great musical 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:15.059 conversations with him over the years appreciate 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:17.940 all those discussions and your friendship man 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:20.660 thank you so much for being a part of the my 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.859 weekly mixtape community it means the world to 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:26.650 me but i do have to say You're not alone with 00:27:26.650 --> 00:27:28.990 your love for Nine Inch Nails because up next 00:27:28.990 --> 00:27:32.569 is Barry Kirch of Shinedown's choice for the 00:27:32.569 --> 00:27:36.730 perfect album. I mean, I could go with the cliche 00:27:36.730 --> 00:27:39.309 answer of Beach Boys Pet Sounds because it is. 00:27:39.589 --> 00:27:42.809 It's a perfect record. But for me, in my world, 00:27:42.849 --> 00:27:44.769 a perfect record is Nine Inch Nails' Downward 00:27:44.769 --> 00:27:48.450 Spiral. From front to back. Life -changing, formative 00:27:48.450 --> 00:27:51.029 for me. That was 1994. That was the year I graduated 00:27:51.029 --> 00:27:54.380 high school and went to college. But there is 00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:57.940 not a bad song on there. The king of industrial, 00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:01.900 in my opinion. And again, that's all him. That's 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:05.299 his writing, his thing. And that record doesn't 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:07.900 have a bad moment on it. And it was so different 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:10.059 and so ahead of its time that that's a perfect 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:14.579 record. That, hell, Disintegration from the Cure 00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:18.539 is a perfect record. There's not a ton of perfect 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:21.119 records out there, but there's a few. Those are 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.500 the two that pop into my mind right out the bat. 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:25.339 And obviously fans of Shinedown know that they've 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:27.440 got The Killing Fields, which is out now. And 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:29.140 oh yeah, remember when Barry was on the show, 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:32.539 he talked about that song being forthcoming as 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:36.240 well as their singles 365 and Dance Kid Dance. 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:39.119 You could check all them out on the ultimate 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.579 Shinedown playlist episode that we did earlier 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:45.099 this year. One of the highlights of this series 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:47.759 run. Appreciate Barry coming on the show and 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.759 talking all things Shinedown with me. and looking 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:52.660 forward to what the band is going to be bringing 00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:56.980 to the table with Shinedown 8. Up next, it's 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:59.539 my boy Jay Sweet, all the way back since the 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:01.839 TuneStyles days. Day one, him and I have been 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.559 podcasting together now over seven years, and 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:06.160 I'm sure there's going to be more to say down 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.000 the road in the future, whenever that may be, 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:10.779 but here's Jay Sweet's choice for the perfect 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:17.039 album. Wow, that's a great question. Oh, boy. 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:20.400 Oh, wow. Which I was just thinking about that 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:26.079 the other day. Like, I mean, I got that is a 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:29.000 really great question. I love stumping people 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:31.480 with this one because believe it or not, it's 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:34.579 an easy question. Yes. But when you think about 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:37.720 perfection, it's so subjective. It really makes 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:40.059 this a tough question. Yeah, absolutely. And 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:44.140 it could vary depending on what genre or what. 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:47.099 decade you want to go with or what year even 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:50.039 you could break it down that granularly um yeah 00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:52.480 but you've stalled long enough all right let's 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:57.180 go oh uh all right gun to my head pearl jams 00:29:57.180 --> 00:30:03.019 10 oh nice every song on that album fits you 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:05.119 know exactly what you're getting it's a pure 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:08.220 pearl jam album and they set you up and they 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:10.779 never let you down all the way through that record 00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:13.680 And I have to ask, because you and I are also 00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:16.880 audiophiles a little bit, which mix do you prefer, 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:20.539 