Top Track: Rock Music A to Z!
Andrew and Matt take an alphabetical journey through the history of rock music and play a controversial game of elimination to uncover the TOP TRACK from your favorite albums.
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Join Andrew and Matt as they discuss why Quaker City Night Hawks’ 2019 album QCNH is the best album that will never make your Spotify recommended listening list, from a band you’ve never heard of, they know nothing about, and who may not even be around anymore.
#quakercitynighthawks
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Hall, Oates, Michael, and Ridgely….no, it’s not a boutique divorce law firm (though these guys know about splitting up)…it’s the fight night of the century as two of the music world’s most formidable dynamic duos fight it out, Top Track style.
Join Andrew and Matt to find out which dream team reigns supreme.
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Andrew and Matt commemorate the great Tom Petty who passed away 8 years ago this month. October 19th also marks the 46th anniversary of his 3rd album, Damn the Torpedoes (1979).
Guest Commentator: Megan Knapp
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Andrew and two very special guests meet up again to conclude a controversial induction of some of the more notable rock legends that passed away from May-September 2025, who will be immortalized forever in the official Top Track Death Stars Memorial.
Which ones make the Final Cut and receive this most prestigious honor? You’ll need to listen to find out!
Guest Commentators: Adam Knapp and Jan Moller
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Andrew and two very special guests reflect on all the rock legends that passed away from January through April 2025 and ceremoniously elevate the most iconic into the official Top Track Death Stars Memorial.
Who makes the final cut? You’ll need to listen to find out!
Guest Commentators: Adam Knapp and Jan Moller
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In 1995, Andre 3000 declared to an incredulous audience at the Source Awards, that “The South got something to say”…well so do Andrew and not one, but two Miracle Matts.
Join them as they discuss OutKast’s seminal 1998 opus, Aquemini, in a very special episode called “Da Art of Podcastin Part 1”
Guest Commentator: Matt Tessier Jr.
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Before there was “Happy” by Pharrell, there were a bunch of dark songs about tragedy, despair and mayhem.
Join Andrew, Matt, and a special guest in the Top Track Basement as they dig through the bones of some of the grisliest songs from the past 75 years.
Guest Commentator: Daniel Pittman
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Rules are made to be broken, especially on Top Track.
So saddle up for some red headed danger as Andrew, Matt and a special guest listen to Willie Nelson’s 1975 masterpiece, Red Headed Stranger, and unveil a controversial new game to determine which song stands alone at the top of the hill.
Brace yourself for some crossin’ and bossin’!
Guest Commentator: Daniel Pittman
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Andrew and Matt just can’t wait to get on the pod again and dive deep into one of the greatest songwriters of the last 65 years.
This is Part 1 of a mega episode devoted to Shotgun Willie Nelson. And then come back next week for Part 2, which will be a full album breakdown of Willie’s 1975 classic, Red Headed Stranger!
Guest Commentators: Celia Muhl and Daniel Pittman
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The interplanetary 3i/Atlas is hurtling toward us at 167,000 mph, which many believe to be an alien spacecraft.
When we meet our intergalactic planetary overlords, will Atlas seek to destroy us, or simply shrug? Luckily Andrew and Matt have prepared a playlist for our visitors with every contingency in mind.
Join them to discover the sounds of warning and welcome they chose!
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As the summer winds to a close, Andrew and Matt are back together again to celebrate the halfway point for Season 2 and Madonna’s 1989 classic, Like A Prayer.
Is life a mystery? Is it so imperative that everyone stand alone? Those questions will be answered this week!
Show Notes:
Follow up to the Live to Tell conversation:
LTT hit the very top of Matt’s year-end Top Track list last year and it was #4 year on Andrew’s year-end Top Trac...
It was 40 years ago today….
On August 10th 1985 Michael Jackson pulled the rug out from Paul McCartney when he purchased 250 legendary Beatles songs. It launched one of the most infamous rock feuds of the 20th century. You could argue that the feud finally ended with Michael Jackson’s untimely death in 2009. But you could also argue that it didn’t end there…
Andrew journeys through the entire Beatles recording career and plays one ra...
Andrew and two returning champions sit ringside to referee three iconic albums released and forever associated with quite possibly the most prolific year in rock music, 1971. All three bands/artists also have that crazy common thread of being associated with the 27 Club.
Guest Commentators: Hugh Eley and Jan Moller
Here’s where the three contenders rank on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums list as of the most recent re-ranking from...
What was the most important thing invented in 1973 besides mint chocolate chip ice cream? The correct answer is southern rock.
On August 13th, 52 years ago, six youngsters from Jacksonville FL stole their high school P.E. teacher’s name and hitchhiked their way on to the rock music scene with their debut album, Pronounced ‘Leh-‘Nérd-‘Skin-‘Nérd.
#lynyrdskynyrd #freebird #ronnievanzant
Guest Commentators: Sean Borders and...
What happens when a Prince, a king and a Huey step into the ring?
Find out when the sequined gloves come off during a battle royale between three 80’s institutions that all hit #1 in literally 1984.
Tonight we promise you all thriller and no filler.
Guest Commentators: Bill Blair and Jan Moller
#purplerain #prince #michaeljackson #hueylewis
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On July 13, 1985 while Matt was watching He-Man, Andrew and 1.5 billion people on planet Earth tuned in to Live Aid from 100 different countries to watch Queen give what many consider to be the greatest rock performance of all time….this episode is not about that.
Join Andrew and Matt for their insider analysis of the other Live Aid performances that haven’t been made into Rami Malek films.
#madonna #U2 #liveaid #duranduran ...
Normally, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…but fortunately for our co-hosts, that wasn’t the case with the Killers.
So join Andrew and Matt as they ante up, roll the dice, and go all in to figure out what’s filler and what’s killer on The Killers’ 2004 debut opus, Hot Fuss.
#thekillers #hotfuss
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Two guests join Andrew to referee a title bout between two 80’s heavyweights. Will Bon Jovi be too Slippery When Wet to KO? Will Motley Crue be too distracted by Girls, Girls, Girls to land their punches? Find out when these two titans of hair metal climb into the Top Track ring to battle.
#bonjovi #motleycrue
Guest Commentators: Sean Borders and Scott Robb
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Andrew, Matt and a special guest referee a slugfest between two 80's heavyweights. Which album will get knocked out and which one will take center stage?
#michaeljackson #paulaabdul #philcollins
Guest Commentator: Celia Muhl
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Three dads celebrate Father’s Day by doing what dads do best: talking about the Beatles. The dads pit A Hard Day’s Night (July 1964) vs. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band (June 1967), in an act of sheer lunacy and bravery.
Two legendary albums separated by a mere 3 years, but a creative lifetime. Each record defined distinct Beatles eras, sold millions of copies, celebrates a summer birthday, and has 13 tracks. But which albu...
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