Album Infinitum
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Album Infinitum
Album Infinitum is a music appreciation podcast hosted by Jared Duran (Limited Engagement, What the Fork?, Hoot n Review), that focuses on one artist and explores that artist's catalog album by album. Each episode features a discussion with a guest that explores not only the album itself, but its pl...
Recent Episodes
29 episodes
AI 29 - On Fire
On this episode of Album Infinitum, we continue on with the Galaxie 500 discography, this time discussing their second, and most highly regarded album...
AI 28 - Today
Thus begins a very short run of episodes to discuss the discography of Galaxie 500--a band that burned brightly for a brief period and left us with th...
AI 27 - The Knowledge
This week, we wrap up the Squeeze discography with their 2017 album, The Knowledge. On this outing, the band pushes the excitement, inventiveness, and...
AI 26 - Cradle to the Grave
On deck for this week's episode, the first Squeeze album of all new material after a 17 year period, Cradle to the Grave, and what an album it is! So...
AI 24 - Ridiculous
On deck for this week's episode, Squeeze's 1995 album, Ridiculous. Released at the height of britpop, Squeeze's label saddled them with the slogan "Th...
AI 23 - Some Fantastic Place
On deck for this week's episode, Squeeze's 1993 album, Some Fantastic Place. Back on A&M records, with their first album since Chris Difford bugged o...
AI 22 - Play
On deck for this week's episode, Squeeze's 1991 album, Play--their only album for Reprise Records. Featuring the highlights Letting Go, The Day I Get...
AI 21 - Frank
On deck for this week's episode, Squeeze's 1989 album, Frank. Arguably a stronger album than it's popular predecessor, the album marked a sharp declin...
AI 20 - Babylon and On
On deck for this week's episode, Squeeze's 1987 commercial peak, Babylon and On. Featuring the hits "Hourglass" and, unfortunately, "853-5937," Babylo...
AI 19 - Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
On deck for this week's episode, Squeeze's difficult (for most people) 1985 reunion album, Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti. As the discussion with guest host Da...
AI 18 - Sweets From A Stranger
On this edition of Album Infinitum, Ed Masley returns to discuss the last album of Squeeze Phase 1, Sweets From A Stranger, an uneven album that still...
AI 17 - East Side Story
On this edition of Album Infinitum, a deep, deep dive into Squeeze's 1981 masterpiece, East Side Story, with guest co-host Jason Keil.
Ja...
AI 16 - Argybargy
On this edition of Album Infinitum, a discussion of Squeeze's 1980 album, Argybargy with one of the coolest guys in music journalism, Ed Masley. Argyb...
AI 15 - Cool for Cats
On this edition of Album Infinitum, Cool for Cats. The album that spawned the classic singles "Goodbye Girl," "Up the Junction," "Cool for Cats," and...
AI 14 - Squeeze
And so it begins! Squeeze is absolutely one of the best bands of all time, whether you know it or not, and we kick things off with their stutter step...
AI 13 - Sky Full of Holes FoW
This week, we discuss the final Fountains of Wayne album, Sky Full of Holes, with guest co-host Marc Oxborrow. It's a hell of an album to go out on, a...
AI 12 - Traffic and Weather FoW
Traffic and Weather may not be the best Fountains of Wayne outing, but as Jared Duran and Marc Oxborrow discuss, with songs like Fire in the Canyon, I...
AI 11 - Welcome Interstate Managers
On tap this week, it's Fountains of Wayne's commercial breakthrough, Welcome Interstate Managers. It spawned the radio and video hit "Stacy's Mom," bu...
AI 10 - Utopia Parkway
This week, we continue our discussion of Fountains of Wayne's discography with the absolutely brilliant Utopia Parkway.
Co-hosting this e...
AI 09 - Fountains of Wayne
The second artist up for Album Infinitum is a power pop gem. Great, catchy tunes, wry lyrics that teem with irony, but always manage to have such hear...
AI 08 - Aimee Mann's Mental Illness
This week, we wrap up (for now) our Aimee Mann discussion with her most recent album, Mental Illness. Sitting in on this week's discussion is writer a...
AI 07 - Aimee Mann's Charmer
We near the end of journey through the albums of Aimee Mann with her 2012 offering, Charmer.
Sitting in the guest chair for this discuss...
AI 06 - Aimee Mann's @#%&*! Smilers
Continuing on down the discography of Aimee Mann, we arrive at her wonderful 2008 album, @#%&*! Smilers, which is perhaps the most musically buoyant i...
AI 05 - Aimee Mann's The Forgotten Arm
We're past the halfway point in our Aimee Mann discussion with her 2005 concept album, The Forgotten Arm.
Our guest for this discussion i...
AI 04 - Aimee Mann Lost In Space
The Aimee Mann discussion continues on Album Infinitum with her 2002 album, Lost In Space. This is the deepest lyrical exploration so far for this sho...
AI 03 - Aimee Mann Bachelor No. 2
On this episode, the Aimee Mann discussion continues with her fantastic album, Bachelor No. 2, or the Last Remains of the Dodo, which is impossible to...
AI 02 - Aimee Mann's I'm With Stupid
On this episode, host Jared Duran and guest Chris Ayers continue on down the Aimee Mann rabbit hole with her 2nd solo album, I’m with stupid, and as y...
AI 01 - Aimee Mann's Whatever
The first artist up for Album Infinitum is one of my very favorites, Aimee Mann. Her debut solo album, Whatever, was released in 1993, a full five yea...
AI 00 - Introducing Album Infinitum
Welcome to Album Infinitum, the music discussion podcast that explores an artist’s career one album at a time. I wanted to put this out there as an in...