Track By Track

It's Glastonbury week, which means this time last year we were counting down the days until Blondie took to the Pyramid Stage for the first time in 24 years. But on this episode we're celebrating 10 deep cuts that didn't fill the setlist. Let us know your thoughts on the band and our choices on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode we're joined by Will Gregory to discuss the debut album from his Moog Ensemble: Heat Ray. Will takes us track by track through the collection that tells the story of Archimedes' life, and of course there's some Goldfrapp chat too. Let us know what you think to the episode and the album on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

It's almost time for Glastonbury which means it's almost been a year since Elton John's monumental headline show, performing to one the biggest (if not *the* biggest) crowds the festival has ever seen. To celebrate we're bringing you an updated version of our Too Low For Zero episode, originally released on Patreon last year to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Let us know your thoughts not the epis...

We are celebrating The Killers debut album on this brand new episode, as we talk through 'Hot Fuss', the start of a long and successful career for the cream of Las Vegas. The hallmarks were all there from the start including two of their biggest songs to date. What are your memories and thoughts on the album? Let us know @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our second episode of Further Listening that we're sharing across all podcasting platforms, we're delving deeper and deeper into the Queen of Pop's back catalogue. Following her record breaking Celebration tour finale, we're discussing ten tracks that aren't greatest hits, but are of course great pop creations. Let us know your thoughts on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast....

So far we've been track by track through three Erasure albums - The Neon, Chorus and Snow Globe, as well as the ABBA-Esque EP - so we know we've got a lot of catching up to do. This week we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of I Say I Say I Say - Andy Bell and Vince Clarke's sixth studio album, following the release of their first greatest hits collection. With Martyn Ware on board as producer,...

This week we're back with one of our favourite girl groups - Girls Aloud. This time we're talking about their fourth studio album from 2007 'Tangled Up'. As ever we celebrate the five princesses of pop and enjoy some deeper dives into the music scene of the time which will hopefully educate, entertain and stir up some old musical memories from seventeen (!) years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

In this brand new episode, we're celebrating 30 years since the release of this seminal Blur album. Join us as we travel back to the 90's and the rise of Britpop to see what this quartet of fresh faced Londoners did on their make or break third album, and why it still hits all the right notes three decades later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Further Listening, the series where we delve even deeper into the back catalogues of some of our favourite artists. We're kicking things off with the band who inspired the Track By Track podcast and the name of this series... It's Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe AKA Pet Shop Boys. This series was first released as a Patreon exclusive, however we're now sharing the episodes across all podcas...

We're back with our first episode of 2024! And this year we're doing things a little bit differently. Each month we're going to bring one updated episode previously released on Patreon, one updated episode from our Patreon exclusive series: Further Listening AND at least one brand new episode to all podcasting platforms. This week we're continuing the 50th anniversary celebrations of ABBA's Eurovi...

Merry Christmas to all our lovely listeners wherever you are and whatever you are doing over the holidays. On a new episode, now available for all, we’re going through the soundtrack to the fabulously festive feature film ‘ Love Actually’ a Yule tide staple for us, expect film chat AND music chat for this seasonal special from us, a previous Patreon exclusive.🎁 Oh, one more thing - would you like...

Here we go...our Top 30 songs of 2023. Join us for our epic countdown of favourites in the end of year chart music fans and industry insiders have been waiting for What are you expecting to hear in our list this year? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as we round out the year counting down our top ten albums of 2023.Head over to Patreon and vote for which of these albums you would like us to go through track by track before the end of the year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time for another episode from the Patreon vaults, and this one celebrates one of our favourite seconds albums ever! It's synth-pop pioneers a-ha with their moody sophomore collection, Scoundrel Days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode from the Patreon vaults we're re-rewinding back a couple of years to September 2021, when we got our overalls on and entered the garage scene to celebrate Artful Dodger's hit-filled album, It's All About The Stragglers. Let us know your thoughts on the album and the episode, and to get monthly brand new episodes years before they're available on all podcast platforms (as well as ex...

Surprise! We couldn't not mark the occasion... Pet Shop Boys' long out-of-print mini album Relentless - originally released as part of a special edition of 1993's Very - has been rereleased, and made available on streaming services for the first time. The collection is made up of six experimental lengthy numbers, with a much heavier focus on dance music, and on this episode we're going through the...

We're continuing our look back over the last half a decade of Track By Track to celebrate 250 album episodes, and so much more. Let us know your thoughts and memories on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our fifth birthday, and true to form we're celebrating Pet Shop Boys style. We haven't got many left in the bank now so we hope you enjoy our penultimate PSB album episode, and it's a super sized one at that! This one is celebrating the joy of 'Fundamental'. If that isn't enough this is also our 250th album episode, what a double bubble milestone. Let us know your thoughts and memories and to...

To celebrate five years of Track By Track, and the release of our 250th episode, we're looking back over some of our greatest bits. Let us know yours @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Somehow, after two brand new Steps albums, last year's #1 Platinum Collection, tours with the band, the War Of The Worlds tour, and endless TV shows including performing on the final of the Great British Sewing Bee (!), Claire Richards doesn't fancy a break just yet. Thank goodness! Her brand new album, Euphoria, sees her covering some of the voices that inspired her, including ABBA, Donna Summer,...

Here's a special one from the Patreon vaults. As Saint Etienne's debut album, Foxbase Alpha, celebrated its 30th anniversary, we were joined by Pete Wiggs to hear his memories on making the album that started it all. This episode was first released in September 2021 on Patreon, alongside early access to our Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You episode, with Pete taking us track by track th...

On our last album proper we were joined by Jake Shears to go track by track through his new album, Last Man Dancing, so join us as we head back 17 years to Scissor Sisters' second long player, Ta-Dah, which cemented Jake and the band as music icons. This album was originally released on Patreon in September 2021. To get brand new episodes weekly, exclusive series, Early Access to new album episode...

In this special episode we're are sharing our thoughts and experiences from this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Join us to hear about our musical highlights and some of the sights and sounds from Worthy Farm in what was another eventful year at the world’s greatest music and performing arts festival. Let us know your highlights and memories @trackbytrackuk on our socials. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Following his euphoric show at Glastonbury, we're joined by Jake Shears to discuss his second solo album, Last Man Dancing, which is out now and guaranteed to be on of our Albums of 2023! Let us know your thoughts on the episode and the album on the socials @trackbytrackukPatrons got Early Access & Extra Content for this episode. Join us now from less than £4 per month for this, and access to 80+...

Oh lucky you! Ahead of their upcoming Glastonbury performance, we're sharing our Lightning Seeds: Jollification episode across all podcasting platforms. This one was first released in August 2021 on Patreon, and was the first episode voted for by patrons. To get your hands on 80+ exclusive episodes including brand new series, and to vote on future episodes and get early access and exclusive conten...