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Which album was Let Me Die In My Footsteps recorded for? Who first recorded Farewell Angelina? Which song written by Dylan did The Byrds put out in 1968? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Bob Dylan's bootlegs song by song [well, some of them].
Featured songs:
Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Blues
Let Me Die In My Footsteps
Who Killed Davey Moore?
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Percy’s Song
Farewell Angelina
If You Gotta Go, Go Now
Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
She's Your Lover Now
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Pretty Saro
George Jackson
Call Letter Blues
Up To Me
Blind Willie McTell
Can’t Wait
Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
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What was Jay-Z's first album on Roc-A-Fella? What is his most commercially successful album? Which album did he consider releasing as Shawn Carter? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that goes through Jay-Z's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
In My Lifetime
D’evils
I Know What Girls Like
Paper Chase
So Ghetto
Get Your Mind Right Mami
Never Change
Blueprint 2
Lucifer
Lost One
Sweet
Off That
Murder To Excellence
BBC
Smile
Lovehappy
99 Problems
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What was the first instrument Frank Zappa learned to play? Which record was a concept album about a fictitious doo-wop band? Which two albums were recorded at the same time? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Frank Zappa's back catalogue album by album [well some of them].
Featured songs:
Anyway The Wind Blows
What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
Anything
Road Ladies
Montana
Nanook Rubs It
Inca Roads
I Have Been In You
Joe’s Garage
Harder Than Your Husband
Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk
Uncle Meat
We’re Turning Again
Bobby Brown Goes Down
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What does M stand for? What Beach Boys song has he covered? How did he meet Zooey Deschanel? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through M Ward's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Fishing Boat Song
Carolina
Vincent O’Brien
Hi-Fi
Chinese Translation
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
Dear God [Sincerely MOF]
To Save Me
Blake’s View
Pure Joy
Little Baby
Shark
Torch
I’m A Fool To Want You
Don’t Worry Baby
Too Young To Die
Fisher Of Men
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What label did Cat Stevens' first two albums come out on? Who produced Tea For The Tillerman? How many years did Yusuf take off after Back To Earth? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through the back catalogue of Yusuf/Cat Stevens album by album.
Featured songs:
Portobello Road
The Laughing Apple
Maybe You’re Right
On The Road To Find Out
Bitterblue
18th Avenue [Kansas City Nightmare]
How Many Times
Music
I Think I See The Light
Roadsinger
You Are My Sunshine
Blackness Of The Night
Wild World
Take The World Apart
Pop Star
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What is Joni's real first name? Who produced her first album? Where does Blue rank in Rolling Stone' list of the greatest albums ever made? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that goes through Joni Mitchell's back catalogue album by album.
Features songs:
I Had A King
Both Sides Now
The Circle Game
Carey
Cold Steel Blue And Sweet Fire
Twisted
Shadows And Light
Black Crow
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
[You’re So Square] Baby, I Don’t Care
Shiny Toys
Night Ride Home
Not To Blame
Both Sides Now
Woodstock
If I Had A Heart
Big Yellow Taxi
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What was the first album that Case co-produced? Why doesn't she like the term "alt-country"? What album features The Band's Garth Hudson? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that goes through Neko Case's back catalogue [and The New Pornographers'] album by album.
Featured songs:
Misfire
No Need To Cry
Letter From An Occupant
Alone & Forsaken
Look For Me [I’ll Be Around]
Streets Of Fire
Dirty Knife
Go Places
Middle Cyclone
Nearly Midnight, Honolulu
Night Still Comes
Champions Of Red Wine
I Want To Be Here
Play Money
Sleep All Summer
Curse Of The I-5 Corridor
Cat And Mouse With The Light
This Tornado Loves You
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How many albums did James Brown release in 1968? What was his first all-instrumental album? Who invented the word "funk"? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that goes through James Brown's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
That Dood It
The Thing In G
Sweet Lorraine
When A Man Loves A Woman
Don’t Be A Dropout
Just Plain Funk
I Got The Feelin’
Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
Home At Last
I Can’t Stand Myself When You Touch Me
It Had To Be You
Mother Popcorn
Answer To Mother Popcorn
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
My Rapp
Sho Is Funky Down Here
Hot Pants
The Whole World Needs Liberation
The Boss
Money Won’t Change You
Sexy Sexy Sexy
Forever Suffering
Papa Don’t Take No Mess
Funky President
I Got You
I Don’t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
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How many months after Plastic Ono Band came out was Imagine in the stores? How many albums has Sean released with other artists? What was the name of Julian's first album? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions as he goes though the back catalogue of John, Julian and Sean Lennon album by album.
