47 episodes
The Album Years Steven Wilson & Tim Bowness
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4.9 • 484 Ratings
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Music is finite, opinions are endless. On The Album Years podcast, long term friends, collaborators and music nerds Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness discuss and bicker about their favourite music released during the golden album years, which they reckon to be from around 1965 to the end of the millennium. Each episode focuses on a single year picked at random. At the end of each episode they pick their personal favourites and the album they think had the most long-term impact on music. Can you guess which albums they will pick?
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#47 (1985 Part 2) Rush, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Robert Plant & more
In the second part of our deep dive into 1985, we discuss which established artists stayed relevant and which ones struggled to adapt to the new musical landscapes of the 1980s. Amongst those discussed are podcast favourites Joni Mitchell, Roy Harper and Miles Davis, while the zeitgeist conscious guises adopted by Rush and Robert Plant also go under the microscope. Meanwhile, Brian Eno continued to innovate by creating the very first album made specifically for the shiny new compact disc format.
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#46 (1985 Part 1) Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Prince & more!
1985 was another sensational year for music. On this first part of our foray into the mid-eighties, we discuss the first album in history to sell over one million copies on CD (Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms fact fans), Phil Collins' smash hit album No Jacket Required, Prince's underrated follow up to 'Purple Rain' and much more (David Sylvian and Van Morrison? Check!).
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#45 (1968 Part 4) Van Morrison, Nico, The Velvet Underground & More!
This week’s episode is part 4 of 1968 – and with so much left to discuss we’re doing two episodes in one! Includes Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks," Nico's "The Marble Index," The Velvet Underground's "White Light," and many others.
And would you believe it, Tim Bowness and I share the same favourite album?
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#44 (1968 Part 3) Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, The Moody Blues & more!
This week’s Album Years - 1968 Part 3 - finds the boys covering singer-songwriters and emerging progressive artists. Pink Floyd, The Nice, Soft Machine, Caravan, Family, Moody Blues and many more are discussed. And, yes, they do manage to shoehorn mentions of Bowie, Fripp and Talk Talk into the conversation! Well done them.
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#43 (1968 Part 2) The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Byrds & more
It's all about 1968 psychedelia on this week's The Album Years podcast episode! Steven and Tim break down albums by The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, The Incredible String Band and more, plus a mysterious inclusion on The Notorious Byrd Brothers' album cover...
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#42 (1968 Part 1) The Beach Boys, The Pretty Things, The Zombies, Small Faces & more
The Album Years' time machine lands in 1968! Steven and Tim discuss the "big hitters" from the year alongside UK psychedelic and underground rock, with notable albums by The Pretty Things, The Zombies, Small Faces and more all discussed.
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Customer Reviews
Smart and engaging
Half of the music they discuss I’ve never heard of and I still gladly take the ride. Great podcast.
Just brilliant!
I have been a fan of Steven Wilson’s music for awhile. Picked up on this pod a couple of years ago and haven’t regretted it. Steven and Tim are fantastic. It’s more than just music reviewing, it goes much, much further than that. They’re mad in their own lovely ways and provide invaluable insight into how these albums were composed and produced sonically as well as the history behind them all. Talented musicians offering up the best sort of recommendations for your next listen to - you can count on them beating those from that bloke at your job…
And as a U2 fan - I cannot get over how much Tim sounds like Adam Clayton
To offer a critique…
If I had one gripe, and I know Steven and Tim are speaking from their specific points of view, so this is just mine; I wish they would mention more of the ‘80s hair bands. I can speculate as to why they don’t bring up some of my favorite bands from this genre. Lots of flashy, showy, nauseatingly gratuitous guitar solos and pretty boys with gorgeous hair just as flashy as their outfits. The outrageousness of their images.. You still cannot deny the fun of some of these bands, the atmosphere and lightheartedness! You can’t help but smile and remember good times when you hear albums like “Shout at the Devil”. Even if you weren’t born yet when they came out!!