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Trimming The Musical Fat
Think some albums are too long? Us too! Don’t worry! We can do something about it. Join us as we critique albums from artists we love and edit them down to under 50 minutes. Can we make a good album a great one? Can we make an average album a good one? What songs will we pick? What will we drop? Will we include B-sides? Join us and our guests as we take the journey to Trim The Musical Fat! Podcast website - www.trimmingthemusicalfat.com
Episodes
Trimming The Musical Fat22. Trimming Bruce Springsteen’s The River (1980) - Part 1: A Discussion
Bruce Springsteen started the 1980s by releasing his first double album - ‘The River’, which included the classic hit song ‘Hungry Heart’. Join us as we…
Trimming The Musical Fat21. Trimming R.E.M.’s Up! (1998)- Part 2: A Discussion
Time to get serious! We need to trim REM’s Up! to be a 50 minute album. Along the way, we share our thoughts on each song; when the band should have called it…
Trimming The Musical Fat20. Trimming R.E.M.‘s Up! (1998) - Part 1: A Discussion
The 1998 release of Up! Was a watershed moment for R.E.M. It was their first album since signing an $80M, five album deal with Warner Records. New producer…
Trimming The Musical Fat19. Trimming Oasis’s Be Here Now (1997) - Part 2: A Discussion
Listen as we take on the challenging task of selecting the best songs from the 40 track deluxe version of ‘Be Here Now’ & use them to create an under 50 minute…
Trimming The Musical Fat18. Trimming Oasis’s Be Here Now (1997) - Part 1: A Discussion
Be Here Now was probably the most anticipated album release of the 90s in the UK. Nearly 25 years later, it’s viewed by many as the most disappointing. Is it…
Trimming The Musical Fat17. Metallica Family Feud
We reconvened the ‘And Justice For All’ episodes team for some Family Feud / Fortunes quiz fun based on Metallica. What’s the fan-favourite Metallica albums…
Trimming The Musical Fat16. Trimming Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979) - Part 3: A Discussion
We’ve got 4 tracks left available for selection but only space for 2 on the TTMF cut of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’. Let the debate begin! Also, we discuss when…
Trimming The Musical Fat15. Trimming Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979) - Part 2: A Discussion
Can 4 grown men agree on the track listing for a single album version of Pink Floyd’s The Wall? Find out in this episode. We’ll also discuss each track, how it…
Trimming The Musical Fat14. Trimming Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979) - Part 1: A Discussion
We’re back, In The Flesh! Listen to our first episode dedicated to Pink Floyd’s The Wall. In it, we reveal our different levels of Pink Floyd fandom; provide…
Trimming The Musical Fat13. U2 - Trim The Career & Family Feud
Time to have some fun! In this episode we discuss, hypothetically, when it would have been the best time for U2 to stop/split to preserve their legacy…
Trimming The Musical Fat12. Guns N’ Roses Family Feud
In this fun, short episode, we play Family Feud (named Family Fortunes in the UK) with Guns N’ Roses questions. What’s the top 10 GNR tracks? Most popular…
Trimming The Musical Fat11. Queen - ‘In The Lap of the Pods’ Interview
Paul & I were delighted to speak with David & Paul Moody from the Queen podcast ‘In The Lap of the Pods’. Hear them talk about how their love affair with Queen…
Trimming The Musical Fat9. Paul McCartney’s Flaming Pie (Bonus)
We’re having another big slice of Paul McCartney’s Flaming Pie in this bonus episode. In it, we reveal our own personal cuts of the album. It will not be a…
Trimming The Musical Fat8. Trimming Paul McCartney’s Flaming Pie (1997): A Discussion
It’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK and what better way to celebrate it than listening to the latest episode of Trimming The Musical Fat. In it, we take…
Trimming The Musical Fat7. Metallica’s ...And Justice For All (Bonus)
In this special bonus episode we look back on the various times we’ve seen Metallica in concert. This includes car breakdowns, the worlds drunkest coach trip…
Trimming The Musical Fat6. Trimming Metallica’s ...And Justice For All (1988): A Discussion
Let’s rock!!! Metallica. One of our favourite hard rock bands. In this episode we take on the bands 16M selling ‘And Justice For All’ 🤘 An album even the band…
Trimming The Musical Fat5. U2’s Pop (Bonus)
We wanted to talk a little bit more about U2’s Pop. In this episode, we each reveal our cut of the Pop album, reminisce about the various times we seen U2…
Trimming The Musical Fat4. Trimming U2’s Pop (1997): A Discussion
We’re back! And we’ve got U2’s (unfairly maligned?) ‘Pop’ album in range of our scissors. Was this the last time they did something ‘different’? Let’s…
Trimming The Musical Fat3. Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion 1 (Bonus)
We had so much to say about Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion 1, we couldn’t fit it into one podcast! So, we’re back again to reveal each of our own UYI1 cuts…
Trimming The Musical Fat2. Trimming Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion I (1991): A Discussion
It’s Episode 2! We’re taking on Use Your Illusion 1, Guns N’Roses’ 1991 follow up to the biggest selling debut album of all time, Appetite For Destruction. Did…