Featured songs:
Isolation
Well [Baby Please Don’t Go]
How?
Angela
I Know [I Know]
Steel & Glass
You Can’t Catch Me
Borrowed Time
Well I Don’t Know
Stick Around
Johnny B Goode
New Physics Rant
How Many Times
Queue
Pyramid
Parachute
The World Was Made For Men
Comic Strip
Invisible
Too Deep
Easily Charmed By Fools
Save Me
Beautiful Boy
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Who did Adam Yauch once compare Public Enemy to? Who produced PE's first album? What album did one music critic compare to Sly Stone's There's A Riot Goin' On? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Public Enemy's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Lies
You’re Gonna Get Yours
Don’t Believe The Hype
911 Is A Joke
More News At 11
Give It Up
I
Can A Woman Make A Man Lose His Mind?
MKLVFKWR
See Something, Say Something
WTF?!
Notice [Know This]
Honky Talk Rules
Nothing Is Quick In The Desert
2020
State Of The Union (STFU)
Harder Than You Think
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What did Blur call themselves before "Blur"? What was the first single they recorded? What British band did Albarn loathe in the early 90s? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Damon Albarn's back catalogue album by album [plus Blur and Gorillaz].
Featured songs:
High Cool
Colin Zeal
Badhead
Fade Away
Death Of A Party
Mellow Song
Tomorrow Comes Today
Brothers & Sisters
History Song
To Binge
Photographs [You Are Taking Now]
Ghost Ship
Ribbons
The Valley Of The Pagans
Daft Wader
Skinny Ape
Parklife
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How many albums has Willie Nelson released? What year did Nelson release his first album? What was his first concept album? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Willie Nelson's back catalogue album by album [well, some of them].
Featured songs:
No Place For Me
Mr Record Man
Funny How Time Slips Away
Who Put All My Ex’s In Texas
Bloody Mary Morning
Summer Of Roses
Shotgun Willie
I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone
Can I Sleep In Your Arms
September Song
Stand By Me
It’s Not Supposed To Be That Way
Your Memory Won’t Die In My Grave
Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
Black Night
$1000 Wedding
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Summertime
God’s Problem Child
Live Forever
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What album did Harvey characterise as "extreme"? What was the last album Harvey recorded with The PJ Harvey Trio? What album did The Independent say was "a threatening, nightmarish creature”? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that goes through PJ Harvey's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
O Stella
Sheela-na-gig
Me-Jane
Man-Size
Working For The Man
Down By The Water
City Of No Sun
Angelene
The Wind
This Mess We’re In
Whores Hustle and The Hustlers Whore
The Desperate Kingdom Of Love
The Letter
When Under Ether
Silence
Black Hearted Love
All And Everyone
On Battleship Hill
The Ministry Of Defence
The Nether-edge
Kamikaze
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What song inspired Ray LaMontagne to take up music? What album did The Guardian say sounded like a long-lost masterpiece? What is the first album he self-produced? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that goes through Ray LaMontagne's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Jolene
Burn
You Can Bring Me Flowers
Be Here Now
You Are The Best Thing
Meg White
Are We Really Through
Beg Steal Or Borrow
Airwaves
Pick Up A Gun
In My Own Way
Hey, No Pressure
No Answer Arrives
Such A Simple Thing
Roll Me Mama, Roll Me
Misty Morning Rain
No Other Way
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What name did the band use before Pink Floyd? What album did Dave Gilmour say he "bullsh---ed" his way through? What was the first Pink Floyd album to top the British charts? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Pink Floyd's back catalogue [and Rogers Waters and Dave Gilmour's] album by album.
Featured songs:
The Gnome
Let There Be More Light
Grantchester Meadows
Summer ’68
St Tropez
Free Four
Brain Damage
Have A Cigar
Pigs
Nobody Home
No Way
The Gunner’s Dream
You Know I’m Right
For The First Time Today, Part 1
Sunset Strip
Lost For Words
The Girl In The Yellow Dress
The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
Deja Vu
Time
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What album did Ben Harper put out before Welcome To The Cruel World? What albums did The Innocent Criminals go uncredited on? What album features Ladysmith Black Mambazo? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Ben Harper's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
The Three Of Us
Whipping Boy
One Road To Freedom
Glory & Consequence
Roses From My Friends
Steal My Kisses
Brown Eyed Blues
Picture Of Jesus
Church House Steps
Happy Everafter In Your Eyes
Get It Like You Like It
Put It On Me
Lay There & Hate Me
I Will Not Be Broken
Rock N Roll Is Free
I’m In I'm Out And I'm Gone
Altar Of Love
Call It What It Is
Movin’ On
Brittany
Where Did We Go Wrong
Masterpiece
Diamonds On The Inside
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Where did Mike Scott get the name Waterboys from? How many albums did World Party put out? How many solo albums has Scott released? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through The Waterboys back catalogue [and Mike Scott's and World Party's] album by album.
