This Particular Album is Very, Very Important to Me
38 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsDoes music make you feel things? Like, anything at all? If not, you might be a sociopath! If so, this might be the podcast for you! Join hosts Joel Spence and Deborah Tarica each week as they invite someone they think is very very fantastic, to pick an album that is very very important to them. Together, they listen to that album and go back in time to understand what it means to that particular guest and how it helped make them who they are today.
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'Til Tuesday's Welcome Home with Paul F Tompkins
June 16, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBIn our season finale, comedian, writer, actor and podcaster, Paul F. Tompkins sits down with Deborah and Joel to talk about his love for 'Til Tuesday's 1986 album Welcome Home. Paul talks about listening to the album while working at Hats in the Belfry in Philadelphia, moving to L.A. during the aftermath of the Northridge quake, the surreal experience of becoming friends with Aimee Mann, weird doctors, the time in his life when he made the decision to commit to comedy and being on stage and ...
Joni Mitchell's Blue with June Diane Raphael
May 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBActress, writer and author June Diane Raphael sits down with Deborah and Joel to talk about Joni Mitchell's iconic 1971 album Blue. June talks about discovering the album in high school through a big crush, her feminist awakening through music, being a full grown woman at the age of 11, learning about sex, a very special recording in a Fisher Price recording as a kid and so much more! Plus Deborah and Joel's particular songs I Will by The Beatles and Take Me With U by Prince. Subscribe, List...
Oingo Boingo's Only A Lad with Matt Besser
May 19, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBActor, writer and comedian Matt Besser joins Deborah and Joel to talk about Oingo Boingo's 1981 album, Only a Lad. Besser talks about growing up in Little Rock, the impact new wave had on his life, spending summers in Santa Fe learning to break the rules, Rocky Horror Picture Show with friends and so much more! Plus Joel and Deborah's particular songs, Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac and Since You've Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson. Subscribe, Listen, Enjoy Rate and Review! *Fun side note! We recorded al...
Stevie Wonder's Songs In the Key Of Life with Tawny Newsome
May 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBActress and musician Tawny Newsome joins Joel and Deborah to talk about her love for Stevie Wonder's 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Together they talk the pure genius of Stevie Wonder, first concerts, weird songs for auditions, albums you're born into, outlet malls and so much more! Plus Deborah and Joel's particular songs Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) by Buzzcocks and Sweet Baby James by James Taylor! *Fun side note! We recorded all of these episodes before the p...
The Spin Doctors' Pocket Full of Kryptonite with Keiko Agena
May 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBActress, writer and artist Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls, Prodigal Son) sits down with Deborah and Joel to talk about what the Spin Doctors' 1991 album Pocket Full of Kryptonite means to her. Keiko talks about leaving school behind and moving to L.A., couch surfing, working at Lens Crafters, shaving her head, playing a music obsessed Lane Kim on Gilmore Girls and so much more! Special shoutout to Kelly in the booth! Plus Joel and Deborah's particular songs, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik with Colin Hanks
April 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBActor and filmmaker Colin Hanks sits down with Joel and Deborah to talk about his passion for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Colin takes us on a deep dive into all things Chili Peppers, growing up in Sacramento, the freedom that music brings in middle school, early MTV and so much more! Plus Joel and Deborah's particular songs, "Shadows of the Night" by Pat Benatar, and "You Go On Ahead (Trumpet, Trumpet II)" by Sunset Rubdown! Subscribe, Listen, Enjoy Rate and ...
Boyz II Men's Cooleyhighharmony with Eugene Cordero
April 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBActor, writer and comedian, Eugene Cordero sits down with Joel and Deborah to talk about Boyz II Men's 1991 album Cooleyhighharmony. Together, they talk about Eugene's experience growing up first generation Filipino in Detroit, Motown, trying to make his own Boyz II Men type band and awkward school dances. They also discover together that "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is a cover(!), and so much more! Plus Joel and Deborah's particular songs, "Round The Bend" by Beck, and "Today"...
Kate Bush's Hounds of Love with Kirsten Vangsness
April 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBActress, writer and distillery owner, Kirsten Vangsness sits down with Joel and Deborah to talk about her strong connection to Hounds of Love by Kate Bush and how it shaped her young life. Kirsten takes us all on a journey through the album, complete with her own mythology surrounding the album. Together they discuss epic journeys to find elusive songs pre-Internet, how deeply personal a song or album can be (and how hard it can be to share it with others), witches and all things Kate Bush. ...