the original 1991 mix or the remix that Brendan 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.619 O 'Brien did? Oh, I like the original just for 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:25.980 the nostalgia feeling of it. Jay, always appreciate 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:29.180 your friendship and the many, many, many musical 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:31.579 conversations we've had over the years. I'm sure 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:34.720 there's many, many, many more to come. So I appreciate 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:37.980 your friendship and being a part of the My Weekly 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:41.740 Mixtape. canon for so many shows you have definitely 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.920 earned your board shorts my friend thank you 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:48.220 so so much and up next one of my closest friends 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:51.480 on the planet bob spears chiming in with his 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:55.119 choice for the perfect album there's a few examples 00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:57.799 i'm trying to pick which one would be the best 00:30:57.799 --> 00:31:03.940 answer my goodness okay so really when you think 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:07.640 about what would be the best possible full album. 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.599 You have to think of a record that you just can't 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:14.039 really imagine listening to a single song and 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:17.299 not hearing the very next song. A good example 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:19.359 would be, say, The Beatles' Abbey Road, just 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:21.240 simply because of the medley at the back end. 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:24.180 You can't start Golden Slumbers and not go all 00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:27.359 the way through till the end or Her Majesty. 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:30.619 And that's pretty close, but I would say probably 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:32.720 the most perfect album, the one that you just 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:35.529 kind of have to listen to beginning to end. is 00:31:35.529 --> 00:31:39.089 it's it's it's kind of a cliche answer i hate 00:31:39.089 --> 00:31:41.769 to tell you but it's dark side of the moon really 00:31:41.769 --> 00:31:45.069 that just whole record it just all flows together 00:31:45.069 --> 00:31:48.049 when you hear the one end of one song you want 00:31:48.049 --> 00:31:49.569 to hear the next even when if the album breaks 00:31:49.569 --> 00:31:51.730 from side a to side b you there's that pause 00:31:51.730 --> 00:31:54.509 and then you have to hear money come in it's 00:31:54.509 --> 00:31:57.089 just perfect as far as the record goes it sounds 00:31:57.089 --> 00:32:00.009 good the engineering is amazing musicianship 00:32:00.009 --> 00:32:03.329 is good the lyrics are good the album cover is 00:32:03.329 --> 00:32:06.059 even good It's iconic. So you can't go wrong 00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:09.299 with that record at all. So yeah, it's an easy 00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:11.339 answer. Unfortunately, I wish I could have gotten 00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:14.079 something a little deeper, but sometimes the 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.039 greats are the greats for a reason. And that's 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:21.279 it. Absolutely undeniable. Love the choice. Love 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.680 the pick. And with that, we are going to move 00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:27.779 on to my friend and musician and fellow podcaster 00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:30.960 and all around incredible human being, Sean Faust. 00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:34.230 He is up next with his choice. For the perfect 00:32:34.230 --> 00:32:38.589 album. That's tough. Because I mean. I'm sure 00:32:38.589 --> 00:32:40.849 I've been vocal about my favorite albums. Through 00:32:40.849 --> 00:32:44.230 the years. On multiple episodes of this show. 00:32:45.430 --> 00:32:47.849 But an album that's perfect. Even those albums 00:32:47.849 --> 00:32:50.190 that are my favorites. That are my top fives. 00:32:50.829 --> 00:32:53.250 They still have like a song. That I could always 00:32:53.250 --> 00:32:56.589 skip. But an album that's perfect from front 00:32:56.589 --> 00:33:01.009 to end. It's the first CD I ever owned. It is 00:33:01.009 --> 00:33:05.210 Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche. Nice. This 00:33:05.210 --> 00:33:09.549 just might be the album that really truly opened 00:33:09.549 --> 00:33:12.289 the gateway to prog rock for me. Now, I was already 00:33:12.289 --> 00:33:15.869 a huge Floyd fan at this time, but where Floyd 00:33:15.869 --> 00:33:19.150 embodies prog rock in the ethereal, spacey, and 00:33:19.150 --> 00:33:22.509 just arrangement way, when you think of prog 00:33:22.509 --> 00:33:24.130 rock, you think of shredding. You think of like 00:33:24.130 --> 00:33:27.329 Yes or Rush or Dream Theater. I could have gone 00:33:27.329 --> 00:33:30.450 with Scenes from a Memory, but no. This is probably 00:33:30.450 --> 00:33:33.809 my favorite concept album of all time as well. 00:33:33.970 --> 00:33:35.829 And I know I'm probably pissing off a lot of 00:33:35.829 --> 00:33:37.549 people with that one because there is The Wall. 00:33:37.710 --> 00:33:41.009 There is Scenes from a Memory. There's Them from 00:33:41.009 --> 00:33:42.809 King Diamond. I mean, what the hell? These are 00:33:42.809 --> 