In this week's episode, Matt and Ryan take a look at the seventh album by Paul Simon named Graceland. This album incorporates genres ranging from pop, rock, a cappella, zydeco and South African styles such as isicathamiya and mbaqanga. This album was Simon's most successful studio album. It won album of the year in 1987 at the Grammy Awards. Tune into this episode to see what the guys have to say about this album. If you like the podcast, please give us a five-star rating and share it with a friend. If you have a recommendation for a future episode, email us at ttheylisten@gmail.com Social Media Links https://bsky.app/profile/ttheylisten.bsky.social ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ttheylisten/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ttheylisten⁠ https://www.threads.net/@ttheylisten Ryan’s Vinyl Collection https://www.discogs.com/user/rjk3168/collection Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 01:44 Last Week Recap 03:13 Graceland Overview 09:47 The Boy in the Bubble 14:27 Graceland 20:21 I Know What I Know 25:37 Gumboots 29:48 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes 35:09 You Can Call Me Al 39:59 Ways To Support The Show 43:07 Understand African Skies 48:29 Homeless 52:30 Crazy Love, Vol. II 56:59 That Was Your Mother 01:01:15 All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints 01:06:29 Overall Thoughts, Ratings and Next Album Recommendations 01:11:56 Next Week's Review Selection 01:13:58 Outro

In this week's episode, Matt and Ryan look at the second and final album by the artist SOPHIE. Released posthumously this year, SOPHIE's brother saw the unfinished tracks she left behind and decided to finalize them to produce this album. SOPHIE was known for her work that had a brash take on pop, club, and EDM. Tune into this episode to see what the guys say about this album.

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Ryan’s Vinyl Collection

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00:00 Intro
01:37 Last Week Recap
02:42 SOPHIE Overview
09:04 Intro (The Full Horror)
12:20 Rawwwwww
18:06 Plunging Asymptote
22:11 The Dome's Protection
26:50 Reason Why
30:50 Live in My Truth
34:53 Why Lies
39:27 Do You Wanna Be Alive
43:39 Ways To Support The Show
46:34 Elegance
48:41 Berlin Nightmare
51:30 Gallop
53:31 One More Time
56:24 Exhilarate
01:00:03 Always and Forever
01:06:00 My Forever
01:08:25 Love Me off Earth
01:13:39 Overall Thoughts, Ratings and Next Album Recommendations
01:22:59 Next Week's Review Selection
01:24:57 Outro