Light the Sky Podcast

Taking a slight break from Queen (don't worry, Episode 47 covering News of the World is coming soon) we've decided to have our 4th bonus episode covering a one-off special album brought forth by one of our hosts. For bonus episode 4, co-host Chris has brought the second album from British synthwave/retrowave group GUNSHIP, 2018's Dark All Day. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a journey sur...

Episode 45 covers the fifth Queen studio album, 1976's "A Day at the Races." It was the band's first completely self-produced album, and the first not to feature producer Roy Thomas Baker . The album serves as a companion album to the band's previous album, A Night at the Opera , both taking their names from Marx Brothers films, as well as sharing similar packaging and eclectic musical themes. Mar...

Episode 44 covers the fourth Queen studio album, 1975's "A Night at the Opera." Hailed as Queen's best album and their crowning achievement, does it truly deserve this rating or do the "singles" on this album cloud judgement? Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive...

Episode 43 covers the third Queen studio album, 1974's "Sheer Heart Attack." Digressing from the progressive themes featured on their first two albums, the album featured more pop-centric and conventional rock tracks and marked a step towards the "classic" Queen sound. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favo...

#SWORDSANDSANDALS Episode 42 covers the second Queen studio album, 1974's aptly titled "Queen II." Often considered a cult classic and rated rather high in the Queen discography, does it deserve this title or was the self-titled a better performance from the band? Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites...

QUEEN is who we've decided to cover for our fourth band/full studio album discography. Episode 41 covers the 1973 self-titled debut album by British rockers Queen. Undoubtedly a magnificent debut to a career, some of us feel that Queen found their full focused sound right out of the gate while others feel, while strong, some more woodshedding needed to be done. Where do you stand on Queen's debut?...

Now that we've wrapped up our full Pink Floyd studio album discography it's time for our third bonus episode so bust out that AquaNet and strap on your pink Jackson V because the Boyz are Gonna Rock! Bonus episode #3 covers the self titled debut album by Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and n...

The final Pink Floyd studio album... Comprised mostly of instrumental and ambient music based on unused material from "The Division Bell" sessions, should Pink Floyd have ended the studio discography with "High Hopes" being the final song in the canon or was "The Endless River" a valid effort to wrap up the catalog? Episode 39 covers the fifteenth Pink Floyd studio album, 2004’s "The Endless River...

Episode 38 covers the fourteenth Pink Floyd studio album, 1994’s “The Division Bell.” The second Pink Floyd album recorded without founding member Roger Waters , The Division Bell was written mostly by guitarist and singer David Gilmour and keyboardist Richard Wright . It features Wright's first lead vocal on a Pink Floyd album since The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). Gilmour's fiancée, novelist Po...

Finally.... a proper 80s album from the Floyd. Flipping the script, now more of a David solo album to some, but does this one actually deliver compared to a Roger hounded album? Surrounded by legal battles with Pink Floyd carrying on the name without Roger Waters in the band, did Dave and Nick deliver under pressure? Episode 37 covers the thirteenth Pink Floyd studio album, 1987's "A Momentary Lap...

Often considered more of a Roger Waters solo album, does this album deserve more of a look/a higher rating in the Pink Floyd discography? Some of our hosts may even prefer this album over "The Wall" believe it or not. Where do you stand? Episode 37 covers the twelfth Pink Floyd studio album, 1983's "The Final Cut," and on this episode we bring on our third special guest, singer (Roger Waters) of N...

Episode 35 covers the eleventh Pink Floyd studio album, 1979’s “The Wall.” It is a rock opera that explores Pink, a jaded Rockstar whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society forms a figurative wall. The album was a commercial success, topping the US charts for 15 weeks, and reaching number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown an...

How does a band like Pink Floyd follow up “The Dark Side of the Moon” AND “Wish You Were Here”, two of the most commercially successful and globally revered albums of all time? “Animals” may be viewed as the black sheep sandwiched between three of the band’s most famous albums, but does it deserve to stand on its own as one of Pink Floyd’s strongest? Episode 34 covers the tenth Pink Floyd studio a...

After coming off of the success of The Dark Side of the Moon, one of the most commercially successful albums of all time, will Pink Floyd slump or answer back with an even better album than the last? Episode 33 covers the ninth Pink Floyd studio album, 1975’s “Wish You Were Here” and for this episode, we are joined by special guest and friend Kevin Kiley who’s here to share his love for Pink Floyd...

FINALLY. The moment we’ve all been waiting for… The Dark Side of the Moon. One of the biggest most successful albums of all time, and rightly so, but is it the strongest in Pink Floyd’s catalog? Episode 32 covers the eighth Pink Floyd studio album, 1973’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.” Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites...

#NUKETHEMUDMEN Pink Floyd gets tagged once again to contribute a soundtrack to another Barbet Schroeder film. Will this one fair better than “More?” Episode 31 covers the seventh Pink Floyd Studio album, 1972’s “Obscured by Clouds.” Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a dee...

Episode 30 covers the sixth Pink Floyd studio album, 1971's "Meddle." With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme with lyrics written entirely by Roger Waters, Meddle was a group effort with...

#BREASTMILKY Episode 29 covers the fifth Pink Floyd studio album, 1970's "Atom Heart Mother." Although a commercial success on release, the band, particularly Roger Waters and David Gilmour, have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorit...

#SORRYABOUTYOURWIFE The second and third installment from Nick Mason's flutist wife on a Pink Floyd record, are the LTS boys fans or should these contributions never have happened? Episode 28 covers the fourth Pink Floyd Studio album, 1969's "Ummagumma." A half live/half studio album, we will only be covering the STUDIO portion (12 tracks from the CD/streaming track listing) for this episode as we...

#ASPANISHPIECE Episode 27 covers the 1969 third studio album/first soundtrack album "More" by Pink Floyd. Released as the official soundtrack to the 1969 drama-romance film of the same name, Pink Floyd also considers this their third studio album, but was that such a good idea? Syd Barrett 100% out of the band at this point and no Norman Smith in the producer's chair, can the remaining members han...

Welcome Mr. Gilmour! Episode 26 covers 1968's "A Saucerful of Secrets," marking David Gilmour's first appearance on a Pink Floyd studio album. Some might consider this to be the first true Pink Floyd album. Would you agree? Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive tr...

PINK FLOYD is who we've decided to cover for our third full-band discography which means Episode 25 covers the 1967 debut "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (OG 11-track UK track listing). The sole Syd Barrett-fronted Floyd album, Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the debut. We go on a deep div...

Now that our full Metallica studio album discography block has concluded, it's time for our second bonus one-off-album episode. Our co-host Alex has chosen one of his top three albums of all time, the 1999 album "Ignorance is Bliss" by So-Cal punk rockers Face to Face, to bring to the table. Can he convince the rest of the group on the greatness of this slept-on, controversial album in Face to Fac...

The final Metallica studio album, and the final episode of our Metallica discography block. Episode 23 covers the 2016 album "Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct" by the Bay Area trash/heavy metal band Metallica. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the album. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen...

#WHATDONTKILLYAMAKEYAMOSTRONG The thrash is back people, but was that the absolute right move for the band? Episode 22 covers the 2008 album "Death Magnetic" by the Bay Area trash/heavy metal band Metallica. Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the album. We go on a deep dive track-by-track list...