Featured songs:
A Girl Called Johnny
The Big Music
Old England
Hawaiian Island World
Fisherman’s Blues
God On My Side
A Man Is In Love
Radio Days
Spiritual City
She Is So Beautiful
Vanity Fair
My Dark Side
Another 1000 Years
Peace Of Iona
You In The Sky
Before The World Was Made
I Can See Elvis
Didn’t We Walk On Water
Ship Of Fools
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What was Aretha Franklin's first single? What album contained Franklin's first original composition? What was the first song Franklin recorded for Atlantic? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Aretha Franklin's back catalogue album by album [well, most of them].
Featured songs:
It Ain’t Necessarily So
You Made Me Love You
Try A Little Tenderness
Evil Gal Blues
My Guy
If I Had A Hammer
Ol’ Man River
Drown In my Own Tears
Niki Hoeky
You’re A Sweet Sweet Man
River’s Invitation
It Ain’t Fair
The Thrill Is Gone
A Brand New Me
Sister From Texas
No Matter Who You Love
It’s Gonna Get A Bit Better
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Freeway Of Love
Do Right Woman
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What was the first song Neil Finn wrote for Split Enz? How many albums has Finn recorded with his brother, Tim? What album features Finn's wife, Sharon? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Neil Finn's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Give It A Whirl
What’s The Matter With You
Log Cabin Fever
Message To My Girl
I Walk Away
I Feel Possessed
Chocolate Cake
Catherine Wheels
Only Talking Sense
Sinner
Last To Know
Disembodied Voices
A Sigh
Elephants
Dizzy Heights
Widow’s Peak
Show Me The Way
Truth
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What's the first song The White Stripes recorded? What album did Rolling Stone say was "pulverising perfection"? What album was inspired, in part, by short stories and plays written by White when he was 19? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Jack White's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
St James Infirmary Blues
Sister, Do You Know My Name?
I Think I Smell A Rat
Ball And Biscuit
White Moon
Blue Veins
Little Cream Soda
Rich Kid Blues
I Cut Like A Buffalo
Hustle And Cuss
Missing Pieces
High Ball Stepper
Rough Detective
Why Walk A Dog?
Only Child
Morning, Noon And Night
I've Got You Surrounded [With My Love]
I’m Mad
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What Police album did Rolling Stone say was "near-perfect pop by a band that bends all the rules and sometimes makes musical mountains out of molehill-size ideas"? What album features Mark Knopfler? What album features a song Johnny Cash would later cover? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Sting's [and The Police's] back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Next To You
Deathwish
Driven To Tears
One World [Not Three]
Mother
Shadows In The Rain
History Will Teach Us Nothing
Saint Agnes & The Burning Train
Heavy Cloud No Rain
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
Fill Her Up
Forget About The Future
Roxanne
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Where did the word "reggae" originate from? What was the last album Bob Marley made with Peter Tosh? What was Marley's first US Top 10 album? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Bob Marley's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Concrete Jungle
No More Trouble
Burnin' And Lootin'
The Oppressed Song
Revolution
So Jah S’eh
Who The Cap Fit
War
So Much Things To Say
The Heathen
Sun Is Shining
She’s Gone
So Much Trouble In The World
Survival
Coming In From The Cold
Bad Card
I Know
Jump Nyabinghi
Positive Vibration
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What was one of the songs removed from Greetings From Astbury Park at the last minute? What album did Melody Maker say was like "a trip through the rock 'n' roll heartland"? What album was Born In The USA originally intended for? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Bruce Springsteen's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Arabian Night
Zero & Blind Terry
Linda Let Me Be The One
Adam Raised A Cain
Point Blank
Used Cars
Two Faces
57 Channels [And Nothin’ On]
Worlds Apart
O Mary Don’t You Weep
Working On A Dream
We Are Alive
Heaven’s Wall
The Wayfarer
Dancing In The Dark [Broadway Version]
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What's Bragg's real name? What album did Rolling Stone say was "as political as The Clash , as clever as Elvis Costello, as melodic as Ray Davies and as rocking as Chuck Berry"? What's the only double album Bragg has recorded? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Billy Bragg's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
A New England
The Myth Of Trust
Which Side Are You On
Ideology
The Short Answer
The Marching Song Of The Covert
Everywhere
Everybody Loves You Babe
Sugardubby
Another Man’s Done Gone
Stetson Kennedy
Tears Of My Tracks
M For Me
Handyman Blues
Gentle On My Mind
Why We Build The Wall
I Will Be Your Shield
Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
