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Vinyl Verdict

Vinyl Verdict is like a book club, but for vinyl records! Each episode, Adam and Jamie (and sometimes a wonderful guest!) present a new album for discussion. Come along and learn about vinyl from the strange to the extraordinary and to get our...Vinyl Verdict on whether its worth buying.

DankPods show us his favourite album | Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed

101 hours 37 mins; April 02, 2026

The Ultimate Grade 8 Boy album | Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

61 hours 13 mins; March 20, 2026

Is Sven ready for the country? | Neil Young - Harvest

65 hours 35 mins; March 05, 2026

Should pigeons be funky? Plouffe says "yes" | Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Pizazz

39 mins; February 22, 2026

Plouffe is Like a Sailor in a Big Green Boat | Geese - Getting Killed

50 mins; February 10, 2026

Plouffe is Like a Sailor in a Big Green Boat | Geese - Getting Killed

50 mins; February 10, 2026

Back for more Begonia with Bell | Begonia - Powder Blue

51 mins; January 27, 2026

Guest - Shea Heatherington | Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

78 hours 45 mins; January 14, 2026

Plouffe's Body is a Wonderland | John Mayer - Room for Squares

58 mins; December 01, 2025

Turning Fan Service Into Gold | Dire Straits - Alchemy

54 mins; November 16, 2025

One of the best albums of 2013 | Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

60 hours 31 mins; November 04, 2025

Re-Ranking ALL Seasons and saying Goodbye to Bell | Season 3 Finale

67 hours 52 mins; August 09, 2025

What if Amy Winehouse was a Rapper? | Lupe Fiasco - Samurai

53 mins; August 04, 2025

The Beatles before the Beatles | The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

61 hours 52 mins; July 26, 2025

They tried to make us go to Rehab | Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

47 mins; July 17, 2025

VV Goes to the Movies | Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

54 mins; June 19, 2025

Beastie Boys 2 | Joey Valence & Brae - No Hands

51 mins; June 11, 2025

Could 50 million people be wrong? | AC/DC - Back in Black

41 mins; June 04, 2025

This album is DANGEROUS | Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

57 mins; May 26, 2025

Guest: Nicholas Plouffe | Gorillaz - Demon Days

69 hours 20 mins; May 09, 2025

The best album of 2013? | Deafheaven - Sunbather

55 mins; May 03, 2025

Jamie's Mum Picked This One | Carole King - Tapestry

39 mins; April 26, 2025

The FIRST TikTok blow up | Mother Mother - O My Heart

51 mins; April 20, 2025

Their forgotten debut album | Wilco - AM

52 mins; April 12, 2025

Vinyl Verdict can be your Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel - So

64 hours 53 mins; April 05, 2025

CD Consensus: The Next Generation | Weird Al, Life is Strange, Foo Fighters

149 hours 0 mins; April 01, 2025

The Sexiest Divorce Album | NxWorries - Why Lawd?

59 mins; March 22, 2025

Our Sisters pick from our collections | Bill Withers, twenty one pilots, Fleetwood Mac

143 hours 10 mins; March 15, 2025

The album so good, it destroyed the band | King Crimson - Red

49 mins; March 08, 2025

McCartney's Best (solo) Work | Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run

65 hours 26 mins; March 01, 2025

The remaster we’ve been waiting for | Pezz - Watoosh!

61 hours 37 mins; February 25, 2025

Guest: Jonathan Horst | Jack J - Blue Desert

74 hours 15 mins; February 15, 2025

Does TPAB hold up 10 years later? | Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

91 hours 22 mins; February 08, 2025

One of the Best Selling Albums of All Time | Green Day - Dookie

52 mins; February 01, 2025

Brilliant or Boring? | Coldplay - Parachutes

57 mins; January 25, 2025

Our Greatest Greatest Hits | blink-182, Engelbert Humperdinck, Patsy Cline

147 hours 35 mins; January 18, 2025

A Landmark Album | Bjork - Homogenic

54 mins; January 11, 2025

The Founding Father of Synth-Pop | Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

57 mins; January 04, 2025

More than just a loser | Beck - Guero

57 mins; December 28, 2024

We Give Each Other Christmas gifts | D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Pink Floyd, L'Orange

116 hours 31 mins; December 21, 2024

Adam picks from our Collections | The Police, Dump

86 hours 12 mins; December 21, 2024

Brat but it’s three dudes talking about it | Charli XCX - Brat

82 hours 5 mins; December 08, 2024

Maybe don't put this on repeat? | The Cars - The Cars

47 mins; November 30, 2024

Essential Jangle Pop | Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog

59 mins; November 24, 2024

Picking from Adam's Collection | Death Grips and Black Sabbath

93 hours 45 mins; November 16, 2024

Pitchfork gave this an 8 | The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns

66 hours 2 mins; November 09, 2024

Professor Adam teaches jazz | Dave Brubeck - Time Out

53 mins; November 02, 2024

The Greatest RnB Album of All Time | Frank Ocean - Blonde

86 hours 54 mins; October 26, 2024

Guest: Sven Peters-Roeterdink | Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

