We Learned More From a Three Minute Record

We Learned More From A Three Minute Record
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The podcast for music fans who can't help but overthink by music fans who delight in doing so. Kit Power and James Murphy tackle the essential rock 'n' roll records in an act of critical appreciation. Sometimes joined by brilliant guests, this is We Learned More From a Three Minute Record. Get the drinks in, drop a quid in the jukebox, and join the world's best sticky floored pub's table.

  1. FEB 3

    15 - Live 1975-85 (1986) Part 3: This One's For Friendship

    This time, James and Kit return to Springsteen country for the final disk in Live 75 - 85. Expect more Born In The USA discussion, Kit low-key losing his mind over the acoustic version of No Surrender, and a meditation on (im)mortality prompted by Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out. It's an epic end to an epic box set. Enjoy. We did :)

    2h 34m

  2. JAN 8

    14 - Live 1975-85 (1986) Part 2: This Land...

    Part 2 of our epic journey through what might have been the last call for the E-Street Band.

    2h 33m

  3. 11/06/2025

    13 - Live 1975-85 (1986) Part 1: With Andrew Matey

    Returning hero Andrew Matey joins your aul' muckers Kit 'n' James to tackle the first part of the huge (three CDs. Ten sides of vinyl. God only know how many 8 Tracks) boxset that's part greatest hits and part maniacal, spontaneous reinvention of a back catalogue that was already brimming with what Rolling Stone hailed as enjoying "an embarrassment of riches." The New York Times described this album was "an unprecedented event in popular recording" and "monumental." Drain Cover Spotters Monthly said "...[it's] not really in our remit, can you please stop calling us?" Find out what we thought by listening now.

    2h 36m

  4. 11/05/2025

    8 - Bat Out of Hell (1977)

    In the show's exciting, second* rubber burning departure from Bruce, your pals Kit 'n' James take your exploding heart to the heights that you dare not endure! Meatloaf and Jim Steinman and quite a few E Street Band refugees blast it all up in limitless, deathless teenaged rock 'n' roll.  *(or was it the first? Getting the back catalogue onto Libsyn like this feels a mixture of David Tennant, wearing spectacles he does not need, saying "timey-wimey" and a challenging non-linear post-modern novel.)

    2h 47m

  5. 05/20/2025

    7 - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)

    In their first non-Springsteen epsiode, James and Kit take a diversion to the miserable hellscape of 1977's UK, and the sonic dirty bomb that is Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. Expect exuberance, love, a deep dive into the nature and power and limitations of offensive art, and more swearing than normal, as befits the source material. Enjoy or die, as Johnny Rotten might have said before becoming a MAGA f******d.

    2h 33m

  6. 05/20/2025

    6 - The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert

    This time out, James and Kit travel back in time to 1979 to place some ill-advised political wagers and, more importantly, check out Bruce Sprengteen (and the E-Street Band) taking some time out from the recording of The River to rock the hell out of Madison Square Gardens. It's a wild and raucous affair, as The Boss shares his 30th birthday party with an adoring crowd, and The Boss reminds us all why he is, well, The Boss. It's a first-time visit for James and I, and the love and astonishment is very, very real. Enjoy.

    1h 38m

  7. 05/20/2025

    5 - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

    In which James and Kit are joined by drummer (in Kit's new band, no less), friend of the show and lifelong Bruce fan John Busvine, to discuss The Boss's seminal 1978 studio album Darkness On The Edge Of Town. For John, it's a conversation over 30 years in the making, and it's a privilege to get his perspective on an album that's formed part of the soundtrack of his life. Enjoy

    2h 37m

  8. 05/19/2025

    12: Born In the U.S.A. (1984)

    James and Kit take on the mammoth task of discussing Springsteen's stadium-filling, career-defining, viagra taking, earth-shaking, bandana quaking, album Born In The USA.  It's their longest episode yet, and they get into their personal history with the record, alongside the record's place in history at large. Enjoy!

    3h 25m
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The podcast for music fans who can't help but overthink by music fans who delight in doing so. Kit Power and James Murphy tackle the essential rock 'n' roll records in an act of critical appreciation. Sometimes joined by brilliant guests, this is We Learned More From a Three Minute Record. Get the drinks in, drop a quid in the jukebox, and join the world's best sticky floored pub's table.

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