Sounds of CineMcCollough

Patrick Brennan
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Three friends on the cusp of their fifties decided to start a podcast in December 2019, just before the pandemic that would make it all that much easier to get together virtually from three different states and talk about all their favorite things. Would it be movies? Television? Sports? Music? Why not all of the above! So the three - "Lord" Rob McCollough, Jeremy "Jay" Forman, and Patrick "Butch" Brennan started making content. It took a few months to get into their groove when Jay suggested they start doing album reviews, discussing each track by track and then ranking the tracks on the album, and also ranking the albums as they went. Since the podcast was called CineMcCollough, they dubbed the album reviews "The Sounds of CineMcCollough." The project started with diamond albums, with a focus on classic rock and 80s pop/rock - with each member picking a new one each week, an album that sold at least 10 million copies in the United States. From there they moved on to picking a PAIR of albums by the same artist to compare how their music had changed or stayed the same over time. Then the fateful moment when they brought on a fourth member, "Cold" Jim Perry, to make a foursome that would take on the awesome responsibility of reviewing and raking all of the KISS albums, branding themselves (temporarily) the KISS Army National Guard. Once they'd completed all the KISS catalogue, they returned to their roots of picking one single album at a time. They also occasionally threw in a newly released album or concert review as bonus episodes. And the Sounds of CIneMcCollough continues going strong to today, releasing new content every few weeks. We will be releasing all of our episodes in four seasons: -season 1 is diamond albums; -season 2 is two-album sets; -season 3 is the KISS Army National Guard KISS album reviews; -season 4 is back to reviews of single albums. So climb down into your shag-carpet listening lounge, find a bright orange comfy couch to lounge upon, turn on your black light and lava lamp, and crank your hi-fi to eleven and listen along as we take you on a sonic journey into the SOUNDS OF CINEMCCOLLOUGH.

  1. 10h ago

    S2-E22: Danko Jones We Sweat Blood (2003) and Sleep is the Enemy (2006)

    Never one to rest on his laurels, Jay has gone far off the map once again for his album pick, selecting (for the second time in a row) a band that Butch had never even heard of - Canadian rock band Danko Jones and their 2004 album "We Sweat Blood" and the follow up "Sleep is the Enemy" (2006). This is a high-energy band with pretty much all up-tempo songs to get your mosh on while they are on stage. Smoke 'em if you got 'em! TRACKS: 13 (We Sweat Blood) and 11 (Sleep is the Enemy) RUNTIME: 34:51 (We Sweat Blood) and 33:37 (Sleep is the Enemy) CERTIFICATION: no certification for either album

  2. 2d ago

    S2-E21- Iron Maiden Powerslave (1984) and Somewhere in Time (1986)

    Cold Jim Perry makes another double-album pick for us to review, and this time he brings the metal fro the mid-1980s, with two albums by Iron Maiden - "Powerslave" (1984) and "Somewhere in Time" (1986). Both of these albums were instrumental in cementing Iron Maiden as a mainstay of heavy metal music in an era when the radio waves were dominated by pop music, new wave, and country crossovers. The Big Four on Sounds of CineMcCollough are joined by our honorary fifth member Joel Perry for this podcast, so lots of opinions will be flying back and forth as to which is the better album and which are the favorite tracks. TRACKS: 8 (Powerslave) and 8 (Somewhere in Time) RUNTIME: 51:12 (Powerslave) and 51:37 (Somewhere in Time) CERTIFICATION: platinum (Powerslave) and platinum (Somewhere in Time)

  3. 5d ago

    S2-E20: Queen A Night at the Opera (1975) and The Game (1980)

