Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.
In Episode 24, we discuss one of history’s most reviled bands, and one of rock’s most legendary vocalists. Glen teaches everybody how to count, and James is impressed by anger levels.
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Episode 24 – A Sad Indictment of Society
Transcript coming soon.
Content warnings: some explicit language in music clips.
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
Rolling Stone‘s Worst Band of the 90s Poll.
Albums Discussed in this Episode
- James’ choice: Nickelback – Silver Side Up (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
- Glen’s choice: Soundgarden – Superunknown (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
Music Clips Used
Nickelback – Silver Side Up:
- Hangnail (06:50).
- Hollywood (13:52).
- Never Again (21:55).
- Woke Up This Morning (28:28).
- Just For (30:29).
- Where Do I Hide (32:49).
- How You Remind Me (37:57).
Soundgarden – Superunknown:
- Superunknown (41:02).
- She Likes Surprises (46:44).
- Head Down (50:28).
- My Wave (54:54).
- Fell On Black Days (59:40).
- Spoonman (01:09:55).
- Fresh Tendrils (01:15:54).
- Like Suicide (01:19:02).
- Limo Wreck (01:24:02).
- The Day I Tried to Live (01:25:49).
- Black Hole Sun (01:31:55).
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 |
| #38 | Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise | Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy up the Girl |
| #37 | Genesis – Invisible Touch | Metallica – Master of Puppets |
| #36 | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – The Album/Swing the Mood | Arcade Fire – Funeral |
| #35 | Richard Hawley – Coles Corner | Bat for Lashes – Fur and Gold |
| #34 | Grainne Duffy – Out of the Dark | Damien Rice – O |
| #33 | David Brent and Foregone Conclusion – Life on the Road | Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions |
| #32 | Damien Rice – O | Mogwai – Happy Songs for Happy People |
| #31 | Wildwood Kin – Turning Tides | Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist |
| #30 | Sam Kelly – The Lost Boys | Pulp – Different Class |
| #29 | The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds | Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse |
| #28 | Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Counting Crows – August and Everything After |
| #27 | Nickelback – Silver Side Up | Soundgarden – Superunknown |
Our current theme is a Tijuana style arrangement of The King of Rock and Roll by Prefab Sprout (written by Paddy McAloon), arranged and made by Glen.
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