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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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01:05:55

Episode 35: City and Colour (Part 2)

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2022/10/16

Someone come and, someone come and rank my life! The Black Band T-Shirt boys round off their City and Colour ranking by covering Bring Me Your Love (not To Bring You My Love Ollie, you idiot) and Little Hell. Our The Nicher The Better on this episode is top 5 songs from albums shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, and our usual shoutouts at the end! Follow the pod on Twitter @BBTS_pod to give us your City and Colour thoughts, or your thoughts on our next subject, where we welcome back Adam

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00:56:32

Episode 35: City and Colour (Part 1)

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2022/10/16

…And my heart, held in your hands, screaming, RANK ME! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back, ranking the albums of Dallas Green of Alexisonfire’s other band, City and Colour! Hurry and the Harm, Sometimes, A Pill For Loneliness and If I Should Go Before You are covered on this part, along with a quick visit to Dallas’ collaboration record with P!nk, You+Me! All of our top tracks, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after the

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01:17:04

Episode 34 (with Jack Kirby-Lowe): Iron Maiden - The...

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2022/10/02

Can I play with rankings?! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps, alongside Jack Kirby-Lowe, finish off their chat about the early years of Iron Maiden, from Powerslave to Fear of the Dark. Jack also takes us through some of his highlights from Bruce Dickinson’s solo career, and we have a contribution from Chris and Ollie’s pal/Chris’ teenage bandmate, Arkady English! We also have our usual shoutouts at the end, no The Nicher The Better this time as we had too much to talk about! All our favourite cuts plus

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01:11:36

Episode 34 (with Jack Kirby-Lowe): Iron Maiden - The...

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2022/10/02

Rank to the hills! (Dum-dada-tiss, dum dada-tiss) Rank for your liiiiiiiiiiives! The Black Band T-Shirt boys have finally got to the epitome of their podcast name - the fans of Iron Maiden bloody love their black band t-shirts! Chris and Ollie are joined by comic book writer and sci-fi novel podcaster Jack Kirby-Lowe, who discusses his love of the early years of Iron Maiden with full heart eyes emoji. We go from the self-titled début to Piece of Mind on this part, scream for us listeners! You can

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00:27:58

Revisited 6: Beyoncé - 'RENAISSANCE'

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2022/09/18

You won’t rank my soul! A quick turnaround as the Black Band T-Shirt boys return to Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as we cover her new record Renaissance. We cover the controversies first of all, but ultimately celebrate this excellent and (importantly for Chris) not grotty record. We’ll be back with a full episode next time as we begin our Iron Maiden journey alongside our pal Jack Kirby-Lowe - come at us on @BBTS_pod on Twitter with your early Maiden takes (going as far as Fear of the Dark), or your

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00:52:23

Revisited 5 (with Rob Barbour): Coheed and Cambria -...

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2022/09/18

Maybe we weren’t made for each other, and I’m just the one you can rank around! Back with another Revisited double bill, the Black Band T-Shirt boys welcome Rob Barbour back onto the pod to cover Coheed and Cambria’s latest opus Vaxis II: Window Of The Waking Mind! We discuss Space Idris, Digitech guitar pedals and Wife Guy Claudio amongst other things, as we see where it fits into our Coheed ranking. Our big hitters from this and Beyoncé’s Renaissance will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank

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02:11:31

Top 5 Songs: SikTh + ArcTanGent 2022 Review

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2022/08/28

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back from Arctangent 2022 and ready to review it, and oh gosh do we go in hard on our first outdoor festival together in 3 years. We would apologise for length, but you’re probably used to it by now (title of your…) Before that though, we go through our top 5 songs by Watford djent originators (oridjenators?) SikTh. We pick our best from their 3 studio albums and various EPs, all of which will be added to our podcast playlist after the show along with some of our

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01:41:22

Episode 33: The Mars Volta (Part 2)

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2022/08/14

Exoskeletal junction at the ranking delayed! We continue our chat on all things Mars Volta by covering the magnificent Frances The Mute and De-Loused in the Comatorium, plus our The Nicher The Better Top 5 songs from albums with covers by Storm Thorgerson, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after release with all our favourite cuts; standing at over 900 songs long you’re sure to find something to love! Give it a whirl:

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01:24:53

Episode 33: The Mars Volta (Part 1)

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2022/08/14

Maybe I’ll rank down! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back, ranking the (at this stage) 6 albums of prog gods The Mars Volta! On this part we get into Noctorniquet, Octahedron, The Bedlam in Goliath & Amputechture, plus some chat on the Tremulant EP and the Scabdates live album! Chris is on Twitter @cmgrumps and Ollie is on @olliexcore. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @MEAOAB, check us out at the New Cross Inn on Wednesday 17th August

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01:25:37

Episode 32 (with Richard Morgan): Manic Street...

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2022/07/31

Now we’ve come, to the eeend of the raaank! We finally finish off our Manics ranking by covering Journal for Plague Lovers, Rewind The Film, Postcards From A Young Man, Futurology, Resistance is Futile and The Ultra Vivid Lament! Phew! We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5s on songs with saints in the name and our usual shoutouts at the end. Give us a follow on @BBTS_pod to share any opinions you have about the Manics or our rankings, any of our other episodes or thoughts on our upcoming

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01:24:50

Episode 32 (with Richard Morgan): Manic Street...

