Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.
On with the countdown, with – as is becoming usual – two very different albums. We also take some time to examine the top fifty albums of all time, according to sales numbers. How many will we talk about in this series?
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Episode 12 – I Was Very Moist
Transcript coming soon.
Content warnings: spoilers for Titanic.
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.
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The top 50 selling albums list that we worked off of. Note that this is live from the source (chartmasters.org) and may differ from the actual list discussed. The specific snapshot we used when recording this episode was shared on this Facebook post.
Albums Discussed in this Episode
- Glen’s choice: Jimmy Eat World – Clarity (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
- James’ choice: The Torero Band – Lennon and McCartney, Tijuana Style (YouTube).
Note: Lennon and McCartney, Tijuana Style is not available on streaming platforms.
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 |
| #39 | The Torero Band – Lennon and McCartney, Tijuana Style | Jimmy Eat World – Clarity |
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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