    Next up before us, what do we see? A little silhouette of a man in the form of the British rock band Queen - one of Lord Rob's top five bands of all time, finally making an appearance here in the Sounds of CineMcCollough. Rob had a lot of options for which two albums to pick - one of them seemed pretty obvious - 1975's "A Night at the Opera" and skip forward five years and a few albums for "The Game" (1980). Queen is a band with a lot of memorable hit songs, but is not necessarily a group that one associates with particular albums. As a result, many music fans are also unfamiliar with some of their album tracks, which is a shame, as there are some hidden gems mixed in with the hits. Listen in as Rob leads Butch, Jim and Jeremy (and bonus Joel!) through the two albums and we rank the songs on each disk! TRACKS: 12 (Opera) and 10 (The Game) RUNTIME: 43:08 (Opera) and 34:02 (The Game) CERTIFICATION: 3x platinum (Opera) and 4x platinum (The Game)

  4. 6d ago

    S2-E19: Genesis ABACAB (1981) and Invisible Touch (1986)

    Butch's pick is up next and he goes back to some 80s pop - though, for what it is worth, it is a former prog band - this week Butch asks "Give me GENESIS!" in his best Khan voice, and brings two albums from their 80s pop era, bookending the 80s - 1981's "ABACAB" and then skipping ahead a couple albums to their big late 80s hitmaker "Invisible Touch" (1986). Genesis recently ceased touring with the medical retirement of Phil Collins, so it seems like eons ago when Phil Collins' presence was felt all over pop music, playing with Genesis, and as a solo artist, and as a visiting drummer and vocalist on all sorts of collaborations. Question is, are the songs from these albums timeless or stuck int heir era? Did Butch pick the correct albums? And which songs do we think are all timers and which are duds? Listen in and find out! TRACKS: 9 (ABACAB) and 8 (Invisible Touch) RUNTIME: 48:03 (ABACAB) and 45:42 (Invisible Touch) CERTIFICATION: 2x platinum (ABACAB) and 6x platinum (Invisible Touch)

  5. Oct 29 ·  Bonus

    BONUS: Wheel of One-Hit Wonders Vol. II

    Hot on the heels of our first disk of randomly selected one-hit-wonder tunes gathered from a 240-song database of songs 1960-1999, we bring you the second volume (out of 24 volumes) for your listening pleasure... and by that, we mean "listen to us talk about songs that we listened to..." There is a little something for everyone on this list, as is the case with most of the volumes of CinemaK-Tel's Wheel of One-Hit Wonders... we rank the ten songs here to decide which still hold up and which belong in the time capsule. -          “Tubthumping” by Chumba Wumba (1997) -          “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones (1980) -          “Valley Girl” by Frank Zappa (1982) -          “Don’t Close Your Eyes” by Kix (1989) -          “I Melt With You” by Modern English (1982) -          “Forever Young” by Alphaville (1984) -          “In My House” by Mary Jane Girls (1985) -          “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” by Edison Lighthouse (1970) -          “Maniac” by Michael Sembello (1983) -          “Black Betty” by Ram Jam (1977)

  6. Oct 29

    S2-E18: Van Halen 5150 (1986) AND David Lee Roth Eat 'Em and Smile (1986)

    We continue on our double-album cavalcade here at Sounds of CineMcCollough... but this time we take it in a slightly different direction by evaluating the two 1986 follow-up albums to Van Halen's juggernaut hit "1984" from two years later. Our first album follows the band and the Van Halen brothers into the second iteration of Van Halen - with replacement lead singer Sammy Hagar, on what would be their first #1 album, "5150." Meanwhile, the departed lead singer David Lee Roth releases his big solo album "Eat 'Em and Smile" as a counterargument to exactly who in the band was the driving force of the success that had culminated in "1984." We will evaluate every track on both albums, rank the top fives on each album, and stake a claim to which of the two albums we think was the superior product... and it should not be a surprise to learn that we collectively DISAGREE on the outcome! But which of the two will Jim, Butch, Rob and Jeremy select? TRACKS: 9 (5150) and 10 (Eat Em & Smile) RUNTIME: 43:16 (5150) and 31:04 (Eat Em & Smile) CERTIFICATION: 6x platinum (5150) and platinum (Eat Em & Smile)

