Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.
We get into the top forty, bringing very different albums to the discussion. Episōdo o o tanoshimi kudasai!
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Episode 11 – No One Goes Shopping Any More
Transcript coming soon.
Content warnings: some (difficult to hear) explicit language in song lyrics in the first half; very probably some explicit language in Japanese, but honestly we’re not sure.
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
Has been difficult to find a version of the Zetsubo Billy official video that hasn’t been removed with copyright claims, but you can try this one.
Maximum the Hormone playing Koi No Mega Lover live at a festival in 2017.
Review of Maximum the Hormone’s 2022 London show.
Bu-ikikaesu review from Sputnik Music.
Albums Discussed in this Episode
- Glen’s choice: Maximum the Hormone – Bu-ikikaesu (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
- James’ choice: Nell Bryden – Shake the Tree (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.
| Rank | James | Glen |
| #50 | Tim Minchin – Matilda, the Musical | Horse the Band – R. Borlax |
| #49 | The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock | Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells |
| #48 | Remy Zero – The Golden Hum | Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked |
| #47 | Harry Secombe – Bless This House | Nick Drake – Pink Moon |
| #46 | Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way Baby | The Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer |
| #45 | Dr Dre – 2001 | Elbow – Asleep in the Back |
| #44 | Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child | Gomez – Bring it On |
| #43 | The Baseballs – Strike! | Ben Howard – Every Kingdom |
| #42 | Tom Jones – Reload | Foreign Slippers – Farewell to the Old Ghosts |
| #41 | Black Lace – Party Party | Opeth – Ghost Reveries |
| #40 | Nell Bryden – Shake the Tree | Maximum the Hormone – Bu-ikikaesu |
Our current theme is an arrangement of Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin (written by John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant) using (at James’ request) harpsichord, bassoon, and triangle, made by Glen.
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