This week's episode is a classic from the Patreon vault. “America then, as told by America now.” Lin Manuel-Miranda came from humble beginnings as the son of a simple political consultant and thinktank founder, but went on to write the script, music and lyrics to the most successful musical of the twenty-first century: HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL. A biography of America’s forgotten founding father, Alexander Hamilton, told through hip-hop inspired show tunes, Hamilton’s soundtrack album...

Marc Jennings joins the boys to break down the art of a good pre-show playlist. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

The boys look back to 2009 with the debut of indie pop collective The XX's debut. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

Christopher is joined by guest host Rosco McClelland to dig into Michael Lee Aday and Jim Steinman's 1977 operatic rock classic. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

Jellicle cats record jellicle casts as comedian and online sensation Eleanor Morton joins the boys to tear apart the 1998 cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

Comedian and roastmaster Ryan Cullen joins the boys to dissect the official soundtrack to the classic 2000 video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

The boys check out the latest from Australian psychedelic metal band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Enjoy!

Ed Night joins Da Ladz in the studio to talk about the third slice of fried Atlantan gold from Andre 3000 and Big Boi that is AQUEMINI by OUTKAST. You might know Ed from the fan-fiction podcast Slime Country, or from his incredible stand-up shows at the Fringe. Ed joins Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Liam to talk Hey Ya, his own musical career as a child, and the legal action taken by Rosa Parks in response to this record. ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad...

The boys dig into the latest by American singer, rapper and actress Janelle Monáe. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

Warwickshire’s greatest export and front-facing comedy video master Josh Pugh joins Liam Withnail and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd for this week’s episode of Enjoy An Album where they listened to YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOOD by KINGS OF LEON. The Oklahoma family band put a southern twist on the new york indie sleaze movement, starting a career that would see the good brothers both soundtrack FIFA 04 and open for Bob Dylan.  They talk about everything from the exact point that Kings of Leon got...

*** Due to technical difficulties in the studio, the audio quality is not as crystal clear as it usually is. We hope you're still able to Enjoy A Podcast *** Twitter King and cinemaphile stand-up Chris Thorburn joins Liam Withnail and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd for this week’s episode of Enjoy An Album where they listened to I’M WIDE AWAKE, IT’S MORNING by BRIGHT EYES. Moving from Omaha to New York in the wake of 9/11 and his own emerging stardom as the voice of a generation, this record and...

As a stop-gap measure - due to a technical mishap - this week’s public episode is from the ENJOY AN ALBUM For Ultras Only vault: “SING WHEN YOU’RE WINNING” by Stoke-on-Trent’s prodigal son ROBBIE WILLIAMS! Originally released on January 31st 2023, this episode is one of the bi-monthly Ultra exclusive episodes alongside episodes on albums like “The Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance, “-” by Ed Sheeran, “Permission To Land” by The Darkness, and many more.  Become an Ultra:...

The composer of seventy-three U.S. (and fifty-two U.K.!) top 40 hits, Burt Bacharach is hailed by such commentators as William Farina and Noel Gallagher as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. The god of jazzy bossa nova-inflected “easy listening” wrote banger after banger for artists such as Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Perry Como, Dusty Springfield and, of course, Cilla Black. He also appeared in every instalment of Mike Myer’s comedic film franchise Austin Powers, including...

Amelia Bayler (nu-rave snack food expert, stand-up comedian and pop-star in her own right) comes on the podcast to discuss the dance-rock opus MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE by KLAXONS. Named after a collection of short stories by sci-fi futurist J.G. Ballard, this record won the Mercury Music Prize with its winning blend of rave music and time-travelling lyricism that blew Klaxons up, leading to such feats as being on the soundtrack to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for the Playstation 3.  This week...

