We Will Rank You – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Ah, the bizarre love/hate life of the New Order fan. What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Low-Life?! For our fourth Request Episode Election, we went through dozens of listener suggestions to nominate Joe Jackson's Look Sharp, Jane's Addiction's Ritual de lo Habitual and this 1985 Manchester classic, which won in a landslide election. While half of us moaned about the album choice from our mystery nominators (MIA), we all had lots of great memories to share of adoring and rolling our eyes at NO. Superfan Sam hosted and held up lots of New Order vinyl, old tshirts were dusted off and Adam delivered an avalanche of guest rankers, starting with internationally-loved San Diego superstars Koi Division, who donned their iconic fish heads for a filmed interview. Days later, he visited Gold Diggers Sound in Los Angeles to chat with Dave Trumfio of the synth-lovin' Pulsars, whose lone 1997 debut/farewell album has finally recently been reissued. The two full interviews will be on our Youtube channel. Just you wait. In addition to getting tribute band opinions from San Francisco's Temptation and San Diego's Thieves Like Us (Substance responded too late to have their support for "Sunrise" be included), he got first hand accounts of 91X FM's infamous 1985 year-end countdown switcheroo from DJs Dwight Arnold, Pam Wolf and Billy Bones. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite voting booth.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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Angel dust, Angel Dust, Dwight Arnold, As It Is When It Was, Blue Monday, Billy Bones, breathing solo, Brotherhood, capitalization, Jimmy Cliff, Ian Clownfish, cowbell, the Cure, dance pop, darkwave, Darker Waves Festival, Jonathan Demme, Depeche Mode, double claps, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elegia, England, Erasure, Face Up, Factory Records, folk music, frogs, funeral soundtrack, Gene Loves Jezebel, Gillian Gilbert, harpsichord, Hook, Peter Hook, hooky, Hooky, Joy Division, Koi Division, Love Vigilantes, Low-Life, Manchester, Ennio Morricone, Stephen Morris, New Order, new wave, 91X FM, Oyster Band, Paradise, The Perfect Kiss, post-punk, Power Corruption and Lies, Pretty In Pink, Pulsars, request episode, Bernard Salmon, Peter Saville, seasonable, shaft, shenanigans, Simple Minds, Sooner Than You Think,  Sub-culture, Bernard Sumner, Sunrise, synthpop, Temptation, terrible lyrics, Thieves Like Us, This Time of Night, tribute band, Dave Trumfio, Weirdo, Steve West, Pam Wolf, 1963, 1985.

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What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Guided By Voices' 492nd album Bee Thousand?! Adam overcame his fear of assigning a 20 song record because he felt we needed to do more indie classics. Fun to hear his three co-hosts' take on a challenging 1994 lo-fi listen that was once named by Amazon music writers as the #1 indie album of all-time. We get a surprise Zoom visit from longtime 91X program director Garett Michaels (check out an extra ten minutes of his golden throat soon on Youtube) and remote opinions from Jon Wurster (Superchunk/Mountain Goats/Best Show) and Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows).  Request episode results before the end credits! Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local Thighland podcast shoppe.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

Jon Auer, Awful Bliss, The Baseball Project, Bee Thousand, Big Fan of the Pigpen, British singing voice, Buzzards and Dreadful Crows, Cobra Verde, Dayton, Demons Are Real, drinking, Echos Myron, epicly long live shows, Ester's Day, ever-changing band lineups, ex post facto, Jason Falkner, farewells, Kevin Fennell, FM 94/9, four track, GBV, Ben Gibbard, Gold Star for Robot Boy, The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory, Guided By Voices, Hardcore UFO's, Tim Heidecker, Her Psychology Today, Hot Freaks, I Am a Scientist, I Am A Tree, Kicker of Elves, lofi recording, Matador Records, Scott McCaughey, Garrett Michaels, Mincer Ray, the Minus 5, mouse ears, the National, necklace of 50 eyes, Neutral Milk Hotel, 1994, 91X, no hitter, nondairy creamer, Ohio, out of tune guitars, Peep-Hole, Bob Pollard, popular mechanics, the Posies, production manager, prolific, Queen of Cans and Jars, rapeseed, reunions, rock moves, Rookie Card, short songs, Sloan, Smothered in Hugs, the Soft Rock Renegades, Tobin Sprout, Superchunk, Suzanne & The Summerz, the Textbook Committee, Tractor Rape Chain, wayward miners, Jon Wurster, years spent teaching, You're Not an Airplane, Yours to Keep
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What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours?! For our third request episode, Dan's teenage nephew Esher suggested the 1977 classic and it won our public election. This second season finale turned out as epic as the album itself, with several rankings the likes of which we've never seen in our 30 episodes. Lots of fun facts and opinions and tales about the album producer getting you fired from the hosts plus the nominator nephew himself and Mara Kuge of the long-running Los Angeles AM Gold party Soft Rock Sundays. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local second hand newsstand. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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Alcohol, Beyond Yacht Rock, Big Love, breakups, Lindsey Buckingham, Buckingham/Nicks, Irene Cara, Rio Caraeff, The Chain, classic rock, clavinet, Clinton inaugural ball, Crunch Media, dobro, Dogg Face, Don't Look Down, Don't Stop, Dreams, drugs, Janice Engel, Esher, Chris Farley, Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac, Go Your Own Way, Going Home documentary, Gold Dust Woman, harmonies, Hole, I Don't Want to Know, Jellyfish, Mara Kuge, Led Zeppelin, Lola (My Love), Christine McVie, John McVie, the Move, Never Going Back Again, Stevie Nicks, Oh Daddy, Pixies, request episode, Rhiannon, Rumours, season finale, Second Hand News, soft rock, Soft Rock Sunday, Songbird, Whenever I Call You Friend, yacht rock, Yachtski scale, You Make Loving Fun, Zellerbach Hall, 1977

