The Album Crawl

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We don't cover much EDM ground on this podcast so we were very excited when our friend Eric picked this album for this very special guest episode! Crawl with us through Porter's many high's and lows of fame and creativity. This is a great one!

It's time to get groovy on a metaphysical level. Let the sweet, warm water of Stevie Wonder wash you away in transcendental peace in his wonderful album Innervisions.

It's time to get a little dreamy here on the album crawl. This episode were crawling through Frank Ocean's debut album, Channel Orange. We'll go through his sentimental lyrics, hazy production, and the sprawl of LA.

You know you've been holding in some grief or regret for too long! It's time to crawl through those emotions with us as we listen through Sampha's wonderful debut album Process. In this episode we go through dense layers of music as well as lyrics of man struggling with his place in the world and his own decisions.

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Ga ga! Goo goo! You know how babies talk! Also, you know they're favorite utensil is the Spoon! In honor of all babies everywhere we are covering Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon. This is a fun indie rock record from the mid 2000's. It's perfect at being just that. Crawl with us through these white space using funky beats!

It time to pack your things and get the hell out of where you are. Its an Exodus! Were hanging with Bob Marley this week so sit back and light some insence, it's going to be a jamming time.

The bass! Outer space! Three stacks!! It's time to get groovy and eat some grits over here at the album crawl. We are tackling the critically acclaimed southern rap milestone ATLiens by Outkast. Crawl with us as we attempt to understand, sometimes literally, what is going on in this masterpiece.

It's episode 50! For it we are visiting rap for the first time in too long. Let's get to the gigantic blockbuster 2003 master peice, Jay Z's The Black Album!

We can't help ourselves! These song crawls are just so much fun! For the 4th round we bring in friend of the show Graham to pick some songs to add to this never ending chain. Crawl with us!

Continuing down our little path of electronic music we cannonball into the headiest of all of it, Aphex Twin. To try and understand this musical enigma we go to the beginning and take a close look at some songs he made as a teenager, and wow how they hold up! This is a really fun episode trying to figure out just what is going on in these little planets of songs. Crawl with us!

Let's get bleeping! Let's get blooping! It's time for the integral electronic album, Kraftwerk's Autobahn! We have a roundtrip of a time strolling through the cinematically minded album as the German boys try to recreate some imagery using only synthesizers. This one might lull you into a coma. Crawl with us!

It's time to talk cryptic songwriting, synthesizers, and the powerful force of the human voice. That is because it is Bon Iver time here at the album crawl. We had a hard time not talking forever with this one because it is so dense and intricate. This is a good one! Crawl with us.

It's time to put the kettle one and get warm by the fire with Fleetwood Mac's little known 6th album Bare Trees. This episode, we listen through some soft rock jams and put together what this band was like pre-Rumors and Stevie Knicks. We had a lot of fun with this one and possibly made fun of Danny Kirwan a little too much. Crawl with us!

It's about that time for another song crawl! Play with us as we jump from song to song and have a blast doing it. We get pretty silly with this one, its a great time. Enjoy!

It's time to get wild over here on the Album Crawl. This episode were blasting off into space with the eccentric, experimental, and soulful A Wizard/A True Star by Todd Rundgren. We really do have a great time with this one, with it's endless amount of sounds and insane lyrics there's so much to get into! Crawl with us!

The epic guitar! The hooks! The okay at best lyrics! Let's get down to one of the biggest album in history, Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet. We have a fun time breaking down this one and seeing just what's worth remembering among these timeless classics.

Caution Baby! It's about that time we crawl back to the early 90's to dance and ponder our way through U2's Achtung Baby. This was a wild episode as we sway from enjoying, to hating, to just being baffled by what Bono and the Edge cooked up on this one. Join us, and if you stick around long enough you can hear some great Anthony Kedis impressions!

Synthy! Wavey! Emotional! Just a few of the words we use to describe DRAMA's debut album Gallows. Crawl with us and our guest Colby this episode as we swim in the low tides of some happy-sad dance music.

Let's get harmonizing! Let's get orchestral! Let's make some Pet Sounds! Its beach boy time over here at the Album crawl and we're ready for it. Join us as we are amazed and confounded by one of the most special albums in all of rock'n'roll if you can call it that. This is a big one!

Crawl with us through our favorite songs of 2021!

This episode we look back at the year and build and album reflecting our favorite songs covered. Crawl with us as we make our own album and reminisce on some of our favorite moments. This is one for the fans!

It's time to get poppy! This episode we are revisiting one of our all time favorite album, Torches by Foster the People. Just in time for it's Tenth anniversary were dive in and take a look at some happy music scoring some dark subject matter. Crawl with us this week as we bounce a long to some of the defining music of the early 2010's.

It's blues week here on the album crawl, so teleport with us back to the early 60's to get a taste of the Delta Blues by way of Buddy Guy. Crawl with us as we explore the themes of the blues and all the slow jamming that comes along with the music. This will be one we'll be drawing back on for episodes to come so don't miss it!