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What name did Kravitz use when he recorded his first album? What Kiss song has Kravitz covered? What was the last album Kravitz recorded for Virgin? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he goes through Lenny Kravitz's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Sitting On Top Of The World
Freedom Train
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
Stop Draggin’ Around
Use Me
Eleutheria
My Love
Deuce
Can’t Get You Off My Mind
Don’t Go And Put A Bullet In Your Head
Fly Away
I Belong To You
God Save Us All
Bank Robber Man
I Don’t Want To Be A Star
Dancin’ Til Dawn
A Long And Sad Goodbye
Black & White America
Liquid Jesus
New York City
Johnny Cash
Always On The Run
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What was Neil Young's first album with Crazy Horse? What record did Rolling Stone say was “one of the most despairing albums of the decade”? What album was inspired by his son, Ben? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Neil Young's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
The Emporer Of Wyoming
The Losing End
Birds
Alabama
Revolution Blues
Albuquerque
Kansas
Barstool Blues
Sample & Hold
Coupe De Ville
Crime In The City
One Of These Days
Driveby
I’m The Ocean
Razor Love
Devil’s Sidewalk
This Old Guitar
Lookin’ For A Leader
Hitchhiker
Wolf Moon
Already Great
Like A Hurricane
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What is Joe Jackson's real name? What two movies did Jackson score? What album has only three sides? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions and more as he goes through Joe Jackson's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
She’ll Surprise You
Pretty Girls
Biology
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Cancer
Moonlight
Go For it
Fifty Dollar Love Affair
No Pasaran
[He’s A] Shape In A Drape
Down To London
Oh Well
Ever After
Angel
Stranger Than You
Awkward Age
The Uptown Train
It Don’t Mean A Thing [If It Ain’t Got That Swing]
So You Say
Friend Better
Breaking Us In Two
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What album came out under the monicker E? What album did Q say was a "complete musical vision"? What album did E say was a "succinct, direct and no bullshit"? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions as he goes through Eels' back catalogue album by album?
Featured songs:
Looking Out The Window With A Blue Hat On
Mental
PS You Rock My World
Flyswatter
That’s Not Really Funny
Love Of The Loveless
Things The Grandchildren Should Know
Beginner’s Luck
Paradise Blues
Wonderful, Glorious
Series Of Misunderstandings
Bone Dry
Are You Fucking Your Ex
Better Living Through Desperation
Novocaine For the Soul
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What album did Pitchfork say consisted of "astonishing musical proficiency, complete honesty and severe beauty"? What album was Adams referring to when he said "I wanted to invent a modern classic"? What year did Adams put out three albums? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions and more as he goes through Ryan Adams' back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Amy
When The Stars Go Blue
Cry On Demand
So Alive
Please Do Not Let Me Go
Dear John
29
Halloweenhead
Natural Ghost
Star Wars
Chains Of Love
I Just Might
Shake It Off
Outbound Train
Poison & Pain
Do Not Disturb
Romeo & Juliet
Stare At The TV
State Trooper
Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts
Wonderwall
Gonna Make You Love Me
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Whose idea was Electric Light Orchestra? What song did Jeff Lynne's father like? What was ELO's highest charting album? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions and more as he goes through ELO's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
10538 Overture
Momma
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
Nobody’s Child
One Summer Dream
Telephone Line
Starlight
On The Run
Here Is The News
Four Little Diamonds
So Serious
Nobody Home
Stranger On A Quiet Street
Surrender
Love And Rain
Help Yourself
Livin’ Thing
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How old was Paul Simon when he met Art Garfunkel? Who produced Simon & Garfunkel's first album? What album did Simon win a Grammy for? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions and more as he goes through Paul Simon's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
True Or False
He Was My Brother
Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Anji
A Simple Desultory Philippic
Punky's Dilemma
The Only Living Boy In New York
Duncan
One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
My Little Town
Oh Marion
Hearts & Bones
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
Can’t Run But
Adios Hermanos
Old
Another Galaxy
The Afterlife
Cool Papa Bell
Graceland
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What does "DMC" stand for? What was the Beastie Boys' original name? What Beasties album did Rolling Stone say was a "celebration of American junk culture that is still blowing minds today"? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes trough the back catalogues of the Beastie Boys and Run DMC.
