You, Me and An Album

Send us Fan Mail Doc Crotzer joins me as my guest for this episode of You, Me and An Album to discuss Tom Petty’s second solo album, Wildflowers. Doc is a director, producer and editor who has worked on movies and on numerous TV series, including Glee, Sons of Anarchy and Good Behavior. In addition to discussing Tom Petty, we talked about Doc’s latest movie project, his role in writing and perform...

Send us Fan Mail Ed Masley, a music critic for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, joins You, Me and An Album to introduce me to The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. In addition to explaining what makes this his favorite album, Ed discusses his love for the Kinks more generally and how he became a music critic. He also mentions that he co-wrote a song with someone who has prev...

Send us Fan Mail This week’s guest brings sci-fi to You, Me and An Album! Kasha Patel -- a science writer for NASA Earth and stand-up comedian – chose Janelle Monáe’s The Electric Lady as our album to discuss. Kasha talked about her work with NASA, the role her oldest brother played in shaping her musical tastes and, of course, all of the things that make The Electric Lady one of her favorite albu...

Send us Fan Mail My guest for this episode is Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Elliott Blaufuss (solo material, Eric Hutchinson). Elliott picked Crash Test Dummies’ second album, God Shuffled His Feet, as our album to discuss. While we delved deeply into this album, we also discussed his work as a musical director and the unusual circumstance under which we met. We discussed a vi...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Beller is a podcast producer, host and writer for The Athletic, and along with Derek VanRiper and me, he is the co-host of The Athletic’s Fantasy Baseball in 15 podcast. Off air, Michael has talked to me a lot about The Band, so it was high time for us to have a longer conversation about one of his favorite musical acts. This episode focuses on the Band’s self-titled secon...

Send us Fan Mail Indie rock multi-instrumentalist Scott McCaughey (The Baseball Project, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows, Filthy Friends) joins me for a bonus episode of You, Me and An Album. For his album to discuss, Scott chose The Modern Lovers’ eponymous 1976 release. This is a band and an album that I have heard about since my teenage years, but I had never actually heard anything by the band bef...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Cwik, a writer for Yahoo Sports, drops the needle on Vampire Weekend's third album, Modern Vampires of the City. We try to figure out which words are best for describing the group's sound and this album in particular, and as always, we break it down track-by-track. I made a reference to misheardlyricsguy’s video for Yellow Ledbetter, which you can find here: https:...

Send us Fan Mail CBSSports.com fantasy sports analyst Chris Towers joins the show to dig deep into an album I first heard him talk about with great enthusiasm nearly six years ago. The album is Carly Rae Jepsen's critically-acclaimed but commercially disappointing E*MO*TION. During the podcast, Chris made reference to the Switched on Pop podcast. You can listen to that at https://switchedonpo...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in Allendale, New Jersey, I spent countless hours listening to and talking about music with my friend, John Ferrari. On this episode, John – who is a drummer and percussionist with Tilted Axes, Meridian Arts Ensemble and New Millennium Ensemble – joins me for yet another discussion. This time around, we’re talking about one of his favorite albums, David Sylvian’s Brilli...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, author, baseball analyst and podcaster Ellen Adair (Billions, The Sinner, Homeland) is here to share her enthusiasm for Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book. She discusses why this mixtape is special for both the musical performances and lyrical themes. Ellen Adair on Twitter: @ellen_adair Take Me In To The Ballgame (Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde’s baseball movie podcast): https:...

Send us Fan Mail Rich Kimball, host of Downtown on Zoom Radio, brought his extensive knowledge of Harry Nilsson and of music in general to this episode of You, Me and An Album. We discussed Nilsson’s best-known and most successful album, Nilsson Schmilsson, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart subsequent to its late 1971 release. Find Rich on Twitter: @DowntownRichK Downtown with R...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Dika of Arkells takes us through a deep dive into Nirvana’s Nevermind – an album that, incredibly, Al had never listened to all the way through. He also discussed how Arkells came to record Campfire Chords, which they released last August. You can reach Nick Dika on Twitter at @NickDika. Arkells is also on Twitter at @arkellsmusic. You can also purchase Campfire Chords and ot...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Lord from Tabletop Genesis drops in to discuss one of his favorite albums, John Cale’s Fragments of a Rainy Season . He talks about his podcast, how he got into John Cale, and why he really loves this album in particular. You can find out more about Tabletop Genesis, including links to their podcast, at http://tabletopgenesis.com/ . You can find Mike on Twitter and Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail Baseball analyst, actor and bassist Alex Fast joins the show to discuss why Sigur Ros' () is one of his favorite albums, as well as his own career as a musician. 0:20 The idea behind You, Me and An Album 1:10 Alex Fast joins the show 2:59 Alex’s music career 9:27 How Alex developed his eclectic musical tastes 13:37 Introducing Sigur Ros, () 19:03 Which tracks from the album w...

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