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Every episode sees the albums of an established artist ranked in order of greatness and discussed in nerderific detail, with the help or hindrance of some special guests and friends. It"s a right ol" rank-fest!

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00:45:01

Wide Awake 2023 Review

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2023/06/11

Desiiiiiiirrrreeee (hey, hey, hey, HEY!) we've got a review for you! A couple of weeks ago, Chris and Nikki hopped on the tube to Brockwell Park for Wide Awake festival and discuss the musical, culinary and meteorological highlights of the day! We've made a little playlist in case you want a taster of the sets mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1UWKFJjct0OOKistZBRUpB?si=0161d043ac054c49 If you went along too, get in touch with your highlights on Twitter @BBTS_pod As always,

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00:59:16

Episode 43: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Part 2)

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2023/05/28

We're ranking off the edge of the world! Chris and Nikki conclude their journey through the discography of Yeah Yeah Yeahs with the divisive 'Mosquito' and 2022's succinct comeback, 'Cool It Down'. In this episode's special feature, 'Frock and/or roll', we rank our top 5 iconic festival set outfits. Be sure to get in touch with any thoughts of your own on Twitter @BBTS_pod Reviews, subscriptions and recommendations to a friend are medically proven* to be good

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00:55:27

Episode 43: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Part 1)

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2023/05/28

Wait... they don't rank you like I rank you. Chris and Nikki rank and explore the discography of New York garage-rock revivalists/disco-post-punk pioneers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs! In part 1, we delve into the huge debut, 'Fever To Tell', the more polished follow up, 'Show Your Bones', and the ambitious 'It's Blitz!' All of our top choices are in the Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31oE2QdQMvstyRVqGpJRIV?si=1c33025c2200441d ---

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01:40:42

Episode 42 (with Arkady English): blink-182 (Part 2)

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2023/05/01

Where do we go from here? Turn all the lights down now, Smiling from ear to ear (I'm rankin' this!) Our breathing's got too loud (I'm rankin' this!) Chris and Arkady continue to wade through the glistening, then increasingly murky waters of blink-182's discography. Part 2 includes (probably too in depth, let's be honest) assessments of: blink-182 (untitled, Neighborhoods, California and NINE. Arkady provides more practical demonstrations, Chris gets grumpy about

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01:41:02

Episode 42 (with Arkady English): blink-182 (Part 1)

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2023/05/01

Everything has fallen to pieces, Earth is dying, rank me Jesus. Get comfy, Black Band T-Shirt is back with a new episode of typically, bum-numbingly epic proportions as long time friend and former bandmate, Arkady English, joins Chris to rank and discuss the albums of Californian pop-punk silly boys, blink-182! In Part 1 we discuss the first four (proper) albums of the band's career: Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Of all the artists covered so

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01:20:27

Episode 41: Pixies (Part 2)

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2023/01/29

Got me a ranking, I want you to know! Slicing up albums, I want you to know! Chris and Ollie take on Pixies’ Beneath The Eyrie, Surfer Rosa and Doolittle in this part, no mean feat! We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 songs one could have seen at Reading 2005, which is the first time the chaps saw Pixies and Chris’ first festival! We are on Twitter as a podcast @BBTS_pod, let us know how off (de)base we are with our Pixies ranking, or your thoughts on our next act, as we join forces with our

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00:58:06

Episode 41: Pixies (Part 1)

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2023/01/29

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with episode 41, where Chris and Ollie are guestless and covering Boston indie rock titans Pixies! In this part, we cover Bossanova, 2022’s Doggerel, Indie Cindy, Head Carrier and Trompe Le Monde, talking about the key differences between pre- and post- reunion Pixies and how they changed the musical landscape of this (and last) century. All of our favourite tracks, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank

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00:46:40

Episode 40 (with Josie Perkins): Massive Attack (Part 2)

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2023/01/15

How does it feel? The weight of the steel, the rank of the blade. We round off our ranking of Massive Attack alongside Josie Perkins by covering 100th Window and Heligoland, plus more jokes about how 3D is definitely, definitely not Banksy. We are on Twitter as a podcast as @BBTS_pod, come at us with your opinions on Massive Attack, or your opinions on our next subject, as we take on alt-rock titans Pixies! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe to us on your favourite podcatcher, and

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00:53:37

Episode 40 (with Josie Perkins): Massive Attack (Part 1)

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2023/01/15

Like an album without a rank, and a poddy without a cast, you’re listening every part. Black Band T-Shirt are back for 2023, and we’re taking on Massive Attack with Josie Perkins in tow! On this part we cover Blue Lines, Protection and Mezzanine - it’s the 90s, Ollie loves it! All our favourite tracks and our shoutouts will be added to our frankly unwieldy Spotify Rank Bank playlist, alongside the same from all our other shows - standing at over 1,200 songs long, you’re sure to find something new

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01:12:52

Albums of the Year 2022

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2022/12/25

Here it is, the moment you’ve all been waiting for - two white men in their mid 30s recounting their favourite albums of the year! We count down our (unranked) 20-11, go through some other 2022 highlights and do the big top 10 - if nothing else, hopefully you’ll come away from this with something new to listen to and enjoy, the entire point of this podcast ☺️ we’re just giving, lovely people like that x All of our top tracks from our AotY will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly

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00:57:43

Episode 39: The Darkness

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2022/12/25

Christmas Time, don’t let the ranks end! Merry Christmas everyone, for our festive episode we decided to rank the 7 albums of Suffolk hard rockers The Darkness - we had no idea they had that many either. We go through all of them in less than an hour here, which gives you an idea of the quality level of everything after Permission To Land… All of our top tracks will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes, our The

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01:56:37

Episode 38 (with Jack Kirby-Lowe): Iron Maiden - The...

