Backtracking Rush

Backtracking Rush

Hosted by JW and Michael and Raf · Backtracking Studios

4.8from 48 ratings

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59Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
140
Episodes
23
Transcribed
48
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2023
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About Backtracking Rush

Backtracking is the music podcast where three old friends, Dan, Raf and JW, take a second listen to influential albums, track by track. Season 1 covered the entire Rush catalog. Season 2 went deep on American Music Club. Season 3 is fifteen albums, from Ozzy's "Blizzard of Ozz" and Asia's "Alpha" to Sting's "The Soul Cages" and The Chameleons' "Strange Times," with guests including Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies of The Chameleons, Seth Tiven of Dumptruck, Nathan Larson, and Will Hodgkinson. Expect deep cuts, bad puns, and The Best and the Worst for every album. New episodes on Tuesdays.

Publisher
Backtracking Studios
Category
music
Language
en
Explicit
Yes
First episode
28 Dec 2023
Latest episode
14 Oct 2026
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23 of 140 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S3E31 Men At Work "Business As Usual" Side A

  2. 7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S3E30 Asia "Alpha" Side B

  3. 30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S3E29 Asia "Alpha" Side A

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S3E31 Men At Work "Business As Usual" Side A

Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But yes, it does in fact date the song. I'm not saying that in a bad way. Right. We talked about the chameleons, J. William Hall, recently. I am so glad you delighted me with introducing me to the chameleons and that album in particular. But we did talk about like the production of that album is 100 percent of its time and it dates that album to that time. And that isn't a bad thing. You know what I'm saying? Like I think that sometimes that can be great. Not everything has to exist kind of out of time and place. Um, but, but I do think that this puts it, this kind of puts the, the inclusion of the saxophone in this way puts this album in the early eighties. […]

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  • Dax Kimbrough
  • Mark Burgess
  • Reg Smithies

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.7 / 5
34 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Engagement
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JW and Michael and Raf host the show. Published by Backtracking Studios.

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