The Smiths' First Album with Thomas Lennon
April 07, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBIn our season 3 premiere, actor, comedian and author Thomas Lennon sits down with Joel and Deborah to talk about his passion for The Smiths' 1984 untitled/self titled(?) album. Together they take a deep dive into the history of The Smiths, their short time together as a band, and how they shaped Tom's life. Will Tom ever get Johnny Marr to follow him on social media? Does it benefit bands to record their albums twice? What would cause Tom to walk out of a Morrissey concert? All these questio...
Season Three | Trailer
March 31, 2020 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MBJoin Joel and Deborah for a brand new season of This Particular Album is Very, Very Important to me - coming April 7th!
Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, Original Off-Broadway Recording with Rachel Bloom
November 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBThe ever so talented and brilliant Rachel Bloom joins Deborah and Joel to give a standing ovation to Stephen Sondheim’s Original Cast Recording of Assassins. The conversation starts with a couple of not great massage stories and moves to swooning over Sam Cooke. Rachel then tells us how she went to an open-air school near the beach in SoCal where everything was sunny and surf-forward. Perfect right? Well, no. Peel back the curtain and you’ll see some darkness. She navigated some mental illne...
Kanye West's The College Dropout with Ego Nwodim
October 29, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBThe talented and hilarious - and in another life, AR rep - Ego Nwodim sits down with Deborah and Joel to share her love of (sigh, oh Kanye) Kanye West’s debut album, College Dropout. They talk about how the complexities of the man make it difficult but not impossible to gush over this incredible album. This is what it’s like to mourn for an artist who’s..still alive. Find out what Ego did in the middle of an improv practice years ago that Deborah never forgot. Listen to Joel hit the non exis...
The Hothouse Flowers' People with Jason O'Mara
October 22, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBActor Jason O’Mara joins Deborah and Joel in the Los Feliz equivalent of an Irish snug to share his love for the Hothouse Flowers’ first album, People. The most successful debut album of an Irish band in Irish history set up the perfect concert with perfect music during the perfect summer for Jason. They talk about high school turmoil, rugby and the saxophone - the most “jacuzzi” of instruments. They all connect over Irish soul music, how being a teenager is hard and what it’s like to be an ...
Hole's Live Through This with Bryan Safi
October 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBThe hysterical, smart and fun Bryan Safi sits down with Deborah and Joel and unleashes his love for Hole’s “Live Through This.” They all agree this album ROCKS. They talk about the trashy mosaic herself (Deborah Tar-...sorry, Courtney Love) and the, let’s say, messed up circumstances surrounding this album’s release. Bryan shares what it was like growing up having religious parents, a very popular brother and feeling like an outsider in El Paso, TX. Well, Bryan was popular too but his brothe...
Radiohead's In Rainbows with Demi Adejuyigbe
October 08, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThe hilarious, charming, and impressive in so many ways Demi Adejuyigbe joins Deborah and Joel to discuss his love for Radiohead’s In Rainbows. Once again the subject turns to “sad music” and the struggle with it being a pejorative term. Demi reveals how he willed himself to be a Radiohead fan through the only research that matters - listening to their entire body of work over two weeks. He gave each album two days and what a relief it is that he gave them another shot after Pablo Honey. Whe...
The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground with Brian Huskey
October 01, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBActor, writer, photographer, musician, Charlotte, NC native Brian Huskey shares the profound impact The Velvet Undergound’s self-titled third album had on him. Deborah warns us to not first hear “The Murder Mystery” in the In-n-Out drive-thru while your infant daughter is in the back seat. Joel reveals how very very passionate his high school band was about not playing a particular song. They talk about primitive art, the art you make as an undergrad and how accidentally close it is to comed...
Pretty Ricky's Bluestars with Carl Tart
September 24, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBCarl Tart sits down and embarrasses himself by singing the praises of Pretty Ricky’s debut album, Bluestars. Well “embarrassed” is the term he uses but we simply must give the man a break. This album came out when he was 16! After he came back to his high school looking trim following a weird 6 months in Mississippi! When there were now parties to go to and girls were starting to look at him, you know, differently! Yep. “Grind on Me” time. And AIM time too! What a time to be alive! They talk...
