Episodes

  • Discography Draft: The Black Keys

    Discography Draft: The Black Keys
    Dec 21 2024
    On this week's episode, Matt and Ryan take a break from the usual deep dive into an album and turn their attention to The Black Keys' discography. The two hosts will take turns picking albums from that discography and see how they rate on All Music. The host that picks the best-rated selection of albums will win bragging rates and have the ability to choose the artist on the next episode of Discography Draft. Whether you are a fan of The Black Keys or not, this episode will have something for everyone. 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
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    16 mins
  • Graceland by Paul Simon Album Review

    Graceland by Paul Simon Album Review
    Dec 14 2024

    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
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • SOPHIE by SOPHIE Album Review

    SOPHIE by SOPHIE Album Review
    Dec 7 2024

    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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    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
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Wynonna by Wynonna Album Review

    Wynonna by Wynonna Album Review
    Nov 30 2024

    In this week's episode, Matt and Ryan take a look at Wynonna's debut self-titled album. This album saw Wynonna's first attempt at solo material after the group The Judds disbanded in 1991. Three singles that came from this album ( "She Is Only Need", "I Saw The Light", and "No One Else On Earth") all reached no. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Tune in this week to see what the guys say about this album.

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    Time Stamps

    00:00 Intro

    02:35 Last Week Recap

    03:50 Wynonna Overview

    09:28 What It Takes

    15:54 She Is His Only Need

    24:37 I Saw The Light

    30:41 My Strongest Weakness

    35:24 When I Reach The Place I'm Going

    40:35 Ways To Support The Show

    44:28 No One Else On Earth

    49:33 It's Never Easy To Say Goodbye

    54:20 A Little Bit Of Love (Goes A Long Way)

    59:50 All Of That Love From Here

    01:04:46 Live With Jesus

    01:10:22 Overall Thoughts, Ratings, and Next Album Recommendations

    01:17:22 Next Week's Review

    01:19:29 Outro
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes Album Review

    I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes Album Review
    Nov 23 2024
    On this week's episode, Matt and Ryan finally take a dive into the world of Bright Eyes. Released in 2005, this album features some of the bands most popular songs "First Day of My Life", "Lua" and "At The Bottom of Everything". The album itself has been ranked by several publications as either the one of the best of the year or the decade. Most notably Rolling Stone placed this album at 50 out of its 100 greatest albums of the 00s. 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://twitter.com/ttheylisten⁠ ⁠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 04:16 Last Week Recap 04:42 Bright Eyes Overview 11:10 At the Bottom of Everything 16:59 We Are Nowhere and It's Now 23:04 Old Soul Song (for the New World Order) 26:59 Lua 31:56 Train Under Water 37:44 Ways To Support the Show 40:04 First Day of My Life 43:47 Another Travelin' Song 50:00 Land Locked Blues 57:40 Poison Oak 01:00:38 Road to Joy 01:06:29 Overall thoughts, ratings, and next album recommendations 01:12:47 Next Week's Review 01:14:21 Outro
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones Album Review

    Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones Album Review
    Nov 16 2024

    In this week's episode, Matt and Ryan take a look at the self-titled debut album from American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. Rickie Lee Jones won Best New Artist during the 1980 Grammy Awards. AllMusic said this about the album: "Rickie Lee Jones comes on like the love child of Laura Nyro and Tom Waits on her astounding self-titled debut album that simultaneously sounds like a synthesis of many familiar styles and like nothing that anybody's ever done before." Check out this week's episode to see what the guys have to say about the record.
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    Ryan’s Vinyl Collection
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    Time Stamps
    00:00 Intro
    03:17 Last Week Recap
    05:01 Rickie Lee Jones Overview
    09:40 Chuck's E.'s in Love
    16:38 On Saturday Afternoons in 1963
    21:17 Night Train
    26:28 Young Blood
    29:16 Easy Money
    33:49 The Last Chance Texaco
    39:30 Ways to Support the Show
    41:11 Danny's All-Star Joint
    46:42 Coolsville
    51:55 Weasel and the White Boys Cool
    58:16 Company
    01:03:05 After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Goodnight)
    01:06:31 Overall thoughts, ratings and next album recommendations.
    01:13:04 Next Week's Review
    01:15:00 Outro
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • SABLE, by Bon Iver Album Review

    SABLE, by Bon Iver Album Review
    Nov 9 2024
    On this week's episode, Matt and Ryan take a look at another 2024 release with the new EP from Bon Iver called SABLE,. This EP sees the group going back to its roots that were found in the 2007 release For Emma, Forever Ago. Bon Iver hit a peak in popularity in 2012 when they won two Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Album for their self titled LP. The group has been spending the past fews years collaborating with the likes Zac Bryan and Taylor Swift. 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://twitter.com/ttheylisten⁠ ⁠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 01:55 Last Week Recap 02:50 Bon Iver Overview 12:36 ... 15:01 THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS 22:19 S P E Y S I D E 28:46 AWARDS SEASON 40:46 Overall thoughts, ratings and next album recommendations 45:02 Next Week's Review 46:08 Outro
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    47 mins
  • Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention Album Review

    Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention Album Review
    Nov 2 2024
    On this week's episode, the guys go to the year of 1966 to examine the debut studio album by The Mothers of Invention called Freak Out!. This album is often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums. The band takes a satirical approach in this record talking about the American landscape at the time. Blending elements of 70s rock, doo wop and free form rock, this album helped launch the band and it's leader Frank Zappa into an extensive career that has gotten many fans over the years. 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://twitter.com/ttheylisten⁠ ⁠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 03:08 The Mothers of Invention Overview 09:14 Hungry Freaks, Daddy 17:35 I Ain't Got No Heart 21:46 Who Are the Brain Police? 26:12 Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder 29:36 Motherly Love 32:37 How Could I Be Such A Fool 35:08 Wowie Zowie 38:12 You Didn't Try to Call Me 41:18 Ways to Support the Show 42:41 Any Way the Wind Blows 45:50 I'm Not Satisfied 50:00 You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here 54:07 Trouble Every Day 58:54 Help I'm A Rock 01:05:54 It Can't Happen Here 01:09:57The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet in Two Tableaux) 01:14:20Overall Thoughts, Ratings and Next Album Recommendations 01:21:27 Next Week's Review 01:22:50 Outro
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    1 hr and 24 mins