We Will Rank You

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Little Richard's debut album, 1957's Here's Little Richard?! We finally delve into the 1950s by talking about the oldest album we've ranked yet. Adam repeatedly circles back to himself, talking about his short European tour with the red-hot Little Richards and interviews two of its main creators: Sparkle Gail Higgins, longtime London/NY/California vintage clothing queen and Heartbreakers road manager who named her San Diego store the Girl Can't Help It and her friend Robert Lopez (El Vez), who started the wild allstar act to play at her store. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite piano store.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . Architect of Rock and Roll, Attitude, A-WOOOOOOO, a-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom, Baby, the beat, the beat, the beat, the Beatles, Pat Boone, Can't Believe You Wanna Leave, choreography, El Vez, energy, the Girl Can't Help It, Good Golly Miss Molly, the Heartbreakers, Sparkle Gail Higgins,  Benny Hill, Jenny, Jenny, Little Adam, Little Richard, Little Robert, the Little Richards, Long Tall Sally, Robert Lopez, Lucille, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Miss Ann, my band, my band, my band, Oh Why?, Richard Penniman, piano, Elvis Presley, Ready Teddy, Rip It Up, rock and roll, Rubber Duckie, saxophone solo, She's Got It, shut up, Slippin' and Slidin', Trio, True, Fine Mama, Tutti Frutti, 1957. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Squeeze's Sweets From A Stranger album?! Dan picked another non-obvious record by a band we all love for this episode. Whole lotta praise heaped on the masters of UK song styling and we get a surprise text guest ranking from our high school friend Dan Evans before fading back into hiatusland. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite black coffeehouse.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . John Bentley, Black Coffee in Bed, Blur, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, Chris Difford, The Elephant Ride, Fountains of Wayne, Hall & Oates, His House Her Home, Robyn Hitchcock, Jools Holland, I Can't Hold On, I've Returned, Joe Jackson, Jellyfish, jigsaw, Gilson Lavis, Muppets, new wave, Onto the Dance Floor, Out of Touch, Points of View, the Proclaimers, Frank Sinatra, Don Snow, Squeeze, Stranger Than the Stranger on the Shore, Supergrass, Sweets From A Stranger, Glenn Tilbrook, Tongue Like a Knife, The Very First Dance, we are not new wave, When the Hangover Strikes, XTC, Paul Young, 1982.          US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on XTC's Oranges & Lemons album?! In the middle of our so-called hiatus, Jim again chose to rank Swindon's finest by selecting their fine 11th export. We were graced by not one but two guest rankers who witnessed the band recording the album in Los Angeles: Mike Keneally, a former Frank Zappa guitarist who played guitar on one of the album's outtakes and Gary Helsinger, the Green Jello singer and then-Tower Records employee who got to hang with the band at Summa Studios and KROQ's studios during this era. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite garden of podcast delights. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . Acoustic tour, Across This Antheap, AGAIN?! The Beatles, Boy George, bridge, David Byrne, Chalkhills and Children, Elvis Costello, Cynical Days, Depeche Mode, Dukes of Stratosphear, ecstasy, eighties, fake horns, Paul Fox, Garden of Earthly Delights, Green Jello, Green Jelly, Dave Gregory, Happy Families, Gary Helsinger, Here Comes President Kill Again, Hold Me My Daddy, Mark Isham, Jellyfish, Mike Keneally, King for a Day, KROQ, Jim Laspesa, Love on a Farmboy's Wages, The Loving, Pat Mastelotto, Mayor of Simpleton, Merely a Man, Miniature Sun, Mister Mister, Colin Moulding, musical masturbation, new wave, Ocean Way Studios, Oingo Boingo, One of the Millions, Oranges & Lemons, Andy Partridge, Pink Thing, Poor Skeleton Steps Out, psychedelic rock, Scarecrow People, Science Friction, She's Having A Baby, shillings, sixties, Skylarking, sophisti-pop, Take This Town, They Might Be Giants, Tower Records Sunset, XTC, Frank Zappa, 1989.                US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Depeche Mode's Memento Mori album?! We were prepping to take a year off but Sam's suggestion to rank DM's latest before it was even released was too tempting to not do ASAP. It still took us weeks to record and almost a year to release but it's fun to hear our fresh reactions. Even more fun is finally recording recollections of decades of memories of one of our favorite bands of all-time since we hadn't started a podcast when we ranked Black Celebration a few years ago. Edited by Sam. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite wagging tongue supplier.   Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .FILE UNDER/SPOILERS:Always You, Before We Drown, Blasphemous Rumours, David Bowie, Richard Butler, death, Don't Say You Love Me, Christian Eigner, Andrew Fletcher, James Ford, Dave Gahan, Ghosts Again, Peter Gordeno, Martin L. Gore, Halo, harmonies, high speed car chase, Lost Highway, David Lynch, Memento Mori, My Cosmos Is Mine, My Favourite Stranger, Never Let Me Go, new wave, People Are Good, Marta Salogni, Soul with Me, Speak to Me, synthpop, Wagging Tongue, Alan Wilder, 2023.US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours?! For our third request episode, Dan's teenage nephew Esher suggested the 1977 classic and it won our public election. This second season finale turned out as epic as the album itself, with several rankings the likes of which we've never seen in our 30 episodes. Lots of fun facts and opinions and tales about the album producer getting you fired from the hosts plus the nominator nephew himself and Mara Kuge of the long-running Los Angeles AM Gold party Soft Rock Sundays. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local second hand newsstand. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:Alcohol, Beyond Yacht Rock, Big Love, breakups, Lindsey Buckingham, Buckingham/Nicks, Irene Cara, Rio Caraeff, The Chain, classic rock, clavinet, Clinton inaugural ball, Crunch Media, dobro, Dogg Face, Don't Look Down, Don't Stop, Dreams, drugs, Janice Engel, Esher, Chris Farley, Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac, Go Your Own Way, Going Home documentary, Gold Dust Woman, harmonies, Hole, I Don't Want to Know, Jellyfish, Mara Kuge, Led Zeppelin, Lola (My Love), Christine McVie, John McVie, the Move, Never Going Back Again, Stevie Nicks, Oh Daddy, Pixies, request episode, Rhiannon, Rumours, season finale, Second Hand News, soft rock, Soft Rock Sunday, Songbird, Whenever I Call You Friend, yacht rock, Yachtski scale, You Make Loving Fun, Zellerbach Hall, 1977 US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Alvvays' debut 2014 album?! Adam picked the most recent and most Canadian album we've ever ranked, knowing the others probably hadn't heard it. He first learned about it after hearing Ben Gibbard and Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub raving about the band in an interview. Fun to hear rookie impressions of this dreamy masterpiece. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite party police station.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .FILE UNDER/SPOILERS:Adult Diversion, The Agency Group, All In The Family, Alvvays, Always, Archie Comics, Archie, Marry Me, Atop a Cake, Best Coast, The Beths, Boygenius, Edith Bunker, Camera Obscura, Canada, Cherry Red Records, debauchery, Dives, dream pop, First Love, Last Rites, Ben Gibbard, Glasvegas, gorgeous, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, Nicolette Larson, Next of Kin, Ones Who Love You, Out Brief Candle, Party Police, Nina Persson, Polyvinyl Records, Molly Rankin, Real Estate, Red Planet, Say Anything, The Schizophonics, self-titled debut album, the Sundays, Surfer Blood, Teenage Fanclub, that dog., Chad VanGaalen, 2014.US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on 91X-FM's 1983 Top 91 countdown?! For our third wildcard episode, we celebrated the San Diego station's 40th anniversary by talking about the songs from their very first year-end listener poll. The result is an EPIC three-hour dive into the station's history with a ton of childhood memories plus interviews with first year DJs Billy Bones and Pam Wolf. Learn how San Diego went new wave practically overnight to instantly become the coolest modern rock station in the country. Sorry/not sorry, KROQ.  From nerdy teen listeners to eventually working at the station and creating the station's 10th anniversary countdown, it's an incredible must-hear listen for any fan of early 80's music. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite Tijuana transmitter.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS:91X, Adam Ant, Aztec Camera, B-52's, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Country, Billy Bones, border blaster, the Call, Elvis Costello & the Attraction , Stewart Copeland ,the Cure, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Devo, Duran Duran, Echo and the Bunnymen, English Beat, Peter Godwin, Haysi Fantayzee, Icicle Works, Billy Idol, INXS, Kajagoogoo, metal, Mexican Radio, Midnight Oil, Mighty 690, MTV, Nena, New Order, new wave, 91X, Public Image Limited, radio, Stan Ridgway, Rock of the 80s, San Diego, Thompson Twins, Toy Dolls, UB40, Van Halen, Violent Femmes, Wall of Voodoo, Pam Wolf, Yazoo US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Madonna's Immaculate Collection?! For the last of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Dan chose the best-selling solo artist collection of all-time. Good times ranking songs we're all familiar with but not huge fans of.  Unsurprisingly, these four straight white males still had lots of fun things to say and recall about the ever-present queen.  Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local dancefloor.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Holiday, dance music, Truth or Dare, Lucky Star, blonde, Iggy Pop, Borderline, Deee-Lite, Salsoul Orchestra, Like a Virgin, Lenny Kravitz, Holiday Rap, Material Girl, Vision Quest, Crazy for You, cone bra, Into the Groove, Leon Robinson, Live to Tell, Wayne's World, True Blue, Weird Al Yankovic, Papa Don't Preach, Possum Dixon, talking, Open Your Heart, Prince, Causing a Commotion, Marilyn Monroe, La Isla Bonita, lace top, Like a Prayer, Sean Penn, Express Yourself, bops, Cherish, pop, Vogue, Shep Pettibone, Justify My Love, sexy whispering, MC Miker & DJ Sven, Rescue Me, Joe DiMaggio, brunette, Burning Up US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

