
Episode #7
Simple Minds 2
<p>Tim is delighted to welcome back Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds for another listening party.</p><p>Previously they looked at their 1982 album New Gold Dream - make sure to check that episode out if you...


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Tim’s Listening Party is the new podcast from The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess as he brings his world-famous Twitter Listening Party to Absolute Radio. Back during lockdown with everyone missing live music, Tim realised we all had the opportunity to take part in one great big listening party. What has followed is over a thousand album playbacks in real time, together with the people who made them. Now, Tim will bring these listening parties to podcasts as he celebrates records alongside some of his favourite artists. We’ll hear unique stories and exclusive insights to albums as Tim once again creates the world’s biggest listening party.
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Signup to Generate a PitchTim’s Listening Party is the new podcast from The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess as he brings his world-famous Twitter Listening Party to Absolute Radio. Back during lockdown with everyone missing live music, Tim realised we all had the opportunity to take part in one great big listening party.
Tim's Listening Party is hosted by Tim. The show has published 1 episode to date.
Recent episodes include "Simple Minds 2" (4 October 2025, 69 minutes), "Feeder" (28 September 2025, 71 minutes), and "The Stranglers" (21 September 2025, 58 minutes).
Tim's Listening Party publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 70 minutes across 1 episode.
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Episode #7
<p>Tim is delighted to welcome back Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds for another listening party.</p><p>Previously they looked at their 1982 album New Gold Dream - make sure to check that episode out if you...

Episode #6
<p>This episode Tim is joined by Grant Nicholas from Feeder.</p><p>Feeder were one of the most successful British guitar bands of the early 00s, with hits like Buck Rogers, Just a Day and Feeling a Moment.</p><p>Their...

Episode #5
<p>This episode Tim Burgess is joined for a Listening Party by JJ Burnel from the Stranglers to talk about their La Folie, their sixth album that was released in 1981.</p><p>Over their career they have refused to be...

Episode #4
<p>This episode Tim is joined by Shirley Manson from Garbage, to talk about the band’s debut album on its 30th anniversary.</p><p>The album was one of the best alternative debuts of the 90s, standing out in a decade...

Episode #3
<p>This episode, Tim was joined by Joan Armatrading and Glyn Johns to talk about Joan’s self-titled third album from 1976.</p><p>In the 1970s, Joan Armatrading became one of the first British female singer-songwriters...

Episode #2
<p>This episode Tim Burgess is joined by Graham Lambert & Clint Boon from Inspiral Carpets to talk about their debut album, Life on it’s 35th anniversary.</p><p>Life hit the number 2 spot in the UK album charts in 1990...

Episode #1
<p>This episode Tim Burgess is joined by John Power from Cast.</p><p>Having left legendary Liverpool band the Las, John Power, took inspiration from the last line of the last song on the sole album by the Las… ‘The...

Episode #8
<p>This episode, Tim Burgess is joined by Holly Johnson for a Listening Party.</p><p>Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome stands out as one of the most iconic album releases of the 1980s. Musically it...

Episode #7
<p>This episode, Tim Burgess is joined by one of Britain’s best bands to talk about their brilliant debut on its 10th anniversary.</p><p>Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher from Royal Blood remember their self-titled first album...

Episode #6
<p>This episode Tim Burgess is joined for a Listening Party by Elvis Costello, to talk about his 1986 album, King of America.</p><p>Which has been re-released as King of America and Other Realms, a new 6 disc box set...

Episode #5
<p>This episode, Tim Burgess is joined for a listening party by Nile Rodgers, to talk about Chic’s 1979 album, their third record, Risque.</p><p>Nile Rodgers, along with his band Chic’s contributed to music cannot be...

Episode #4
<p>Earlier in 2024, Tim Burgess recorded a very special episode with Kjartan Sveinsson from Sigur Ros for their 2002 album, (), at Iceland Airwaves Festival.</p><p>It was the first time we had held a Listening Party...

Episode #3
<p>This episode, Tim is joined by Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol, to talk about the band’s brand new, eight album, The Forest Is The Path.</p><p>Over the years, Snow Patrol have racked up multi-platinum selling albums...

Episode #2
<p>This episode, Tim Burgess is joined for a Listening Party by Alex Kapranos & Bob Hardy from Franz Ferdinand.</p><p>Just as British indie rock exploded in the noughties, Franz Ferdinand’s debut represented something a...

Episode #1
<p>Tim Burgess is joined for a listening party by Robert Smith from The Cure, to talk about the band’s brand new album, Songs of a Lost World.</p><p>The band’s long-awaited and much-anticipated 14th album marks 16 years...

Episode #8
<p>This episode, Tim Burgess has a listening party for one of the biggest and best bands of all time. Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers from the Police will be chatting to Tim about the band’s fifth and final album...

Episode #7
<p>This episode Tim is joined by Jon Bon Jovi.</p><p>One of the biggest rock stars ever fronting one of the most successful bands of all time, they have sold out stadiums, won Grammys, been inducted into music Halls of...

Episode #6
<p>This episode Tim is joined by Caleb & Jared Followill, half of Kings of Leon.</p><p>A band who have headlined pretty much every musical festival worldwide, playing the biggest stages across the globe. They are...

Episode #5
<p>Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley from Keane join Tim to talk about their debut album, Hopes And Fears, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.</p><p>One of the best-selling albums in UK history, it went 9xplatinum...

Episode #4
<p>Kate Pierson & Keith Strickland from the B52s are Tim's guests this episode for a Listening Party about their 1989 album, Cosmic Thing. The B52s are a band so unique, so unorthodox yet completely distinctive, it’s...
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