We have made it through another 10 album reviews of Rolling Stone's new 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time! It's been a fun journey so far. In this episode Ben and Mike take on their 10th re-ranking session - this one from albums 31-40, as well as if any of these 10 crack their all-time top 10 lists. 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 ...
May 01, 2021•46 min•Season 5Ep. 23
Rolling Stone's new 2020 list moved Bowie's Ziggy Stardust from its past ranking at #35 down a few spots to #40. We spend a little time talking about our appreciation and challenge when we think of this album, and wonder where it might land on our upcoming re-ranking episode. Join us as we revisit our original review, and look ahead to what comes next. 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 favorit...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 22
We've moved on to an album that we've already reviewed, and reviewed some time ago! Dylan's Blonde on Blonde album was #9 on past iterations of the Rolling Stone list, but on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list it has dropped down to this #38 ranking. We discuss this change, our feelings on Dylan, and a recent discovery of a website that compiles podcast reviews. By the way - we'd love it if you would review our podcast wherever you listen! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 20
We're following one new review with another! We're heading in to another challenging episode for two guys with no credentials, and a lack of experience with the genre of hip hop. This time we're talking about Dr. Dre and his west coast-inspired debut solo album (with a whole bunch of friends!) The Chronic. Is this his debut or Snoop Dogg's? How does this compare to his second album a decade later? And does it deserve to be #37 on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list ? You'll have to listen to find out!...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 19
We're back with another brand new review for you! This time, we come to another album by the King of Pop himself, the second we have reviewed so far. Often considered one of his very best, please join us as we discuss this iconic album, released during the dying days of the mighty Disco era! 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...
Apr 14, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Baby you can drive my podcast! We're listening to The Beatles this week, and evaluating the drop in raking on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list for their Rubber Soul album. Listen to hear our thoughts on the update, and stick around to listen to our old review! 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 i...
Apr 10, 2021•50 min•Season 5Ep. 17
We're revisiting another old favorite today, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions album! Since Mike and Ben were both born after this album came out, we knew we needed to find a guest who could help us on this journey to Higher Ground. For our original review, Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel agreed to be an expert guide, and what an incredible gift she was on our journey! We had so much to say about Stevie Wonder's iconic Innervisions that we needed two episodes to pack it all in, so this revisit will have an ...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Amy Winehouse, like many others before (and after) her, was gone too soon! Join us as we discuss her iconic breakthrough album, Back to Black, coming in at #33 on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list . 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 would review us in your favorite podcast app, and whil...
Apr 03, 2021•50 min•Season 5Ep. 15
The Queen B is here! That's right, we're talking about Beyoncé on this episode of The Sound Logic Podcast. Her groundbreaking Lemonade album comes in at #32 on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list and we're excited to have TWO returning guests to join us this time. Our friend Kelli joined us for our review of The Allman Brothers Band's At Fillmore East album , and Cam joined us back on our review of Radiohead's Kid A album . We're glad you are along for the journey of this unique visual album! As a rem...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 14
So far our reviews have generally shown that Rolling Stone's new 2020 list takes significant black artists and pushes them higher in the ranking This album, Miles Davis' iconic Kind of Blue, went the other way, dropping several spots in this newest list. We'll be revisiting our old review, and have a voicemail to get to from our friend Jason Crane from The Jazz Session . We hope you join us! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll ...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Well, we have made it through another 10 album reviews of Rolling Stone's new 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time! Join Ben and Mike as they re-rank the last 10 albums, and reveal their top 10 of the 30 albums reviewed so far on this new list! 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...
Mar 17, 2021•42 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Our experience with this list has certainly been an experience! Have you experienced Are You Experienced? It falls on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list from the Jimi Hendrix-worthy ranking of #15 all the way down to #30. Mike and Ben revisit this album, talk about the shift, and re-release our review of this iconic and guitar-solo-shredding classic album. 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...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 11
We're back with our old friends, The Beatles, on this next album on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list ! Their iconic White Album has fallen a bit from its original ranking. Find out what we think of that shift, and check out our original review, on this episode of The Sound Logic Podcast! 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 l...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Back to back reviews from the new Rolling Stone's new 2020 list ? Woah! Last time we checked out Wu Tang Clan, and a few of them were nice enough to appear on this next album, D'Angelo's Voodoo. This album made the biggest leap of any album on this list, jumping all the way from #481 in 2012 to #28 in 2020. Our friend Bob Brown returns to the Sound Logic Podcast. He joined us originally for our review of The Velvet Underground & Nico . As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the ...
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Welcome back to another new review from Rolling Stone's new 2020 list ! This time we return to the Hip Hop genre for another classic album from 1993: Enter the Wu Tang! Ben and Mike try and tackle this iconic album without the aid of a special guest! 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 yo...
