Spin It! James & Connor
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The Record Ranking Podcast for people who would rather be listening to music. Each week James and Connor give their spin on a popular album. James has listened to each one dozens of times, but Connor's only heard them once. Come check out our unprofessional insights and learn a little more about the music you love from every genre, artist, and era!
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From Under The Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy: Episode 154
We're going down, down in an earlier round, and Sugar, We're Going Down spinning! This week we're talking about Fall Out Boy's quintessential 2005 pop-punk record From Under The Cork Tree! With hits like Dance, Dance and song titles longer than we can fit in the episode description, it's a great intro to the band that would go on to Save Rock And Roll. James & Connor talk about Fall Out Boy's history and make very persuasive arguments for their scores. Plus, The Mixtaper (real friend or sham friend?) is setting interview records, getting paid in pizza, and teaching us about anarchoprimitivism during Fact Or Spin! Of all the podcast feeds in all the world, you found this episode in yours. So douse yourself in cheap perfume and do it for the scars and stories.. we don't blame you for being you. Is it our Sophomore Slump, or could this be our Comeback Of The Year?
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0:00 Intro
7:37 About Fall Out Boy
16:36 About From Under The Cork Tree
24:36 Awards & Accolades
26:26 Fact Or Spin
27:55 They Can Be Paid In Pizza
31:53 A Fun World Record
39:27 Pete's Private Photos Were Leaked In A Scavenger Hunt
43:00 Andy Hurley Wanted To Be An Anarchoprimivist
48:42 Album Art
50:22 Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued
53:17 Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
56:01 Dance, Dance
1:00:37 Sugar, We're Goin Down
1:04:56 Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner
1:07:53 I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)
1:09:22 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)
1:11:48 Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year
1:13:40 Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends
1:16:19 I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
1:18:40 A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me"
1:21:00 Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)
1:24:04 XO
1:25:36 Final Spin
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Little Oblivions - Julien Baker: Episode 153
We're on a mission to learn about all the members of Boygenius, and this week we have a Ringside seat to Julien Baker's incisively personal third album Little Oblivions! You won't find many choruses, but you WILL find raw, honest lyrics that aren't just Crying Wolf. Tracks like Faith Healer, Heatwave, and Favor take us through her youth, anxieties, and experiences on a one-way musical journey with great instrumental breaks between verses. The Mixtaper has discovered Reddit, and he's casting a vote for Best Smile, Best Dancing Meme (young & sweet), and Greenest Hair! We also crown Spin It royalty with the coronation of our Pickle Queen!! It's a solid back-to-back-to-back-to-back album that you'll definitely add to your Highlight Reel and play on Repeat, Repeat, Repeat!
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0:00 Intro
3:25 About Julien Baker
9:16 About Little Oblivions
12:15 Fact Or Spin
13:38 She's The Pickle Queen
18:13 She Was A Green-Haired, Office-Cleaning Princess
22:50 She Was Voted Best Smile In The World
26:01 She Is A Dancing Meme
32:58 Album Art
34:02 Hardline
37:10 Heat Wave
38:38 Faith Healer
40:12 Relative Fiction
42:50 Crying Wolf
45:57 Bloodshot
47:49 Ringside
49:17 Favor
51:05 Song In E
52:54 Repeat
55:05 Highlight Reel
56:25 Ziptie
58:22 Final Spin
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Tapestry - Carole King: Episode 152
You'll feel the earth move under your feet this week because You've Got A Friend in Carole King! We'll listen to her weave a Tapestry of self-love and heartache on her unprecedented 1971 sophomore album. She was already established as a hit songwriter; we'll talk about her early career and her breakout as a recording artist. The Mixtaper has another journey for us and Where He Leads, we will follow... even if that means facts about Gilmore Girls, her VERY loose ties to Otis Redding, or even reading the phone book‽‽ The whole album feels like a time capsule, like sitting around a piano listening to Carole King play these songs in her living room with Telemachus. Will it be a surefire winner? Can James call his shot in the Year Of Healing? (And if you DIDN'T want us to release this episode, well, It's Too Late, baby, it's too late... We really did try to make it.)
