This is ALBUM CLASH! The podcast in which we take two albums that share a connection and pit them against each other inside THE RING OF DEATH. Two albums enter, only one may leave!
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Unknown Pleasures vs Power Corruption and Lies - Part 2
This is ALBUM CLASH: CIVIL WAR!!
We conclude our latest clash, and indeed our civil war season by going through New Order’s second album, ‘Power, Corruption and Lies’ from 1983.
In doing so we learn how the other members of Joy Division coped with the aftermath of Ian Curtis’s suicide, how a change of name and the addition of a new member helped them move on, and how that new member was instrumental (pun intended) in their evolution into what we would come to know as ‘classic’ New Order. We also talk about the most successful twelve-inch single of all time (which isn’t on this album), and the beginnings of the world famous Hacienda nightclub. And how both of those things ended up losing Factory records a shitload of money.
Of course we talk about the music, and what a treat it is to talk about, with some absolute belters including the inspiration/ early workings for what would become the aforementioned best selling twelve-inch of all time.
In this week’s ‘video killed the radio star’ segment Kev introduces us to an interesting new video for an old song by Athens Georgia’s most famous sons, and his pick for album of the week sees us dropping in on 80% of one of the Wales’s favourite indie bands to see what they’ve been up to of late.
We get down to scoring our two albums to see which emerges victorious, and for the first time in a very long time, we have a difference of opinion over which is the better record…
Also this week:
Tim pitches the perfect movie crossover;
Kev confuses his retro children’s board games; and
we uncover Peter Saville’s dark secret…
Finally, as we announce at the end of this week’s pod, this show marks the end of Album Clash season 2 as we will be taking a brief hiatus for the next few weeks. Not to worry though, before you know it (definitely by the end of the year) we’ll be back to brighten your Thursdays with Album Clash season 3: Album Clash with a Vengeance…
***If you like what you've heard in this show, why not subscribe to the pod? You can also listen to our entire back catalogue (and with two weeks to wait between new episodes you frankly have no excuse not to). PLEASE tell your mates to check us out. Alternatively, if you think we're shite, tell your enemies to listen - we honestly don't care as long as we get those sweet sweet clicks. Finally, if you are so inclined, we would be incredibly grateful if you could give us a (preferably 5-star) rating and leave a review on whichever platform you get your pods. It makes it easier for others to find us and it means a hell of a lot. Thanks for listening!***
***Check out our ‘can’t get you out of my head’ playlist:
Youtube Music: https://t.co/xHKWgpcadA
Spotify: https://t.co/8Exejzv2rg
Enjoy!
Find us on Twitter (@Clashalbum), Instagram (@Clahsalbum), Threads (@Clashalbum) or send us an email (albumclash@gmail.com).***
31 Aug 2023
Unknown Pleasures vs Power Corruption and Lies - Part 1
This is ALBUM CLASH: CIVIL WAR!!
Yes, yes, I know it’s a few hours late again - really really sorry about that - things are somewhat hectic here at Clash towers at the moment.
Anyway, we start a new clash this week, and it’s the final clash in our ‘Civil War’ season, but with a slight twist as we take a look at a band who evolved into another band following the death of one of their founder members. Yes, you guessed it (or you probably just read the episode title) - it’s Joy Division vs New Order.
First up it’s Joy Division with their 1979 debut ‘Unknown Pleasures’ - an album which, while not a huge success on it’s release, has gone on to become one of the most influential albums of all time (with one of the most influential album covers of all time).
As ever we have a helluva lot to get through in today’s pod, some of it light hearted and whimsical, some of it much less so as we talk about the tragic death of frontman Ian Curtis. We also talk about the brilliance of Martin Hannet’s production, and how Joy Division were influenced by what came before (there’s a lot of Iggy Pop references in today’s pod) and also how they influenced not only their peers but continue to have an influence on bands in the 21st century.
In this week’s ‘can’t get you out of my head’ Kev tells us how he was earwormed with an early 90s pop banger by scrolling through Twitter (yes, it’s called Twitter and always will be), while Tim reveals how he serenades his dog in the course of her daily ablutions…
Also this week:
Tim gives us a lesson in astrophysics;
we discuss the strange dichotomy that was Tony Wilson; and
Does Kev unintentionally reveal a bit too much about his cinematic preferences?
***If you like what you've heard in this show, why not subscribe to the pod? You can also listen to our entire back catalogue (and with two weeks to wait between new episodes you frankly have no excuse not to). PLEASE tell your mates to check us out. Alternatively, if you think we're shite, tell your enemies to listen - we honestly don't care as long as we get those sweet sweet clicks. Finally, if you are so inclined, we would be incredibly grateful if you could give us a (preferably 5-star) rating and leave a review on whichever platform you get your pods. It makes it easier for others to find us and it means a hell of a lot. Thanks for listening!***
***Check out our ‘can’t get you out of my head’ playlist:
Youtube Music: https://t.co/xHKWgpcadA (https://t.co/xHKWgpcadA)
Spotify: https://t.co/8Exejzv2rg (https://t.co/8Exejzv2rg)
Enjoy!
Find us on Twitter (@Clashalbum), Instagram (@Clahsalbum), Threads (@Clashalbum) or send us an email (albumclash@gmail.com).***
17 Aug 2023
Paul Simon vs Graceland - Part 2
This is ALBUM CLASH: CIVIL WAR!!
With sincere apologies for the slightly delayed release, in this week’s pod we conclude our Paul Simon clash by casting our ears over the diminutive folkster’s (yes, I’m reusing that moniker again) most successful album, 1986’s ‘Graceland’.
There’s an awful lot for us to get through with this one, not least of all the controversy that Paul Simon caused in breaking the cultural boycott and travelling to South Africa to record with South African artists at the height of the anti-apartheid movement. We talk - at length - about the moral and ethical quandary that Simon’s decision represents, and how his position is somewhat undermined by the fact that on one track he duets with an artist who did accept money from the apartheid regime to perform at Sun City.
We do (eventually) talk about the music, and the way that Paul Simon manages to seamlessly blend the sounds of the Soweto township with those of New York City and the American Deep South. We also have a long old chat about the term ‘world music’ and the negative connotations that have come to be associated with it.
In our latest ‘video killed the radio star’ Tim takes us through a classic 80s video which saw the emergence of a global megastar, whilst paying homage to one of the 20th Century’s most iconic stars.
We also have our latest album of the pod where Tim picks a new release by an artist whom we have previously entered into the ring of death…
Also this week:
Tim does his bit to promote cultural learning by providing a useful translation service;
Kev recalls a classic gritty 1980s drama about nuclear winter in South Yorkshire; and
When is an ultra capitalist institution also a front for communist ideologies?
***If you like what you've heard in this show, why not subscribe to the pod? You can also listen to our entire back catalogue (and with two weeks to wait between new episodes you frankly have no excuse not to). PLEASE tell your mates to check us out. Alternatively, if you think we're shite, tell your enemies to listen - we honestly don't care as long as we get those sweet sweet clicks. Finally, if you are so inclined, we would be incredibly grateful if you could give us a (preferably 5-star) rating and leave a review on whichever platform you get your pods. It makes it easier for others to find us and it means a hell of a lot. Thanks for listening!***
***Check out our ‘can’t get you out of my head’ playlist:
Youtube Music: https://t.co/xHKWgpcadA
Spotify: https://t.co/8Exejzv2rg
Enjoy!
Find us on Twitter (@Clashalbum), Instagram (@Clahsalbum), Threads (@Clashalbum) or send us an email (albumclash@gmail.com).***
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