Were The Rolling Stones in the old 2012 top 10 simply because of their name, or is there another good reason to have Exile on Main Street on this list? We mull that over, and the shift from number 7 on the 2012 list down to number 14 on on new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rol...
Nov 25, 2020•50 min•Season 4Ep. 20
We're back with another brand new review from Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list! This time it's a classic album from the Queen of soul herself, Aretha Franklin! Find out what Mike and Ben thought of what Rolling Stone calls the 13th greatest album of all time on our newest episode! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 20...
Nov 21, 2020•40 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Album #12 has arrived, and with it the chance to revisit another classic episode - this time, Michael Jackson and his iconic Thriller record. Thriller has shifted up slightly from #20 on the 2012 list to #12 here in 2020. When we originally reviewed this episode we were joined by the incredible and musically talented Ronnie Burrage (who happens to know the Thriller girl from the video!). We hope you enjoy our conversation. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spot...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 18
We're beyond the first ten albums, and into the next "decade" of reviews! Check out this classic episode of Revolver, an iconic Beatles album that shifted from #3 on the 2012 list down to #11 here in 2020. We'll offer some insight into this shift, and then invite you to listen to our episode which originally came out back in February of 2019! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs fr...
Nov 14, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 17
We have finished reviewing the first 10 albums on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list , and you know what this means... it's time to re-rank them! Join Mike and Ben as they discuss what order THEY would have put these first 10 albums! Listen now to find out where they rank for our show hosts. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 20...
Nov 11, 2020•44 min•Season 4Ep. 15
We hope you enjoyed our review of Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" album! Here's a taste of what it sounds like when our guest turns the tables and interviews us for a change (thanks Rach!) Enjoy! Side note - if you want to make your own album cover using this template, you can do that right here . As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check o...
Nov 08, 2020•14 min•Season 4Ep. 15
We have made it through the first 10 albums of Rolling Stone Magazine's new list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! What better way to celebrate #10 than with a brand new review, our second on this list. We knew we couldn't do it alone, so we invited our friends, Rachel Burkholder and Susannah Kiernan, to help us discuss this iconic album from Lauryn Hill. Side note - if you want to make your own album cover using this template, you can do that right here . As a reminder, you can find our ...
Nov 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 14
It's classic episode time again! Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks is now the highest ranking Dylan album on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . We know there's lots to say about this shift - if you'd like to send us a message about that, please do so! Our Dylan indifference is why we brought in our friend Chris Clements on the original review - we hope you stick around and re-listen to that episode, or hear it now for the first time! As a reminder, you can fin...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Happy Halloween! When the 2003 issue of Rolling Stone originally listed the 500 greatest albums of all time, the iconic soundtrack to the movie Purple Rain came in at number 72. In 2012 the album had fallen slightly to number 76. The new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time pushes this Prince album all the way up into the top 10 to the number 8 spot! Since Mike and Ben didn't grow up listening to this album, we brought back our friend Glen Guyton as our guest, who origi...
Oct 31, 2020•55 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Rumours, the iconic and heavily produced, radio-friendly, 70s rock album that made Fleetwood Mac into international superstars shows up at #7 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . We've got a few thoughts about its shift up the chart, as well as its current influence on the music world! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You ...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Nevermind all that, this is part two of our review of Nirvana's Nevermind which comes in at #6 on new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . If you missed part 1 which we re-released yesterday, go back and give it a listen first! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 2020 list right here . We'd love it ...
Oct 25, 2020•49 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Nevermind all that, we hope you've Come As You Are for this review of the album that lands at #6 on new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . How do we feel about this slice of 90s grunge nostalgia moving up this high? You'll have to listen to find out! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 2020 list r...
Oct 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 9
The Beatles had three albums in the top five spots of the 2012 list, but Abbey Road is the only one to appear there on new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . How do we feel about that? You'll have to listen to find out! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 2020 list right here . We'd love it if you...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In 1976 Stevie Wonder released Songs in the Key of Life - an ambitious project more than two years in the making, to try and capture the human experience in song. Coming in at #4 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , we get to revisit this classic album, and reflect a little on the rank change and what we think at this point! Thank you to our incredible guest, singer Lynne Fiddmont, for joining us for our original review. As a reminder, you can find our favo...
Oct 17, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Joni Mitchell's iconic (Canadian!) Blue album comes in at #3 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! If you haven't heard Part 1 or 2 which we re-released earlier this week, go listen to that now and then come back for Part 3! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 2020 list right here . We'd l...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Joni Mitchell's iconic (Canadian!) Blue album comes in at #3 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! If you haven't heard Part 1 which we re-released yesterday, go listen to that now and then come back for Part 2! Part 3 will come out tomorrow. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's new 2020 list r...
