🎙️ Welcome to Two Fat Guys and an Album – the only fat guys podcast that matters! 🎧🎸

This week, hosts Mike Blackburn and Maestro Brek Hufnus dive into:

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  The Chirping Crickets' 1957 rock & roll masterpiece, The Chirping Crickets

  
  


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  The Counting Crows' new album Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets

  
  


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  The Tragically Hip's indie-pop tour de force Fully Completely

  
  

Entertaining reviews, thoughtful analysis, and plenty of laughs—because these guys just love to talk about music, no matter the genre.

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📼 Episode Breakdown

🕒 Time stamps so you can jump right in:

0:00 Welcome and Nuggets – Graceland, Phil Collins' drum sound, Billy Strings' guitar sound

16:34 Death Legacy of Rock Stars?

28:45 Side One: The Chirping Crickets – The Chirping Crickets (Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Chuck Willis, Don McLean)

1:05:47 Landmark? Perfect?

1:08:55 Side Two: What's Going On: Counting Crows – Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets

1:21:38 Fixing your vinyls → Watch here

1:24:07 The Sheepdogs' challenge

1:27:54 Side Three: Beyond Classic Rock: The Tragically Hip – Fully Completely

1:47:00 Side Four: Ranking and Thank You 🙌

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🎼 The Maestro's Current Album Ranking

1. 
   

   Sgt. Pepper (1967) – The Beatles

   
   


2. 
   

   Moondance (1970) – Van Morrison

   
   


3. 
   

   The Doors (1967) – The Doors

   
   


4. 
   

   Wish You Were Here (1973) – Pink Floyd

   
   


5. 
   

   Aqualung (1971) – Jethro Tull

   
   


6. 
   

   Graceland (1986) – Paul Simon

   
   


7. 
   

   Violent Femmes (1983) – Violent Femmes

   
   


8. 
   

   London Calling (1979) – The Clash

   
   


9. 
   

   Blonde on Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan

   
   


10. 
    

    American Beauty (1970) – Grateful Dead

    
    


11. 
    

    The Sunset Tree (2005) – The Mountain Goats

    
    


12. 
    

    Moving Pictures (1981) – Rush

    
    


13. 
    

    Bat Out of Hell (1977) – Meat Loaf

    
    


14. 
    

    Brothers in Arms (1985) – Dire Straits

    
    


15. 
    

    Automatic for the People (1992) – R.E.M

    
    


16. 
    

    The Chirping Crickets (1958) – Buddy Holly

    
    


17. 
    

    Discipline (1981) – King Crimson

    
    


18. 
    

    OK Computer (1997) – Radiohead

    
    


19. 
    

    Joshua Tree (1987) – U2

    
    

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