The Sound Logic Podcast

Our experience with this list has certainly been an experience! Have you experienced Are You Experienced? It falls on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list from the Jimi Hendrix-worthy ranking of #15 all the way down to #30. Mike and Ben revisit this album, talk about the shift, and re-release our review of this iconic and guitar-solo-shredding classic album.  As a reminder, you can find our favorite...

We're back with our old friends, The Beatles, on this next album on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list ! Their iconic White Album has fallen a bit from its original ranking. Find out what we think of that shift, and check out our original review, on this episode of The Sound Logic Podcast! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updati...

Back to back reviews from the new Rolling Stone's new 2020 list ? Woah! Last time we checked out Wu Tang Clan, and a few of them were nice enough to appear on this next album, D'Angelo's Voodoo. This album made the biggest leap of any album on this list, jumping all the way from #481 in 2012 to #28 in 2020. Our friend Bob Brown returns to the Sound Logic Podcast. He joined us originally for our re...

Welcome back to another new review from Rolling Stone's new 2020 list !  This time we return to the Hip Hop genre for another classic album from 1993: Enter the Wu Tang!  Ben and Mike try and tackle this iconic album without the aid of a special guest! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our...

Dig back into the history of punk music and you're bound to hear Patti Smith. Check out Ben and Mike's conversation with special guest, Holly Hight, as they discuss an album that changed music history. This is "Horses" by Patti Smith! The last time we reviewed this album it was at #44, but it's jumped all the way up on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list to #26, just like the leap Carole King's Tapestry...

The last time we tackled Carole King's Tapestry it was hanging out at #36, but Rolling Stone's new 2020 list has bumped it up to this spot at #25. This was a favorite of Mike and Ben the first time around - find out what we think of this new ranking, and revisit our original review in today's episode! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here...

It's hard being #1... The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's was first in the ranking on every iteration of the Rolling Stone ranking of the 500 greatest albums of all time, until last year when Rolling Stone's new 2020 list knocked it from that prize spot all the way down to this location here at #24. We take a look at why that might be, and revisit our very first episode on today's episode of The Sound Logi...

The Velvet Underground & Nico, a unique slice of 60s hippy/psychedelic/concept rock, came in at #13 on the old Rolling Stone list, and was one of the first albums on that list that Mike and Ben had never listened to at all. We're bringing back that classic episode, as this album has re-appeared on Rolling Stone's new 2020 list , down 10 spots to #23. Our friend Bob Brown is back of course, to...

Check it out - our first new review of Season 5! We jump right back into the Hip-Hop genre with this classic album by the Legendary Notorious B.I.G. Join Ben and Mike as they try to dissect this great album... without the help of a special guest! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll be updating it as we go with our favorite songs...

We're back! Season 5 of The Sound Logic Podcast kicks off with Bruce Springsteen's iconic Born to Run album, which has shifted spots just slightly from 18 down to this spot at 21 on the 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . We'll tell you some of our thoughts since our original review way back in season 1, and we'll be listening again to our conversation with Ben's neighbor, Joel Weid...

We're about to start a new season on our journey through the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , and today happens to be our birthday! What better way to kick off a new season, than to have a retrospective birthday celebration! We hope you enjoy - and thanks for continuing on the journey with us! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right...

As we take a break from releasing weekly episodes in order to record our new season, we have a special bonus episode for you! Before Rolling Stone magazine released their new 2020 greatest album list, we recorded a review of Phil Spector's Back to Mono compilation album with our very special guest, Andrew Hickey from the incredible podcast, A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs !   This deserv...

We have finished reviewing the next 10 albums on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list , and you know what this means... it's time to re-rank them! Join Mike and Ben as they discuss what order THEY would have put these 10 albums! We'll also update our running list of our favorite albums from this list so far, and give a quick preview of the next 10 albums on the list.  As a reminder, you can f...

We've got another brand new review for you from the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ! This one is our first review of a Radiohead album, their incredible Kid A record, which comes in here at #20 on the 2020 list. We're thrilled to once again be joined by a guest. Cam Denison was recommended to us by our friend and former guest, Kelli Dowd, who was with us back on our review of At Fillm...

At only 5 years old, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly is the newest album we reviewed so far, coming in at number 19 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time .   As relevant as it was the year it was released (and perhaps even more so now), this is an album which covers a multitude of issues. Our good friend,  Darryl Foster, has agreed to join us once aga...

AT LEAST ONE HIGHER! The long-running joke on our podcast was that the 2012 list had Dylan's Highway 61 album way too high when they ranked it in the #4 spot. It fell slightly on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time to this place at #18. So what did we think about these changes? Listen to hear our reflections, revisiting Highway 61 Revisited, and then stick around for anot...

The newest album we've ever reviewed (at least for a few episodes) is Kanye's iconic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, coming in at number 17 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . This album is only 10 years old, and was created by someone who recently ran for President of the United States of America! So what did we think?  We're thrilled to be joined by Darryl...

Punk music changed how popular music was consumed, and The Clash's London Calling changed what people thought about punk. This album has moved from #8 to #16 on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Find out what we think about this shift, and join us as we revisit our review with our friend Dustin Wood! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS5...

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the groundbreaking album by Public Enemy, climbed from their #48 slot on the 2012 list all the way up to #15 on the new Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Find out what we think about this shift, and join us as we revisit our review with our friend Glen Guyton (who recently joined us for our review of Prince's Purple Rain )! A...

Were The Rolling Stones in the old 2012 top 10 simply because of their name, or is there another good reason to have Exile on Main Street on this list? We mull that over, and the shift from number 7 on the 2012 list down to number 14 on on new 2020 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right...

We're back with another brand new review from Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list!  This time it's a classic album from the Queen of soul herself, Aretha Franklin! Find out what Mike and Ben thought of what Rolling Stone calls the 13th greatest album of all time on our newest episode! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll...

Album #12 has arrived, and with it the chance to revisit another classic episode - this time, Michael Jackson and his iconic Thriller record. Thriller has shifted up slightly from #20 on the 2012 list to #12 here in 2020. When we originally reviewed this episode we were joined by the incredible and musically talented Ronnie Burrage (who happens to know the Thriller girl from the video!). We hope y...

We're beyond the first ten albums, and into the next "decade" of reviews! Check out this classic episode of Revolver, an iconic Beatles album that shifted from #3 on the 2012 list down to #11 here in 2020. We'll offer some insight into this shift, and then invite you to listen to our episode which originally came out back in February of 2019! As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the...

We have finished reviewing the first 10 albums on the new 2020 Rolling Stone list , and you know what this means... it's time to re-rank them! Join Mike and Ben as they discuss what order THEY would have put these first 10 albums! Listen now to find out where they rank for our show hosts. As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spotify playlist right here - we'll...

We hope you enjoyed our review of Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" album!  Here's a taste of what it sounds like when our guest turns the tables and interviews us for a change (thanks Rach!) Enjoy! Side note - if you want to make your own album cover using this template, you can do that right here . As a reminder, you can find our favorite songs from the RS500 on our Spoti...