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Classic Rock And Prog Almanac

by Tim, Shaun and Peter
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  • CROSBY AND NASH - Wind On The Water: The best CSNY spin-off ever made?

    October 19, 2026 · 48 min

    This week, Tim did a monologue on the second Crosby and Nash album, Wind On The Water. Topics covered include: the connection between this album and the unreleased CSNY album Human Highway, the jazz influence on the album, the division of…

  • RANKING: The UK studio albums of The Beatles

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

    This week Tim, Shaun & Peter ranked the Beatles UK studio albums. Topic covered include: which Beatle writes with the most interesting chords, how to construct a Beatles canon, how much Beatles material was contractual, whether the…

  • THE MOVE - Message From The Country: The greatest contractual obligation album ever made?

    October 5, 2026 · 45 min

    This week, Tim did a monologue on the fourth and final studio album by The Move, Message From The Country. Topics covered include: whether this is a concept album or not, the contrast between the chaos of the band’s career and the…

  • NICK DRAKE - Pink Moon: His greatest work?

    September 28, 2026 · 30 min

    This week, Peter did a monologue on the third album by Nick Drake, Pink Moon (for Jacob!). Topics covered include: Nick Drake’s biography, which album is Nick Drake’s best, the question of overdubbing, the guitar playing on the album, and…

  • RANKING: Our Top Ten Favourite Progressive Rock Albums of 1971

    September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    This week, Tim and Shaun discussed their top ten favourite progressive rock albums from 1971. Topics covered include: the importance of virtuosity in prog, whether album covers are important for an album, the role of improvisation in…

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  • WINGS - Greatest: The reason why God made compilation albums?!

    September 14, 2026 · 54 min

    This week, Tim did a monologue on the compilation Wings Greatest, from 1978. Topics covered include: the significance of concept albums, what musical movements Wings might be said to belong to, whether the track listing is complete and the…

  • RANKING: Our top ten favourite progressive rock albums from 1970

    September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    This week, Tim and Shaun discussed their top ten favourite progressive rock albums of 1970. Topics covered include: what prog actually is, how you would decide it one way or the other, what postmodernism is, the eclectic sound of the bands…

  • THE KINKS - Arthur: Is it their best album?

    August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    This week, Tim, Peter and Shaun discussed the seventh studio album by The Kinks, Arthur or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire. Topics covered include: whether it’s the band's greatest album or not, the difference between the…

  • FLEETWOOD MAC - Tusk: How do you follow one of the most famous albums of all time?

    August 24, 2026 · 47 min

    This week, Tim discussed Tusk, the twelfth studio album by Fleetwood Mac. Topics covered include: the problem of following up a mega-hit album, the deconstructionist and situationist nature of Tusk, how the track listing could have been…

  • RUSH - Caress Of Steel: Why it's better than 2112!

    August 17, 2026 · 40 min

    This week, Tim did a monologue on the third Rush album, Caress Of Steel. Topics covered include: Rush’s relation to the prog rock canon, the influence Rush had on bands like Metallica, Rush’s arrangement gift, the nostalgic nature of some…

  • RANKING: Our top five albums of 1969

    August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    This week, Tim, Peter and Shaun discussed their top five favourite albums from 1969. Topics covered include: the bubbling cauldron of creativity that was the 1960s, what the best year in the history of rock was, the balance between U.K. &…

  • REFUGEE - Refugee: A worthy successor to The Nice?

    August 3, 2026 · 45 min

    This week, Tim discussed the only studio album by the band Refugee, from 1974. Topics covered include: why the album wasn’t rubbish, the virtuosic gifts of Patrick Moraz, whether prog is modernist or post-modernist, how the band measures…

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About the show

Join ’old friends’ Tim and/or Shaun and/or Peter for their chats about the albums, songs and artists that have marked their lives. The podcast focuses on the artistry involved in classic rock: the musicology, the cover art, the cultural and even the philosophical resonances of the works under discussion. https://www.patreon.com/cw/ClassicRockAndProgAlmanac