Album Swap: 'The Spirit Room' by Michelle Branch vs. 'So' by Peter Gabriel
3/27/20261 hr 10 min
It's time for some listening homework. Nora and Nathan each gave each other an album that has been meaningful to them in developing their musical taste. First up, Michelle Branch's 2001 album 'The Spirit Room,' an alt-rock album important to Zillenial women everywhere (1:00). Next, Peter Gabriel's 1986 album 'So', an album that soundtracked the '80s (38:42).
Hosts: Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard
Producer: Kaya McMullen
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First 90 secondsNora Princiotti· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Every Single Album. I'm Nora Princiotti, and as always, I am joined by my friend Nathan Hubbard, who's currently wearing a T-shirt that says, "Surf naked," which I hadn't- No, don't [laughs] ... noticed until you just started- Don't ... stretching.
Nathan Hubbard· Host0:20
Don't tell people. We're the last holdout of no video podcasts. It means I can be in sweatpants and a Surf Naked Aviator Nation shirt while we chat about... What are we chatting about today, Nora?
Nora Princiotti· Host0:34
Nathan, we've given each other gifts. Is that not true?
Nathan Hubbard· Host0:37
It is true.
Nora Princiotti· Host0:39
So we're trying a little experiment here. This is something that we're hopeful will be fun and is something that we can continue to do every once in a while in the future, and that is an album swap. We have each gifted the other an album that means something to us and that we were excited about the prospect of sharing, conversing about, perhaps deconstructing a little bit, uh, together. And we're just gonna talk about those two albums. I'm so, so curious to hear your thoughts on what I gave you. [laughs] I have a lot of thoughts to share with you on the album that you- Yeah ... gave me. Uh, one thing that we have not discussed is who goes first.
Nathan Hubbard· Host1:21
Is who's gonna go first.
Nora Princiotti· Host1:21
[laughs] Yeah. I know, and I think it's, like, really... There's a lot of... This isn't a competition, but, like, there's, there's almost some game theory