Due to high demand the infamous Song Crawl is back and wilder than ever! Join us on another journey through a playlist only linked by song titles. We have a blast and this will be one for the books.

We hope everyone is ready for some red blooded carnage. This week we mosh our way through Poison Idea's Feel the Darkness as Paul gets offended and James try's to pinpoint the plus sides to off beat visceral hardcore punk. Also, it's the first in person recording! So enjoy the better audio quality.

Let's play a game! This week we try something new where Paula and James make a playlist of random songs using the titles to link them together. Play along and try to think of what songs you would have played and hit us up instragam and let us know!

Let's get spacey internet. This week we float through the starry-eyed black space of Apollo by Brian Eno. We talk through what ambient music is and why we like it, as well as all the features that make it up. This one will be a good one to sleep to.

Ready to get laid back and chilled out? Maybe not as much as you think on Washed Out's Third album Mister Mellow. Crawl with us this week as we wade through the relaxing but sometimes murky water of this psychadellic chill hop masterpiece.

It's wrestlemania week here at the Album Crawl as we put two 70's rock albums head to head in our first ever Album Clash! On this inaugral episode we see Queen's A Night the Opera go against AC/DC's High Voltage. Its the battle of high vs low production and you'll have to listen to hear the winner!

One powerful voice. Sometimes that's all you need to carry a whole album. With Etta James' biggest album that is exactly what happens, and we enjoy every second of it. Crawl with us this week as we get swept away in the beautiful covers done by Etta and we both learn what a torch singer is.

Epic choruses! Sweeping Atmosphere! Layers and layers of acoustic! This week were going through the blockbuster Tom Petty solo Album Full Moon Fever. Crawl with us to see how Paul and James tackle one of the kings of Heartland Rock, it's a good one!

OHHHHH OHHH YEAAAAHHHH. Did I sound like Valli there? I think I hit the note just like him. Crawl with us this week as Frankie Valli and the four seasons attempt to stay contemporary in a late period '67 album. We have a lot of fun on this one. Crawl with us!

We're talking guitar hooks. We talking snarky lyrics. We're talking the distance from Hunter's Bar to San Francisco. It's Arctic Monkeys week here on The Album Crawl and were excited to go through their debut album, Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not.

Funky synth. Funky Bass. Lanky dance moves. Not sure what else you could possibly need in life. This week we do our first back to back with the Talking Heads fifth album Speaking in Tongues. Crawl with us!

Buildings! Food! What more could you need? This week we do a silly walk like I imagine David Byrne would do through the Talking Heads' second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food.

It's big! It's a band! It's Quincy doing Bossa Nova! This week we are continuing on an international trip (sort of ) with Quincy Jones' album Big Band Bossa Nova. We try something new with commenting right along with the album and have a ton of fun along the way. Crawl with us!!

Ever wake up early on a spring morning, go on a walk, and just don't know what to listen to? Well Paul and James are here to solve that problem. Listen this week as we pick our favorite songs to fit that exact mood.

This week, James and Paul tackle their first ever non-English album! Including rollicking rock and roll, some precarious falsetto, and whiplash changes in the songs. Crawl with us as we dive into Japanese band Quruli's third album Storybook.

Lofi beats! Smooth Vocals! Depression! Crawl with us this week through Arlo Parks' debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams. We discuss new generation songwriting, current production changes and James' tries to overcome his distaste.

What do you get when you put Ska, Alt Rock, and Reggae in a pot and pepper in SoCal attitude? Reel Big Fish? Absolutely not!!!! Crawl with us this week as we skank to No Doubt's breakout third album Tragic Kingdom!

African influences! Bright production! Stories from when it was first released! Crawl with us this week on a special episode. Paul and James' Dad (Tom Johnson) join to go through Paul Simons big comeback album GRACELAND.

Heavy guitar, dark lyrics, and an irreplaceable scream. Crawl with us this week through Billy Corgan's Nightmare-scape A.K.A The Smashing Pumpkins' second album Siamese Dream!

He's Irish! He makes Soul/Folk/Rock music! It's all catchy and organic! He's Van Morrison and this week we are crawling through his third album Moondance!

Beautiful Harmonies! Intricate storytelling! The PNW! Crawl with us this week as we traverse the lush dense landscape of Fleet Foxes eponymous debut.

Smooth jazz beats, clever rhymes, and Paul citing every. single. shout-out. Crawl with us this week as we strut along to Quest's second album Low End Theory!

Fat guitar riffs, jazzy space jams, and just general darkness vibes. Crawl with us this week as we wade in the murky waters of Black Sabbath's second album PARANOID.

Chill beats, GoPro Commercials, and the wuuubbbsss. Crawl with us this week as we go through ODESZA's debut album SUMMER'S GONE!

Incredible whistling, to the point song structure, and some fun pop jamming. Crawl with us as we explore the often overlooked Wrister's Block by Peter Bjorn and John