00:33:46.309 all great albums. However, man, Operation Mindcrime 00:33:46.309 --> 00:33:49.970 from beginning to end tells... It's so compelling 00:33:49.970 --> 00:33:53.250 to just listen to. I don't want to ruin it for 00:33:53.250 --> 00:33:56.079 those of you who haven't heard it. Go... Listen 00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:58.440 to it, put on headphones, just immerse yourself 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:01.680 into this. This is Queensryche challenging themselves 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:05.359 to do something a little bit outside the box 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:07.119 from what they had been doing with the EP and 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:11.699 the two albums before that. And this just, man, 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:14.320 I can't even finish a sentence thinking about 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:16.880 this album. But Operation Mindcrime is definitely 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:20.300 that perfect album for me. Sean's been on many 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:22.880 episodes of My Weekly Mixtape, so be sure to 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.099 go back and check out all those episodes. The 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:27.579 most recent one we did was the Ultimate Fish 00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:30.179 playlist, so be sure to check that one out, as 00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:32.980 well as all of Sean's music. He performs throughout 00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:35.940 New Jersey, as well as with Slippery When Wet 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:38.559 New Jersey, which is the ultimate Bon Jovi tribute 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:41.059 in this area. Be sure to check him out. Check 00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:43.079 out his originals. Check out his music. Check 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.820 out all the things he's trying to do over there. 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:49.360 SeanFaustMusic .com. Appreciate your friendship, 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:52.880 man, and being a part of the show. Now up next 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:55.500 is an album that in the world of My Weekly Mixtape 00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:59.739 couldn't be more perfect. As Sean and this next 00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:03.980 guest both joined me for the Trios episode of 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:06.380 My Weekly Mixtape. And Sean and this gentleman, 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:09.460 that being Jason Whistle, host of It's Not That 00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:12.900 Bad and There Can Only Be One, really are on 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:16.059 the same page musically. And I think nothing 00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:20.980 speaks to that more than Jason's pick for the 00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:25.320 perfect album. So Brian has tasked me here with 00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:28.699 coming up with something I consider to be a perfect 00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:31.039 album. And that's going to be hard, right? Because 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:35.320 it's got to be the flow all the way through front 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:40.400 to back. No skips whatsoever. All killer. No 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:42.829 filler. And I had to think about it, right? Because 00:35:42.829 --> 00:35:44.949 there are some albums where I've actually called 00:35:44.949 --> 00:35:47.710 them perfect albums on the show. And I'm like, 00:35:47.710 --> 00:35:50.710 but what was really, to me, a perfect album? 00:35:50.889 --> 00:35:55.530 And I have to go back a ways. And I'm going with 00:35:55.530 --> 00:35:59.949 a live album for this. Now, anyone who has listened 00:35:59.949 --> 00:36:02.829 to the episodes that I've been on on my weekly 00:36:02.829 --> 00:36:05.730 mixtape will know that I'm a massive Queensryche 00:36:05.730 --> 00:36:08.929 fan. So it comes as no surprise when I say that 00:36:08.929 --> 00:36:11.809 I'm picking Queensryche's Operation Live Crime. 00:36:11.969 --> 00:36:14.610 Now, follow me along with this one. This was 00:36:14.610 --> 00:36:18.510 one of those albums that I would put on at night 00:36:18.510 --> 00:36:21.769 and just try to sleep to because I'm a weight 00:36:21.769 --> 00:36:24.349 noise sleeper. But I found myself gravitating 00:36:24.349 --> 00:36:27.269 towards live albums because I always had this 00:36:27.269 --> 00:36:32.329 dream. of being on stage. And the live albums 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:34.590 at least helped me kind of envision that and 00:36:34.590 --> 00:36:36.889 get into that dream state as I was trying to 00:36:36.889 --> 00:36:40.489 get to sleep. It helped that I also had the VHS. 00:36:40.750 --> 00:36:44.070 Yeah, I said VHS copy of Operation Live Crime. 00:36:44.369 --> 00:36:47.590 And this was the first time I had ever seen Queensryche 00:36:47.590 --> 00:36:51.110 on tour. It was the Empire tour. I saw them at 00:36:51.110 --> 00:36:56.000 the Lansdowne Park. In Ottawa, Ontario, Warrior 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:58.019 Soul was opening and I completely dated myself. 