Featured songs:
Hard Times
You Talk Too Much
You Be Illin’
She’s Crafty
I’m Not Going Out Like That
Egg Man
Don’t Stop
Funky Boss
3 In The Head
Sabrosa
Dr Lee, PhD
Ahhh
Right Right Now Now
B For My Name
Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win
[You Gotta] Fight For Your Right [To Party]
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What album features two Ray Charles covers? What year did his TV show begin broadcasting? What album features two of his daughters taking lead vocal? Find out the answer to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at Johnny Cash album by album [well, some of them].
Featured songs:
Hey Porter
Pickin’ Time
Lead Me Father
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know
As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
Boa Constrictor
I Got A Woman
Folsom Prison Blues
He Turned The Water Into Wine
Ned Kelly
Friendly Gates
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Far Side Banks Of Jordan
Highway Patrolman
Down There By The Train
The Man Who Couldn't Cry
Rusty Cage
Wayfaring Stranger
We’ll Meet Again
Man In Black
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What is Paul Weller's real name? What album did Q say was the 46th greatest of all time? What album did Weller say was deliberately self-indulgent. Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he takes a look at Paul Weller's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Art School
Ghosts
The Whole Point Of No Return
Boy Who Cried Wolf
Above The Clouds
Can You Heal Us [Holy Man]
Pink On White Walls
Golden Sands
There Is No Drinking, After You’re Dead
It’s Written In The Stars
Don’t Make Promises
I Wanna Make It Alright
Have You Made Up Your Mind
No Tears To Cry
That Dangerous Age
Going My Way
The Cranes Are Back
Bowie
Old Father Tyme
Fat Pop
Wild Wood
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Which album did Stereogum say sounded like "Jekyll confronting Hyde"? On what album did Waits first say he felt "completely confident" as a songwriter. What album did Waits make two months after being arrested for fighting with police officers in a coffee shop? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Tom Waits's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Closing Time
Ice Cream Man
[Looking For] The Heart Of Saturday Night
Warm Beer And Cold Women
Invitation To The Blues
Barber Shop
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jersey Girl
I Beg Your Pardon
16 Shells From A 30-Ought-6
Clap Hands
Yesterday Is Here
Doritos
Black Wings
I’ll Shoot The Moon
Get Behind The Mule
Alice
God’s Away On Business
Hoist That Rag
Tell It To Me
Face To The Highway
Big In Japan
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On what song does Devendra Banhart channel Elvis Presley? What album did Pitchfork say established Banhart as a "major voice in new folk music"? What album did PopMatters say had a "smouldering, slow-burn intensity of languorous susurrations"? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Devendra Banhart's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
The Charles C Leary
Pumpkin Seeds
A Sight To Behold
Poughkeepsie
Little Yellow Spider
At The Hop
Cripple Crow
I Feel Just Like A Child
Rosa
Sea Horse
First Song For B
Rats
Golden Girls
Won’t You Come Over
Losing My Taste For The Nightlife
Fig In Leather
Saturday Night
Kantori Ongaku
Memorial
Book Of Bringhi
Todo Los Dolores
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Annie Lennox suffered a nervous breakdown during the making of what album? During which album sessions did they record a cover of The Doors' Hello I Love You? What movie did they record a soundtrack for?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through the Eurythmics' back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Never Gonna Cry Again
Revenge
Somebody Told Me
This City Never Sleeps
The First Cut
Paint A Rumour
Julia
I Did It Just The Same
Conditioned Soul
Hello I Love You
I Remember You
My Guy
Put The Blame On Me
Brand New Day
You Hurt Me [And I Hate You]
Sylvia
Crown Of Madness
Legend In My Living Room
Jealousy
Take Me To The River
Lifted
Sweet Dreams [Are Made Of This]
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Which Talking Heads album received five stars in Mojo and 10/10 in Pitchfork? What album did Brian Eno describe as "a vision of psychedelic Africa"? What album finds Byrne at his most naked? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through David Byrne's back catalogue [including Talking Heads] album by album.
