** 02/09/2024 - Hi. After being down for most of this year, we are making this episode available again. Enjoy **

These Days (1995) is one of Bon Jovi’s most highly regarded albums. The first to be recorded as a four-piece, it spawned 5 hit singles, including This Ain’t A Love Song, Something For The Pain, and its title track. After the Keep The Faith episode, Paul & Stephen look back on this album & discuss its merits nearly 30 years after its release. They also take on the task of trimming the albums length by removing songs they regard as filler, to create the TTMF Supercut of These Days. Like the podcast? Why not show your appreciation by buying Paul & Stephen a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/trimmingthh Podcast website - trimmingthemusicalfat.com / Email us - trimthemusicalfat@gmail.com / Join our Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/274805337346926 / Check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_P5WlRZ0i3tR3jEavD_5A / TikTok - @trimmingthemusica

Summary

Join Stephen again in this episode as he critiques the singles from Prince's 1986 album 'Parade'. An album most notable for being home to the US #1 single 'Kiss' and the soundtrack to Prince's flop movie 'Under The Cherry Moon'.

Stephen ranks and shares his thoughts on each of the album’s singles, including 'Kiss', 'Girls & Boys', 'Mountains' and 'Anotherloverholenyohead'.

Finally, he critiques the album as a whole and reminisces about Parade being the first CD he ever bought.

Throughout you’ll hear detailed information about the songs and the critical reception to the album.

Also, look out for a special contribution by Eric Paul Johnson, co-host of the excellent 'Face The Music: An ELO Podcast', who gives his thoughts on one of his favourite Prince tracks - 'Mountains'.

Come back next time for a look at 1980’s ‘Dirty Mind’.

Chapters

01:23 Introduction

02:01 Tale of the Tape

04:08 Kiss

07:24 Girls & Boys

09:36 Mountains

14:31 Anotherloverholenyohead

16:52 Reviewing the ‘Parade’ album

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** 19/08/2024 - Hi. After being down for most of this year, we are making this episode available again. Enjoy **

Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast side-series which focusses on the singles released by U2 from 1980 to 1989.

In it, we'll critique & rank each single and its accompanying album to create the ultimate eighties U2 singles collection. The criteria? The album must be 50 minutes or less to fit onto a single vinyl release.

We'll also share some interesting facts and figures related to each song/album and our own personal history with the material and band.

In this episode, we tackle the "Boy" album, and the singles - "I Will Follow", "11 O'clock Tick Tock", "A Day Without Me", and "Another Day".

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