Classic Rock And Prog Albums

About Classic Rock And Prog Albums

Join ’old friends’ Tim and/or Shaun and/or Peter for their chats about the albums, songs and artists that have marked their lives. The podcast focuses on the artistry involved in classic rock: the musicology, the cover art, the cultural and even the philosophical resonances of the works under discussion. https://www.patreon.com/cw/ClassicRockAndProgAlmanac

Publisher

Tim, Shaun and Peter

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jul 2024

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

107 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   CROSBY AND NASH - Wind On The Water: The best CSNY spin-off ever made?

   This week, Tim did a monologue on the second Crosby and Nash album, Wind On The Water. Topics covered include: the connection between this album and the unreleased CSNY album Human Highway, the jazz influence on the album, the division of labour between the two writers and the autobiographical nature of the lyrics. Also, are Californians metaphysical? Does flying represent erections? Is Graham Nash obsessed with carrying things? How many songs on the album are about rocks? Are lions good at multitasking? And no prizes for guessing which Wizard of Oz character David Crosby resembles…

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   RANKING: The UK studio albums of The Beatles

   This week Tim, Shaun & Peter ranked the Beatles UK studio albums. Topic covered include: which Beatle writes with the most interesting chords, how to construct a Beatles canon, how much Beatles material was contractual, whether the Beatles’ career can be divided into a John phase and a Paul phase, and when they came to terms with the album as form. Also, is David Essex from Essex? On which album is Ringo’s bass drum pedal squeak featured? Which is worse, Help the album or Help the film? Did the Beatles invent goth rock? And which is better, the Shaunometer or the Petergraph? There’s only one way to find out…

3. 

   5 Oct 2026

   THE MOVE - Message From The Country: The greatest contractual obligation album ever made?

   This week, Tim did a monologue on the fourth and final studio album by The Move, Message From The Country. Topics covered include: whether this is a concept album or not, the contrast between the chaos of the band’s career and the coherence of the record, whether The Move were one of the greatest groups of the 1960s and the significance of biblical references on the album. Also, are they the only UK band to have been sued by the Prime Minister? Exactly how much Christian eschatology is there on the album? When does a thing stop being a thing? And finally, when the band talk about a message from the country, which country exactly are they talking about?

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YouTube views

24,495

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

31

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