We Will Rank You Adam, Dan, Jim & Sam

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the La's self-titled debut album?! Jim follows up our 1990 Matthew Sweet episode with....a 1990 classic from his beloved Liverpool. A ton of fun talking about our favorite one album wonders. One pandemic day, Adam's roommate Mike Dalke confessed that he tour managed Straightjacket Fits on the La's lone US tour in 1991. Makes him a perfect expert witness/guest ranker along with 91X's Mike Halloran who does our first guest closing credits in a very long while. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite Liverpudlian sweet shoppe. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .



SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:The Beatles, Cast, Elvis Costello, Mike Dalke, Doledrum, Dolgernon, England, Everton, eyeball, Failure, Feelin', Freedom Song, Mike Halloran, Herman's Hermits, I Can't Sleep, I Feel Fine, I.O.U., jangle pop, the Kinks, the La's, Liberty Ship, Steve Lillywhite, Liverpool, Looking Glass, Lee Mavers, Neil Mavers, Oasis, John Power, Redd Kross, Rolling Stones, self-titled debut album, skiffle, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Son of a Gun, Straightjacket Fits, Barry Sutton, There She Goes, there she goes again, Timeless Melody, Eddie Vedder, Way Out, we hate our own record, Wibling Rivalry, 1990.



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What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Matthew Sweet's third album, Girlfriend?! We finally get back into power pop territory as Sam picks one of his big 90s favorites and we all tell tales of seeing Matthew live in California during the glory days. Extreme differing opinions abound and there's a first-ever in rank math history. Longtime Matthew Sweet Band member Paul Chastain, from the Velvet Crush & the Small Square chimes in as an expert guest ranker all the way from Japan. Rookie Card/Geezer drummer Nas Helewa offers an expert anime opinion as well. Edited by Sam. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite Sweet Shoppe.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .  

Altered Beast, alternative pop, anime, The Beatles, BMG Music, blues rock, breakups, Paul Chastain, Lloyd Cole, Cortez the Killer, Day for Night, Divine Intervention, Does She Talk?, Don't Go, Evangeline, Girlfriend, Goodfriend, guitar freak outs, harmonies, Susanna Hoffs, Holy War, I Want To Tell You, I Wanted to Tell You, Icicle Works, Indigo Girls, I've Been Waiting, jangle, the Jayhawks, Ivan Julien, Greg Leisz, Richard Lloyd, Looking at the Sun, Fred Maher, Ric Menck, New York, Nothing Lasts, 100% Fun, pedal steel, power pop, Robert Quine, rebound, Winona Rider, the Small Square, Matthew Sweet, Television, Thought I Knew You, the Velvet Crush, the Voivoids, Tuesday Weld, Winona, You Don't Love Me, Neil Young, Your Sweet Voice, Zoo Entertainment, 1990US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

Best. Covers. Ever. Wildcard EpisodeWhat're your favorite cover songs!? A great man once sang "It's like he's tracing Picasso and calling it art." On this wildcard episode, we each rank and celebrate the five greatest and single worst covers ever recorded, talk about the fascinatin' history of covers vs standards and reunite legendary trombone-fronted NYC band Cover Me Badd as guest rankers! Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite Xerox store.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .  

SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:AC/DC, Air Supply, Argent, the Bangles, Barenaked Ladies, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, the Beatles, Berlin, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Kate Bush, Johnny Cash, Centromatic, Joe Cocker, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Cover Me Badd, cover songs, covers, Coverville, Devo, Dream Academy, Bob Dylan, Electric Light Orchestra, Food For Feet, Funland, the Futureheads, the Guess Who, Guns n Roses, Robert Hazard, the Hollies, Wanda Jackson, Jellyfish, Mark Kozelek, Langley Schools Music Project, Cyndi Lauper, Led Zeppelin, Lucius, Madness, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, the Posies, the Rolling Stones, Linda Ronstadt, Screaming Females, Simon & Garfunkel, Jessica Simpson, the Smiths, Star Spangled Banner, Taylor Swift, T Pain, THAT'S A COVER?!, This Mortal Coil, trombone, Lara Trump, Wall of Voodoo, Jack White, Will To Power, Wings, Stevie Wonder

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What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Little Richard's debut album, 1957's Here's Little Richard?! We finally delve into the 1950s by talking about the oldest album we've ranked yet. Adam repeatedly circles back to himself, talking about his short European tour with the red-hot Little Richards and interviews two of its main creators: Sparkle Gail Higgins, longtime London/NY/California vintage clothing queen and Heartbreakers road manager who named her San Diego store the Girl Can't Help It and her friend Robert Lopez (El Vez), who started the wild allstar act to play at her store. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite piano store.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .