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:02.159 But that show really showed to me what you could 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:05.380 do with an entire album front to back. And the 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.940 fact that it was a concept album, they had the 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:09.039 video screens, the whole works like this really, 00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:13.079 really captivated me because it tapped into my 00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:17.659 TV production background. It tapped into my music 00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:21.539 background. It tapped into my wish to be a musician 00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:24.159 background. So really. The fact that they pulled 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:27.900 off this concept album so perfectly live and 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:30.639 the live sound on the album is so good, too, 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:34.000 that you can't really go wrong with anything 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:38.059 about Queensryche's Operation Live Crime. Obviously, 00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:41.400 back to back Operation Mind Crime and Operation 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:43.940 Live Crime is absolutely awesome. I can't wait 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.780 for the two of them to hear this on the episode 00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:48.139 and get a laugh because neither one of them knew 00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:50.929 what they picked for this one. That being said, 00:37:50.969 --> 00:37:53.690 I want to thank Jason for his friendship and 00:37:53.690 --> 00:37:56.610 being a driving force at the beginning of my 00:37:56.610 --> 00:37:58.690 weekly mixtape. When I talked to him about the 00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:01.210 idea, he was like, hey, let's hop on and record 00:38:01.210 --> 00:38:04.150 an episode. And that episode became episode one, 00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:07.969 the ultimate opening guitar riffs. So Jason, 00:38:08.030 --> 00:38:11.769 I can't say enough. To thank you for your friendship 00:38:11.769 --> 00:38:13.550 and all the help you've done over the show. Some 00:38:13.550 --> 00:38:17.389 incredible discussions and fun episodes all throughout 00:38:17.389 --> 00:38:20.650 the My Weekly Mixtape catalog. So go back and 00:38:20.650 --> 00:38:23.929 check it out. But more importantly, Jay is kicking 00:38:23.929 --> 00:38:27.110 ass over at It's Not That Bad and There Can Only 00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:30.710 Be One. So much going on over there. One of my 00:38:30.710 --> 00:38:34.530 favorite music podcasts as well as movie podcasts. 00:38:35.130 --> 00:38:37.489 Jason's an all -around great guy. Hell of a guest. 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:40.739 And I cannot wait to hear what he's got coming 00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:42.880 up in the future. And who knows? Chances are 00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:45.579 I'll be popping over on each of those shows to 00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:47.960 drop by and say hey every now and then. So, Jay, 00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:52.019 thank you again, my friend. Up next, John Laurie 00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:55.079 of Tantric and Smile Empty Soul chimes in with 00:38:55.079 --> 00:39:00.420 his choice for the perfect album. Also a tough 00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:03.360 question. Give me one second to think about this. 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:12.340 Perfect record from front to back. I'm going 00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:16.139 to go with, there's a Reliant K record that is 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:19.920 so seamless from the start to the finish with 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:24.019 songs woven between that all interlock in such 00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:26.639 a great way. I'm going to go with Reliant K's 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:30.280 Mm -hmm. So it's M -H -M -M, I think is how they're 00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.760 spelling it. But yeah, that's what I'm going 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:35.869 with. John has also been a guest many times on 00:39:35.869 --> 00:39:38.789 the show with his last appearance being the ultimate 00:39:38.789 --> 00:39:41.389 cowbell anthems playlist. So be sure to check 00:39:41.389 --> 00:39:44.389 that one out as well as all things in the tantric 00:39:44.389 --> 00:39:47.170 and smile empty soul universe. He's always on 00:39:47.170 --> 00:39:50.309 the road. He creates some of the best funniest 00:39:50.309 --> 00:39:53.309 content over on Instagram. Be sure to follow 00:39:53.309 --> 00:39:56.949 him at John's drum studio. That's J O N S drum 00:39:56.949 --> 00:39:59.869 studio over on Instagram. It's worth the follow. 00:39:59.949 --> 00:40:03.230 Trust me when I say that. Up next is country 00:40:03.230 --> 00:40:06.590 musician Carrie Cunningham and her choice for 00:40:06.590 --> 00:40:10.130 the perfect album. You know what? As you're talking, 00:40:10.289 --> 00:40:12.469 I was like, oh no, this is going to be so hard. 00:40:12.909 --> 00:40:18.269 But I think I have an answer. It is Raising Sand 00:40:18.269 --> 00:40:23.590 by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Ooh. It is 00:40:23.590 --> 00:40:27.730 so good. It is so good and is so left of center 00:40:27.730 --> 00:40:31.659 that... every time you hear it it's and and again 00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:35.320 they're all covers but they are the way that 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:37.880 allison krauss and robert plant made them and 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:41.500 their voices together the different instrumentation 00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:45.579 how one song goes to the next song that album 00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:51.559 as a whole i think is my top favorite album from 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:54.960 start to finish I had the pleasure of speaking 00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:57.860 with Carrie twice on my weekly mixtape. First, 00:40:58.059 --> 00:41:00.980 for the Ultimate Female Country Artists playlist, 00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:04.760 as well as the Ultimate 90s Country Artists playlist. 