WE ARE THE PODS! WE ARE THE PODS.....What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the Jam's Compact Snap?! For the third of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Jim chose the shorter, 21 song version of the Jam's Snap, still resulting in our longest episode to date. Not just the most songs we've ever talked about but no less than four guest rankers weighed with their favorite Jams! Vino Martinez from the San Diego Weller-influenced band the Bassics, Bay Area teen Mod and worldwide favorite Bart Davenport, actual British person Richie Merrett from Airhead and Modernation plus Style Council percussionist Gary Wallis all chime in with opinions. A rare non-Adam production edited by Sam! Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify or your local tube station.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: In the City, the Kinks, Away from the Numbers, Mod revival, All Around the World, Oasis, The Modern World, Bart Davenport, News of the World, the Who, Billy Hunt, we are the mods, English Rose, suits, Mr. Clean, Rickenbacker, David Watts, Bruce Foxton, A Bomb in Wardour Street, Paul Weller, Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, Tom Jones, Strange Town, From the Jam, The Butterfly Collector, Gary Wallis, When You're Young, the Event, Smithers-Jones, Manual Scan, Thick as Thieves, power pop, The Eton Rifles, the Beatles, Going Underground, anglophile, Dreams of Children, Rick Buckler, That's Entertainment, Vespa, Start!, Man in the Corner Shop, the Clash, Funeral Pyre, the Loved Ones, Absolute Beginners, The Style Council, Tales from the Riverbank, Taxman, Town Called Malice, new wave, Precious, the Bassics, The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow), punk rock, Beat Surrender US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What’s your most loved and least favorite song on The Best of Otis Redding?!   For the second of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Sam chose a childhood favorite, possibly influenced by his parents going to school with Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn. Lots of fun chit chatter about the King of Soul! Guest rankings from Tyler Jacobson from Denver's Mile High Soul Club and Isaiah Mitchell from Earthless who's been moonlighting as the lead guitarist of a well known Otis Redding coverband called the Black Crowes. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Mr. Pitiful, Steve Cropper, My Girl, Smokey Robinson, Respect, the Temptations,  I've Been Loving You Too Long, Aretha Franklin, Love Man, the Commitments, Cigarettes And Coffee, Pretty In Pink, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Bull Durham, Try A Little Tenderness, Rolling Stones, I Can't Turn You Loose, the Black Crowes, Hard To Handle, Jimmy Durante, the Blues Brothers, Isiah Mitchell, Earthless, Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song), Mile High Soul Club, (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay, Shout Bamalama, Monterey Pop Festival. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

