Monday Night Album Club 143
The Monday Night Album Club on the 10th of March 2025 was a listening party held on the Community Garden Radio Discord and on Community Garden Radio. It was the hundred and forty third edition of the Album Club, and the album listened to was "Black Holes And Revelations" by Muse. The pre-mix was curated by Tuftii.[1].
It was the hundred and ninth album club to be broadcast directly on Community Garden Radio.
Background
Muse won with 12 votes to Taylor Swift's 6 and blink-182s 5.
Pre-pre Mix
As randomly selected from the CGR Mixtape.
- QUINQUIS - Morwreg
Open in Spotify
- Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Softcult - Dull (feat. Softcult) Open in Spotify
- Nadine Shah - Out the Way Open in Spotify
- Fold - In the Goodness of Time Open in Spotify
Pre-mix
- Klaxons - Golden Skans Open in Spotify
- Interpol - Evil Open in Spotify
- The Strokes - You Only Live Once Open in Spotify
- White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground Open in Spotify
- Foals - Inhaler Open in Spotify
- Placebo - The Bitter End Open in Spotify
- Arctic Monkeys - Still Take You Home Open in Spotify
- Royal Blood - Figure It Out Open in Spotify
- Nothing But Thieves - Amsterdam Open in Spotify
The album
The vote
- Divorce - Drive To Goldenhammer
- HotWax - Hot Shock
- Antony Szmierek - Service Station At The End Of The Universe
Track chosen to play from the album was:
- Divorce - All My Freaks Open in Spotify
- HotWax - Wanna Be A Doll Open in Spotify
- Antony Szmierek - The Great Pyramid of Stockport Open in Spotify
The Return Of CAC: The 2025 Draw
Tonight marked the return of album club's premier knockout competition, Copa Album Club (CAC) to start the celebrations for the 2nd Birthday of Album Club.
A live draw took place on air and the 16 Round 1 matches were drawn from Tuftii's homemade sack of balls.
| Match | Album 1 | Album 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend | Rick James - Street Songs |
| 2 | Portishead - Dummy | Remi Wolf - Big Ideas |
| 3 | Pixies - Doolittle | Sleigh Bells - Treats |
| 4 | Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess | Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out |
| 5 | King Hannah - Big Swimmer | Jordan Rakei - The Loop |
| 6 | Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman | Lost In Translation Soundtrack |
| 7 | The Beatles - A Hard Days Night | Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger |
| 8 | Thin Lizzie - Jailbreak | Amyl And The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness |
| 9 | Gia Ford - Transparent Things | Tame Impala - Lonerism |
| 10 | Anna B Savage - You & I Are Earth | The Vengaboys - The Party Album |
| 11 | Green Day - Dookie | Patti Smith - Horses |
| 12 | Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby | Radiohead - OK Computer |
| 13 | Lynks - ABOMINATION | Frank Ocean - channel orange |
| 14 | Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You | A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory |
| 15 | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV | The Stooges - The Stooges |
| 16 | Jamie XX - In Waves | Louis Prima - The Wildest! |
At the halfway point Tuftii chose:
- Riton, Kah-Lo - Rinse & Repeat Open in Spotify
To play out of the CAC draw, CAC Tuftii and Max McCoist performed their own version of:
AC/DC's Back in Black entitled "CAC is Back".
People's Penultimate Picks
- Jimmy G chose: Leftover Cuties - When You're Smiling (Bonus Track) Open in Spotify
Tuftii's Tail End Track
- Doechii - Anxiety Open in Spotify
References
- ↑ Taken from the Discord server, #music channel.