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2022/12/11

Westwards the tide, ranked by the talismen! We (finally) finish off Iron Maiden on this part, going through our thoughts on A Matter of Life and Death, The Final Frontier, The Book of Souls and Senjutsu, rounding off with our overall Iron Maiden ranking and our guest Jack Kirby-Lowe’s top 10 Iron Maiden songs! We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 songs featuring elements/chemical symbols and our usual shoutouts at the end. We are on Twitter as a podcast @BBTS_pod, do give us your Iron Maiden

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01:17:43

Episode 38 (with Jack Kirby-Lowe): Iron Maiden - The...

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2022/12/11

Ranking doooown, ranking doooown, ranking do-how-ha-howwwwwn! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with Jack Kirby-Lowe to rank the latter days of Iron Maiden! Scream for me, podcasters! On this part we take on the Blaze Bayley era of The X Factor & Virtual XI, and their initial reunion with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith on Brave New World and Dance of Death. All of our favourite tracks, our The Nicher The Better top 5 and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist

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01:19:28

Episode 37: Kendrick Lamar (Part 2)

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2022/11/27

The ranker the berry, the sweeter the pod! We continue our ranking of Ollie’s hip-hop Mount Rushmore member Kendrick Lamar, as in this part we take on Mr Morale and the Big Steppers and To Pimp A Butterfly, and TPAB offcuts record untitled. unmastered. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 on our favourite songs performed at the Super Bowl halftime show, and our usual shoutouts at the end. The podcast can be found on Twitter @BBTS_pod, come at us about our Kendrick Lamar opinions or your

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00:57:48

Episode 37: Kendrick Lamar (Part 1)

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2022/11/27

Good kids enter r.A.A.n.k City as the Black Band T-Shirt chaps take on the almighty Kendrick Lamar! A special treat for our second anniversary as a podcast, in this part Section 80, Damn. and Good Kid, m.A.A.d City go under the microscope, and we also go into his pre-début mixtape Overly Dedicated and the Black Panther soundtrack album. All of our favourite cuts from each album, our The Nicher, The Better top five songs and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after

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00:27:04

Revisited 9: The Mars Volta - 'The Mars Volta'

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2022/11/13

If that rank gonna go on any longer, gonna wash up on the shore… Isn’t it lovely to say there is a new Mars Volta album in the world? We take on TMV going “pop” on their first album in 10 years, and see where it fits into our ranking that we only established about a month ago! We can be found on Twitter @BBTS_pod. Our personal accounts are @olliexcore (Ollie) and @cmgrumps (Chris). Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook @meaoab. This podcast is brought to you by

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00:24:40

Revisited 8: Björk - 'Fossora'

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2022/11/13

My rankcestress’ clock is ticking… The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with a double Revisited, taking on Björk’s Fossora first. We talk about Björk’s war on choruses and her (as ever) unique take on familial grief, and see where it fits into our ranking. Our favourite tracks will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and our shoutouts. This bad boy stands at over 1,000 songs

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01:07:49

Episode 36 (with Adam Vallely): Cave In (Part 2)

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2022/10/30

Sing my loves, sing sorrows! Sing my enemies, we will all rank together! We’re still with Mr Vallely ranking the albums of Cave In, going from White Silence to 2022’s Heavy Pendulum and Ollie going HAM on our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs with witch-adjacent terms in the title, along with our usual shoutouts. Do come at us on @BBTS_pod on Twitter with your Cave In takes, or your contributions to our next episode as we do a double BBTS Revisited on Björk’s Fossora & The Mars Volta’s

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01:04:37

Episode 36 (with Adam Vallely): Cave In (Part 1)

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2022/10/30

True rankings in joy, opposites always is the case, when you only enjoy, ranking all of the albums that surround you! We welcome back Adam Vallely, our partner in ranking for the Queens of the Stone Age episode, to rank the albums of Massachusetts post-hardcore legends Cave In! On this part we go from début full length Until Your Heart Stops through to Perfect Pitch Black, including some super spicy takes from Mr Morrant and some chat on the bridging EPs they brought out along the way. All of our

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00:32:30

Revisited 7: Alexisonfire - 'Otherness'

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2022/10/16

Sweet dreams of rankingness! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with the Canadian post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire, upgrading them from last spring’s top 5 songs episode to a full ranking, following the recent release of their fifth album Otherness! We go through their 2022 effort and see where it fits into our order of the Alexis discog to date, and find a record we may not be talking about for the last time this year… 🤔 Our top tracks will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly

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