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NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Alvvays' debut 2014 album?! Adam picked the most recent and most Canadian album we've ever ranked, knowing the others probably hadn't heard it. He first learned about it after hearing Ben Gibbard and Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub raving about the band in an interview. Fun to hear rookie impressions of this dreamy masterpiece. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite party police station.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .
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Adult Diversion, The Agency Group, All In The Family, Alvvays, Always, Archie Comics, Archie, Marry Me, Atop a Cake, Best Coast, The Beths, Boygenius, Edith Bunker, Camera Obscura, Canada, Cherry Red Records, debauchery, Dives, dream pop, First Love, Last Rites, Ben Gibbard, Glasvegas, gorgeous, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, Nicolette Larson, Next of Kin, Ones Who Love You, Out Brief Candle, Party Police, Nina Persson, Polyvinyl Records, Molly Rankin, Real Estate, Red Planet, Say Anything, The Schizophonics, self-titled debut album, the Sundays, Surfer Blood, Teenage Fanclub, that dog., Chad VanGaalen, 2014.
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What’s your most loved and least favorite song on 91X-FM's 1983 Top 91 countdown?! For our third wildcard episode, we celebrated the San Diego station's 40th anniversary by talking about the songs from their very first year-end listener poll. The result is an EPIC three-hour dive into the station's history with a ton of childhood memories plus interviews with first year DJs Billy Bones and Pam Wolf. Learn how San Diego went new wave practically overnight to instantly become the coolest modern rock station in the country. Sorry/not sorry, KROQ.  From nerdy teen listeners to eventually working at the station and creating the station's 10th anniversary countdown, it's an incredible must-hear listen for any fan of early 80's music. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite Tijuana transmitter.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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91X, Adam Ant, Aztec Camera, B-52's, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Country, Billy Bones, border blaster, the Call, Elvis Costello & the Attraction , Stewart Copeland ,the Cure, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Devo, Duran Duran, Echo and the Bunnymen, English Beat, Peter Godwin, Haysi Fantayzee, Icicle Works, Billy Idol, INXS, Kajagoogoo, metal, Mexican Radio, Midnight Oil, Mighty 690, MTV, Nena, New Order, new wave, 91X, Public Image Limited, radio, Stan Ridgway, Rock of the 80s, San Diego, Thompson Twins, Toy Dolls, UB40, Van Halen, Violent Femmes, Wall of Voodoo, Pam Wolf, Yazoo

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WE ARE THE PODS! WE ARE THE PODS.....What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the Jam's Compact Snap?! For the third of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Jim chose the shorter, 21 song version of the Jam's Snap, still resulting in our longest episode to date. Not just the most songs we've ever talked about but no less than four guest rankers weighed with their favorite Jams! Vino Martinez from the San Diego Weller-influenced band the Bassics, Bay Area teen Mod and worldwide favorite Bart Davenport, actual British person Richie Merrett from Airhead and Modernation plus Style Council percussionist Gary Wallis all chime in with opinions. A rare non-Adam production edited by Sam! Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify or your local tube station.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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In the City, the Kinks, Away from the Numbers, Mod revival, All Around the World, Oasis, The Modern World, Bart Davenport, News of the World, the Who, Billy Hunt, we are the mods, English Rose, suits, Mr. Clean, Rickenbacker, David Watts, Bruce Foxton, A Bomb in Wardour Street, Paul Weller, Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, Tom Jones, Strange Town, From the Jam, The Butterfly Collector, Gary Wallis, When You're Young, the Event, Smithers-Jones, Manual Scan, Thick as Thieves, power pop, The Eton Rifles, the Beatles, Going Underground, anglophile, Dreams of Children, Rick Buckler, That's Entertainment, Vespa, Start!, Man in the Corner Shop, the Clash, Funeral Pyre, the Loved Ones, Absolute Beginners, The Style Council, Tales from the Riverbank, Taxman, Town Called Malice, new wave, Precious, the Bassics, The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow), punk rock, Beat Surrender