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0:00 Intro
4:26 About Carole King
9:34 About Tapestry
16:16 Awards & Accolades
18:01 Fact Or Spin
19:35 Otis Redding Was A Part Of Her Conception
23:49 Carole King Is A Fan Of Dead Punctuation‽
30:40 Gilmore Girls: She Sang That Song
33:31 Carole King: Grade Skipper
38:40 Album Art
40:07 I Feel The Earth Move
42:15 So Far Away
44:06 It's Too Late
46:47 Home Again
47:53 Beautiful
49:34 Way Over Yonder
50:37 You've Got A Friend
52:56 Where You Lead
54:33 Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
56:12 Smackwater Jack
57:51 Tapestry
1:00:02 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
1:02:20 Final Spin
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Vampire Weekend (2008): Episode 151
Don't you wanna get out of Cape Cod tonight? Take a look through a musical kaleidoscope with Vampire Weekend's self-titled 2008 debut, ranked among the best debut albums of all time! This vibey record kickstarted and pioneered a new subgenre. From a Columbia semi-secret society to the halls of a middle school and everywhere in between, learn about the creation of this scrapped screenplay-turned-album! We'll share our EXTENSIVE knowledge of vampires, Mansard Roofs, cod fishing, and the Oxford Comma. The Mixtaper is teaching us all about Parks & Rec's Rashida Jones and her boyfriend, both avid Vampire Weekend fans. And Connor will surprise us all with his judgment and a dark secret that may or may not be true... Listen along if you're not A-Punk!
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0:00 Intro
4:23 About Vampire Weekend (The Band)
7:11 About Vampire Weekend (The Album)
17:15 Awards & Accolades
18:03 Fact Or Spin
20:18 The Band Performed The Parks & Rec Theme Song
23:34 The Band Performed On An Interesting Holiday
32:08 They Were In A TV Commercial
36:15 Ezra Koenig Has Another Career
41:44 Album Art
44:24 Mansard Roof
49:32 Oxford Comma
54:28 A-Punk
57:31 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
59:28 M79
1:00:36 Campus
1:02:29 Bryn
1:03:50 One (Blake's Got A New Face)
1:06:20 I Stand Corrected
1:07:37 Walcott
1:09:47 The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
1:10:58 Final Spin
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Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin: Episode 150
Want a Whole Lotta Love? This week we Ramble On with Led Zeppelin on their aptly named sophomore album, Led Zeppelin II! James & Connor are celebrating 150 episodes of Spin It with one of the most iconic bands in rock-- practically a household name to this day, almost 50 years after the end of their legendary career. We'll talk about the band's supergroup origins, the innovations they brought to the music world, and the crucial differences between blimps and zeppelins (yes, they're different)! From the life-changing Heartbreaker and the drums of Moby Dick to the scorned Living Loving Maid, we've got a lot to cover on the Brown Bomber. Can The Mixtaper Bring It On Home during Fact Or Spin with tales about Nobs, rigid dirigibles, and a cult house that's home to a certain famous spirit? Find out, exclusively in our special sesquicentennial episode! The future is now!!
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0:00 Intro
2:52 Our Zeppelin Experience + Why Led Zeppelin II
8:03 About Led Zeppelin
15:17 About Led Zeppelin II
21:44 Led Zeppelin III And Beyond
24:52 Awards & Accolades
26:34 Fact Or Spin
28:12 They Inspired A Tin Blimp
33:41 They Had A Different Name
39:16 They Recorded An Album From Wheelchairs
43:44 Jimmy Page Owns Ghost Detecting Equipment
54:58 Album Art
57:20 Whole Lotta Love
1:02:28 What Is And What Should Never Be
1:04:55 The Lemon Song
1:07:48 Thank You
1:10:27 Heartbreaker
1:14:12 Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
1:16:12 Ramble On
1:20:26 Moby Dick
1:25:31 Bring It On Home
1:26:26 Final Spin
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Dear Wormwood - The Oh Hellos: Episode 149
Oh, hello! Join us on a Danse Macabre this week as we weave through a fantastical land of conquerors, demons, and kings with Dear Wormwood, the sophomore concept album from folk duo The Oh Hellos! These Texas siblings wrote and recorded this C.S. Lewis-inspired epistolary all by themselves, with each track representing another step in the protagonist's quest to end an unhealthy relationship. We'll Oh-Lei-Oh-Lai our way through whimsical tracks like There Beneath and Soldier, Poet, King, and learn about everything from the intricacies of Irish citizenship to all the ways you could get wet during a concert. This folksy album blends deep symbolism with hard-hitting poetic lyrics and upbeat instrumentals that you might just have to hear to believe. We know who we are now... do you?
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0:00 Intro
2:16 About The Oh Hellos
3:51 About Dear Wormwood
11:37 Fact Or Spin
13:13 Everything's Bigger In Texas
15:59 They're Irish Citizens
20:53 They've Been On Broadway
25:46 A Very Wet Performance
32:24 Album Art
33:49 Prelude
35:13 Bitter Water
39:17 There Beneath
41:29 In The Blue Hours Of Morning
42:39 Exeunt
45:05 Caesar
46:36 This Will End
48:23 Pale White Horse
50:37 Where Is Your Rider
54:22 Soldier, Poet, King
59:08 Dear Wormwood
1:02:09 Danse Macabre
1:03:51 Thus Always To Tyrants
1:06:12 Final Spin
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