Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (1973)

04/27/20 • 32 min

Chris celebrates his birthday, and Jon uses the word 'disillusionment' 63 times in thirty minutes. The two also discuss what is widely considered to be Elton John and Bernie Taupin's masterpiece, an album that seems ironically apropos for quarantine life.

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Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1982)

Mysterious, angry, boozy, sweeping. These are just a few words to describe this often underrated 1980s masterpiece by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The album finds Costello at the peak of his powers as a singer/songwriter, and the album's production was unlike anything he had done before or since. Listen as Chris and Jon analyze this haunting and troubling collection of songs.

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