The Album Years

The guys have so many albums to talk about that they decide it's got to be a double! So welcome to The Album Years: 1979, record one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The heyday of punk and disco music is just around the corner, but one of Steven and Tim‘s favourite albums from this year is the very antithesis of both; an obscure solo homage to the English countrys...

The duo make a case for 1967 being the single most significant year in the history of rock and pop, and discuss several genre defining albums, but conclude that Steven being born in this year actually...

Tim tries to explain the trauma of first hearing David Bowie’s career nadir album Tonight, but otherwise the guys find 1984 to be another very special year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

The guys can't find much in their collections that they unconditionally love from this year, with even some of their favourite artists releasing what are lesser works in their opinion. They consider w...

Steven and Tim struggle to get their list of great albums released in this year down from a shortlist of hundreds. So much so that they forget to mention King Crimson's Larks Tongues in Aspic complete...

Steven and Tim reckon this is a fantastic year for albums, with the explosion of creative music coming out of the post-punk crucible. There are also some older artists producing some of their very fin...