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Send us Fan Mail For our 3rd selection in this round of influential double-albums, Sonic Collective member Alain Dupuis reached back to 1984 and this first Frankie Goes to Hollywood album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome. This albums contains the 6th and 20th best selling singles in the U.K., for Relax and Two Tribes. But how did this stand up as a whole album? Can we alkl finally relax? Well, this re...

Send us Fan Mail Scientists say your musical tastes are formed by what you enjoyed in your teens. You hear a song, it resonates, and that style guides your musical tastes moving forward. There’s those monumental albums you can still remember hearing for the first time, all these years later. You likely remember where you were, the time of year, perhaps even what you were wearing, who you were with...

Send us Fan Mail We reviewed Jimi Hendrix's double-disc release, Electric Ladyland. Have a listen and find out what we thought! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Our pick for October 2020 is Frankie Goes to Hollywood's debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Our first pick in a round of double album picks is Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. We took the month of August 2020 to listen and think about it. Here is our discussion about the album and our review. Have a listen. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Sonic Collective's album pick for September, 2020. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We decided to keep up with a theme for our picks of influential albums. Listen to why we decided to pick double albums as a concept and hear what member Darren Scott decided to pick first. Join us and listen along to the selection. Be sure to then come back and listen to our review of the selection in early September 2020. For more show notes and information be sure to visit us at...

Send us Fan Mail This 1998 solo album from former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill is known to be one of the most successful hip hop albums of all time. We took a look back at this album to determine if it did indeed stand the test of time and was worthy of the praise. For the full show notes and our individual scores please visit the podcast page on thesoniccollective.com. We hope you enjoy this review...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Sonic Collective, and another one of our exploratory podcast episodes. In this episode, we’ll explore musical supergroups. So what is a supergroup? Well, for us, it’s a musical performing group of three or more persons, whose members have successful solo careers, are members of other groups, or are well known in other musical professions. They come together to form...

Send us Fan Mail For the month of July 2020, we are completing our round of influential hip hop albums with Sonic Collective member Scott Gregory choosing the lone album from Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Listen along as to why Scott chose this selection and what you can expect as you listen along with us this month. For full show notes, other reviews and much more content please j...

Send us Fan Mail After a month of listening to this iconic and often talked about early pioneer album in the history of hip hop, rap and EDM, we came back together to discuss the history, the music and how it holds up today. There was lots of great discussion on this album and we also had lots of laughs. For the full review show notes, scoring summary and access to all our many shows, please visit...

Send us Fan Mail As we’re doing a round of rap album picks at The Sonic Collective, I gave People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm one listen and decided to make it our album for May 2020.Released on April 10, 1990, it was the group’s debut album. From Queens, New York, A Tribe Called Quest formed a friendship with hip-hop act Jungle Brothers, both groups formed a collective called Na...

Send us Fan Mail For the month of June, 2020 we continue our exploration of Hip-Hop, and once again, it’s my turn to choose our album. I consulted with one of my best friends, a guy who is very attuned to Hip-Hop culture and its fascinating history, and upon his recommendation, I landed on Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock: The Album. We invite you to listen to why I selected this album and listen al...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve enjoyed and discussed 70 albums since 2014 at the Sonic Collective. During that time we’ve covered quite a bit of territory. From our first pick, Fela Kuti’s Zombie, to Van Halen I, Frank Sinatra Live at the Sands, and even a round of movie soundtracks. But there’s been one common thread regardless of genre, time period, or concept, that’s run through each selection. The sea...

Send us Fan Mail So, if you’re looking to learn more about music, and rediscover amazing albums that changed the sonic landscape forever, look no further. To start our hip hop round of album reviews, Darren Scott selected this album that has been cited as an early appearance and major influence on the birth of hip hop and rap. Listen along and enjoy as we discover and discuss if this album can sta...

Send us Fan Mail For May 2020, while we all wait out COVID 19, Sonic Collective member Scott Coates has selected this first A Tribe Called Quest album for our hip hop round. Have a listen as he explains what turned him to select this album, and then be sure to come back and listen to our review. Does this album still stand up? Does it deserve the praise it has garnered? Let's find out. For mo...

Send us Fan Mail Chosen by a 'Random Genre Generator' we landed on a round of reviews in the genre of Hip Hop. I decided to search out the very beginnings of the genre and in my research this name kept coming up. I had known the classic song from this album, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but not much else about Gil. Listen to why I chose this album and our next podcast episode wi...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Buckley's Grace was his only album. Shortly after the release of this album Jeff died in a strange drowning accident. None of us really knew this album, but with heavyweights like David Bowie and Jimmy Page citing it as one of their favourite albums, we knew it had to be great ... right? Well... it didn't quite go the way we thought. Listen and find out why. For mor...

Send us Fan Mail I don’t know why it’s taken me this long to make this selection. Maybe it’s because the Album never really saw the staggering commercial success many of our other picks did in North America. Maybe it’s the fact the artist only completed one studio album before his untimely death in 1997.Jeff Buckley’s 1994 album Grace had a lasting impact on some of the greatest rock artists of al...

Send us Fan Mail Do classic albums that influenced many stand the test of time? Who listens to full albums anymore anyway? Well, we do. For the month of February 2020 we listened to and reviewed this debut album from Van Halen. For the album selection audio and other media please visit us at TheSonicCollective.com. Enjoy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail To kick off 2020, The Sonic Collective member Scott Coates took us back to this highly influential album from the Beastie Boys. As we began the month of this review we were made aware of the news of the passing of Neil Peart from the legendary Canadian band Rush. We decided we would also do a mini review of the Rush 2112 album as well. Weird combo... amiright? For the full album r...

Send us Fan Mail For February 2020, The Sonic Collective member Alain DuPuis reveals why he has chosen to pick this album for us to review. Does this influential album still sound good? Is it worth the hype it received. Listen along and decide with us. For the full reviews and access to more details and our podcasts please visit us at http://thesoniccollective.com. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail To end off another decade we decided to go back 47 years to see if arguably, Raw Power still deserves the recognition as the most influential and perhaps first punk rock album of all time. To read the full review and notes and for access to much more content from artists we have reviewed please visit up at thesoniccollective.com. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As we celebrate 5 years at TheSonicCollective.com we hope that you have enjoyed rediscovering classic influential albums with us. Member Darren Scott tells us why it was about damn time we included one of his favourite artists, Iggy Pop and The Stooges in our selection. For more information and full free access please visit us at TheSonicCollective.com for reviews of the music tha...