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S02E04 Queen 'Innuendo'

Next up in the number one albums of 1991 is Queen's swansong album 'Innuendo' which appears to be lauded by quite a few critics as one of their classics. Will we agree? Both Dave and Krister are relative novices when it comes to Queen so will this be their entry point to a whole big back catalogue?
In the midst of the Queen talk we also touch upon such subjects as Morrissey being a twat, the Butthole Surfers and songs titled 'Delilah'. All songs talked about in the podcast can be heard in our companion playlist - https://tinyurl.com/PCLs02e04playlist
Links to all our social media can be found as usual at our website www.pclpodcast.com

S02E03 Jesus Jones 'Doubt'

Welcome to episode three of our new season and enjoy taking a step back in terms of audio quality for one week because we recorded this one out of sequence, before we upgraded our microphones. Hurray! But ignore that if you can as we are joined by our first ever GUEST on the podcast, Si Sharp, to delve into the guts of Jesus Jones' album 'Doubt' from February 1991. Si is an expert on many musical topics and genres but has a special place in his heart for this particular sort of indie stuff, it's what he grew up on and loved dearly.But are Dave and Krister going to be fans as well? Dave is notoriously adverse to "indie" stuff while Krister is usually all over that shit. Will this revisit to the album be a success? Along the way we also get the chance to chat about Soho, EMF, Rick Astley and Krister's granny. Sorry about this, gran.
Be sure to check out www.pclpodcast.com for more info and links to our various social media and go to Beat Rehab to read more of Si's opinions and lists. As usual we've made a Spotify playlist of all the songs we talk about for you to listen to here - https://tinyurl.com/PCLs02e03playlist

S02E02 Sting 'The Soul Cages'

We keep on trucking into season two with a look at, and listen to, Sting's third solo album 'The Soul Cages' which is a nautically themed tribute to his father who died a couple of years before this was released. Both Dave and Krister are self-confessed Police fans so will they like this as well?
This week we also get to briefly chat about A Tribe Called Quest, Nirvana and, for some reason, Sheep On Drugs. You can listen to our Spotify playlist for this episode here - https://tinyurl.com/PCLs02e02playlist .
As usual check out www.pclpodcast.com for ways to get in touch, follow our various social media or listen to older episodes and playlists. Enjoy!

S02E01 Enigma 'MCMXC AD'

We are back after our break with a new season and a new year's worth of number one albums to listen to. 1991 kicks off with Enigma's debut album and it definitely makes a big impression on Dave and Krister as you will hear. You may also hear that the sound quality has improved a bit and we no longer sound like we're recording in a bucket in a field. Or at the very least, a better quality bucket. Hurrah for new equipment.As well as discussing Enigma and why you'd want to listen to monks chanting over a breakbeat we also chat about Gang Starr, Robert Palmer and C&C Music Factory. As usual we've put together a playlist of all the songs (including the Enigma album) that we talk about for you to listen to here.It's good to be back!

S01E16 Bonus Episode - The Best of 1990 Part 2

And so here we are at the end of our first season. This is the second part of our bonus podcasts focusing on what our own favourite albums from 1990 are, this week we're counting down our top fives. Can you guess what will be in there? If you've listened to our nonsense over the preceding podcasts then very possibly as we're pretty vocal about what we do like.
We'd love to know what your favourite albums were from this year as well, hit us up on one of our social media outlets and post your list so we can argue with you and tell you why you're wrong. All details on our website www.pclpodcast.com
Have a listen to our playlist of handpicked tunes from each of the albums in our top fives here - http://tinyurl.com/PCL016playlist . Thanks for listening, see you soon for Season Two and a journey through 1991!

S01E15 Bonus Episode - The Best of 1990 Part 1

After listening to a whole year's worth of number one albums we have come to the end of our journey through 1990. And to celebrate we decided to choose our own top ten albums from the year and chat about those - this is part one where we run down our numbers ten to six. What will be in there? Will any of the albums we talked about throughout our first season feature in either of our lists? How many of our top tens will feature saxophone solos and reggae versions? Find out inside.
We've put one song from each of our album choices onto a Spotify playlist so you can listen along and judge for yourself if our nominations are actually any good or if we're pretty much just smugly wanking off and pretending that anyone is interested in our opinions. Playlist is here - http://tinyurl.com/PCL015playlist
We'd love you to get in contact with your own favourite albums released in 1990 so we can see what sort of listeners we've got - all of our contact details and social media things are on our website www.pclpodcast.com so do give us a shout, we're dying to know what oddities you're all into.

S01E14 Madonna 'The Immaculate Collection'

The second of our "cheat" episodes from 1990, or "bonus podcasts" if you're being generous, this Madonna compilation is one of Dave's favourite ever albums which will become very obvious as we go through. Will he go so far as to defend the likes of La Isla Bonita or Cherish? You'll have to listen to find out.
As well as discussing the merits of Madonna we also chat about EMF, Methods of Mayhem (!) and why you should never have sex with your idols.
All the songs we talk about are in a handy playlist for you as always - http://tinyurl.com/PCL014playlist. Enjoy!

S01E13 Very Best Of Elton John

We know, we know, we said we weren't going to do any compilations or Best Ofs but just listen to the podcast and we explain our reasoning. Basically it comes down to "it's our podcast and we'll do what we want" to be honest. But it's a megamassivebig album to take a look at, this is a LOT of Elton John right here. Krister is still a fan of classic Elton, Dave is Elton-curious so let's see where he ends up after hearing a double album of greatest hits.
Along the way we talk briefly about things like NWA, Kim Appleby and Stevie Wonder. And Cliff Richard but let's skim past that if we can.
As always, here's a big old Spotify playlist of all the songs we chat about in this week's episode so that you can listen to them at your leisure - http://tinyurl.com/PCL013playlist