Oct 14, 2020•51 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Joni Mitchell's iconic (Canadian!) Blue album comes in at #3 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! Join us as we reflect on this new, highest-female-artist, #3 position for one of our favorite albums, and stick around for a re-visit to Part 1 of our original review which we released back in November of 2019. Part 2 and 3 will come out tomorrow and the following day. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right h...
Oct 13, 2020•33 min•Season 4Ep. 4
We're number 2! We're number 2! We can only imagine that's what The Beach Boys are saying after learning that the 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time STILL has their influential Pet Sounds album in the #2 spot! Join us as we reflect on the stability of this record's ranking, and stick around for a re-visit to our original review which we released back in February of 2019. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here -...
Oct 10, 2020•49 min•Season 4Ep. 3
We're back - this time to tackle the brand new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! Join us as we reflect on this new, list topping, #1 position for Marvin Gaye's iconic (and timely!) What's Going On record, and stick around for a re-visit to our original review which we released back in March of 2019. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album...
Oct 07, 2020•52 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Last week's news that Rolling Stone Magazine had created a brand new list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time caught us by surprise! We recorded this episode to talk through some of our initial reactions, surprises, changes to the list, and what it means for The Sound Logic Podcast. Oh, and we invited back friend of the podcast, Brad Efford (you can hear him on our (no longer at #60) Trout Mask Replica review ), from The RS 500 storytelling project to join our conversation. As a reminder, you...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 1
We have finished reviewing another 10 albums, and you know what this means! It's time to re-rank them! Join Mike and Ben as they discuss what order THEY would have put the last 10 albums in! Tune in to find out more... As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's full list right here . We'd love it if you would review us in your favorite podcast app, and while you're at i...
Aug 08, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 45
We made it to 60! And what better way to celebrate than by discussing one of the most unique albums you will ever expose your ear drums to! This week we are joined by Brad Efford from the RS500 project to discuss Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - easily one of the most unique records on this list. If you haven't heard it yet, this might be an interesting journey. Check it out some time! As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating...
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 44
This weekend we will review what is possibly the most unique album on this entire Rolling Stone 500 list. To do so, we felt it was necessary to bring in an expert. Brad Efford is not only a big fan of "Trout Mask Replica", he is also the creator of the RS500 project , in which he and over 100 other authors wrote creative pieces, one for each album on the list. In this special episode, we chat with Brad about this 5 year project, how it came about, and what his musical influences are. In a surpri...
Jul 29, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Join us "Down On The Corner" for another compilation album... Oh "Suzie Q", what will we think about this one? "Hey Tonight," we're tackling Creedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, a CCR greatest hits album that was an addition to the 2012 list, "Up Around the Bend." As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's full list right here . We'd love it i...
Jul 25, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 42
We've talked a few times about the nuances between the original 2003 Rolling Stone list of the greatest albums of all time, the coffee table book that came out a few years later, and the most recent 2012 list that we are working from. CCR's Chronicle compilation, which is #59 on the 2012 list, is up next in our ranking, but this album didn't show up on the 2003 list or the coffee table. We'll talk through some of those unique elements in today's midweek episode! As a reminder, you can find our n...
Jul 22, 2020•7 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Were back again with our old friends, The Rolling Stones! Although, they might not consider us friends by the way we have treated them on our reviews of their albums! Regardless of how you feel about them, the Stones are an iconic and legendary band and we hope you enjoy this discussion! As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's full list right here . We'd love it if y...
Jul 18, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 40
We are "looking forward" to discussing our next album by The Rolling Stones this weekend, but first we need to talk about Rolling Stone! That's right, this marks another reference to "Rolling Stone" on this RS 500 list. Please join Mike and Ben as we recap all of the Rolling Stone references we have encountered so far! Enjoy! As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's f...
Jul 15, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 39
We hope you enjoyed getting to know our special guest, Lynne Fiddmont , on Wednesday's midweek episode. We're back with our full album review today of Songs in the Key of Life, the iconic double album from Stevie Wonder! Lynne's perspective is an incredible gift as we navigate this collection of songs, and try and as we try and navigate this cultural moment in time and how this music might play a role. Thanks so much for journeying with us, Lynne! As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify play...
Jul 11, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 38
We are overjoyed this week to have singer/songwriter/arranger/producer Lynne Fiddmont with us as we tackle Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life! Lynne has toured with a number of significant artists, perhaps none more significant than Stevie Wonder, making her the perfect guest for this week's shows! Check out this midweek as we get to know Lynne and move toward our full album review on Saturday! As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go ...
Jul 08, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 37
We are back with THE KING! Join Ben and Mike as we discuss Elvis Presley's debut album. We were both surprised by the journey we embarked on while listening to and discussing this album. We hope you will come along with us as we tackle some of the earliest Rock 'N Roll music ever recorded. Enjoy! As a reminder, you can find our new Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs from each album! You can check out Rolling Stone's full list right here . We'd lov...
Jul 04, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 36