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2022/07/31

We don’t talk about love! We only wanna get ranked! Rich Morgan’s still here with Chris and Ollie covering the Manic Street Preachers, as we go into Everything Must Go, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, Know Your Enemy, Lifeblood & Send Away The Tigers. All our favourite cuts from all 14 albums (!), our The Nicher The Better top 5s on songs with “Saint” in the title and our usual shoutouts will all be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, pushing it over 900 songs long… give it a listen,

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01:12:35

Episode 32 (with Richard Morgan): Manic Street...

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2022/07/24

This is the first time we’ve ever done this; this entire part is dedicated to one album, but what an album it is. We go track-by-track on 1994 masterpiece The Holy Bible, it’s a long chat but one we feel is well worth hearing, one of the absolute highlights of doing this podcast so far. Rich Morgan’s still here, and provides us with some incredible context of the time and insights into the wonderful but warped mind of Richey Edwards. Several trigger warnings for this episode, mainly for discussion

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01:21:13

Episode 32 (with Richard Morgan): Manic Street...

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2022/07/24

I am an architect! They call me a ranker! Croeso i Podlediad Crys T Band Du, as we begin our 14 album odyssey on Welsh rock legends Manic Street Preachers! We invite our good pal and WARPSTORMER vocalist & bassist Rich Morgan along for the ride, getting into Generation Terrorists & Gold Against The Soul on this part. Rich can be found on Twitter @FBantor and his band are @warpstormer on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook. Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps. Ollie and Chris’

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01:25:29

Episode 31: Beyoncé (Part 2)

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2022/07/10

All you other girls best get in formation, cos I rank, I rank, I rank, I rank, okay? The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are finishing off their Beyoncé rank by covering 4 and Lemonade, plus a little chat on The Carters (her record with Jay-Z) and new single Break My Soul ahead of upcoming seventh album Renaissance. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on singles from début albums of 2003 and our usual shoutouts at the end. Thanks for listening, we’ll be back in a couple of weeks with our good pal

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01:06:20

Episode 31: Beyoncé (Part 1)

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2022/07/10

Got me going so crazy right now, your rank! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps make another foray into the wonderful world of pop and pluck out Queen Bey herself for the ranking treatment. On this first part, we get into Dangerously In Love, I Am…Sasha Fierce, B’Day and Beyoncé, plus a little chat about Destiny’s Child and the accompanying album to her starring role in the Lion King remake, The Gift. Shortly after release, our top tracks, The Nicher The Better Top 5 choices and our shoutouts will be

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01:16:28

Episode 30 (with Tim Morrant): Supertramp (Part 2)

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2022/06/19

Take a rank of my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got! Ollie, Chris and Mr Morrant Sr Tim are back on Supertramp, rounding off the career with Breakfast In America, Famous Last Words, Brother Where You Bound, Free As A Bird, Some Things Never Change and Slow Motion - phew! We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs about breakfast and our usual shoutouts at the end. Chris and Ollie will be back after a couple of weeks to cover Queen Bey herself, the almighty Beyoncé! To get that in your ears

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01:08:38

Episode 30 (with Tim Morrant): Supertramp (Part 1)

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2022/06/19

Ranker! You know you are a ranker! For our Father’s Day special, the Black Band T-Shirt boys welcome Chris’ dad Tim Morrant on board to rank the eleven albums of Supertramp! On this part we cover their 1970 self-titled début, Indelibly Stamped, Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis? and Even In The Quietest Moments. Sorry about the buzzing sound, will definitely be fixed for next time. Shortly after release, our top tracks, The Nicher The Better Top 5 choices and our shoutouts will be added to

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01:10:18

Episode 29: Beastie Boys (Part 2)

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2022/06/05

CAN’T STAND IT, I KNOW YOU RANKED IT! We round off our chat on the Beastie Boys by covering Check Your Head, Paul’s Boutique & Ill Communication. We do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on our favourite songs by New York City musicians about the Big Apple, and have our usual shoutouts at the end. For our next episode we welcome Chris’ dad onto the podcast for a Father’s Day special to cover one of his favourite bands, Supertramp! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite

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01:06:12

Episode 29: Beastie Boys (Part 1)

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2022/06/05

I like my ranking with coffee and cream! The Black Band T-Shirt boys are back and we’re taking on The Beastie Boys! On this part, we take on To The 5 Boroughs, The Mix-Up, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, Licensed to Ill and Hello Nasty. Shortly after release, all of our top tracks, our Nicher The Better top 5 choices and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes; shuffle this absolute beast for a wonderful time

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00:35:29

Revisited 4: Arcade Fire - 'WE'

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2022/05/22

Fresh off its release, the Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with Arcade Fire so soon after we ranked them in the first instance, as they return with their Nigel Godrich-produced first effort in 5 years “We”. We revise our rankings, and pay tribute to Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder. Your podcast hosts put on shows as Grim Heart Promotions, and we announce our next show, putting on FES at the Victoria in Dalston, with support from Time Cops, Spank Hair & GUTS. Tickets are £9 from

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