WE WILL WE WILL…. What’s your most loved and least favorite song on 1981’s Queen Greatest Hits?! Adam came up with a fun way to finally talk about our namesake song: kicking off a four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes! You’ll never guess where we ranked WWRY. It's only the best-selling album in UK history. You've probably never heard of it. Shockingly, none of us are huge fans, despite having so many fun stories and opinions that this became our longest show to date! One of us even needed to be reminded that they worked for Queen’s record label. Three of us went to high school with guest ranker Ken Dow, who shared his amazing Queen For A Day tale with us. Finally, Adam got his old neighbor, Eber Lambert, to chat about producing another Jewish Adam from California: Queen’s lead singer.  Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and your local Stomp Stomp Clap Stadium. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .   FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Greatest Hits, Another One Bites the Dust, Freddie Mercury, Radio Gaga, Live Aid, Bohemian Rhapsody, Jellyfish, Tie Your Mother Down, harmonies, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Wayne's World, Dragon Attack, harmonies, Killer Queen, Brian May, arena rock, News of The World, Fat Bottomed Girls, Chic, Bicycle Race, Roger Taylor, Under Pressure, John Deacon, We Will Rock You, Adam Lambert, We Are the Champions, Ken Dow, Flash, Jason Falkner, Somebody to Love, the Locust, You're My Best Friend, David Bowie, Keep Yourself Alive, Eber Lambert, Play the Game, 1981.   US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Elvis Costello & The Attractions' 1986 album Blood & Chocolate? Dan chose a raw/ragged fan favorite instead of a more well-known record to get three fresh opinions from casual admirers of Mr. McManus. Contains lots of praise and the best story you will ever hear about his stage name. Be sure to stick around to the end for a historic announcement about our next few episodes. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local bloodbank. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Elvis Costello, Blood & Chocolate, Uncomplicated,  Bob Dylan, I Hope You're Happy Now, Steve Nieve, Tokyo Storm Warning, Lou Costello, Live Aid, Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head, Bruce Thomas, I Want You, Declan McManus, Leave My Kitten Alone, Los Lobos, Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind, Pete Thomas, Blue Chair, The Beatles, The Rutles, Battered Old Bird, Cait O'Riordan, Crimes of Paris, Penn Jillette, Poor Napoleon, Napoleon Dynamite, Elvis Presley, Next Time Round US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

Jim picked Lifes Rich Pageant by one of our most requested bands, R.E.M., before anyone could pick the wrong album. A new, innovative one-time only ranking system made it one of our shortest episodes ever but we had a record TWO surprise Zoom guests, Craig Rosen, author of R.E.M. Inside Out : The Stories Behind Every Song and Buck09/Plural's Scott Kennerly, who had so much to say that we'll be putting their full, unedited segments on our Youtube channel soon.  Lots of fun talk about meeting Mike and Peter, singin' Supermen and teenage posters. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local acronym outlet store. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . SPOILERS/FILE UNDER: Dinner side, Begin the Begin, Bill Berry, Peter Sellers, These Days, banjo, Fall on Me, Bob Welch, godzilla, Cuyahoga, the Clique, Hyena, Mike Mills, Underneath the Bunker, Michael Stipe, Supper side, Alternative rock, The Flowers of Guatemala, jangle pop, I Believe, Buck09, What If We Give It Away?, Craig Rosen, Just a Touch, mumbling, Swan Swan H, Peter Buck, Superman, Plural US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

RATE BUSH! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Kate Bush's Hounds of Love? Three months before some very strange things catapulted Miss Bush into a new generation's consciousness, Sam had us sit down to dissect an album that most purists wouldn't dare break into separate parts. While Adam went overboard (groan) researching the second side's epic Ninth Wave song story, newbies Dan and Jim obliviously took it in like men with children in their eyes...or something. Guest rankers include keyboard guru and Abbey Road expert Brian Kehew (Moog Cookbook, The Who, Prince and more) and San Diego Music Award winner Marie Haddad from the world's greatest coverband, Baby Bushka. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your running shoe outlet. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God), art pop,  Hounds of Love, Donald Sutherland, The Big Sky, Peter Gabriel, Mother Stands for Comfort, Fairlight CMI, Cloudbusting, progressive pop, The Ninth Wave, Marie Haddad, And Dream of Sheep Under Ice, Baby Bushka, Waking the Witch, art rock, Watching You Without Me, Brian Kehew, Jig of Life, the Futureheads, Hello Earth, Outkast, The Morning Fog, progressive rock, 1985. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Big Star's #1 Record? Gee, no power pop nerds are going to have an opinion on this one. Memphis' finest 1972 export got the most votes in our second request election, thanks to a nomination by painter William Feuer. This episode has wide-eyed virginal opinions from Jim, who loves many of the groups famously influenced by this record but had never heard it plus a ton of fun uberfan Adam tales from Elliott Smith requests to one-off Big Star tribute nights plus the usual eloquent ramblings of Dan and Sam. A must-listen for fans of Indian songs. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local Big Star grocery store.   FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Big Star, Feel, #1 Record, The Ballad of El Goodo, Chris Bell, In the Street, power pop, Thirteen, Alex Chilton, Don't Lie to Me, the Posies, The India Song,  Jody Stephens, When My Baby's Beside Me, Andy Hummel, My Life Is Right, Teenage Fanclub, Give Me Another Chance, the Replacements, Try Again, the Lemonheads, Ardent Studios, Watch the Sunrise, Elliott Smith, ST 100/6, Power Pop Pop Pop, 1972. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

