Lunchtime Minisode #2 - Thanksgiving Special

Album of the Year Podcast

Hey Team-Get’cha cornbread ready, Marty and Kris are back with a Thanksgiving-themed minisode! We kick it off by taking an opportunity to frame the episode for those out there that might not be familiar with the lunchtime format (2:45) then get straight into it-Kris introduces the minisode theme (6:43) Shout out to our listener(s) in Bosnia (10:14), and a brief breakdown of what a “Turkey” really is within the context of the episode (11:52). Next, we finally put the Spin Doctors conversation to rest with a scathing review of their second album, “Turn upside down” (12:05), which transitions into Marty and Kris reminiscing on simpler times when moshing and crowdsurfing was the norm at any show you went to, regardless of genre (14:57) and Marty shouts out Bogarts in Cincinnati, Ohio, a rock club Marty used to frequent (15:18), Ordering subs over talk about Nas and Mobb Deep (17:39), Kris continues the conversation with depleted great artists (25:17), Lou Reed’s misunderstood masterpiece “Metal Machine Music” (30:08) and the trend of artists making bad albums nearly on purpose to get out of their record contract, using Van Morrison’s album “The Bang Sessions” (32:15). Moving on, we revisit the depleted artist theory by breaking down the Chris Cornell/Timbaland collaboration (40:35), Neil Young’s unintentional Vaporwave swan song, “Trans” (42:38), The “worst album you’ve heard 100 times”, U2’s “Pop” (45:24), Rush’s 4 album “dork age” into heavy synths, (46:49) A conversation Marty used to have with an old roommate and how it pertains to The Roots masterpiece “Things Fall Apart” (50:52) and Kris’s take on a band’s sound becoming fully realized, where and how that happens (52:39). After the lunctime episode is complete, Marty and Kris come back with a recap (1:03:05) and Marty clears up some confusion regarding Nas’ first two albums, “Illmatic” and “It was written”. (1:03:44). Get your fill on stuffing early and press play for the Turkey(s)!