Episode 6 – #45 – Who Is Hugh Gaze?

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.

Our hosts get out of their depth in an unfamiliar genre; James gets bored, and Glen springs a surprise.

Episode 06 – Who Is Hugh Gaze?

Transcript coming soon.

Content warnings: explicit content in music clips with themes of gang violence and misogyny.

See below for show notes, and further listening and watching recommendations. Note that this will contain spoilers, and we’d recommend reading on after listening to the episode.

Recommendations

2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show, featuring Dr Dre and Others (will only open in YouTube).
Chris Rock on misogyny in rap music.
Features Elbow’s One Day Like This, amongst other songs.
Elbow’s 2012 Olympics theme, First Steps.
Elbow performing One Day Like This in their Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury 2011.

Albums Discussed in this Episode

  1. James’ choice: Dr Dre2001 (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
  2. Glen’s choice: Elbow – Asleep in the Back (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).

Countdowns So Far

You can also see how we rank each other’s albums here. Note that this is up to and including the latest published episode, so will contain spoilers if you are not up-to-date.

RankJamesGlen
#50Tim Minchin – Matilda, the MusicalHorse the Band – R. Borlax
#49The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic RockMike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
#48Remy Zero – The Golden HumNile – Annihilation of the Wicked
#47Harry Secombe – Bless This HouseNick Drake – Pink Moon
#46Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way BabyThe Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer
#45Dr Dre – 2001Elbow – Asleep in the Back

Our current theme is the intro to Bored by Nympheas.


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