Monday Night Album Club
The Monday Night Album Club is a regular, recurring feature on the Community Garden Radio Discord server and Community Garden Radio. It is hosted and produced by Tuftii, with co-production from Moo the Cat. The show is broadcasted live from 'Tuftii Towers'. Listeners are invited to listen along in the Discord server and on Patreon. The show is uploaded to Patreon for catch-up.
Background
During episode 022, Shaun invited listeners to listen to Innervisions by Stevie Wonder. Inspired by Tim Burgess and his listening parties on Twitter, Tuftii set up a channel on the Discord server and invited to listen along with the album. Its popularity led to the creation of the Album Club, playing an album every week.
Every Monday at 8pm GMT/BST, one nominated album is played in its entirety whilst members of the Discord server chat along as it plays. It began on the 23rd May 2022 and has run every Monday since. It is organised by tuftii[1] who also curates pre-mixes to play before the album starts. Albums are voted on by the community on a weekly basis, usually alternating between a new release and a classic cut. Albums are also given ratings jokingly by Scott from Devon who rates albums by how much he was distracted listening instead of cooking.[1] The club ran from 7pm GMT/BST until the 26th September 2022 when it was moved an hour later as part of a trial run.
On January 2, 2023, the album club made its broadcasting debut on Community Garden Radio, broadcasting live at 7pm GMT as part of the expansion of the Garden. The 38th episode saw the introduction of People's Penultimate Pick where listeners were given the opportunity to suggest the second to last track to be broadcasted, with the host choosing the best suggestion. Episode 039 introduced Tuftii's Tail End Track officially, a track which the host chooses to finish the show with.
List of albums chosen
| Date | Album title | Artist | Category | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||||
| 23rd May 2022 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | Classic cut | The first instance of the Monday Night Album Club. |
| 30th May 2022 | Radiate Like This | Warpaint | New release | |
| 6th June 2022 | Surrender | The Chemical Brothers | Classic cut | |
| 13th June 2022 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Classic cut | |
| 20th June 2022 | Harry's House | Harry Styles | New release | |
| 27th June 2022 | folklore | Taylor Swift | Classic cut | |
| 4th July 2022 | World to Me | Pit Pony | New release | The album club was joined by Garth from Pit Pony who answered questions from listeners. |
| 11th July 2022 | Paul's Boutique | Beastie Boys | Classic cut | |
| 18th July 2022 | Special | Lizzo | New release | |
| 25th July 2022 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | Classic cut | |
| 1st August 2022 | Hellfire | black midi | New release | |
| 8th August 2022 | The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground and Nico | Classic cut | |
| 15th August 2022 | No Rules Sandy | Sylvan Esso | New release | |
| 22th August 2022 | The Presidents of the United States of America | The Presidents of the United States of America | Classic cut | This week's theme was 'peaches'. |
| 29th August 2022 | HOLY FVCK | Demi Lovato | New release | |
| 5th September 2022 | Silent Shout | The Knife | Classic cut | |
| 12th September 2022 | I Love You Jennifer B | Jockstrap | New release | |
| 19th September 2022 | Murmur | REM | Classic cut | |
| 26th September 2022 | Weather Alive | Beth Orton | New release | First album club to start at its new time of 8pm. |
| 3rd October 2022 | 1977 | Ash | Classic cut | |
| 10th October 2022 | Angels & Queens - Part 1 | Gabriels | New release | |
| 17th October 2022 | No album club due to the live show. | |||
| 19th October 2022 | The Race for Space | Public Service Broadcasting | Classic cut | No vote took place, the album was chosen by tuftii. |
| 24th October 2022 | Somtimes I Might Be Introvert | Little Simz | Special Edition | No vote took place, the album chosen was the winner of the Mercury Music Prize 2022. |
| 31st October 2022 | Misfits - Walk Among Us | Misfits | Classic cut | A spooky album for Halloween. |
| 7th November 2022 | hugo | Loyal Carner | New release | |
| 16th November 2022 | Goo | Sonic Youth | Classic cut | Held on Wednesday because of the live show on Monday 14th November. |
| 21st November 2022 | Green Dream In F# | The Bug Club | New release | |
| 28th November 2022 | The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | The Kinks | Classic cut | |
| 6th December 2022 | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow | Weyes Blood | New release | Held on Tuesday because of the live show on Monday 5th of December. |
| 12th December 2022 | Since I Left You | The Avalanches | Classic cut | |
| 19th December 2022 | NO THANK YOU | Little Simz | New release | |
| 27th December 2022 | Album Club Mix | Various | Held on Tuesday because of Boxing Day on the 26th. One track from each of the albums we've listened to so far to celebrate the end of the year. | |
| 2023 | ||||
| 2nd January 2023 | Parallel Lines | Blondie | Classic cut | First album club to be broadcast live on Community Garden Radio. |
| 9th January 2023 | Big Love Blanket | Personal Trainer | New album | Postponed due to technical issues. |
| 16th January 2023 | The Optimist LP | Turin Brakes | Host's choice | A special choice to celebrate Tuftii's birthday. |
| 23rd January 2023 | Big Love Blanket | Personal Trainer | New album | Rescheduled from the 9th January 2023. |
| 30th January 2023 | Otis Blue | Otis Redding | Classic cut | |
| 6th February 2023 | Turn The Car Around | Gaz Coombes | New album | |
| 13th February 2023 | Prioritise Pleasure | Self Esteem | Classic cut | |
| 20th February 2023 | Angel Numbers | Hamish Hawk | New Album | |
| 27th February 2023 | Mezzanine | Massive Attack | Classic cut | |
| 6th March 2023 | CACTI | Billy Nomates | New album | |
| 12th March 2023 | evermore | Taylor Swift | Classic cut | Chosen by Max. Also broadcast on a Sunday night. |
| 20th March 2023 | Heavy Heavy | Young Fathers | New album | Introduction of the Copa Album Club. |
| 27th March 2023 | Going, Going... | The Wedding Present | Classic cut | Chosen by Scott from Devon. |
| 3rd April 2023 | the record | boygenius | New album | |
| 10rd April 2023 | Elephant | The White Stripes | Classic cut | |
| 17rd April 2023 | UK GRIM | Sleaford Mods | New album | |
| 24rd April 2023 | I Put A Spell On You | Nina Simone | Classic cut | |
| 1st May 2023 | Drop Cherries | Billie Marten | New album | |
| 8th May 2023 | 3 Feet High And Rising | De La Soul | Classic cut | |
| 14th May 2023 | That! Feels Good! | Jessie Ware | New album | |
| 22nd May 2023 | Race For Space | Public Service Broadcasting | Classic Album | The One Year Anniversary of starting album club in the discord! |
| 28th May 2023 | The Answer Is Always Yes | Alex Lahey | New album | |
| 5th June 2023 | Pink Moon | Nick Drake | Classic album | |