Featured songs:
First Week / Last Week … Carefree
I’m Not In Love
Heaven
The Great Curve
Very Very Hungry
Moon Rocks
The Lady Don’t Mind
Dream Operator
Mommy Daddy You And I
Independence Day
Sad Song
Finite=Alright
Neighborhood
She Only Sleeps
Home
Dinner For Two
Gasoline And Dirty Sheets
Everybody’s Coming To My House
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What is the last album Genesis made with Gabriel? Who produced Scratch? What album did Rolling Stone say was full of “considerable emotional complexity and musical sophistication”? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Peter Gabriel's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Silent Sun
The Musical Box
Supper’s Ready
Broadway Melody of 1974
Humdrum
Excuse Me
Exposure
Intruder
The Family & The Fishing Net
Red Rain
Blood Of Eden
The Story Of OVO
Growing Up
Flume
Don’t Give Up
The Court
Steam
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In its list of the greatest artists of all time where did Rolling Stone place The Who? What was the band called before they took the name The Who? What album featured songs written by all four members? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at The Who album by album.
Featured songs:
Zoot Suit
Out In The Street
See My Way
Tattoo
Go To The Mirror!
I Believe In Everything
Getting In Tune
Giving It All Away
I’m One
Move Over Ms L
Come And Get Your Love
Imagine A Man
Music Must Change
Keep On Working
How Can You Do It Alone
Brilliant Blues
Outlive The Dinosaur
It’s Not Enough
As Long As I Have You
She Rocked My World
Won’t Get Fooled Again
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What album did it take Columbia a year to release in the UK? What album did Mojo say "sounded like nothing of its time — of any time really — fresh and ancient, cryptic and intimate"? What album took just six days to record? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at Leonard Cohen album by album.
Featured Songs:
Sisters Of Mercy
Blessed Is The Memory
The Partisan
Famous Blue Raincoat
Chelsea Hotel #1
Who By Fire
I Left A Woman Waiting
The Guests
The Law
I Can’t Forget
The Future
Here It Is
On That Day
Blue Alert
The Sound Of Silence
Come Healing
Slow
You Want It Darker
The Goal
Tower Of Song
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What album details Jeff Tweedy's disintegrating marriage? What album did Pitchfork compare with Radiohead's Kid A? Which album contains a duet with Feist? Find out the answer to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at Wilco [and Tweedy] album by album.
Featured songs:
It’s Just That Simple
Someone Else’s Song
One By One
When You Wake Up Feeling Old
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Muzzle Of Bees
Sky Blue Sky
One Wing
Whole Love
World Away
The Joke Explained
If I Ever Was A Child
I Know What It’s Like
Love Is Everywhere [Beware]
Guess Again
Hints
Jesus Etc
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What was Kendrick Lamar's pseudonym before he made his first album? What album from Anderson .Paak featured Lamar? What Childish Gambino album did Rolling Stone describe as an enthralling trip into the land of funk? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix looks at Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak and Childish Gambino album by album.
Featured songs:
No Make Up [Her Vice]
Ronald Reagan Era
Heartbeat
Swimming Pools
Crawl
Paint
King Kunta
Have Some Love
Untitled 06
Come Down
Feel
6 Summers
Jet Black
Algorythm
777
The Heart Part 5
I
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What was the furore surrounding Elvis Costello when he recorded Armed Forces? What album is the song Almost Blue on? Who is Monkey To Man about? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Elvis Costello's back catalogue album by album [well, most of them].
Featured songs:
No Action
New Amsterdam
Brown To Blue
Almost Blue
American Without Tears
I Want You
Tramp The Dirt Down
God’s Comic
I Almost Had A Weakness
The Long Division
45
I’m In The Mood Again
Monkey To Man
A Slow Drag With Josephine
Wake Me Up
What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?
