Episode 23: Greatest Rock Albums NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16 - '80s & '90s)
b'Episode 23 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock album of all time. This episode focuses on the Sweet Sixteen for the 1980s and 1990s.\\n\'80s matchups for this episode: (5) The Stone Roses "The Stone Roses" vs. (9) Guns n\' Roses "Appetite For Destruction" \\xa0(3) The Smiths "The Queen Is Dead" vs. (7) U2 "The Joshua Tree"\\n\'90s matchups for this episode \\xa0(1) Radiohead "OK Computer" vs. (5) Pearl Jam "Ten" \\xa0(2) Neutral Milk Hotel "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" vs. (3) Nirvana "Nevermind"\\nNotes for this episode: \\xa0\\nIn case we weren\'t explicit enough, "Mr. Brownstone" is about taking drugs, specifically heroin. \\xa0\\n"Breath" and "State Of Love and Trust" were actually recorded a little after the "Ten" sessions, in early 1992. \\xa0\\nStone Gossard and Jeff Ament were previously in the bands Green River (1984-1988) and Mother Love Bone (1988-1990). When Mother Love Bone lead singer Andrew Wood OD\'d, members of what would become Pearl Jam joined Soundgarden\'s Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron in Temple Of The Dog for one album that was largely a tribute to Wood. \\xa0\\nLink to Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5k4rBtd9eVhMzVeiUqQ22o?si=1I9y4L7kQX2x-NoMeQuUbA'