The Eagles Part 2 – Randy Meisner, Take It to the Limit, and How I Wanted to Sing High Like That

Dave’s favorite Triumph album is Just a Game, but it is not the record he would recommend first to a new listener. That job goes to Allied Forces. This episode closes Week 15 by separating two questions music fans often treat as identical: “What is your favorite?” and “Where should I start?” A …

Today’s record is Alive! by KISS. When Alive! was new, Dave worried about his parents’ reaction. He listened at friends’ houses and still does not own a copy. The album is the doorway; the memory is the subject. A record can become important even when it never enters your collection. In th…

Side One of Pat Benatar’s Crimes of Passion is undeniably powerful, but Dave rarely skips anything on the album. In this episode, he argues that Side Two does not have to defeat Side One in order to succeed. With deeper cuts, changing textures and Benatar’s cover of Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heigh…

Before a vocalist sings a single word on Toto’s 1978 debut, “Child’s Anthem” has already established a recognizable musical identity. This episode expands the idea of a band’s “voice” beyond the singer and into instrumental tone, arrangement, rhythm, production and sonic palette. Dave uses Toto…