Trick Out The Truth
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What song did Emmylou Harris cover? Who wrote the song Lucinda Williams? What album did AllMusic describe as “the bravest, most emotionally wrenching record she's ever issued"? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Lucinda Williams's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Malted Milk Blues
Rolling Along
I Just Wanted To See You So Bad
Lucinda Williams
Sweet Old World
Can’t Let Go
Lonely Girls
Sweet Side
Wrap My Head Around That
It’s A Long Way To The Top
Copenhagen
Ugly Truth
West Memphis
If My Love Could Kill
Place In My Heart
Unsuffer Me
Bone Of Contention
Live Forever
Doors Of Heaven
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What was the last album Stevie Wonder made under his original contract? What album did Rolling Stone say demonstrated "explosive genius and unshackled self-expression”? What album did Wonder win his first Grammy for? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Stevie Wonder's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Sunset
Look Around
I Wanna Talk To You
Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer
Love Having You Around
Evil
Maybe Your Baby
Blame It On The Sun
Jesus Children Of America
Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing
It Ain’t No Use
They Won’t Go When I Go
As
Village Ghetto Land
The Secret Life Of Plants
All I Do
Front Line
It’s Wrong [Apartheid]
Get It
Make Sure You’re Sure
Sensuous Whisper
So What The Fuss
Faith
Can’t Put It In The Hands Of Fate
Finish Line
Higher Ground
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What album did Billboard say was “brimming with overlooked gems" but Jagger said "it just isn’t any good"? What album was Start Me Up originally recorded for? What was the name of Mick Jagger's first solo album? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through The Rolling Stones' back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Little By Little
What A Shame
Goin’ Home
Cool Calm And Collected
Sing This All Together
Stray Cat Blues
You Got The Silver
Dead Flowers
Rocks Off
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo [Heartbreaker]
Melody
Send It To Me
Slave
Hard Woman
You Don’t Move Me
Terrifying
Laugh, I Nearly Died
Little Rain
Strange Game
Paint It Black
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How many of Nina Simone's first nine albums were recorded in the studio? What was the first album Simone recorded with Philips? Who did Simone have in mind when she wrote I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Nina Simone's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
He Needs Me
Children Go Where I Send You
He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
Little Liza Jane
Forbidden Fruit
The Gal From Joe’s
Hush Little Baby
The Laziest Gal In Town
Marriage Is For Old Folks
Be My Husband
Images
That’s All
That’s All I Ask
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Why? The King Of Love Is Dead
Compensation
Suzanne
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
My Way
Isn’t It A Pity
Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter
Marry Me
Ne Me Quitte Pas
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What album did Pitchfork say was "like finding a fossil from the future"? What was the first album Nigel Godrich produced? Which album did Rolling Stone say was among the best 500 ever made? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Beck's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs
Beercan
Ramshackle
Hotwax
Tropicalia
Canceled Check
Mixed Bizness
Debra
The Golden Age
Que Onda Guero
Go It Alone
Dark Star
The Horrible Fanfare / Landslide / Exoskelton
Orphans
Soul Of A Man
Heart Is A Drum
Up All Night
Uneventful Days
Where It’s At
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What song has the same chord progression and melody as Tupelo Honey? What album was Drumshanbo Hustle recorded for but left off? What song did Sinead O'Connor say was perfect for a Sunday morning? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Van Morrison's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
TB Sheets
Astral Weeks
Into The Mystic
I’ll Be Your Lover, Too
Tupelo Honey
You’re My Woman
Not Supposed To Break Down
Saint Dominic’s Preview
Drumshanbo Hustle
Fair Play
Country Fair
Youth Of 1000 Summers
So Quiet In Here
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Gloria
Raincheck
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
They Own The Media
Listen To The Lion
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What was Ye's first album to be nominated for Album Of The Year at The Grammys? Which album did Rolling Stone say was his most vulnerable? Which album did Lou Reed say Ye was trying to raise the bar with? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Ye's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Down To Earth
I’ll Fly Away
Jesus Walks
Hey Mama
Good Morning
Say You Will
Dark Fantasy
Made In America
Hold My Liquor
Black Skinhead
Fade
Yikes
Feel The Love
Water
Eazy
I Am A God
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Which album did Rolling Stone say was "the work of a transformed woman"? Which album came out after I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got? Which song does Sinead rap on? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Sinead O'Connor's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Take My Hand
Heroine
Just Like You Said It Would Be
Three Babies
Black Boys On Mopeds
Why Don’t You Do Right
John I Love You
Famine
This Is To Mother You
Daddy I'm Fine
Molly Malone
Downpressor Man
33
We People Who Are Darker Than Blue
Reason With Me
Queen Of Denmark
Your Green Jacket
James Brown
Trouble Of The World
No Man’s Woman
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What was the original name of the band? Who influenced Thom Yorke's lyrics on Kid A? What album does Nigel Godrich regard as his least favourite? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Radiohead's back catalogue album by album, plus their various side projects.
Featured songs:
Anyone Can Play Guitar
Bones
Exit Music
Everything In Its Right Place
You And Whose Army?
