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Join our team of music fans on a journey to determine if influential music from the past has withstood the test of time. Our panel listens for a month and then informs you of which classic albums are worth a revisit. Episodes released monthly.
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Album Review: Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
On this episode of The Sonic Collective, we dive into one of the most iconic albums in Canadian music history — Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown (1974). Kno...
Album Review: MGK - Tickets To My Downfall
This month on The Sonic Collective, things got a little louder and a lot more divided. Our newest and youngest member, Owen Pearson, brought us Machin...
Classic Compilation Albums Review: Big Shiny Tunes 4 - 1999
🎧 The Sonic Collective podcast is back with a nostalgic deep dive into one of Canada's most iconic compilation albums — Big Shiny Tunes 4! For over 1...
Classic Compilation Albums Review: Spawn, The Album (Movie Soundtrack)
This episode explores the original motion picture soundtrack of the 1997 action-horror movie, Spawn, based on Todd McFarlane's comic book of the same...
Classic Compilation Albums Review: Hit Express, by K-Tel Records 1982
We chat about impressions listening to 1983's Hit Express. Overall we really enjoyed it and everyone rated it 4 out of 5.
Classic Compilation Albums Review: Full Tilt, by K-Tel Records 1981
Welcome to the Sonic Collective, a music podcast that explores a different album or musical concept each month, diving deep into its history, context,...
Album Review: Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Skid Row entered the scene at a cross roads of rock and grunge. Touring with both sides of the fence, they went through a journey on this album from a...
The Sonic Collective - Review of Best of the Beach Boys Vol 2
We spent January 2025 listening to and pondering over the 1967 compilation album, Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2. As we listened, we found ourselves d...
Album Selection: Best of The Beach Boys Vol 2
Over the last couple of months, both Darren and Scott picked the first albums they ever owned for us to review, so I'm continuing the trend. The first...
Album Review: Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
We chat about Joan Jett's debut album after listening to it over the month of December 2024. We enjoyed it, were blown away by what she has become ove...
Album Review: Elvis Presley – Self Titled
Take a Musical Journey with the King: Elvis Presley’s Debut AlbumWhat made Elvis Presley the undisputed King of Rock ‘n’ Roll? This month on The Sonic...
Album Selection: Elvis Presley, Self-Titled
Growing up in Newfoundland in 1975, I was a kid who loved Elvis Presley. His music had a unique spark that captured my imagination, and, looking back,...
10 Year Reflection - The Sonic Collective
We think it was in late 2014 that a thirst for exposure to a greater range of music led us to come together as a group – The Sonic Collective (TSC). O...
Album Selection: Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Our pick for December 2024 is Joan Jett's Bad Reputation, her first debut solo studio album after her band The Runaways called it quits. It was origin...
Album Review: How Stone Temple Pilots Influenced Def Leppard
In this episode, Darren, Scott C, Alain, and Scott G close out our series of four special episodes where we select two feature albums and discuss how...
Album Selection: How Stone Temple Pilots Influenced Def Leppard
This month, we round out our four-part series exploring how some albums influence others by seeing if the Stone Temple Pilots influenced Def Leppard....
This Album Influenced That Album: Deftones, White Pony and Sleep Token, Sundowning
In this episode, Darren, Scott C, Alain, and Scott G embark on our third of four special episodes where we select two feature albums and discuss how o...
Review: This Album Influenced That Album – The Rolling Stones Influenced The Black Crowes
In this review we share our impressions of the second of four episodes where we feature two album picks thinking about how one album may have influenc...
Album Selection: How Deftones influenced Sleep Token
Did the Deftones influence Sleep Token? This month, Alain kicks off the third of our four-part series exploring albums that sound like they were influ...
How Bad Brains Influenced The Foo Fighters
When the members of The Sonic Collective podcast set out to explore the connection between Bad Brains' "Rock for Light" and Dave Grohl's self-titled F...
This Album Influenced That Album – The Rolling Stones Influenced The Black Crowes
Released in May 1992, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is The Black Crowes’ second album and expectations were beyond high after the huge su...
Album Review: Tidal - Fiona Apple
It's the end of the month and we come back together to discuss this month's pick: Fiona Apple's debut album, Sleep to Dream. Our differing musical tas...
This Album Influenced That Album - Bad Brains, Rock for Light Influenced Foo Fighters, Self-Titled
The Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album, released in 1995, bears noticeable influences from Bad Brains' "Rock for Light," a seminal hardcore punk al...
Album Selection -Fiona Apple - Tidal
Fiona Apple’s first album Tidal debuted in 1996, and received significant positive reviews from fans and industry. It had this dark, rough vibe to it...
Album Review: Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
Over the month of April, 2024, The Sonic Collective did a deep dive into The Prodigy's third, and most impactful album, Fat of the Land.Tune into this...
Album Review: John Mayer - Continuum
We chat about our impressions of our pick for March 2024, John Mayer's Continuum. Have a listen to hear what we thought and how we scored it.
Album Selection: The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
Tune in as Alain tees off his selection for April 2024. He has us exploring the monumental impact of The Prodigy's 'The Fat of the Land' on the late '...
Album Review: The Cure – The Head on the Door
Step into the captivating world of timeless music with our podcast, where we delve deep into the iconic albums that have shaped the landscape of rock...
Album Pick: John Mayer - Continuum
I’ve known of John Mayer for a couple decades, get the feeling he’s a cool guy, respected guitar player, songwriter and singer, member of Dead & Compa...
Album Selection: The Cure – The Head on the Door
"The Head on the Door" is not just an album; it's a testament to The Cure's versatility and their knack for pushing musical boundaries. As we embark o...
You can only bring 10 albums - What's coming with you?
The premise is absurd and simple - You're stranded on a desert island and you've only brought 10 albums with you, which may be the last albums you'll...
Album Review: Oasis - Be Here Now
Well, another year in the bag and we go out on an Oasis bang. I wasn't quite sure how everyone would land on this one. It's still one of the greatest...
Desert Island Albums - Kicking off our thought experiment
If you could only listen to the same 10 albums for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why? This is the question at the forefront of a r...
Album Selection: Oasis - Be Here Now
Hi everyone out there in Sonic Collective land. This is Scott G and I’m bringing you the last pick for 2023. We’re going to rock out this December to...
Album Review: JayZ - Black Album
We dove into Jay-Z's 2003 classic, the Black Album, which was hyped up to be his mic-drop. A magnum opus. His final release before he sailed off into...
Review - MC5: Kick Out the Jams
We review our pick for October 2023, MC5's debut album Kick Out the Jams. What did we like and not like so much? Have a listen.Influenced our tastes:...
Album Selection: Jay Z - The Black Album
For our November 2023 review, Alain brings to the table Jay-Z's The Black Album. Once infamously claimed to be his final mic-drop before retirement, J...
Review: Tracy Chapman – Self-titled
Get ready for a thrilling ride through music history! In the last four episodes, we've been grooving to the catchy tunes of one-hit wonders. But now,...
Album Selection: MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
This month we’re tackling an album I’ve been aware of for a long time, never listened to, but the time has come.Kick Out the Jams by MC5 was released...
One Hit Wonder or Not?: The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse - Review
In last round of our "One Hit Wonder" series, we gave a listen to Bringing Down the Horse by The Wallflowers. Overall the album was generally liked wi...