See You Down The Front

We return to our look at a specific city in this episode with the focus falling on Sheffield. Elle, Adam and Paul are joined by special guest Tom to debate the merits of 20 songs from the Steel City and rank them in order. Science and statistics very much take a back seat to gut feeling and outright bias. Send us Fan Mail

Starting the New Year off with a Best of... episode. No, not a best of See You Down The Front, but our choices of the Best of the Best Ofs - Greatest Hits compilations we can't live without. Joining Paul, Elle and Adam this month is regular contributor, Neil, and between us we trawl through synthpop, country rock, AOR, and pop majesty amongst our titles. You'll have to listen to work out...

Back from our Summer break and hitting the ground running with an episode entitled Two and Six. Adam, Elle and Paul pick three songs of two minutes or less and three of six minutes or more. Rock and roll, rhythm and blues and some plucky upstarts you might have heard of like Pink Floyd, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin all get a look in.  Q9rbvJu2gJBgUL6fmPvI Send us Fan Mail

Our love of girl band pop is well established over many episodes, but it's never been the sole focus - until now! In this episode Adam, Elle and Paul pick their six favourite girl band songs which cover a 60-year span of pop history. Yes Girls Aloud, yes The Supremes and yes Blackpink - and that's just for starters. Send us Fan Mail

Some albums are so good it's hard to choose the best track off them. But never frightened of a challenge, we take on the question `What's the best track on...?' and still come out smiling. Paul, Elle and Adam are joined by returning guest, Frankie, and the albums under the microscope include such heavyweights as Revolver, Tapestry, Rumours, and Definitely Maybe plus four more. You&a...

So we welcome 2025 by looking back at 2024 and using our Spotify Wrapped stats to see what we were listening to. Some obvious, some less so. Join Adam, Elle and Paul for a meander through our favourite tunes over the last 12 months.  Send us Fan Mail

Compilation albums were once a staple of Christmas Day. Bought for you when your burgeoning music interest had come to the notice of parents, aunts and grans. In this compact Christmas episode, Adam, Elle and Paul pick out a few compilations they've loved with one a true Christmas cracker! Send us Fan Mail

We take a diversion away from artists' main job to look at their side projects in this episode. Regulars Adam, Elle and Paul are joined once again by Michelle to look at some of the diversions artists have taken when their day job is in hiatus. From Laurel Canyon folk to 80s pop rock, we have many bases covered. Send us Fan Mail

It's a World Cup episode and this time it's the 1994 world cup as we pick the best and most representative 32 songs of the year and debate the living daylights out of them. Britpop heroes, drum and bass innovators, dancefloor bangers and big ballads collide as Elle, Adam, Neil and Paul pick an ultimate winner. Send us Fan Mail

Eurovision royalty, melody magicians, Swedish superstars - obviously we're talking about Abba. With sales of more than 300 million records and as popular today as they ever were, it's time to take a closer look at the Scandi Fab Four. In this episode we rank 20 of their very best with Adam, Elle and Paul joined on this occasion by long-time Abba fan, Gill. Choosing 20 was hard enough in...

Our latest episode is the last in our look at the last few decades, taking us from 2010 to the present day. Once again we're joined by a guest as Kieran Hymus offers his six picks to go along with those from Elle, Adam and Paul. It's a curious mix from a curious period with pure pop rubbing shoulders with major female artists, some serious rap contenders and some fizzing indie.  Send us...

Our trawl of the decades brings us into the new millennium with six of the best from Adam, Elle, Paul and special guest Frankie from the years 2000-2009. We saw the rise of new indie guitar heroes, TV stars as pop stars, weird hip-hop and some banging RnB. There are massive female stars, rootsy Americans and references to Disney and Marvel abound! Join us for the latest episode. Send us Fan Mail

Once again we're focusing on a particular decade and this time turning our gaze on the Nineties. Joining Paul, Adam and Elle for this episode is broadcaster,  podcaster and journalist Gareth Roberts and between them they produce a rollercoaster ride of pop thrills. From smash the state rock to lo-fi genius, it's another broad church. Send us Fan Mail

As The Jam would have it, This is the Modern World. Well not quite, but for some of the team it feels like it. A best of 2004 featuring dance heavyweights, rap superstars, indie classics and pure pop bangers. How will our World Cup featuring 32 of the best songs from the year pan out? Only one way to find out, and that's tune in as Elle, Adam, Neil and Paul put on their best debating hats and...

