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Episode 47 – #4 – The First Time in Nineteen Years

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Four: the magic number plus one. Two more albums, and two revisits of earlier bands.

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Episode 47 – The First Time in Nineteen Years

48 – #3 – Schrödinger's Musical – Fifty by Two

Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.We're back! After a long busyness break, we return with out third favourite albums. Content Warnings: explicit language, discussions of sexual health, cancer, and drugs in relation to song lyrics.Full show notes, transcript, and content warnings available at https://50by2.net/2025/11/14/episode-48-3-schrodingers-musical/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  1. 48 – #3 – Schrödinger's Musical
  2. 47 – #4 – The First Time in Nineteen Years
  3. 46 – #5 – The Best Thing that I Can Say
  4. 45 – #6 – A Dip and-a-Half
  5. 44 – #7 – The Amulet of FOMO

Transcript coming soon.

Content warnings: some explicit language.

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

Coheed and Cambria playing the whole of In Keeping Secrets… live on the Neverender Tour in 2014.
A summary of the story covered in In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth Vol. 3.
The Rolling Stones playing Midnight Rambler live in 2003.
In case you’re not familiar with the concept of Bottle Episodes.
The Rolling Stones playing Brown Sugar live in 2015.

The Guardian: Statues of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Unveiled in Home Town of Dartford.

David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s Dancing in the Street.

Albums Discussed in this Episode

  1. Glen’s choice: Coheed & Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth Vol. III (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
  2. James’ choice: The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).

Music Clips Used

Coheed & Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth Vol. III:

  • A Favor House Atlantic (08:08).
  • Cuts Marked in the March of Men (14:40, 41:45).
  • In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth Vol III (20:01, 39:13).
  • The Crowing (23:57, 49:17).
  • The Camper Velorium III: Al the Killer (28:28).
  • The Light and the Glass (32:17).
  • The Camper Velorium II: Backend of Forever (44:21).

The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed:

  • Let it Bleed (54:04).
  • You Got the Silver (01:00:21).
  • Gimme Shelter (01:06:44).
  • Love in Vain (01:13:23).
  • You Can’t Always Get What you Want (01:18:04).
  • Midnight Rambler (01:27:11).
  • Live with Me (01:34:22).
  • Monkey Man (01:42:02).

Other sources:

  • The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up (01:44:41).

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
#44Lauren Daigle – Look Up ChildGomez – Bring it On
#43The Baseballs – Strike!Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
#42Tom Jones – ReloadForeign Slippers – Farewell to the Old Ghosts
#41Black Lace – Party PartyOpeth – Ghost Reveries
#40Nell Bryden – Shake the TreeMaximum the Hormone – Bu-ikikaesu
#39The Torero Band – Lennon and McCartney, Tijuana StyleJimmy Eat World – Clarity
#38Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t RiseGoo Goo Dolls – Dizzy up the Girl
#37Genesis – Invisible TouchMetallica – Master of Puppets
#36Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – The Album/Swing the MoodArcade Fire – Funeral
#35Richard Hawley – Coles CornerBat for Lashes – Fur and Gold
#34Grainne Duffy – Out of the DarkDamien Rice – O
#33David Brent and Foregone Conclusion – Life on the RoadBiffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
#32Damien Rice – OMogwai – Happy Songs for Happy People
#31Wildwood Kin – Turning TidesDeftones – Saturday Night Wrist
#30Sam Kelly – The Lost BoysPulp – Different Class
#29The Rolling Stones – Hackney DiamondsFrightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
#28Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsCounting Crows – August and Everything After
#27Nickelback – Silver Side UpSoundgarden – Superunknown
#26Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the RunSkunk Anansie – Paranoid and Sunburnt
#25The Shires – BraveMastodon – Leviathan
#24[Film Soundtrack] – Little Shop of Horrors Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSigur Rós – Takk
#23Pearl Jam – TenNirvana – Nevermind
#22The Darkness – One Way Ticket to Hell… And BackSmashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
#21Rend Collective – Homemade Worship by Handmade PeopleThe Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
#20Michael Jackson – BadThe Fall of Troy – Manipulator
#19Queen + Paul Rogers – The Cosmos RocksPearl Jam – Binaural
#18U2 – Rattle & HumPlacebo – Without You, I’m Nothing
#17Oasis – Definitely MaybeDavid Bowie – Hunky Dory
#16Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice – Jesus Christ SuperstarSigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
#15Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn ThingAt the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
#14U2 – All that you Can’t Leave BehindPixies – Surfer Rosa
#13Meat Loaf – Bat out of HellREM – Automatic for the People
#12Elton John – Sleeping with the PastRadiohead – The Bends
#11Eagles – Hotel CaliforniaA Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms
#10Michael Jackson – ThrillerCoheed & Cambria – The Second Stage Turbine Blade
#9Thirty Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful LieRage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
#8Fleetwood Mac – RumoursSystem of a Down – Toxicity
#7Norah Jones – Come Away with MeThe Mars Volta – Frances the Mute
#6Ray LaMontagne – TroubleRadiohead – In Rainbows
#5Queen – A Night at the OperaTOOL – Lateralus
#4The Rolling Stones – Let it BleedCoheed & Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth Vol. III

Our current theme is a cover of Europe’s The Final Countdown, lovingly (and very quickly) made by Glen.

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