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Ultimate Catalogue Clash

Ultimate Catalogue Clash

Welcome to the Ultimate Catalogue Clash! Each season we break down an artists discography to determine which album from their catalogue reigns supreme! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:59:19

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/10/28

We're off to Victorian England to talk about one the top ten biggest selling prog rock albums of all time. We have Martians, artillery, heat rays, and.... disco? Kev grew up with this album and has most of it indelibly imprinted on his brain. Will he be able to set aside his nostalgic love for the album? Will Corey be on board with an album that doesn't feature a whole lot of singing and instead lots of dialogue spoken by a charismatic Welshman? And will the Martians win??? The only way to find out

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1:24:22

The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - Side B

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/10/21

Corey's running for Sheriff in Weyburn, the Crowes are channling Zep, Aeorsmith, and maybe a soupçon of Cinderella? We cogitate on why in the name of green shit the Crowes front loaded the album with slower songs and left so much fire on Side B! But, will Kev dig the Bob Marley cover that closes the album, and will Corey be on board with the longer songs? Most importantly, will either of these knuckleheads figure out how to do this season's game properly?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune

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1:48:11

The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - Side A

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/10/14

Popular opinion amongst Crowes fans is that this is their finest work. Recorded in 8 off the back of a monster tour in support of Shake Your Money Maker, this is the album that most fans consider to be the defining sound of the band. So will Corey focus in on this creative shift or will he instead take us down the path of pyschopathic avicidal femme fatales? Will Kev be on board with Remedy now that he's had a chance to sit with the song a little longer, and are there any cheeses that you've been

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1:37:40

Shake Your Money Maker - Side B

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/10/07

Welcome to the OUCHpod!!! Or is the UCC? Well, we have the potential for a new number one album in the overall UCC rankings based on last week's scores. But can Side B hold up to Side A? We ruminate on Rod Stewart vs Mick Jagger, Corey gives Kev some food for thought on the last verse of She Talks to Angels, and we're interrupted by animals on a second podcast recording of the day for both of us. Will our plucky hosts have the stamina to pull off this double pod day? Will Hard to Handanah live up to

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1:47:43

Shake Your Money Maker - Side A

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/09/30

"Cheat the odds that made you brave to try to gamble at times. Well I feel like dirty laundry sendin' sickness on down the line."Not a bad way to kick off your debut, but is it the perfect opener for this record? Why did Corey quit his career as a professional luchador, and what in god's name is that racket outside?? It sounds like a cat being interfered with by a racoon on meth!!! Anyway, we're back with the first album in a brand new season. This is a band Corey and Kev are both fans of so will

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1:03:07

Introducing The Black Crowes

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/09/23

Kev's back, Corey's front, and we're all set for Season Seven! We're heading back to Georgia to talk about a greasy, grimy rock n roll band fronted by a pair of feuding brothers and a cast of very quietly superb sidemen who released the antidote to grunge in 1991 and went on to build a three decade plus career touring constantly and putting out uncompromisingly blues-soaked, riff-laden, groove-heavy albums. But will Kev be able to get past his mental road block with the Crowes sophomore release

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59:16

Singles

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/09/16

One last special episode to close out season six!We thought we'd take two songs by artists we're pretty sure we'll never cover on "The Clash" and put them through our usual review process. Kev pulled out one of the most iconic electronic hits from the early 80s and Corey took a very Canadian line, picking an artist Kev had never heard of! But will the sparse, dark synth pop of OMD spin Corey's doughnut? And will Kev dig some CanCon rock n roll?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and

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1:01:48

The Ultimate Catalogue Draft!

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/09/09

Kev and Corey are going head to head! Kev's away visiting family and the boys didn't want to start a new season while he's over in England. God only knows what gibberish he'll be filling his head with! Probably not much worse than the crap he'll be filling his belly with! In the meantime, we decided that we'd set up a bracket by picking sixteen albums each, from the ones we've reviewed, and pit them against each other on Discord, to see which one will reign supreme! But will Corey load up on

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2:05:03

Season 6 Finale (with Scott Haskin)

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/09/02

Four albums. Eight sides. Eight episodes. We promised you a shorter, tighter season and we delivered it! What will Scott make of R.E.M.? Who will win the right to choose the artist for season seven and will Corey pull off an overtime win this season's game? But most importantly; if the square on the hypoteneuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two remaining sides, does that mean Pythagorus was a riot at parties, or was he given a wide berth? The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in,

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1:52:57

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/08/26

Time to gussy up your rootin' tootin' shootin' hootin' shoes and head own down to the barn, we's havin' a hoe down boys!!! That's how Americans speak, right? I guess the ones with not too many teeth do but most of our listeners are sauve, sophisticated types and to those, I apologize wholeheartedly for the aspertions cast. ANYWAY! We're listening to an album from The Boss this week! And it's a big one, with lots of singles. But will Kev love the overtures of Mr. Springsteen and will Corey try to tie