00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:07.639 I appreciate both of her appearances on the show. 00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:10.599 Incredible conversation, great insight into the 00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:13.739 genre, and she's a hell of a singer and a hell 00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:16.360 of a musician. So be sure to check out her music 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:21.559 at CarrieLive .com. Coming up next, Cody Hanson 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:27.909 of Hinder with his choice, I would say the first 00:41:27.909 --> 00:41:30.090 Third Eye Blind record or the first one, you 00:41:30.090 --> 00:41:32.090 know, the one that's got, you know, Jumper and 00:41:32.090 --> 00:41:34.650 So Much Armed Life and all those on it. So that 00:41:34.650 --> 00:41:38.010 one is one for me. And then the first Thornley 00:41:38.010 --> 00:41:41.530 record. Wow. Yeah, that's one that most people 00:41:41.530 --> 00:41:43.969 actually that I know haven't even heard or heard 00:41:43.969 --> 00:41:46.530 of. I've heard of it and I've heard it. Yeah, 00:41:46.590 --> 00:41:49.190 man, that's a great album from start to finish. 00:41:49.289 --> 00:41:51.010 I love everything about it. I think the songs 00:41:51.010 --> 00:41:54.619 are great. I think the guitar tones are incredible, 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.360 which is weird because they're all like all digitally 00:41:58.360 --> 00:42:01.019 done, you know, but it was the way they stacked 00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:03.440 them and layered them. And it was kind of a new 00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:06.960 thing at the time. And so I just I just think 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:09.739 the whole thing is really, really cool. Hinder 00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.400 is out now supporting their brand new album Back 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:15.400 to Life, which is an album dive episode of My 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:17.199 Weekly Mixtape. And you go back in the archives 00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:19.739 and check that out. Bring Me Back to Life, one 00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:22.860 of my favorite songs of 2025. It's really struck 00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:26.039 a chord with me on so many levels. Incredible 00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:28.900 song. Great to see these guys still at it and 00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:31.139 kicking ass and taking names. Be sure to catch 00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:33.219 them when they roll through the area. Really 00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:35.219 fun episode if you haven't heard that one yet. 00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:39.139 Up next, Sylvan and Jesse at the Perfectly Good 00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:42.320 Podcast with each of their choices for the perfect 00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:46.420 album. Many. Which is to say that we are very 00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:48.860 blessed to live in a time where music is available 00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:53.199 to us and also that we have lived in a time that 00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:56.219 albums were an art form that musicians cared 00:42:56.219 --> 00:43:00.280 about crafting as a complete work. I don't know 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:02.320 if we're going to lose that in the coming years. 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:06.019 I certainly hope not. But as you were suggesting 00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:10.679 that, I think one that I just have to put out 00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:16.219 there is Tom Petty's Wallflowers. It is so perfect 00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:20.760 in the rise and the fall. And I think it was 00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:22.840 the album that he was trying to make for many 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:27.400 years. And I will also say that one of the first 00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:31.320 times that I started chatting with a woman named 00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:35.500 Nancy Stanley Hyatt, it was talking about how 00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:38.820 much I miss Tom Petty after he died and how that 00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:42.800 album affected me. So it is just a. Absolutely 00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.679 exquisite piece of writing and performance. And 00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:48.820 I could listen to it no matter what mood I'm 00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:51.480 in. Now, Jesse, the same question to you. Now, 00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:54.539 I know you host a show called Setlusting Bruce. 