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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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Episode 59: Green Day (Part 3) AKA The tale of two...

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2025/09/25

As this episode marches in to Part 3, we can officially call it an epic. The perfect time to discuss American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown!

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00:55:59

Episode 59: Green Day (Part 2) AKA - gnarly punk,...

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2025/09/16

In Part 2, Chris has a podcast-first change of heart before he and Nikki discuss Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning.

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00:59:36

Episode 59: Green Day (Part 1) AKA - how to 'sell...

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2025/09/05

It's another biggy!In part 1, Chris and Nikki unveil their Green Day album rankings and discuss the first three albums of the band's confusing-as-heck career: 39/Smooth, Kerplunk and Dookie.

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00:32:26

Revisited 16: Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be...

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2025/08/12

Nikki and Chris discuss the latest offering from Garbage and decide where it sits within the existing discography ranking, via badass women with hip replacements, murky optimism and shiny octopi.

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00:46:21

COMPELIMINATION: Now That's What I Call Music 24

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2025/07/16

We jump back a few of decades to April 1993 to explore the tracklist of Now 24! Eurodance has definitely become a thing by this point, and apparently so have covers, remixes and re-issues...Find the full ultimate playlist of all time here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=76815d41cddd49f5

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00:51:51

Episode 58: St Vincent (Part 2) From maximalist booty...

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2025/06/25

Chris and Nikki continue the discussion of St Vincent's discography with MASSEDUCTION, Daddy's Home and All Born Screaming.Find out why two of these are both top albums and one is a bit of a pleasant odd'n!

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00:49:55

Episode 58: St Vincent (Part 1) - AKA a rare upward...

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2025/06/17

Chris and Nikki rank and discuss the albums of the alternative-pop-musical-frankenstein-but-with-mad-guitar-skills-Grammy-winner.Part 1 covers Marry Me, Actor, Strange Mercy and St Vincent.

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00:37:08

COMPELIMINATION: Rock Sound (Music With Attitude,...

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2025/05/19

Chris & Nikki return to the Rock Sound magazine CDs for this latest edition of our bonus format, where they take it in turns to eliminate songs from the tracklist until only the best remains!This will be added to the greatest compilation playlist of all time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=60c6292ddd7d4ce5We also start with a timely rant about Brockwell Live being deemed illegal by the High Court thanks to a group of local joy-sappers.

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00:41:12

Revisited 15: Lady Gaga - MAYHEM

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2025/05/07

Chris and Nikki discuss their thoughts on the new Lady Gaga album, MAYHEM, and decide where it sits among her existing discography ranking!

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01:07:04

Episode 57: Deftones (Part 2) AKA - from naming your...

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2025/04/14

Chris and Nikki return to their exploration of the Deftones discography with the last 5 albums. This includes two rather spicy disagreements in ranking!This part covers Saturday Night Wrist, Diamond Eyes, Koi No Yokan, Gore and Ohms.

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01:09:47

Episode 57: Deftones (Part 1) AKA - cocaine studios...

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2025/04/08

HOW HAS IT TAKEN 57 EPISODES?!Inspired by the upcoming London summer show and news of new music on the horizon, Chris and Nikki finally rank the albums of Sacramento, California Nu-Metal pioneers and evolvers and general heavy music gods... Deftones!In Part 1 the influence and personal importance of the band gets discussed as the album ranking and discussion of the Terry Date era of albums: Adrenaline, Around The Fur, White Pony and Deftones.

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00:22:09

COMPELIMINATION: School of Rock Soundtrack (2003)

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2025/03/25

Nikki and Chris take it in turns to delete a song from the soundtrack compilation of 00s rockomedy (yes that is a thing, because we said so) movie, School of Rock.The remaining two tracks will be added to the greatest compilation/playlist of all time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=3f3f4c7aebf3482e

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00:24:57

Revisited 14: Mogwai

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2025/03/19

Chris and Nikki discuss the new album from Scottish don't-call-them-post-rockers Mogwai, 'The Bad Fire'.Listen to the end to hear where it lands in the existing album rankings.

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00:37:07

Episode 56 (with Tom): Supergrass (Part 2)

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2025/03/10

Chris and Nikki return with guest and friend, Tom, to discuss the final three Supergrass albums: Life on Other Planets, Road To Rouen and Diamond Hoo Ha.

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01:04:12

Episode 56 (with Tom): Supergrass (Part 1)

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2025/02/24

Chris and Nikki are joined by good friend, Tom, to rank and discuss the albums of Oxford's britpop outliers Supergrass!In part one, expect chat about sideburns on a thirteen year old, thrust and 80s trade union icons as we discuss 'I Should Coco', 'In It For The Money' and 'Supergrass' (the x-ray album).

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00:49:33

COMPELIMINATION: Now That's What I Call Music 84

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2025/02/11

Just to shuffle things up a bit... Chris and Nikki jump from the 1980s to the 2010s to wittle down 2013's pop compilation, Now That's What I Call Music 84 until only the best three tracks remain!The ultimate compilation playlist so far can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=3d6a81a697d645b0

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01:36:12

Episode 55: Elliott Smith (Part 2)

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2025/01/20

Chris and Nikki conclude their chat about Elliott Smith's discography with major label debut 'XO', progressive pop-rocker 'Figure 8' and posthumous release 'From A Basement On The Hill'After that, stick around for 'I Used To Be With It, Then They Changed What It Was', where we rank our top 5 artists that more famous artists were once a part of... plus about a million honorable mentions (sorryyyy).

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01:02:29

Episode 55: Elliott Smith (Part 1)

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2025/01/13

Don't kick away the January blues, indulge them with a celebration of Elliott Smith's melancholy magic!In part 1, Chris and Nikki rank the 6 albums of the Portland Singer-Songwriter and get into the first three: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith and Either/Or.

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02:12:38

Albums Of The Year 2024

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2024/12/31

In the absolute nick of time yet again, Chris and Nikki run through their favourite albums of 2024!They discuss some general trends, honourable mentions and then discuss each of their top 10 albums of the year... and what a wonderful year in music it has been!

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00:40:49

COMPELIMINATION: It's a Cool, Cool Christmas

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2024/12/22

Seasocompelimination's Greetings! Or some such. Chris and Nikki take a Christmas compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain! This time we're turning to Xfm/Jeepster records' indie rock christmas compilation from 2000, 'It's a Cool, Cool Christmas', originally released in aid of The Big Issue, subsequently reissued in aid of War Child in 2021 and discovered by us at Resident Records in Brighton in 2024... Remember, all of the winning songs

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