Architect of Rock and Roll, Attitude, A-WOOOOOOO, a-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom, Baby, the beat, the beat, the beat, the Beatles, Pat Boone, Can't Believe You Wanna Leave, choreography, El Vez, energy, the Girl Can't Help It, Good Golly Miss Molly, the Heartbreakers, Sparkle Gail Higgins,  Benny Hill, Jenny, Jenny, Little Adam, Little Richard, Little Robert, the Little Richards, Long Tall Sally, Robert Lopez, Lucille, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Miss Ann, my band, my band, my band, Oh Why?, Richard Penniman, piano, Elvis Presley, Ready Teddy, Rip It Up, rock and roll, Rubber Duckie, saxophone solo, She's Got It, shut up, Slippin' and Slidin', Trio, True, Fine Mama, Tutti Frutti, 1957.

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NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Squeeze's Sweets From A Stranger album?! Dan picked another non-obvious record by a band we all love for this episode. Whole lotta praise heaped on the masters of UK song styling and we get a surprise text guest ranking from our high school friend Dan Evans before fading back into hiatusland. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite black coffeehouse.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .



John Bentley, Black Coffee in Bed, Blur, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, Chris Difford, The Elephant Ride, Fountains of Wayne, Hall & Oates, His House Her Home, Robyn Hitchcock, Jools Holland, I Can't Hold On, I've Returned, Joe Jackson, Jellyfish, jigsaw, Gilson Lavis, Muppets, new wave, Onto the Dance Floor, Out of Touch, Points of View, the Proclaimers, Frank Sinatra, Don Snow, Squeeze, Stranger Than the Stranger on the Shore, Supergrass, Sweets From A Stranger, Glenn Tilbrook, Tongue Like a Knife, The Very First Dance, we are not new wave, When the Hangover Strikes, XTC, Paul Young, 1982.          US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on XTC's Oranges & Lemons album?! In the middle of our so-called hiatus, Jim again chose to rank Swindon's finest by selecting their fine 11th export. We were graced by not one but two guest rankers who witnessed the band recording the album in Los Angeles: Mike Keneally, a former Frank Zappa guitarist who played guitar on one of the album's outtakes and Gary Helsinger, the Green Jello singer and then-Tower Records employee who got to hang with the band at Summa Studios and KROQ's studios during this era. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite garden of podcast delights. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .



Acoustic tour, Across This Antheap, AGAIN?! The Beatles, Boy George, bridge, David Byrne, Chalkhills and Children, Elvis Costello, Cynical Days, Depeche Mode, Dukes of Stratosphear, ecstasy, eighties, fake horns, Paul Fox, Garden of Earthly Delights, Green Jello, Green Jelly, Dave Gregory, Happy Families, Gary Helsinger, Here Comes President Kill Again, Hold Me My Daddy, Mark Isham, Jellyfish, Mike Keneally, King for a Day, KROQ, Jim Laspesa, Love on a Farmboy's Wages, The Loving, Pat Mastelotto, Mayor of Simpleton, Merely a Man, Miniature Sun, Mister Mister, Colin Moulding, musical masturbation, new wave, Ocean Way Studios, Oingo Boingo, One of the Millions, Oranges & Lemons, Andy Partridge, Pink Thing, Poor Skeleton Steps Out, psychedelic rock, Scarecrow People, Science Friction, She's Having A Baby, shillings, sixties, Skylarking, sophisti-pop, Take This Town, They Might Be Giants, Tower Records Sunset, XTC, Frank Zappa, 1989.                US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)