Backtracking
by Backtracking Studios
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Sting "The Soul Cages" (1991), Side A: Island of Souls, All This Time
Sting "The Soul Cages" (1991), Side A: Island of Souls, All This Time
About this podcast
Backtracking is the music podcast where three old friends, Dan, Raf and JW, take a second listen to influential albums, track by track. Season 1 covered the entire Rush catalog. Season 2 went deep on American Music Club. Season 3 is fifteen albums, from Ozzy's "Blizzard of Ozz" and Asia's "Alpha" to Sting's "The Soul Cages" and The Chameleons' "Strange Times," with guests including Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies of The Chameleons, Seth Tiven of Dumptruck, Nathan Larson, and Will Hodgkinson. Expect deep cuts, bad puns, and The Best and the Worst for every album. New episodes on Tuesdays.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 136 episodes
- Sting "The Soul Cages" (1991), Side A: Island of Souls, All This Time · 2 h 15 min · Season 3 Episode 33Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five…
- Men at Work "Business as Usual" (1981), Side B: People Just Love to Play with Words, Be Good Johnny · 1 h 9 min · Season 3 Episode 32Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five…
- Men at Work "Business as Usual" (1981), Side A: Who Can It Be Now?, Down Under · 2 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 31Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five…
- Asia "Alpha" (1983), Side B: Eye to Eye, The Last to Know · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 30Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five…
- Asia "Alpha" (1983), Side A: Don't Cry, The Smile Has Left Your Eyes · 1 h 24 min · Season 3 Episode 29Asia's 1983 album "Alpha", Side A: "Don't Cry", "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes", "Never in a Million Years", "My Own Time (I'll Do What I Want)" and "The Heat Goes On". With JW…
- Asia "Alpha" (1983): Interview with Asia Producer Dax Kimbrough · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 28Asia's 1983 album "Alpha", with Dax Kimbrough, a producer on a number of Asia albums, on Wetton, Downes and 80s prog. We cover a brief history of Asia, how Dax discovered the…
- Barenaked Ladies "Gordon" (1992), Side B: If I Had $1000000, The Flag · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 27Barenaked Ladies' 1992 album "Gordon", Side B: "The King of Bedside Manor", "Box Set", "New Kid (on the Block)" and "If I Had $1000000". Plus "I Love You", "Blame It on Me", "The…
- Barenaked Ladies "Gordon" (1992), Side A: Enid, Grade 9, Brian Wilson · 1 h 34 min · Season 3 Episode 26Barenaked Ladies' 1992 album "Gordon", Side A: "Hello City", "Enid", "Grade 9", "Brian Wilson", "Be My Yoko Ono" and more. We place BNL on the comedy music continuum, cover the…
- The Chameleons "Strange Times" (1986), Side B: Swamp Thing · 1 h 16 min · Season 3 Episode 25The Chameleons' 1986 album "Strange Times", Side B: "Swamp Thing", "Time / The End of Time", "Seriocity", "In Answer" and more. Plus "Childhood" and "I'll Remember", why "Strange…
- The Chameleons "Strange Times" (1986), Side A: Soul in Isolation · 1 h 41 min · Season 3 Episode 24The Chameleons' 1986 album "Strange Times", Side A: "Mad Jack", "Caution", "Tears" and "Soul in Isolation". Plus the basics, a Chameleons anecdote, and a post-mortem on our…
- The Chameleons' Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies on "Strange Times" · 1 h 33 min · Season 3 Episode 23The Chameleons' Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies join us to go through 1986's "Strange Times", track by track, from the source. We cover signing with Geffen and Tom Zutaut…
- S3 Summer Break Announcement · 2 min · Season 3We're taking the week off, nerds! We'll be back next week to tackle The Chameleons "Strange Times." Go soak in the sun!
- Rush "Presto" (1989), Side B: Superconductor, Available Light · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 26Rush's 1989 album "Presto", Side B: "Superconductor", "Anagram (for Mongo)", "Red Tide", "Hand Over Fist" and "Available Light". Then we decide which song gets hand and which…
- Rush "Snakes & Arrows" (2007), Sides A&B: Far Cry, Armor and Sword · 1 h 53 min · Season 1 Episode 37Rush's 2007 album "Snakes & Arrows", Sides A and B: "Far Cry", "Armor and Sword", "Workin' Them Angels", "Spindrift" and more. We lay out our plans for the rest of Season 1…
- The Tragically Hip "Day for Night" (1994), Side B: Scared, Emergency · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 17The Tragically Hip's 1994 album "Day for Night", Side B: "Thugs", "Inevitability of Death", "Scared", "An Inch an Hour" and more. Plus "Emergency", "Titanic Terrarium" and…
- The Tragically Hip "Day for Night" (1994), Side A: Grace, Too · 1 h 41 min · Season 3 Episode 16The Tragically Hip's 1994 album "Day for Night", Side A: "Grace, Too", "Greasy Jungle", "Fire in the Hole" and "Nautical Disaster". We cover the basics, CanCon, Gord Downie and…
- Candlemass "Tales of Creation" (1989), Side B: A Tale of Creation · 1 h 35 min · Season 3 Episode 22Candlemass's 1989 album "Tales of Creation", Side B: "The Edge of Heaven", "Somewhere in Nowhere", "Dawn" and more. Plus "Into the Unfathomed Tower", "Through the Infinitive…
- Candlemass "Tales of Creation" (1989), Side A: Under the Oak, Tears · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 21Candlemass's 1989 album "Tales of Creation", Side A: "The Prophecy", "Dark Reflections", "Voices in the Wind", "Under the Oak" and "Tears". We also get into an unexpected…
- Candlemass "Tales of Creation" (1989): Epic Doom Intro · 1 h 7 min · Season 3 Episode 20Candlemass's 1989 album "Tales of Creation": an intro to Swedish epic doom, the classic lineup, and JW's metal problem. We cover teenage metal shows, the basics, the diabolus in…
- Cardinal, Self-Titled (1994), Side B: Dream Figure, Silver Machines · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 19Cardinal's 1994 self-titled album, Side B: "Dream Figure", "Tough Guy Tactics", "Angel Darling" and more. Plus "Singing to the Sunshine" and "Silver Machines", a surprise…
