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Backtracking

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Men at Work "Business as Usual" (1981), Side B: People Just Love to Play with Words, Be Good Johnny

October 21, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

Welcome 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 albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking. People…
Men at Work "Business as Usual" (1981), Side A: Who Can It Be Now?, Down Under

October 14, 2026 · 2 hr 6 min

Welcome 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 albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking. Who can…
Asia "Alpha" (1983), Side B: Eye to Eye, The Last to Know

October 7, 2026 · 45 min

Welcome 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 albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking. Open your…
Asia "Alpha" (1983), Side A: Don't Cry, The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

Asia'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 away, Dan and Raf get into how Raf discovered Asia, prog's turn…
Asia "Alpha" (1983): Interview with Asia Producer Dax Kimbrough

September 23, 2026 · 59 min

Asia'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 band, "Alpha" and the 1980s prog rock transition, the John…

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Barenaked Ladies "Gordon" (1992), Side B: If I Had $1000000, The Flag

September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Barenaked 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 Flag" and "Crazy", JW's "Gordon: Dressed Up" retrack, and…
Barenaked Ladies "Gordon" (1992), Side A: Enid, Grade 9, Brian Wilson

September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min

Barenaked 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 production, get to "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" and "What a Good…
The Chameleons "Strange Times" (1986), Side B: Swamp Thing

September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

The 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 Times" is out of print, another Backtrack Retrack, and a…
The Chameleons "Strange Times" (1986), Side A: Soul in Isolation

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

The 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 interview with Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies. LISTEN TO THE…
The Chameleons' Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies on "Strange Times"

August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

The 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, pre-production and writing, guitar influences, the album covers…
S3 Summer Break Announcement

August 12, 2026 · 2 min

We'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

August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Rush'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 gets fist, and roll in the direction of the bones. LISTEN TO…

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About the show

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.