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What’s your most loved and least favorite song on The Best of Otis Redding?!   For the second of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Sam chose a childhood favorite, possibly influenced by his parents going to school with Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn. Lots of fun chit chatter about the King of Soul! Guest rankings from Tyler Jacobson from Denver's Mile High Soul Club and Isaiah Mitchell from Earthless who's been moonlighting as the lead guitarist of a well known Otis Redding coverband called the Black Crowes. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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Mr. Pitiful, Steve Cropper, My Girl, Smokey Robinson, Respect, the Temptations,  I've Been Loving You Too Long, Aretha Franklin, Love Man, the Commitments, Cigarettes And Coffee, Pretty In Pink, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Bull Durham, Try A Little Tenderness, Rolling Stones, I Can't Turn You Loose, the Black Crowes, Hard To Handle, Jimmy Durante, the Blues Brothers, Isiah Mitchell, Earthless, Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song), Mile High Soul Club, (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay, Shout Bamalama, Monterey Pop Festival.

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WE WILL WE WILL…. What’s your most loved and least favorite song on 1981’s Queen Greatest Hits?! Adam came up with a fun way to finally talk about our namesake song: kicking off a four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes! You’ll never guess where we ranked WWRY. It's only the best-selling album in UK history. You've probably never heard of it. Shockingly, none of us are huge fans, despite having so many fun stories and opinions that this became our longest show to date! One of us even needed to be reminded that they worked for Queen’s record label. Three of us went to high school with guest ranker Ken Dow, who shared his amazing Queen For A Day tale with us. Finally, Adam got his old neighbor, Eber Lambert, to chat about producing another Jewish Adam from California: Queen’s lead singer.  Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and your local Stomp Stomp Clap Stadium. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .  

FILE UNDER/SPOILERS: Greatest Hits, Another One Bites the Dust, Freddie Mercury, Radio Gaga, Live Aid, Bohemian Rhapsody, Jellyfish, Tie Your Mother Down, harmonies, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Wayne's World, Dragon Attack, harmonies, Killer Queen, Brian May, arena rock, News of The World, Fat Bottomed Girls, Chic, Bicycle Race, Roger Taylor, Under Pressure, John Deacon, We Will Rock You, Adam Lambert, We Are the Champions, Ken Dow, Flash, Jason Falkner, Somebody to Love, the Locust, You're My Best Friend, David Bowie, Keep Yourself Alive, Eber Lambert, Play the Game, 1981.  
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What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Elvis Costello & The Attractions' 1986 album Blood & Chocolate? Dan chose a raw/ragged fan favorite instead of a more well-known record to get three fresh opinions from casual admirers of Mr. McManus. Contains lots of praise and the best story you will ever hear about his stage name. Be sure to stick around to the end for a historic announcement about our next few episodes. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local bloodbank. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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Elvis Costello, Blood & Chocolate, Uncomplicated,  Bob Dylan, I Hope You're Happy Now, Steve Nieve, Tokyo Storm Warning, Lou Costello, Live Aid, Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head, Bruce Thomas, I Want You, Declan McManus, Leave My Kitten Alone, Los Lobos, Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind, Pete Thomas, Blue Chair, The Beatles, The Rutles, Battered Old Bird, Cait O'Riordan, Crimes of Paris, Penn Jillette, Poor Napoleon, Napoleon Dynamite, Elvis Presley, Next Time Round

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Jim picked Lifes Rich Pageant by one of our most requested bands, R.E.M., before anyone could pick the wrong album. A new, innovative one-time only ranking system made it one of our shortest episodes ever but we had a record TWO surprise Zoom guests, Craig Rosen, author of R.E.M. Inside Out : The Stories Behind Every Song and Buck09/Plural's Scott Kennerly, who had so much to say that we'll be putting their full, unedited segments on our Youtube channel soon.  Lots of fun talk about meeting Mike and Peter, singin' Supermen and teenage posters. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your local acronym outlet store. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .

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Dinner side, Begin the Begin, Bill Berry, Peter Sellers, These Days, banjo, Fall on Me, Bob Welch, godzilla, Cuyahoga, the Clique, Hyena, Mike Mills, Underneath the Bunker, Michael Stipe, Supper side, Alternative rock, The Flowers of Guatemala, jangle pop, I Believe, Buck09, What If We Give It Away?, Craig Rosen, Just a Touch, mumbling, Swan Swan H, Peter Buck, Superman, Plural

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