Violent Femmes, the ultimate in self-titling! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on the Femmes' 1983 debut album? The hosts care for all of these songs so dearly that it was once called "impossible to rank" by Jim, which is why Adam chose it. Contains fun tales of teenage party singalongs, our own "best-ever" cover versions and even late-night hangouts with the band. Guest ranker, magician and Possum Dixon singer Rob Zabrecky sends us his pick for album favorite. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local 31 Flavors. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .   SPOILERS N KEYWORDS: Blister in the Sun, Gnarls Barkley, Kiss Off, Roxy Music, fuck, Victor DeLorenzo, Please Do Not Go, xylophone, Add It Up, screw, Gordon Gano, acoustic bass, Confessions, El Destroyo, Prove My Love, the Jetsons, Brian Ritchie, They Might Be Giants, Promise, Tom Verlaine, To The Kill, Gone Daddy Gone, Velvet Underground, Good Feeling US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

POD STEWART! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story? Since three of us hail from 1971, Dan chose this classic Roderic record that divided the hosts with its boozy, bluesy goodness and raspy crooning. We recently finally got into the 70s with Schoolhouse Rock but this is our most classic rock episode to date! A must-listen for fans of the phrase “a long time”. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local donut shop.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Every Picture Tells a Story, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Seems Like a Long Time, Theodore Anderson, That's All Right, Amazing Grace, Arthur Crudup,  Tomorrow Is a Long Time, Bob Dylan, Henry, Martin Quittenton, Maggie May, Maggie Mae, Mandolin Wind, (I Know) I'm Losing You, Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant, (Find a) Reason to Believe, Tim Hardin, donuts. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4OFTIda46Di4HkS0CDvM7L (Dan's top 100 songs of 2020)

ECHO & THE FUNNYMEN!  What's your most favorite and least loved song on the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain? Jim picked this 1984 classic for us to rank and it's a lovefest, trust me. Lots of fun memories of seeing Liverpool's finest live, having too much Echo ephemera and meeting someone who helped make the record so beautiful. Up just in time for the band's 40th anniversary US tour! Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local Liverpool Football Club outlet store. FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Echo & The Bunnymen, tor-toys, Post-punk, new wave, neo-psychedelia,  cucumber, Gil Norton, Henri Loustau, Adam Peters, Ian McCulloch, cabbage, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas, Silver, Nocturnal Me, cauliflower, Crystal Days, The Yo Yo Man, Thorn of Crowns, men on Mars, The Killing Moon, Seven Seas, My Kingdom, April showers, Ocean Rain US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4OFTIda46Di4HkS0CDvM7L (Dan's top 100 songs of 2020)Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain ranked

What's your favorite and least favorite song on Ride's album Going Blank Again?  Sam chose this 1992 classic so the boys get swooshy, gaze at their shoes and climb mountains of guitar pedals to rank the tunes by a band that didn't get their due on this side of the pond. And I quote: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......" FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Shoegaze, alternative, Ride, Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, Steve Queralt, Oasis, Leave Them All Behind,  Twisterella, Not Fazed, Chrome Waves, Mouse Trap, Time of Her Time, Cool Your Boots, Making Judy Smile, Time Machine, OX4, noise pop, dream pop, neo-psychedelia, Britpop US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4OFTIda46Di4HkS0CDvM7L (Dan's top 100 songs of 2020) THEM: https://www.thebandride.com

Best. Live albums. EVER!!!  For our 15th episode, we voted for a wildcard theme that turned out to be the most diverse set of music we’ve ever discussed. Turned out being a blast discussing the history of live recordings, concerts we went to that ended up on albums, our parents’ influence AND our very own top five (and least) favorite live albums of all-time. We hate to spoil our answers because they’re all so random but we can safely reveal that the Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins, Eagles, Beyoncé and Matthew Sweet all get mentioned without actually making the cut. FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: The Beatles,  Beyoncé, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, Eagles, Aretha Franklin, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joe Jackson, Jane's Addiction, the MC5, Morrissey, Nirvana, the Police, the Ramones, Rush, Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, Matthew Sweet, Talking Heads, Toad the Wet Sprocket, U2 US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4OFTIda46Di4HkS0CDvM7L (Dan's top 100 songs of 2020)