Liam is joined by Vittorio Angelone to discuss the sophomore album from Paisley's own Paolo Nutini. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

Liam and guest co-host Stuart McPherson take a deep dive into the latest studio album from Sad Dad luminaries The National. Enjoy! ******************** Check out the Patreon! Extra Episodes, Ad Free, Pre Sale - and more! https://www.patreon.com/EnjoyAnAlbum Thanks to this weeks Sponsors MANSCAPED Manscaped | https://manscaped.com 20% off with the promo code: ALBUM20  #Ad #Sponsored *********************

METALLICA are the best-selling heavy metal group of all time, the leader of the Big Four of American Thrash, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd’s favourite band of all time, and responsible for some of the greatest sounds in the history of recorded music, as well as the worst. 72 SEASONS is the eleventh and latest album by the Four Horsemen, and features Diamond Head-ish first single LUX AETERNA as well INAMORATA, which at 11:10 clocks in as the longest track in their storied...

Christopher and Liam rope Marc Jennings of the Some Laugh podcast into coming on the show to discuss Marshall Mathers’ third full-length record, THE EMINEM SHOW. Regarded by many as the last in a triptych of near-perfect albums by the 8 Mile-starring rapper, we did a deep dive on an album that defined the childhoods for wee guys born in the 90s, and discuss the shock culture of the time. The Enjoy An Album boys talk about everything from Mariah Carey’s voicemails to the soundtrack to the...

Christopher and Liam listened to the new record by LANA DEL REY, and now they’re going to talk about it. Initially dismissed by the hipster cognoscenti as an industry plant and weathered by controversy, Elizabeth Grant’s nine-album spree of immaculate all-American art-pop has defied expectation and served gunt for over a decade. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE’S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD has guest appearances out the wazoo, but really shines when it dives deeper into the blur between Lana’s persona...

Christopher and Liam are joined by longtime-ultra AMY MATTHEWS to enjoy the 2006 U.K. megasmash ALRIGHT, STILL by nepo baby supreme LILY ALLEN. A thrilling debut of malevolent street-pop that swirls ska, reggae, oompah, Mike Skinner, rocksteady, entitlement and physical violence into catchy upbeat pop music.  They talk about everything from her Brooklyn townhouse and marriage with the guy who plays the policeman in Stranger Things to her ecstasy-slinging days in Ibiza, and much more...

Shetland legend Marjolein Robertson joins the Enjoy An Album boys this week to talk about her favourite childhood record - NELLY FURTADO’s worldbeat trip-hop bossa nova 2000 masterpiece WHOA, NELLY! Featuring big millennium hit singles like TURN OFF THE LIGHT, I’M LIKE A BIRD and … ON THE RADIO, the Portuguese-Canadian supernova’s debut album topped out at number two on the U.K. album chart but seared itself into the public consciousness.  This week on Enjoy An Album with Liam Withnail and...

Teaming up with L.A. super-producer Greg Kurstin, the multi-simian multimedia project by Damon Albarn (Blur) and Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl) put out CRACKER ISLAND this year. Teeming with the requisite guest stars for a classic GORILLAZ record (Beck, Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks, Thundercat, Tame Impala, etc.) and glistening with an overproduced glaze that sweetens the sadness and crowds out the genius, CRACKER ISLAND went to number one in the UK Album Chart.    This week on Enjoy An Album with...

The sophomore record from Bono’s son’s band, who you might recognise from support slots for Sam Fender, Harry Styles and Arctic Monkeys, or for being Bono’s son’s band. Sam’s Town-style heartland rock mingles with strangely sexless Strokesian indie-sleaze post-punk and eighties new wave synthlines abound from this nepo baby god king, CUTS & BRUISES could leave you dry or be your new favourite band with tracks like If You’re Going To Break My Heart, Love Will Get You There and Dublin In...

An unabashed celebration of queer culture with samples of films by John Waters and Judy Garland’s Over The Rainbow, GLORIA by Sam Smith went to number one in the album charts this year in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The non-binary star’s collaborations with Kim Petras and “outrageous” fashion choices have drawn controversy from dull-brained weirdos across the world, but this album has been generally well-received, inviting comparisons to gay legends like George Michael. Sadly,...

The 38th Greatest Hip-Hop Record of All Time (as well as the 115th Greatest Album of All Time, of any genre) according to Rolling Stone, GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY transcends its specificity and realism with goated storytelling and bone-deep authenticity. Autobiographical and universal at the same time, K. Dot presents this record as a “A Short Film By Kendrick Lamar”, but it’s just as novelistic as cinematic, as a startling and sparkling bildungsroman a clef that tells the story of a young boy...