Sun Kil Moon's Ghosts of the Great Highway with Lauren Lapkus
September 17, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLauren Lapkus sits down with Deborah and Joel to share her love of Sun Kil Moon’s Ghosts of the Great Highway. They talk about the weirdness of starting college, having no friends in college, making new friends in college or if you should break away from previous high school friends in college. They talk about how it’s wrong to shame a person who hasn’t yet seen or heard a particular movie, book or album - very important to the premise of this podcast! But wouldn’t you know literally second...
Jesus Christ Superstar (The Original Studio Cast) with Grant O'Brien
September 10, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBGrant O’Brien shares his love for the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar but stresses it’s not his favorite musical. It’s glorious, it’s weird and not a little problematic from time to time. He reveals the sexual confusion he had while in Catholic school and how he connected with his not-cool-enough-to-be-a-hippy father over musicals. Wait. Not cool enough? Grant’s Dad rode his bike with his twin brother all the way from Ohio to New York City to see the original Broadwa...
Carole King's Tapestry with Jamie Denbo
September 03, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBDeborah and Joel sit down with the great Jamie Denbo and hear about her love for Carole King’s Tapestry. Man what an album! Deborah and Jamie bond over how it all really started with Really Rosie. We learn that Jamie inadvertently (well, advertently) bullied Deborah into having a baby and why Carole King’s voice makes us all feel good and safe. We discover the pressure to like something in college, even Ska! There was a STARK difference between Deborah and Jamie’s (Jewish) summer camp and Jo...
Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope with Kulap Vilaysack
August 27, 2019 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBKulap Vilaysack sits down with Deborah and Joel and shares her love for Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope. She explains how she escaped walkable Eagan, wound up in very un-walkable downtown LA and later found herself making out with her (yellow-tinted sunglasses sporting) future husband in his very drivable Camry (We don’t take any money from Toyota...but we will). We discover a brand new hilarious take on a very very important moment in Deb’s history we’ve discussed before. Sorry Deborah’s mo...
Devo’s Freedom Of Choice with Al Yankovic
August 20, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBSeason Two starts with the great Al Yankovic (weird ex-college DJ) sharing his love of Devo’s third studio album, Freedom of Choice. **Almost coincidence alert** Deborah almost went to the same college as Al but when visiting the campus got turned off when she saw other students wearing...shoes? Too fancy for our Deborah! Joel shares yet another memory about learning about love from Air Supply and that isn’t even the most embarrassing thing he admits in this episode. That nice girl caught hi...
Season Two - Trailer
August 08, 2019 16:08 - 57 seconds - 2.33 MBThis Particular Album is Very Very Important To Me is coming back for its second season! Subscribe now.
Season Two | Trailer
August 08, 2019 16:08 - 57 seconds - 2.33 MBThis Particular Album is Very Very Important To Me is coming back for its second season! Subscribe now.
Radiohead’s OK Computer with Ty Burrell
September 25, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBTy takes Joel and Deb through the year - the year when apparently all music was made - when he was overwhelmed, broken-hearted, let down and hangin’ around. Radiohead’s 1997 album got him through a tough, life-changing year. Deb likes Radiohead but is happy to give his ticket to Joel. There’s a moment on the album where for Joel it feels like his best friend (which just happens to be a robot) is hugging him and telling him everything’s going to be OK.
Missy Elliot’s Under Construction with Nicole Byer
September 18, 2018 07:26 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBTHIS. IS….A JOEL SPENCE DEBORAH TARICA NICOLE BYER PRODUCTION. Nicole sits down with Deborah and Joel to ‘dance-sit” and talk about Missy Elliot’s 2002 album. We discuss the top two guidelines about hair - how not to dye it it and how...oh man...just don’t touch a stranger’s hair unless you’ve been invited to.
The B-52's Wild Planet with Drew Droege
September 11, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBDrew Droege sits down with Deborah and Joel to discuss the weirdest most loveable band in the world: Air Supply. Well, the B-52s but we swoon over Air Supply too.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' Hearts Of Oaks with Alex Fernie
September 04, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBAlex Fernie shares his love for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' and their thrilling 2003 album. We explore all that makes Ted Leo so great and still leave stuff out. We go back to that time when things were emerging from great national tragedy and relive our hopes and great optimism for change that ran flat into…..“damn.”