  7. Oct 26

    S2-E17: Volbeat Seal the Deal & Lets Boogie (2016) and Rewind, Replay, Rebound (2019)

    The Sounds of CineMcCollough this week turns the reins over to our honorary fifth member - Joel Perry - for a fresh and younger musical perspective. To that end, Joel selected for us two albums by Danish rock band Volbeat - "Seal the Deal and Let's Boogie" (2016) and their seventh album "Rewind, Replay, Rebound" (2019). Proof that this is not only not your father's rock and roll music, but the rest of us Soundsters found out that Volbeat is not even THEIR rock and roll music. But it is rock music nonetheless, so we give it a listen and tell you what we think. Ranking each album track by track, and picking a winner between them. TRACKS: 13 (Seal the Deal...) and 14 (Rewind...) RUNTIME: 53:03 (Seal the Deal) and 56:45 (Rewind...) CERTIFICATION: no certification for either album

  8. Oct 25

    S2-E16: The Doors (1967) and L.A. Woman (1971)

    Butch is back at the top of the Sounds of CineMcCollough list to pick the next pair of albums, and he is going back to the sixties to encourage us to open our minds... or at least our doors of perception. You guessed it, next up is a two-album pairing that spans the career of Jim Morrison - The Doors debut album from 1967, as well as the final album recorded by Morrison before his death at age 27, "LA Woman" (1971). Truly a band possessing a unique sound, both thanks to the mellow voice and vocal stylings of Morrison but also to the keyboard proclivities of Ray Manzarek. Equal parts bombastic, melodic, and psychedelic, both albums are truly a crystal ship ride through that era. Both albums feel fully rooted in the late sixties rock sound, with lyrics to match. But don't just take Butch's word for it - listen in and find out what Jim, Jay and Rob think and compare your notes with ours! TRACKS: 11 (The Doors) and 10 (LA Woman) RUNTIME: 43:34 (The Doors) and 48:25 (LA Woman) CERTIFICATION: 4x platinum (The Doors) and 3x platinum (LA Woman)

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Three friends on the cusp of their fifties decided to start a podcast in December 2019, just before the pandemic that would make it all that much easier to get together virtually from three different states and talk about all their favorite things. Would it be movies? Television? Sports? Music? Why not all of the above! So the three - "Lord" Rob McCollough, Jeremy "Jay" Forman, and Patrick "Butch" Brennan started making content. It took a few months to get into their groove when Jay suggested they start doing album reviews, discussing each track by track and then ranking the tracks on the album, and also ranking the albums as they went. Since the podcast was called CineMcCollough, they dubbed the album reviews "The Sounds of CineMcCollough." The project started with diamond albums, with a focus on classic rock and 80s pop/rock - with each member picking a new one each week, an album that sold at least 10 million copies in the United States. From there they moved on to picking a PAIR of albums by the same artist to compare how their music had changed or stayed the same over time. Then the fateful moment when they brought on a fourth member, "Cold" Jim Perry, to make a foursome that would take on the awesome responsibility of reviewing and raking all of the KISS albums, branding themselves (temporarily) the KISS Army National Guard. Once they'd completed all the KISS catalogue, they returned to their roots of picking one single album at a time. They also occasionally threw in a newly released album or concert review as bonus episodes. And the Sounds of CIneMcCollough continues going strong to today, releasing new content every few weeks. We will be releasing all of our episodes in four seasons: -season 1 is diamond albums; -season 2 is two-album sets; -season 3 is the KISS Army National Guard KISS album reviews; -season 4 is back to reviews of single albums. So climb down into your shag-carpet listening lounge, find a bright orange comfy couch to lounge upon, turn on your black light and lava lamp, and crank your hi-fi to eleven and listen along as we take you on a sonic journey into the SOUNDS OF CINEMCCOLLOUGH.

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  • Creator
    Patrick Brennan
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Patrick Brennan
  • Show Website
    Sounds of CineMcCollough