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1:45:31

A Conversation with Peter Ames Carlin

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/08/19

“A hole in the wall, maybe four feet by four feet, that started around your ankles. You had to hunker down, nearly crawl your way in, and once you were inside it was a whole other world. Dark wood, exposed brick, stone and shadows. The sharp waft of beer, cigarette smoke, the sweet funk of weed and rot. Music pumping. Extension cords snaking to the speakers, drums set up beneath a bedsheet, voices, laughter, college kids standing around with bellies full of beer, maybe some pills, definitely that

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2:08:55

Monster - Side B

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/08/12

And just like that we're wrapping up Season Six! We cover Side B of R.E.M.'s last multi-platinum-selling album, Monster. There's a lot more cock talk than you might have imagined heading in as Kev and Corey announce their new live musical project! But, will anyone get banged? Will anyone be blamed? Are we heading back into Thunderbird territory with a tribute to a fallen rocker on this side of the album, and will Corey be able to throw a Hail Mary pass to pick up the four points he needs to tie this

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1:44:08

Monster - Side A

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/08/05

Polish horror writer Bartek Dabrowski once said “It is better if you do not see the monster. The monster in your head is far more powerful than any we can create on screen”. It's something that Steven Spielberg definitely leveraged when he made Jaws - which Corey recently discussed on his fantastic Power of Positive Geeking podcast! But that's enough promotion of Corey's other shows! We're cracking the seal on the final album of this season! Yep, that's right, we're turning up the disortion and

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1:42:46

Automatic For The People - Side B

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/07/29

Rip off your slacks, grab your junk, and jump into the water, we're going Nightswimming!!! Also, fuck me, kitten..... and who's this Monty chap? It's a veritable smorgasbord of REM-y nuttiness this week as we talk Andy Kaufmann, capitalist assholes, and repetitive piano ballands! But will Side B of Automatic for the People hold up for Kev and Corey? Will a wasp ever be elected to congress, and is anyone actually reading these episode notes?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and chase

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1:36:28

Automatic For The People - Side A

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/07/22

"Automatic for the People" refers to the motto of Athens, Georgia-based eatery Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods, after the phrase the restaurant's owner Dexter Weaver says to his customers instead of "you're welcome." We're ratcheting down the tempo and ratcheting up the drama on this one but will Kev find it all a bit pedestrian? Will Corey understand what the hell Michael is talking about in Try Not to Breathe? And will Kev pull away from Corey completely in the season-long game?The only way to

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1:49:37

The Commitments - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/07/15

We're taking a break from R.E.M. to cover one of our Ko-Fi submissions. It's the third album we've been given by the brilliant Ruddy Rutherford and it's an album that Corey loves! We have a chat about how to rank compilations/covers albums and talk lots about the movie and its standout cast. We changed up the format ever so slightly for this episode but we're still assigning our usual scores to the songs and the album! But will a bunch of young, fresh musicians wow Kev, and will Corey rank this one

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2:00:56

Out of Time - Side B

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/07/08

It's time for Side B and another gigantic hit for R.E.M! Kate Pierson from the B-52's shines and Michael and the boys mock the entire enterprise of pop music, but still produce one of the year's biggest hits! Those rapscallions! Will Corey be able to claw his way back into this season's game? Will Side B finally be the R.E.M. side that wows top to bottom? And what is Kev's favourite R.E.M. song, which he says is from this side of this record?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and

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1:41:06

Out of Time - Side A

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/07/01

After a brief one week hiatus due mainly to Kev's inability to organize his life and his recently atrocious immune system just being an absolute dick, we're back! We're looking at the album that sent R.E.M. into the stratosphere and on Side, we'll be discussing arguably the single most identiable and career-defining song in this band's catalogue. But, will Losing My Religion score the elusive 10-10-5? Will Corey dig an instrumental from the boys, and is this going to crack Kev's top ten all time

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1:33:49

Green - Side B

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/06/17

Both Kev and Corey reckon their favourite song on Green is on this side of the record! We talk about Father's Day, ZZ Top, Flash Gordon (and the madness of Chaz Charles) and the upcoming Seaside Pod Review. Oh, we also talked about R.E.M. after a long catch up at the top of the episode! But will Corey engage in some self-flagellation? Will Kev apologize for pigeon-holing Corey as an Eliminator-and-on ZZ Top fan? And what's the ticket's sold Corey???The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in,

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1:41:39

Green - Side A

Ultimate Catalogue Clash ·

2025/06/10

And we're off! Quite often, when indie bands go to a major label, they lose a lot of their original fan base because of the dreaded - and in Kev's opinion, deeply flawed - notion of "selling out". Thankfully, Warner Bros. was a label that believed artists knew best when it came to their own music so the suits stayed in their lane and let the creatives get on with it. But will this translate to crossover success for this ragtag band of arty types from Athens? Will Kev's nostalgia carry his scores

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