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Let it rock! We're Livin' On A Prayer this week with Bon Jovi's first of two back-to-back knockout albums, Slippery When Wet! This 1986 classic bridges the gap between glam metal and pop, walking a f…

We hit the sidewalk and this is how it starts. James and Connor are going Guns Out for Young The Giant's 2011 eponymous debut album! This so-called "beach" record tackles weighty concepts through tra…

Oye Como Va! Grab your guitars and your guiros... we're talking about Santana's sophomore album, Abraxas! This primarily instrumental Latin fusion record features some of the band's all-time classics…

HAPPY 100TH EPISODE! We're taking on an iconic album to celebrate: Abbey Road, the Beatles' eleventh album and the last one they would record together. One side contains standalone hits like Come Tog…

Get ready to Shake Your Money Maker with us... We're talking about the debut album of Atlanta blues rockers The Black Crowes! This 1990 record contains some of their biggest hits, from the heart-wren…

How Will You Know If You Never Try? No, we're not asking... that's the title of COIN's second album! Whether you're looking forward to the future like Don't Cry, 2020 or looking back on the past like…

This week we're walking from Boulder To Birmingham with country-folk pioneer Emmylou Harris' sophomore album, Pieces Of The Sky! Written in the wake of the death of her friend and mentor Gram Parsons…

Release your wiggle! This week we're getting Heated with Beyoncé's Grammy-nominated seventh studio album Renaissance! With carefully-chosen samples and infectious grooves, this album perfectly encaps…

It's Gonna Be May, and we're kicking the month off by saying "hi, hi, hi" to the boys behind Bye Bye Bye, *NSYNC! Their turn-of-the-millennium record No Strings Attached epitomizes the boy band revol…

Take the A-Train with us this week! We're stepping back in time into an era of jazz, and celebrating the special birthday of someone very near and dear to the podcast... Duke Ellington! He'd be 124 t…

Are you gonna take it? We're not! And neither is Twisted Sister, the iconic hair metal band that wants to rock (Rock)! As we learn about their third and most famous LP, Stay Hungry, James and Connor …

Just how heavy are wings, anyway? This week James and Connor are running (just in case) with Miranda Lambert's first double-album that reads more like pages straight from her diary than a record of c…

Connor's Year Of Vengeance is almost over, and this week he lands another blow with a new concept-- Ray Stevens' Career Classics! We're talking about all his greatest hits, serious and silly alike, a…

Welcome to the '90s! We're kicking off this podcast era with a special Singles episode dedicated to the biggest hits from one of music's most unpredictable decades, the 1990s! The charts were full of…

Every girl's crazy about a Sharp Dressed Man, and this week WE'RE going crazy about ZZ Top's blues-rock crossover hit, Eliminator! We're talking about the iconic bearded trio and learning about their…

Somebody stole my Car Radio so now I just listen to Spin It! We're going Semi-Automatic this week with Vessel, the major-label debut of central Ohio alt-pop duo Twenty One Pilots. From the erratic, u…

We're having a Record Year so far, and we're keeping the Round Here Buzz coming with Eric Church's fifth album, Mr. Misunderstood! Written, recorded, and released in just 70 days, this record is a pr…

It's like Butter, baby! James and Connor are kickin' it (yes, we can) with A Tribe Called Quest and their sophomore record, The Low End Theory! Aside from being one of the most renowned and transform…

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave! Join James and Connor as we live Life In The Fast Lane and spend some time with the Eagles' best-selling studio album of all time: Hotel …

Oh, Great Illinois, it can only start with you! In 2005 Sufjan Stevens put out the second (and final) album of his ambitious 50 States Project, a 22-track tribute to the Midwest's "center of gravity,…