00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:57.599 So I'll be curious to see if you go with a Bruce 00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:00.480 Springsteen album or not. You know, I was waiting 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:03.239 for you to ask my favorite John Hyatt album, 00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:08.239 and that would be Stolen Moments. But no, this 00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:15.429 is a cliche, but. In 77, when I discovered Endless 00:44:15.429 --> 00:44:18.409 Summer, which was an 8 -track, which was a collection 00:44:18.409 --> 00:44:23.449 of Beach Boys hits, I discovered and loved the 00:44:23.449 --> 00:44:27.110 Beach Boys. And when I bought Pet Sounds, I said, 00:44:27.210 --> 00:44:30.730 what is this? I have no idea. What is this? I 00:44:30.730 --> 00:44:34.530 don't get this. There's instrumentals. This isn't 00:44:34.530 --> 00:44:38.110 a Beach Boy album. And I often talk about that. 00:44:38.210 --> 00:44:40.050 It's, I think, what a lot of people, when they 00:44:40.050 --> 00:44:42.760 pick up Nebraska. from Bruce Springsteen. They 00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:46.739 go, wait a minute, this isn't The River. But 00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:50.340 push comes to shove when people ask me, what 00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:54.360 is your favorite album? I usually say Pet Sounds, 00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:59.400 and it's an album that I listen to probably a 00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:03.579 couple of times a year, and usually just in the 00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:08.280 dark with headphones on, just enjoying this journey 00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:11.780 that Brian Wilson took us on. I am so happy that 00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:13.619 we finally got Tom Petty into the discussion. 00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:15.820 I would have been really upset if that didn't 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:19.139 come up. My favorite Tom Petty album ever. Perfect 00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:22.099 album. Obviously, glad that it made the list. 00:45:22.260 --> 00:45:24.980 No denying Pet Sounds either. Sylvan and Jesse, 00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:28.039 perfectly good podcast. If you're a John Hyatt 00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.179 fan, you need to check out what they're doing 00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:32.940 over there. Going song by song through one of 00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:35.179 the greatest songwriters of all time's catalog. 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:39.179 please check it out. And also Jesse has set lusting 00:45:39.179 --> 00:45:41.559 Bruce for all of your Bruce Springsteen needs 00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:45.159 two incredible podcasts, two incredible people. 00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:48.360 And it was my pleasure to be a guest on the let 00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:51.139 it ride episode of perfectly good podcast. And 00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:53.619 Sylvan and Jesse were a guest on my episode, 00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:56.500 the ultimate John Hyatt playlist, which we had 00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:59.699 such a great time doing. And hopefully. If and 00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:03.280 when the show comes back for a second run, we 00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:05.480 are going to do a volume two of that because 00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:08.380 it just has to be done. John Hyatt is one of 00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:11.079 the greats. But here we are, folks, the last 00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:14.039 choice of the night. One of the episodes this 00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:17.320 year that I was so excited to put out, the 30th 00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:19.840 anniversary of the presidents of the United States 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:23.219 of America. That album dive is back in the archives. 00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:25.400 And I had a chance to speak with Chris Ballew. 00:46:25.949 --> 00:46:28.710 lead singer of the presidents of the United States 00:46:28.710 --> 00:46:31.829 of America, about that 30th anniversary. And 00:46:31.829 --> 00:46:33.610 it was definitely a highlight of this year for 00:46:33.610 --> 00:46:37.130 me. So here is his choice for the perfect album. 00:46:37.530 --> 00:46:40.269 Well, the album that pops into my head when you 00:46:40.269 --> 00:46:44.070 describe that is Skylarking by XTC. Ooh. Yeah. 00:46:44.570 --> 00:46:47.530 Now, that album is kind of like a Sgt. Pepper's. 00:46:47.550 --> 00:46:50.269 You're flowing and going through all these different 00:46:50.269 --> 00:46:54.510 atmospheres and textures and themes and stories. 00:46:54.570 --> 00:46:57.309 And the whole story about how Todd Rundgren and 00:46:57.309 --> 00:47:00.150 XTC put that album together and how Todd Rundgren 00:47:00.150 --> 00:47:03.510 saw the songs as a cycle and kind of arranged 00:47:03.510 --> 00:47:07.710 them into this sort of narrative arc of like 00:47:07.710 --> 00:47:10.929 a metaphor for life, like being born, growing 00:47:10.929 --> 00:47:13.670 up, getting romantic with somebody, having a... 