Podcasts by The Album Years
Music is finite, opinions are endless. On The Album Years podcast, long term friends, collaborators and music nerds Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness discuss and bicker about their favourite music released during the golden album years, which they reckon to be from around 1965 to the end of the millennium. Each episode focuses on a single year picked at random. At the end of each episode they pick their personal favourites and the album they think had the most long-term impact on music. Can you guess which albums they will pick?
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#24 (1977 Part 1A) Pink Floyd, The Clash, The Stranglers&more from 2023-12-12T00:00
The Album Years returns with Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness discuss the music of 1977 across 8 full-length episodes! 1977 was a pivotal year in music, with the rise of punk and disco shaking up the ...
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#23 (1995) Tricky, Goldie, Radiohead, David Bowie, Red House Painters, Tears For Fears&more from 2023-02-14T14:06
A CD length excursion into a great 'CD age' year as the boys discuss Tricky, Goldie, Radiohead, David Bowie, Scott Walker, Babybird, Momus, Red House Painters, Tears For Fears and much more. Buy Th...
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#22 (1983 Part 2) Ben Watt, Tears for Fears, Genesis, The Smiths&more from 2022-11-21T18:41
Another epic two-parter as the no-man duo take on 1983, a year where bright young things and old curmudgeons alike are on creative fire, even if there’s still a lot of space for honourable eccentri...
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#21 (1983 Part 1) Pink Floyd, Yes, New Order, Tom Waits&more from 2022-11-21T18:41
Another epic two-parter as the no-man duo take on 1983, a year where bright young things and old curmudgeons alike are on creative fire, even if there’s still a lot of space for honourable eccentri...
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#20 (1978 Part 3) Kate Bush, Chic, Marvin Gaye, Black Sabbath, Brian Eno&more from 2022-07-05T14:49
Six months after they left it dangling, the boys return to 1978. Part Three features deep dives into Chic, Marvin Gaye, Kate Bush, Peter Hammill, Scott Walker, Kevin Coyne, Be Bop Deluxe, Ange, Kra...
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#19 (1978 Part 2) Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, The Who & more from 2022-01-31T13:09:35
Steven and Tim return with 1978, a year so rich with significant albums ripe for discussion it looks like it’s going to require 4 episodes to get through them all! Part 2 of The Album Years' inv...
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#18 (1978 Part 1) Blondie, The Police, Jeff Wayne, The Stranglers & more from 2022-01-31T12:40:11
Steven and Tim return with 1978, a year so rich with significant albums ripe for discussion it looks like it’s going to require 4 episodes to get through them all! Part 1 takes on board Tim's su...
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#17 - The Album Years 2021 Christmas Special with special guest Paul Sinclair from 2021-12-20T17:00
As Noddy Holder keeps on reminding everybody, "It's Christmas!!!". So to celebrate instead of the usual format this episode finds us lo...
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#16 (1986) Talk Talk, The Smiths, Peter Gabriel, Metallica, Prince & more from 2021-11-26T21:54:17
Steven and Tim find themselves marvelling at the greatness of what they’d assumed was a typically flat mid-1980s placeholder year. Talk Talk, The Smiths, Peter Gabriel, Arthur Russell, Miles Dav...
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#15 (2006) Arctic Monkeys, Thom Yorke, David Gilmour, The Flaming Lips & more from 2021-09-12T19:04:19
The boys' time machine lands in 2006 and the fresh fields of 2001 seem to have become neglected and funky (and not in a glorious James Brown kind of way). Artists discussed include Scott Walker,...
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#14 (2001) Radiohead, Opeth, Bjork, Tool & more from 2021-04-25T18:23:58
2001, a music odyssey! Tim and Steven venture into the 21st century and, against expectations, they like what they see. Good Lord, it might even be a Golden Age! Artists discussed include Radioh...
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#13 (1981) Rush, Japan, Iron Maiden, Magazine & more from 2021-03-05T16:50:17
Giving overviews of the years that in the duo's opinion define the era of ‘the classic album’, Season Two opens with 1981. Taking in Post-Punk, Electro-Pop, Metal, Progressive, Jazz and more, in...
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Episode 12 - 1974 from 2020-11-17T18:39:51
Tim declares 1974 the year of ‘Peak Prog’, while elsewhere Bowie the dog and Tim’s neighbour’s electric drill make debut podcast appearances.
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#12 (1974) Gentle Giant, Roxy Music, Tangerine Dream, Egg & more from 2020-11-17T17:39:51
Tim declares 1974 the year of ‘Peak Prog’, while elsewhere Bowie the dog and Tim’s neighbour’s electric drill make debut podcast appearances.
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Episode 11 - 1998 from 2020-10-15T22:46:53
In the latest episode the guys venture into the nineties. Extra fun can be had by joining in with a drinking game as you prepare to down one every time Tim mentions Robert Fripp or Steven m...
