Ultimate Catalogue Clash

We're taking a break from R.E.M. to cover one of our Ko-Fi submissions. It's the third album we've been given by the brilliant Ruddy Rutherford and it's an album that Corey loves! We have a chat about how to rank compilations/covers albums and talk lots about the movie and its standout cast. We changed up the format ever so slightly for this episode but we're still assigning our usual scores to the songs and the album! But will a bunch of young, fresh musicians wow Kev, and will Corey rank this one in his top ten?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and slow your mustang down!Songs covered in this episode: "Take Me To The River", "Chain Of Fools", "The Dark End Of The Street", "Destination Anywhere", "I Can't Stand The Rain", "Try A Little Tenderness", "Treat Her Right", "Do Right Woman Do Right Man", "Mr. Pitiful", "I Never Loved A Man", "In The Midnight Hour", "Bye Bye Baby", "Slip Away"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE

It's time for Side B and another gigantic hit for R.E.M! Kate Pierson from the B-52's shines and Michael and the boys mock the entire enterprise of pop music, but still produce one of the year's biggest hits! Those rapscallions! Will Corey be able to claw his way back into this season's game? Will Side B finally be the R.E.M. side that wows top to bottom? And what is Kev's favourite R.E.M. song, which he says is from this side of this record?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and belong.Songs covered in this episode: "Shiny Happy People", "Belong", "Half a World Away", "Texarkana", "Country Feedback", "Me in Honey"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE

Both Kev and Corey reckon their favourite song on Green is on this side of the record! We talk about Father's Day, ZZ Top, Flash Gordon (and the madness of Chaz Charles) and the upcoming Seaside Pod Review. Oh, we also talked about R.E.M. after a long catch up at the top of the episode! But will Corey engage in some self-flagellation? Will Kev apologize for pigeon-holing Corey as an Eliminator-and-on ZZ Top fan? And what's the ticket's sold Corey???The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and just hold her.Songs covered in this episode: "Orange Crush", "Turn You Inside-Out", "Hairshirt", "I Remember California", "Untitled"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE

And we're off! Quite often, when indie bands go to a major label, they lose a lot of their original fan base because of the dreaded - and in Kev's opinion, deeply flawed - notion of "selling out". Thankfully, Warner Bros. was a label that believed artists knew best when it came to their own music so the suits stayed in their lane and let the creatives get on with it. But will this translate to crossover success for this ragtag band of arty types from Athens? Will Kev's nostalgia carry his scores into the higher reaches and will Corey be able to stomach the pure pretentiousness???The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and face north!Songs covered in this episode: "Pop Song 89", "Get Up", "You Are the Everything", "Stand", "World Leader Pretend", "The Wrong Child"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE

If wishes were trees the trees would be fallingListen to reasonSeason is callingA group of beligerant, experimental, avant-garde bohemians from Athens Georgia seem an unlikely group to defy the odds and hit four consecutive multi-platinum records, but that's exactly what R.E.M. did between 1988 and 1994 with their smash albums Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People, and Monster. We're heading into slightly different territory from anything we've covered to this point as we discuss the merits of having a singularly distinctive vocalist and three musicians who simply don't want to confirm to any standard of what music should sound like. But will Kev's ratings line up with his nostalgic fondness for these four records and will Corey's patience be tested by the less mainstream directions that these four gents take?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and stand in the place where you live!Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE

After Kev put on his steel toecaps and booted Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Kiss, and Mötley Crüe in the kidneys for a few hours, we figured we should probably bring in a defender of the hard rock faith. Who would we turn to other than the brilliant opposing counsel from the upcoming first season of Rock Court, Heath McCoy. Heath has been a regular contributor to Corey's Van Halen podcast for the past three years and he and Kev have rattled sabres on many occasions regarding David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, so will this latest meeting produce any fireworks? Will Heath actually attempt to justify Dance All Over Your Face? And will Corey have to step in to separate these two lunkheads?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and remember, it's only a bloody record!Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSEKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ultimatecatalogueclash

One hundred episodes of Corey and Kev talking about music. We've loved every minute of it so far and we've been humbled and delighted by the fact that so many of you have joined us for the ride!For this special celebratory episode we're looking back at two albums that we feel were underrated for one reason or another to see if re-listening to them now in the context of an entire season and now an entire show will change our minds at all! We're also taking question from you, our awesome listeners so thanks to everyone who submitted those on Discord!Will Kev have mellowed on the Black Album and now that Corey has Duke on vinyl, how will his ratings change, if at all?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and get ready for the next hundred!Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/76F8G8FEX8Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ultimatecatalogueclash

And so it's the wrap show.And what have we done.Another season over.And a new one to begun....What will Scott make of this eclectic mix of albums? Who will win the right to choose the artist for season six and will Corey's eleventh hour change to the Price is Right rules scupper Kev? But most importantly; has anyone seen my spare car keys? I swear to gods I left them on that table in the keep, just beside where we keep the drawbridge oil, but I can't find them anywhere! Oh well, 48 rooms down, 36 left to go! The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and remember enough muesli! Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/76F8G8FEX8Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ultimatecatalogueclash