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.880 babies dying um yeah that is that album is a 00:47:17.880 --> 00:47:21.440 full -on trip that uh i back when it came out 00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:23.679 i could not listen to it enough i listened to 00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:25.900 it over and over and over and over but it's another 00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:29.260 one that's like there's no sharp edges it's all 00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:33.079 it's just taking care of you and it's very attentive 00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:36.820 to the listeners needs uh if you if you need 00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:39.400 harmony there it is and harmony melody story 00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:43.599 production it's an excellent record. So that's 00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:46.420 it. That's, that's probably the only record other 00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:48.119 than Sergeant Pepper's that I feel like there's 00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:51.699 just no dead air, no dead space. And as you can 00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:54.239 see, the perfect album runs the map from person 00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:56.960 to person. There are no right or wrong answers 00:47:56.960 --> 00:48:00.199 to this question, but. My God, what an incredible 00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:03.940 list of albums. We had ACDC's Powerage from Don 00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:07.519 Jameson, Alice in Chains' Dirt from C .J. Pierce 00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:10.880 of Drowning Pool, the Avenue Q soundtrack from 00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:13.860 Patreon mixtaper Philip Bergman, Beastie Boys' 00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:16.440 License to Ill and Foo Fighters' Greatest Hits 00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:18.900 from Jim and Lindsey Butler of Children of the 00:48:18.900 --> 00:48:22.000 80s, the Beatles' Abbey Road from Tim Foreman 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:24.860 of Switchfoot, Boston's self -titled album from 00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:28.000 Zach Derby of the Neat Cast, Jimi Hendrix's Band 00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:30.420 of Gypsies and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the 00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:33.599 Moon from Chris Voss of The Record Company. Judas 00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:36.340 Priest's Screaming for Vengeance and Metallica's 00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:40.000 first three albums from Jim Laughlin of Mo. Led 00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:42.599 Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti from Doug Aldrich 00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:45.380 of The Dead Daisies. Led Zeppelin's Zeppelin 00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:48.960 One from Paul Jackson of Blackberry Smoke. Nine 00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:50.960 Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine from Patreon 00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:54.000 mixtape or Chad LaMassa. Nine Inch Nails' The 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:56.380 Downward Spiral from Barry Kirch of Shinedown. 00:48:56.840 --> 00:49:00.000 Pearl Jam's 10 from Jay Sweet. Pink Floyd's Dark 00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:02.099 Side of the Moon. Second time for that from friend 00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:05.059 of the show, Bob Spear. Queensryche's Operation 00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:08.500 Mindcrime from Sean Faust. Queensryche's Operation 00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:11.260 Livecrime from Jason Whistle. Host of It's Not 00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:14.599 That Bad and There Can Only Be One. Reliant K's 00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:17.420 Mm -Hmm from John Laurie of Tantric and Smile 00:49:17.420 --> 00:49:21.059 Empty Soul. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising 00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:23.920 Sand from Carrie Cunningham. Third Eye Blind 00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:27.179 and Thornley from Cody Hanson of Hinder, Tom 00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:29.719 Petty's Wildflowers and the Beach Boys Pet Sounds 00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:32.659 from Sylvan and Jesse over at Perfectly Good 00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:37.159 Podcast, and XTC's Skylarking from Chris Ballew 00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:40.340 of the Presidents of the United States of America. 00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:43.639 You can find all of these albums on all the streaming 00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:46.780 sites as well as in all of your favorite independent 00:49:46.780 --> 00:49:50.360 music stores. I would prefer you do the latter, 00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:54.469 but listen to these albums. And get this music 00:49:54.469 --> 00:49:56.570 into your ear holes. You'll be thankful you did. 00:49:56.809 --> 00:50:00.269 My name is Brian Colburn. There is one episode 00:50:00.269 --> 00:50:02.909 left of my weekly mixtape, and that is coming 00:50:02.909 --> 00:50:06.090 up next week. I appreciate the love and support 00:50:06.090 --> 00:50:08.889 that you have shown this show for the last 150 00:50:08.889 --> 00:50:11.969 episodes. And next week is going to be a huge 00:50:11.969 --> 00:50:15.329 celebration of all things music as we talk about 00:50:15.329 --> 00:50:19.369 the songs that made you and me. fall in love 00:50:19.369 --> 00:50:22.329 with music i'm really excited to go down that 00:50:22.329 --> 00:50:24.070 road with you and also it's a little bittersweet 00:50:24.070 --> 00:50:26.610 because i'm gonna miss having these conversations 00:50:26.610 --> 00:50:29.519 with you all each and every week but Never say 00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:31.480 never. I didn't say we're hitting the stop button. 00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:34.420 We're only pressing pause for now. 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