2 Twins & An Album

Nubs leads the discussion and review of Lionel Richie’s 1983 album ‘Can’t Slow Down' – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Hello hello….guess who.  Today the boys bring you a piece of vinyl that is just a great album, and would probably sound unbelievable on a jukebox.  It’s the album that took Lionel from a pop group to the band that we all know and remember them fo...

Toph leads the discussion and review of The Prayer Chain's 1995 album ‘Mercury' – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Genre bending?  Absolutely.  A masterpiece?  Likely. Killer opportunity to discuss a whole genre and scene of music beloved by the brothers??  You betcha.  Come with us down a joyful road as we revisit, what many would say, is the best "christian rock...

Toph leads the discussion and review of The Prayer Chain's 1995 album ‘Mercury' – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Genre bending?  Absolutely.  A masterpiece?  Likely. Killer opportunity to discuss a whole genre and scene of music beloved by the brothers??  You betcha.  Come with us down a joyful road as we revisit, what many would say, is the best "christian rock...

Nubs leads the discussion and review of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album ‘So' – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Healthy debates ensue, from Toph's Top Five selections to whether songs that are obvious love songs are actually love songs or not.  (Can you tell who wrote this) Regardless, both dummys agree this mid 80's blockbuster from the always interesting -- and occas...

Episode 19 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on simplicity...hitting it down the middle of the fairway...giving the people what they want...and of course, shaming Nubs for being so mean to these gosh darn Heartbreakers all the time.  Hard working, serviceable backing band.  That just puts in the work.  Hits the heavy bag.  Brings their lunch pail to the shows.  ...

Episode 18 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, takes you to Lenny Kravitz dude!!!   For TJ.  Loved and missed always.

Episode 17 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, reminds us that there were really three major eras in music: the Rick Allen 2-armed era...the Rick Allen 1-armed era...and, still ongoing, bassist Flea and his 3-arm era.  So let's get the Def out.  If no one ever said that before, they should have.  Shoulda been a thing.

Episode 16 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on group of Aussie alpha dogs which had some incredible song names -- and some actual songs that weren't so shabby either.  Angus beef.  Top choice cuts.  TT5 is back and, this time, we've got the biggest balls of them all.

Toph leads the discussion and review of Fall Out Boy's 2008 album ‘Folie à Deux' – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   That's French, ya know.  What it means?  Tune in and find out.  Is this their last good album?  Tune in and find out.  What was Yes' last good album?  Tune in and find out.  Did Patrick Stump make the worst solo album ever made?  Tune in and find out...

Nubs leads the discussion and review of Dream Theater's 1992 album ‘Images and Words’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Episode 6-7.  What does that even mean...we don't know.  No one seems to know.  But it's actually 95.  And we are here to bring you another prog metal delight.  Is it too long?  Too short?  Too indulgent?  Not indulgent enough?  Chiefs?  Lions?...

Toph leads the discussion and review of Coldplay's 2005 album ‘X&T’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Welp, lots to cover today.  Let’s start with dead people…Nubs’ summer concert schedule…and kiss cams.  From there, we will get into everyone’s love of Human Resources, bad track sequencing, What’s Happenin' (the 80’s television program), whether or not The Wr...

Nubs leads the discussion and review of U2’s 1997 album ‘Pop’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Pop or Not Pop?  The boys assess this piece which, regardless of your thoughts, bridged the industry from the 90s to the 2000s.  Then we all got scared of Y2K and such.  We all started thinking it would be our Last Night on Earth.  Okay that one was too easy.  Tune in...

Toph leads the discussion and review of Fine Young Cannibals' 1989 album ‘The Raw & The Cooked’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Stop the presses...we did two episodes in 8 days!  Which makes us proud as pie.  Tune in to hear the boys discuss the sweet sultry (I guess) voice of Roland Gift, provide the story of how this "spin off" band came about, and play t...

Nubs leads the discussion and review of Backstreet Boys’ 1999 album ‘Millennium’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Well it’s been a bit – and what better way to say we’ve missed you, we love you, we can’t be without you, and we yearn for your touch and your kisses and your affection and the sky may fall but as long as its you and us together in the end it will be...

Episode 15 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on a quartet from Georgia who liked to put on their harborcoats and play some sort-of rock and roll.  Mandolin sold separately.  

Episode 14 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on a Charlottesville, Virginia's favorite South African son, David J. Matthews and his reggae band.  Don't burn the day away, listen to Toph's Top Five instead.  It'll make you smile.

Episode 13 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on a trio from Buffalo (go Chiefs) -- who once saved the day for a young, bored Nubs and Toph as an opening act before anyone knew who they were.  True story.  Enjoy.

Episode 12 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on a French-Canadian lady that could kinda sing.  She had some tres bien songs.  Tune in...maintenant!!

Episode 11 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on a band that at one point played their instruments, and now that seems fairly optional.  So before I spend all my change on you...give this a listen.  Will make you smile.

Toph leads the discussion and review of Boston's 1994 album ‘Walk On’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   The boys return with -- much like last episode -- a release outside of a band’s commercial peak, but with the distinctive sound and songwriting that made it sneaky commercially successful.  Join us as we plow through Boston’s fourth album -- as well as other to...

Nubs leads the discussion and review of Journey's 1977 album ‘Next’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   Lovin...Touchin...Squeezin...and Podcastin.  The boys return with one you more likely than not never heard -- where the question will be asked, would you want to hear this again?.  It's Journey: the early days on today's episode, as the gents explore this pre-Ste...

Toph leads the discussion and review of The Four Seasons’ 1975 album ‘Who Loves You’ – including, as always, albums + songs on our radar and much more!   HEOOOOOOOO!!!  The boys from the Mitten State talk about the boys from Jersey -- as we jog through this short, yet efficient, jaunt of an album.  And when not doing so, the boys are joined by a New Jersey native herself (that one of the hosts hap...

Episode 10 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on the rather adult contemporary...aka David Foster...era (1978-present) of Chicago.  After listening to their entire catalogue (yes, their entire catalogue), part two reveals Toph's top 5 songs from this time period.

Episode 10 of Toph’s Top Five, the 2T&A spinoff sweeping the nation, focuses on the 'Terry Kath era' (1969-1977) of Chicago.  After listening to their entire catalogue (yes, their entire catalogue), part one reveals Toph's top 5 songs from this time period.