The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast

In episode number 53 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie have disappeared into their basements to ride out the apocalypse.  Can the Foo Fighters cheer them up with their TV series and accompanying album?  With 8 songs recorded in eight studios, Sonic Highways holds a lot of promise... they even got some guest stars come in help out... kind of.  Listen as the hosts (virtually) travel down Sonic Highways on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 53 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie are months away from a vaccine but still toiling away in their basements.  So will all the heartache and betrayal be too much?  Can The King of Slow save the day?  Listen as the hosts break down Chris Isaak's Heart Shaped World on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 52 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie are deep in self-imposed exile with no memory of the days preceding the recording.  And after awakening from the fever dream, a piece of 80's Krautrock served up for dinner. This episode the boys take on Scorpions metal album Blackout.  Can you live without it?  Will it be nits all the way?  Tune in to this week's episode on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 51 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie attempt to put aside their sibling differences.  Is this the very best distortion ever crafted for guitar?  And the moustache could be the greatest since... since... well who knows?  This episode the boys take on Rival Sons and their Grammy-nominated Feral Roots album to ask themselves Is It A Classic?  Tune in to this week's episode on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 50 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie try as they may to stop being negative.  Can they keep the Rock Me Tonite video from playing in their feeble minds?  Will the 80's synth overtake everything else in the album?  This time around they spin up Billy Squier's 1981 non-PC titled smash album Don't Say No.  Tune in to this week's episode to determine  "Is It a Classic?" on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 49 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie kick off the new year in style with a little Soul of the Collective kind!  Has Ross Childress worn out his welcome yet?  Drum loops and wah-wah-wah notwithstanding, the hosts bravely peer deep into their consciousness with Collective Soul's Dosage.  Will the pop overwhelm the rock?  Tune in to this week's episode to determine  "Is It a Classic?" on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 48 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie enjoy a little holiday cheer with Rob Halford of Judas Priest!  What?  Rob Halford has a Christmas album?  Listen as Chris and Lee bravely plow through The Metal God's second holiday themed outing.  Will The Hellion make an appearance?  Listen as the Friends and Family release gets the CRABA treatment.  "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this very special Christmas edition of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album P

In episode number 47 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie decide to interfere with things a little!  Has Pink Floyd climbed out of their experimental psychedelic years intact?  Just where is Syd Barrett? Is Seamus Syd's permanent replacement?  What the heck is that ping sound?  Pink Floyd's Meddle is hacked so that one of these days we should discover "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 46 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie dish on international measurement standards!  They also talk about the band Metric's album Fantasies.  And they are Hipsters!  Hipsters I'm telling you!  So is this a hipster art rock classic?  Or a thinly disguised Blondie imitation?  "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!  Featuring Guy # 1 and Guy #2.

In episode number 45 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie go back to the early days of rock and roll, sock-hops and tail-fins!  Can a dishwasher from Georgia really live up to his self-proclaimed King of Rock moniker?  Stay tuned for a detailed breakdown of Little Richard's Debut album on the CRABA journey to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!  Oh and "the crabs" are anointed.

In episode number 44 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie take a little copter ride!  They dig deep to uncover the truth about Swedish Berries.  Are they even Swedish?  This episode, the Chris and Lee rip into The Hellacopters mid-career album High Visibility...  it's the next stop on the CRABA journey to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 42 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie's Visit the Rock Church Guides for advice.  Are they just mimicking the other so-called grunge bands?  And where are the guitar solos?  And why would anybody wet their bed during the process?  Well let's get to the core of things to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 42 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie's get into and onto the "Arena Rock" of the 70's!  Has April Wine learned from their contemporaries and crafted a finely tuned Arena Rock sound?  This episode, the hosts are lamenting the end of summer while listening to April Wine's Harder... Faster to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 41 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris and Lee get down to boogie!  Can a post "disco sucks!" era album featuring Nile Rodgers and pretty much the rest of Chic be cool?  Can Stevie Ray Vaughan make Albert King licks work over top of disco beats?  This episode, the hosts are finishing out the dog days of summer while listening to David Bowie's Let's Dance to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 40 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie's go down under with a hot hammer.  Is Cold Chisel really as good as Foster's beer?  Is Foster's beer any good?  Can an album that was almost completely overlooked in North America actually be a classic that deserved more?  This episode, the hosts are spending their summer days in the basement studios to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!