Mar 03, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Dig back into the history of punk music and you're bound to hear Patti Smith. Check out Ben and Mike's conversation with special guest, Holly Hight, as they discuss an album that changed music history. This is "Horses" by Patti Smith! The last time we reviewed this album it was at #44, but it's jumped all the way up on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list to #26, just like the leap Carole King's Tapestry made which we just talked about on our last episode! Check out Ben and Mike's conversation with spe...
Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 7
The last time we tackled Carole King's Tapestry it was hanging out at #36, but Rolling Stone's new 2020 list has bumped it up to this spot at #25. This was a favorite of Mike and Ben the first time around - find out what we think of this new ranking, and revisit our original review in today's 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 S...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 6
It's hard being #1... The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's was first in the ranking on every iteration of the Rolling Stone ranking of the 500 greatest albums of all time, until last year when Rolling Stone's new 2020 list knocked it from that prize spot all the way down to this location here at #24. We take a look at why that might be, and revisit our very first episode on today's episode of The Sound Logic Podcast! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist rig...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 5
The Velvet Underground & Nico, a unique slice of 60s hippy/psychedelic/concept rock, came in at #13 on the old Rolling Stone list, and was one of the first albums on that list that Mike and Ben had never listened to at all. We're bringing back that classic episode, as this album has re-appeared on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list , down 10 spots to #23. Our friend Bob Brown is back of course, to help us process this one again. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Check it out - our first new review of Season 5! We jump right back into the Hip-Hop genre with this classic album by the Legendary Notorious B.I.G. Join Ben and Mike as they try to dissect this great album... without the help of a special guest! 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 wo...
Feb 13, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 3
We're back! Season 5 of The Sound Logic Podcast kicks off with Bruce Springsteen's iconic Born to Run album, which has shifted spots just slightly from 18 down to this spot at 21 on the 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . We'll tell you some of our thoughts since our original review way back in season 1, and we'll be listening again to our conversation with Ben's neighbor, Joel Weidner! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right her...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 2
We're about to start a new season on our journey through the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , and today happens to be our birthday! What better way to kick off a new season, than to have a retrospective birthday celebration! We hope you enjoy - and thanks for continuing on the journey with us! 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 Roll...
Jan 26, 2021•29 min•Season 5Ep. 1
As we take a break from releasing weekly episodes in order to record our new season, we have a special bonus episode for you! Before Rolling Stone magazine released their new 2020 greatest album list, we recorded a review of Phil Spector's Back to Mono compilation album with our very special guest, Andrew Hickey from the incredible podcast, A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs ! This deserves some explanation: On the previous list, this album was number 65, but before we got a chance to release ...
Dec 27, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 28Ep. 9
We have finished reviewing the next 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 10 albums! We'll also update our running list of our favorite albums from this list so far, and give a quick preview of the next 10 albums on the list. 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 o...
Dec 19, 2020•39 min•Season 4Ep. 27
We've got another brand new review for you from the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! This one is our first review of a Radiohead album, their incredible Kid A record, which comes in here at #20 on the 2020 list. We're thrilled to once again be joined by a guest. Cam Denison was recommended to us by our friend and former guest, Kelli Dowd, who was with us back on our review of At Fillmore East, by The Allman Brothers . As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on ...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 26
At only 5 years old, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly is the newest album we reviewed so far, coming in at number 19 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . As relevant as it was the year it was released (and perhaps even more so now), this is an album which covers a multitude of issues. Our good friend, Darryl Foster, has agreed to join us once again, just 2 episodes after helping us tackle album #17. Darryl brings his experience and insight to the conversation as...
Dec 12, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 25
AT LEAST ONE HIGHER! The long-running joke on our podcast was that the 2012 list had Dylan's Highway 61 album way too high when they ranked it in the #4 spot. It fell slightly on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time to this place at #18. So what did we think about these changes? Listen to hear our reflections, revisiting Highway 61 Revisited, and then stick around for another throwback episode. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify ...
Dec 09, 2020•49 min•Season 4Ep. 24
The newest album we've ever reviewed (at least for a few episodes) is Kanye's iconic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, coming in at number 17 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . This album is only 10 years old, and was created by someone who recently ran for President of the United States of America! So what did we think? We're thrilled to be joined by Darryl Foster, someone who grew up in the same time as this album release, and provides insight into this creativ...
Dec 05, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Punk music changed how popular music was consumed, and The Clash's London Calling changed what people thought about punk. This album has moved from #8 to #16 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Find out what we think about this shift, and join us as we revisit our review with our friend Dustin Wood! 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 e...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 22
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the groundbreaking album by Public Enemy, climbed from their #48 slot on the 2012 list all the way up to #15 on the new Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Find out what we think about this shift, and join us as we revisit our review with our friend Glen Guyton (who recently joined us for our review of Prince's Purple Rain )! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 21
