Two more different albums could not have found their way into the Classic Albums studio. 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' by the legendary poet and song smith, pitted against a Britpop landmark 'Elastica' by the band of the same name. Listen in and find out whether there is agreement or discord when Gary and Stephen discuss the merits of these two albums.

Bloggers suggest super groups and the top five looks at tunes best listened to in the car. All in all, a top notch slice of geeky opinionated whinging.

A debut album special with the eponymous Stone Roses offering, 'Stone Roses' up against Jeff Buckley's 'Grace'. There is laughter and tears in the Classic Albums studio, with one of the discs getting a universal thumbs up whilst the other causes pulses to race and blood pressure to rise.

All the usual features are here: Top Five this week is album artwork featuring the artist and this rubs shoulders with current listening favourites and the singles and albums that kicked off our music buying obsession.

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Life affirming rock takes on the ultimate break up album when Stephen and Gary discuss classic albums by AC/DC and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Will there be more ranting or will the podcast studio be a picture of calm agreement?

Another countdown is suggested by podcast devotees 'Rock the Week' looks for song titles about days of the week. Can we make it from Monday to Sunday without Stephen mentioning either The Wedding Present or Belle & Sebastian?

Tune in and find out.

Two very different albums this week. Guitar driven kitchen sink drama from the Wedding Present's 'George Best' pitted against Bjork's dance beat driven pop on 'Debut'. One receives praise, the other a drubbing. But which is which?

We have 'A day in the life of rock', with a timeline stretching from dawn til dusk and beyond. The top five this week features songs about death and neither Stephen or Gary can keep their list within the specified number. This is probably an indication of their morbid musical proclivities.

A "rawk" special this issue as Gary and Stephen consider the old skool merits of Led Zeppelin's 1973 offering Houses of the Holy and the new-skool barking-mad-a-thon of The Pixies' poppy swansong Trompe le Monde. We also get to hear the Top 5 songs with girl's names in the title and as much partisan and jaundiced opinion  in half an hour as anybody should ever need.

What was Stephen thinking? He knows that Gary comes out in a rash at the merest mention of jazz. Does his choice of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis elicit a rant, or was Gary won over? Ok Computer by Radiohead should be a safe bet, but a decade on does the Indie masterpiece stand the test of time?

The quiz continues to flummox, top five this week puts the boot into bands who hung around beyond their sell by date and the talking point looks for suggestions for bands with more fashion sense than musical ability.

 

It's daggers drawn this episode as the heat rises in the Classic Albums studio. Gary and Stephen almost fall out over the Sex Pistols' punk blueprint Never Mind the B*ll*cks and XTC's pysyc/pastoral/power-pop concept album Skylarking. Also featuring the Top 5 songs from films and the answer to last week's sleeve note teaser.

The third installment of the Classic Albums Podcast gives the lowdown on My Bloody Valentine's seminal shoegazing epic Loveless and The Blue Nile's acclaimed follow-up to Hats, Peace at Last. Also featuring the top 5 covers of all time, (well, the top 17-ish) and another fiendish music teaser.

Episode 2 of The Classic Albums Podcast gets to grips with Beck's dour and dusty break-up album Sea Change and tackles Tori Amos' epic third offering Boys For Pele. We also find out the greatest Album opening tracks of all time and get the answers to last week's fiendish teaser.

Gary and Stephen debate the rival merits of Ryan Adam's groundbreaking debut "Heartbreaker" and Vol.1 of the Magnetic Fields' gigantic opus "The 69 Love Songs". They also debeate the definitive Top 5 debut albums and set the first of many music indie music teasers.