300 Favorite Albums with James Campion

On this emotionally charged episode of 300 Favorite Albums, I’m joined by the brilliantly audacious singer-songwriter Seán Barna to unpack his visceral 2018 opus, Cissy.—a five-track lightning strike of grief...

On this episode of 300 Favorite Albums, number 12 on my list is Destroyer by Kiss, released March 15, 1976 — the record I spent three-plus years researching for my book Shout It Out Loud: The Story of Kiss's Destroyer...

What happens when classical virtuosity meets Lower East Side anti-folk swagger, wrapping existential anxiety, heart-wrenching divorce, and dark mortality in whimsical, piano-pounding playfulness? In this episode...

On this episode of 300 Favorite Albums, host James Campion sits down with YouTuber Elliott Roberts to unpack the 1973 classic, Ringo, by Ringo Starr. Dive into how the legendary drummer managed to unite all four...

Hi, I’m James Campion, and on this episode of 300 Favorite Albums, we are digging deep into the soil of a true jangle-pop masterpiece: The Feelies' chronically underappreciated 1986 landmark, The Good Earth...

What happens when a celebrated singer-songwriter decides to step out from behind clever pop-culture references and let the raw, melodically infectious energy of a full rock band take over? In this episode of 300...

What happens when an avant-garde progressive rock icon decides to strip away prog complexities and embrace the soul, pop, and world rhythms of the mid-1980s? On this episode of 300 Favorite Albums, I am joined by...

Singer-songwriter Troy Millette (who has a tattoo on his arm of the cover of the album), comes with the wit, wisdom and adoration for clearly one of his favorite albums, Counting Crows' third studio effort, This Desert...

I'm proud to welcome Beatles expert and professor of English and Popular Music at Monmouth University, Kenneth Womack to assist me in digesting the sprawling mystical document known as The White Album. From its origins...

Ever wonder how three suburban teenagers from Long Island, alongside a visionary producer, completely shattered the boundaries of hip-hop with nothing but a giant stack of eclectic records and a sense of pure...

<p>I’m joined by musician, songwriter, actor, director, podcaster, Adam Busch to dive deeply into the many and varied thorny subjects serenaded with supurb satirical mirth on the master, Randy Newman’s brilliant Sail...

<p>Step into the sweeping, cinematic desert of rock’s greatest triumph as 300 Favorite Albums dissects the sonic masterpiece that forever altered the trajectory of modern music: U2’s The Joshua Tree. </p> <p>Why did...

<p>Step into the darkest, most dangerous corner of the 1960s with Episode 31 of 300 Favorite Albums, where Counting Crows' multi-instrumentalist maestro David Immerglück and I dissect the beautiful, terrifying dread of...

<p><br>What happens when the greatest American rock band of the 1960s faces total financial ruin, cultural irrelevance, and the dark, looming shadow of Charles Manson? They create their last true masterpiece.</p> <p>...

<p>I’m James Campion, and welcome back to 300 Favorite Albums. </p> <p>In this episode we are dissecting a monumental piece of rock history that is equal parts triumph and tragedy: Van Halen’s 1984. Joined by fellow...