A Punchup At A Wedding
Analyse
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
The Ties That Bind Us
Codex
No Other Love
Nose Grows Some
Waiting For A Sign
Identikit
Suspirium
Impossible Knots
Cloak Of The Night
25 Years
We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
There’ll Be Better Days
Subterranean Homesick Alien
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What song of McCartney's contains just three lines? Who co-produced Ram? Who was the other guy in The Fireman? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Paul McCartney's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
PS I Love You
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
That Would Be Something
Smile Away
Wild Life
Single Pigeon
Mrs Vandebilt
Letting Go
London Town
On The Way
What’s That You’re Doing?
Spies Like Us
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
Really Love You
Tiny Bubble
English Tea
Alligator
I Don’t Know
Slidin’
Momma Miss America
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What album did The Daily Review describe as "anger, depression, repression and piss-taking you can dance to"? Why did Johnny Marr quit? Why was Morrissey's California Son so controversial? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through The Smiths' back catalogue album by album, plus Morrissey's and Johnny Marr's.
Featured songs:
Hand In Glove
I Don’t Owe You Anything
Well I Wonder
Vicar In A Tutu
I Won’t Share You
Dial A Cliche
You’re The One For Me, Fatty
Speedway
Do Your Best And Don’t Worry
The Last Ride
America Is Not The World
It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore
Generate! Generate!
Smiler With Knife
Candidate
New Dominions
Lenny’s Tune
Lightning People
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
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Which early Bad Seeds album did one respected music critic describe as “one of the greatest rock albums ever made”? Which is the first album to feature Warren Ellis? Which was the last album to feature Mick Harvey? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Nick Cave's back catalogue album by album.
Featured songs:
Fears Of Gun
A Box For Black Paul
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Running Scared
The Carny
Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
Nobody’s Baby Now
Henry Lee
The Garden Duet
Lime Tree Arbour
Darker With The Day
Rock Of Gibraltar
Breathless
There She Goes My Beautiful World
Song For Jesse
No Pussy Blues
Jesus Of The Moon
Wide Lovely Eyes
Distant Sky
Bright Horses
Hand Of God
Midnight Man
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Who did Bowie write Kooks for? What were some of the songs on Diamond Dogs originally written for? What song sounds very similar to Let's Dance? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through David Bowie's back catalogue album by album [well, most of them].
Featured songs:
Rubber Band
God Knows I’m Good
The Width Of A Circle
Kooks
Hang On To Yourself
Time
1984
Right
Word On A Wing
Joe The Lion
Up The Hill Backwards
Shake It
Tonight
I Can’t Read
I Feel Free
Looking For Satellites
Survive
Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
Dirty Boys
Tis A Pity She Was A Whore
Ashes To Ashes
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What record did the LA Times say was a "near-perfect album that artists often spend a whole career trying to produce"? What Is Mona Lisa's & Mad Hatters about? How long did it take John to write the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road double album? What song is about John's cocaine addiction? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Elton John's back catalogue album by album [well, almost].
Featured songs:
Empty Sky
Sixty Years On
My Father’s Gun
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
Elderberry Wine
Sweet Painted Lady
Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Big Dipper
White Lady White Powder
Elton’s Song
One More Arrow
Breaking Hearts
Mona Lisa’s & Mad Hatters Part 2
I Never Knew Her Name
Understanding Women
American Triangle
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
Oscar Wilde Gets Out
England & America
Rocket Man
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What album did Pitchfork say sounded like "a computer breathing"? What name did Prince want to use for Sign O The Times? What album has no vocals on it? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Prince's back catalogue album by album [well, almost].
Featured songs:
For You
In Love
I Feel For You
Head
Jack U Off
DMSR
Darling Nikki
America
The Cross
Jughead
And God Created Woman
Pheremone
Papa
Let’s Have A Baby
The Work Pt 1
Avalanche
Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
Sexmesexmenot
The Word
Wow
Stare
Cream
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What song is a cousin to Masters Of War? Why is I Threw It All Away different to all of Dylan's other songs? On what album does Dylan credit only one song with having a producer? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Stevie Nix goes through Bob Dylan's back catalogue album by album [well, almost].
Featured songs:
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Masters Of War
Boots Of Spanish Leather
Only A Pawn In Their Game
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Visions Of Johanna
I Threw It All Away
Went To See the Gypsy
You’re A Big Girl Now
When You Gonna Wake Up
Man In The Long Black Coat
Love Sick
Braggin’
My Own Version Of You
It’s Alright Ma [I'm Only Bleeding]
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