91 hours 27 mins; October 19, 2024

Scarin' the bros | Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

67 hours 22 mins; October 12, 2024

A mix of Grunge Tropes (in a good way) | Stone Temple Pilots - Core

48 mins; October 06, 2024

A Canadian Icon(?) | Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines

59 mins; September 28, 2024

Our favourite albums from College | Weezer, Thank You Scientist, Tyler, The Creator

131 hours 33 mins; September 21, 2024

The best pop album of the 2010s?! | Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION

60 hours 7 mins; September 14, 2024

The rare 22 piece band | Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen

51 mins; September 07, 2024

Starting with a bang | Peach Pit - Being So Normal

49 mins; September 06, 2024

Vinyl Verdict Season 3 is HERE!

1 min; September 05, 2024

VV's 100th Episode Spectacular (and the end of Season 2!)

37 mins; June 23, 2024

Albums by artists we've already covered | Supertramp, George Clanton, MF DOOM

89 hours 31 mins; June 16, 2024

Our Favourite EPs | Ginger Root, Yellow Days, DEVO

68 hours 2 mins; June 08, 2024

Vinyl Verdict is Calling YOU "Dude!" | CAKE - Comfort Eagle

35 mins; June 02, 2024

Chicago Blues, South Park Name | Buddy Guy - This is Buddy Guy

31 mins; May 25, 2024

Beautiful album, bad release date... | Lucy Rose - This Ain't The Way You Go Out

40 mins; May 18, 2024

Guest Episode: Sarah Farrell | Beyonce - Cowboy Carter

84 hours 29 mins; May 11, 2024

Ending your career on a low note | Fatboy Slim - Palookaville

34 mins; May 04, 2024

The sound of 90s videogames | The Offspring - Smash

43 mins; April 27, 2024

Our favourite album yet? | Kings of Convenience - Peace or Love

37 mins; April 21, 2024

Records we've never played | Nirvana, Live, The Horrors

94 hours 31 mins; April 13, 2024

VV comes and goes like a podcast | Bicycle Thief - You Come and Go like a Pop Song

40 mins; April 06, 2024

Play something badass like | REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity

39 mins; March 30, 2024

Guest Episode: Arthur Rafael | YEAT - LYFE

79 hours 50 mins; March 23, 2024

Linus Tech Tip bought me this album | Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream

49 mins; March 16, 2024

All hail Wykydtron | 3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish

44 mins; March 09, 2024

We ALL picked this album | Tame Impala - Currents

41 mins; March 02, 2024

Bell got ripped off... | Disclosure - Alchemy

34 mins; February 24, 2024

Our Favourite Album Covers | Electric Guest, Chocolat, The Moody Blues

100 hours 5 mins; February 15, 2024

Derivative (but in a good way) | Royal Blood - Royal Blood

37 mins; February 10, 2024

You had to be there | The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live at Monterey

45 mins; February 03, 2024

This succeeds at being BAD. | Blarf - Cease and Desist

25 mins; January 27, 2024

The Only Picture Discs We Own | George Ezra, Hail Mary Mallon, Tool

107 hours 14 mins; January 20, 2024

A GOOD Ska Album??? | Smash Mouth - Fush Yu Mang

36 mins; January 13, 2024

This album changed Country music | Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

49 mins; January 06, 2024

Tim Cook Gave Me This Album | U2 - Songs of Innocence

40 mins; December 30, 2023

LTT Employees review the LTT Christmas Album

26 mins; December 23, 2023

Artists We Own the Most Albums By | The Beatles, Dan Mangan, Red Hot Chili Peppers

112 hours 54 mins; December 16, 2023

“The best third wave Ska album” | Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

38 mins; December 09, 2023

V-I-N-Y-L Verdict | The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1

41 mins; December 02, 2023

The BEST Record in my Collection | Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

44 mins; November 25, 2023

The Last Records We Bought | Joji, Casiopea, The Flaming Lips

92 hours 18 mins; November 18, 2023

Iowa's greatest | Slipknot - Slipknot

45 mins; November 11, 2023

Vinyl Verdict in the place where you live | R.E.M. - Green

39 mins; November 06, 2023

The greatest Bonnaroo performance? | My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

37 mins; October 29, 2023

Guest Episode: Dan Besser | Lorn - Ask the Dust

51 mins; October 22, 2023

10 years of AM | Arctic Monkeys - AM

39 mins; October 14, 2023

An album of the time | Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Deja Vu

42 mins; October 08, 2023

Not for the faint of heart... | Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer

33 mins; September 30, 2023

Two sides of 1970s England | Picking from Jamie's Collection

63 hours 5 mins; September 23, 2023

I Smell Sex and Vinyl Verdict | Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground

40 mins; September 16, 2023

Plouffe almost quit over this one | Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

49 mins; September 09, 2023

We’ve Got a Strange Disease | Prozzak - Hot Show

46 mins; September 02, 2023

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