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#11 (1998) Massive Attack, Mansun, Mark Hollis, Goldie, Philip Glass & more from 2020-10-15T20:46:53
In the latest episode the guys venture into the nineties. Extra fun can be had by joining in with a drinking game as you prepare to down one every time Tim mentions Robert Fripp or Steven m...
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Episode 10 - 1969 from 2020-09-07T17:37:33
Tim even sounds like he's beaming in from a barn circa 1969 on this one, as the duo bring you more schoolboy errors in the third of their “9” trilogy. Oh, and it’s 69 minutes long, can you see w...
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#12 (1969) Scott Walker, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention & more from 2020-09-07T15:37:33
Tim even sounds like he's beaming in from a barn circa 1969 on this one, as the duo bring you more schoolboy errors in the third of their “9” trilogy. Oh, and it’s 69 minutes long, can you see w...
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Episode 9 - 1989 from 2020-08-17T15:02:29
Tim and Steven try to to figure out why they don't understand the appeal of an album that regularly appears near the top of greatest albums of all time lists.
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#9 (1989) Kate Bush, De La Soul, Neil Young, Tin Machine, Tears For Fears & more from 2020-08-17T13:02:29
Tim and Steven try to to figure out why they don't understand the appeal of an album that regularly appears near the top of greatest albums of all time lists.
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Episode 8 - 1979 (Part 2) from 2020-07-28T14:06:50
Can it be that the album Tim and Steven finally agree is their unanimous favourite of the year is a 3 hour minimalist opera? Find out by listening to sides 3 and 4 of the double album that is 19...
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Episode 7 - 1979 (Part 1) from 2020-07-28T14:03:01
The guys have so many albums to talk about that they decide it's got to be a double! So welcome to The Album Years: 1979, record one.
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#8 (1979 Part 2) - Motörhead, The B-52's, David Bowie, This Heat & more from 2020-07-28T12:06:50
Can it be that the album Tim and Steven finally agree is their unanimous favourite of the year is a 3 hour minimalist opera? Find out by listening to sides 3 and 4 of the double album that is 19...
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#7 (1979 Part 1) Gary Numan, Wire, Jethro Tull, Alex Chilton & more from 2020-07-28T12:03:01
The guys have so many albums to talk about that they decide it's got to be a double! So welcome to The Album Years: 1979, record one.
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Episode 6 - 1976 from 2020-07-05T18:43:44
The heyday of punk and disco music is just around the corner, but one of Steven and Tim‘s favourite albums from this year is the very antithesis of both; an obscure solo homage to the English co...
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#6 (1976) Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Lou Reed, Elton John & more from 2020-07-05T16:43:44
The heyday of punk and disco music is just around the corner, but one of Steven and Tim‘s favourite albums from this year is the very antithesis of both; an obscure solo homage to the English co...
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Episode 5 - 1967 from 2020-06-12T12:33:10
The duo make a case for 1967 being the single most significant year in the history of rock and pop, and discuss several genre defining albums, but conclude that Steven being born in this year ac...
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#5 (1967) The Beach Boys, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, Love & more from 2020-06-12T10:33:10
The duo make a case for 1967 being the single most significant year in the history of rock and pop, and discuss several genre defining albums, but conclude that Steven being born in this year ac...
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Episode 4 - 1984 from 2020-06-07T15:47:43
Tim tries to explain the trauma of first hearing David Bowie’s career nadir album Tonight, but otherwise the guys find 1984 to be another very special year.
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#4 (1984) David Bowie, Swans, Prince, Marillion & more from 2020-06-07T13:47:43
Tim tries to explain the trauma of first hearing David Bowie’s career nadir album Tonight, but otherwise the guys find 1984 to be another very special year.
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Episode 3 - 1992 from 2020-05-29T02:42:17
The guys can't find much in their collections that they unconditionally love from this year, with even some of their favourite artists releasing what are lesser works in their opinion. The...
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#3 (1992) Roger Waters, XTC, Nine Inch Nails & more from 2020-05-29T00:42:17
The guys can't find much in their collections that they unconditionally love from this year, with even some of their favourite artists releasing what are lesser works in their opinion. The...
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Episode 2 - 1973 from 2020-05-22T16:30:08
Steven and Tim struggle to get their list of great albums released in this year down from a shortlist of hundreds. So much so that they forget to mention King Crimson's Larks Tongues in As...
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#2 (1973) Roxy Music, 10cc, Todd Rundgren, David Bowie & more from 2020-05-22T14:30:08
Steven and Tim struggle to get their list of great albums released in this year down from a shortlist of hundreds. So much so that they forget to mention King Crimson's Larks Tongues in As...
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Episode 1 - 1980 from 2020-05-11T19:48:45
Steven and Tim reckon this is a fantastic year for albums, with the explosion of creative music coming out of the post-punk crucible. There are also some older artists producing some of their ve...
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#1 (1980) Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, The Durutti Column & more from 2020-05-11T17:48:45
Steven and Tim reckon this is a fantastic year for albums, with the explosion of creative music coming out of the post-punk crucible. There are also some older artists producing some of their ve...
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