Alison Krauss’ Forget About It with Lennon Parham
August 28, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBLennon shares her experience teaching high school French in the deep south for two years….in her early 20s The hardest thing she had ever done and a time to do some “real growing up.” She wouldn’t have gotten through it were in not for karaoke night, community theatre, the catfish served at the school (catfish that non-students would line up at the school to eat) and of course, those kids she taught. Also helping her, the mournful songs on Krauss’ 1999 album.
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill with Janie Haddad Tompkins
August 21, 2018 16:11 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBJoel and Deborah feel all the feelings with Janie Haddad Tompkins as we discuss both their particular songs and then this explosive 1995 album. We hit the jackpot here with brilliant and cathartic singers. We talk about those angels that appear in our lives when they’re most needed. We talk about how heroic Alanis’ music is and how her lyrics are, in some cases unfortunately, STILL timeless. We’re full of gratitude for these artists and what they’ve gifted us. Lots of chills in this one.
The Dead Kennedys’ Plastic Surgery Disasters with John Ross Bowie
August 14, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBJoel and Deborah still struggle with pleasantries but then dart off in two different directions with their songs that are important to them. Deborah’s beautiful choice can make her cry and we get it. Joel’s song can make him cringe and we get it...but...oh, what the hell..it’s a foot tapper! Love whatever song you want! Be an individual. What’s more punk than that!?!
The Beastie Boys’ License To Ill with Betsy Sodaro
August 07, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBDeborah reveals she’s the long lost daughter of Bette Midler and Joel admits he had retired from dancing by sophomore year of high school. We discuss the shocking and horrible original name for the album and ask some questions...How much under the banner of satire can you get away with? What if you don’t know if it’s satire? How can anyone be an expert in satire if Deb invented it in this episode?
Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with Edgar Momplaisir
July 31, 2018 07:46 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBWe start with Deborah relaying an experience that makes Edgar and I nearly die of jealousy. But then we go deep on Edgar and this mesmerizing album. We also go deep on Kanye and end up just as confused as we we were when we started. How could anyone have clarity on that man? Without a caterer for hot food and a caterer for cold food how can you get clarity on anything? Annnnnnnd, Edgar had a beautiful dark twisted persona in college. His name? Well, you gotta listen. It’s really satisfying.
Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with Ben Schwartz
July 24, 2018 07:29 - 58 minutes - 81 MBWe talk about EVERYTHING: Lauryn Hill, T-Pain, naming your mix tapes, Snopes, Ben Schwartz’s leaky Chevy (oil leak? Nope! Rain!) karaoke, admitting that “Greatest Hits” and “Best Of” albums are great, the idea you can know the lyrics to a song for all your life and never know what they mean and, of course, The Darkest Hour.
Nine Inch Nails' “Pretty Hate Machine” with Erin Gibson
July 17, 2018 16:45 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBErin threw a few albums at us and we accidentally picked the one she was scared to talk about! The twists and turns of Erin’s father’s fascinating life loom over the hour, and we’re grateful that Trent Reznor was there for Erin when not much else was. We learn Deborah would’ve never been the person to slam her door and say, “Leave me the f*** alone mom and dad!”
Liz Phair’s “Exile In Guyville” with Will Hines
July 10, 2018 07:00 - 59 minutes - 82.5 MBWill Hines share his love for Phair’s debut 1993 album. Despite the coolness of the music played, your hosts reveal a…. “cool deficit.” Deborah admits that once in high school, while her friends were partying in her house, she went and cried in her car. On the debut episode of his own podcast, Joel praises... a guitar solo? On This Particular Song we have “You Don’t Know Me” by Ray Charles and “Champions of Red Wine” By The New Pornographers.
Introducing This Particular Album is Very, Very Important to Me
July 03, 2018 14:27 - 35 seconds - 1.09 MBDoes music make you feel things? Like, anything at all? If not, you might be a sociopath! If so, this might be the podcast for you! Join hosts Joel Spence and Deborah Tarica each week as they invite someone they think is very very fantastic, to pick an album that is very very important to them. Together, they listen to that album and go back in time to understand what it means to that particular guest and how it helped make them who they are today.
This Particular Album Is Very, Very Important to Me | Trailer
July 03, 2018 14:27 - 35 seconds - 1.09 MBDoes music make you feel things? Like, anything at all? If not, you might be a sociopath! If so, this might be the podcast for you! Join hosts Joel Spence and Deborah Tarica each week as they invite someone they think is very very fantastic, to pick an album that is very very important to them. Together, they listen to that album and go back in time to understand what it means to that particular guest and how it helped make them who they are today.