As we continue our trawl through the decades, Elle, Adam and Paul are joined by special guest Michelle for a look at the 80s. A miserly six songs each to sum up a whole decade doesn't seem fair, but - hey - those are the rules. You'll hear all kinds , from MTV favourites to East Kilbride noiseniks. It all makes sense when you listen, so have fun. Send us Fan Mail

In 2024 we're going back through the decades as Adam, Elle and Paul pick songs from the 70s. These are the tunes that we love from the decade or which have a special meaning for us. It's a decade full of contrasts so expect the same in these choices. Send us Fan Mail

What a year 1981 was! Anthems galore and a real melting pot of styles as we emerged from post-punk and entered the New Romantic and new pop world. So our World Cup will take in 32 of the best songs of the year for a no quarter given battle to find the year's top song. It would be a surprise if the final result wasn't a surprise, so listen in and see what tops the pile.  Send us Fan Mail

The regular See You Down The Front crew of Adam, Elle and Paul are joined for this episode by a very special guest as Frankie Goes to Hollywood guitarist Brian Nash sits in to pick five of his favourite British albums - and gets to throw a sixth in at the end for good measure. Across the 21 picks from all four of us there is the usual diverse mix including 80s pop, prog, female soul and 60s classi...

The legends who built modern pop and rock are either heading for retirement or have, sadly, already gone to the great gig in the sky. So who is likely to fill the gap and how has becoming a global superstar changed? In this episode Adam, Elle and Paul discuss who should be getting the big festival headline slots and who is likely to be occupying them for years to come. Send us Fan Mail

In this episode we look at the influence of our parents on our own musical tastes as they reveal their own Top 5, or 6, or 7. Honestly it was hard to get them to stop! So Elle, Paul and Adam chat about the likes of Abba, Paul Simon, Booker T and the MGs, My Chemical Romance, Dire Straits and Tiffany! An eclectic list to say the least. Send us Fan Mail

After Liverpool, New York and Manchester we now turn our attention to London in a city-focused episode of See You Down The Front. We rank 25 songs  from London artists or specifically about the capital, and only when you realise what's not there do you come to appreciate just how many great songs have emanated from the Smoke. We've got artists as varied as Amy Winehouse and The Kinks, Th...

Little beats that great feeling of putting a new album on, hearing the first track and thinking you're on to a good thing. In this episode of See You Down The Front, Paul, Elle and Adam pick some favourite opening tracks that set the scene for the rest of the albums to come. It's a wonderful mix of punk, pop, rap and rock as these Track One Side One songs will attest. Send us Fan Mail

It's a World Cup episode as Adam, Elle and Paul sift through the best of 2005 to find their ultimate single of that year. It was an era of breakout indie guitar groups, girl band fantasticness, quality RnB and much, more. But of the 32 songs on show, what becomes number one? Listen to find out. Send us Fan Mail

This week Paul, Adam.and Elle put their knowledge to the test to come up with five songs sharing the same word in the title - then did it twice more. A few rabbit holes were followed as the lists crossed soul, disco, rock, pop, rap and funk. No gimmes like 'love' or 'the'. And yes, 'ain't' is a word! Send us Fan Mail

There are plenty of artists who haven't had a proper look-in on the podcast so far, and this week we decided to try and redress the balance.  Adam, Elle and Paul have each picked five bands or singers who this podcast needs some more of. There's new British soul, old Philly soul, Northern Ireland punks, Korean girls, classic 60s songwriting and New York New Wave of the highest order.  Se...