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We return to our look at a specific city in this episode with the focus falling on Sheffield. Elle, Adam and Paul are joined by special guest Tom to debate the merits of 20 songs from the Steel City and rank them in order. Science and statistics very much take a back seat to gut feeling and outright bias.Send us Fan Mail

Starting the New Year off with a Best of... episode. No, not a best of See You Down The Front, but our choices of the Best of the Best Ofs - Greatest Hits compilations we can't live without. Joining Paul, Elle and Adam this month is regular contributor, Neil, and between us we trawl through synthpop, country rock, AOR, and pop majesty amongst our titles. You'll have to listen to work out who's who!Send us Fan Mail

Back from our Summer break and hitting the ground running with an episode entitled Two and Six. Adam, Elle and Paul pick three songs of two minutes or less and three of six minutes or more. Rock and roll, rhythm and blues and some plucky upstarts you might have heard of like Pink Floyd, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin all get a look in. Q9rbvJu2gJBgUL6fmPvISend us Fan Mail

Our love of girl band pop is well established over many episodes, but it's never been the sole focus - until now! In this episode Adam, Elle and Paul pick their six favourite girl band songs which cover a 60-year span of pop history. Yes Girls Aloud, yes The Supremes and yes Blackpink - and that's just for starters.Send us Fan Mail

Some albums are so good it's hard to choose the best track off them. But never frightened of a challenge, we take on the question `What's the best track on...?' and still come out smiling. Paul, Elle and Adam are joined by returning guest, Frankie, and the albums under the microscope include such heavyweights as Revolver, Tapestry, Rumours, and Definitely Maybe plus four more. You'll have your own favourites, but see if they align with ours. Send us Fan Mail

So we welcome 2025 by looking back at 2024 and using our Spotify Wrapped stats to see what we were listening to. Some obvious, some less so. Join Adam, Elle and Paul for a meander through our favourite tunes over the last 12 months. Send us Fan Mail

Compilation albums were once a staple of Christmas Day. Bought for you when your burgeoning music interest had come to the notice of parents, aunts and grans. In this compact Christmas episode, Adam, Elle and Paul pick out a few compilations they've loved with one a true Christmas cracker!Send us Fan Mail

We take a diversion away from artists' main job to look at their side projects in this episode. Regulars Adam, Elle and Paul are joined once again by Michelle to look at some of the diversions artists have taken when their day job is in hiatus. From Laurel Canyon folk to 80s pop rock, we have many bases covered.Send us Fan Mail

It's a World Cup episode and this time it's the 1994 world cup as we pick the best and most representative 32 songs of the year and debate the living daylights out of them. Britpop heroes, drum and bass innovators, dancefloor bangers and big ballads collide as Elle, Adam, Neil and Paul pick an ultimate winner.Send us Fan Mail

Eurovision royalty, melody magicians, Swedish superstars - obviously we're talking about Abba. With sales of more than 300 million records and as popular today as they ever were, it's time to take a closer look at the Scandi Fab Four. In this episode we rank 20 of their very best with Adam, Elle and Paul joined on this occasion by long-time Abba fan, Gill. Choosing 20 was hard enough in itself but putting them into some kind of chart...well you'll just have to listen. All we can say is Thank You for the Music!Send us Fan Mail