Where's the party? Look no further than Connor's latest pick: True Blue by one of pop music's biggest legends, Madonna! After the Material Girl shook the music world with Like A Virgin, her 1986 "love album" delivered significant hits like Papa Don't Preach and La Isla Bonita! From her humble beginning to her musical theater days, we'll learn how Madonna Opened Her Heart to stir up controversy, evolve culture, and make straight-up dance bops. It's a piece the podcast has been missing. How will James compare her score with his previous Madonna rankings?

The Mixtaper is squaring off against Connor again with riveting facts about disastrous deliveries, dragons (amphitheres? wyrms? Whatever.), desecration, and a special round of Cher Bingo! Then we'll compare songs to video games, analyze vapidity, and learn about the film White Heat as we break down this record in all its '80s pop glory! Love Makes The World Go Round, and we love Madonna, so... maybe Spin It Makes The World Go Round after all.

Is this a strong Madonna album? Does it stir up enough controversy, or is it a reasonable follow-up to the iconic LaV? Let us know your hot takes in the comments, or pop on over (Papa on over!) to our social media for more!

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0:00 Intro

7:13 About Madonna

17:29 About True Blue

24:37 Awards & Accolades

26:25 Fact Or Spin

27:25 Madonna Is A Material Girl (Who Can't Live In A Material World)

31:32 Madonna Doesn't Need Anyone To Rescue Her

37:46 She Disrespected La Isla Bonita

42:23 Cher Bingo: Who's That Girl?

52:23 Album Art

55:57 Papa Don't Preach

58:18 Open Your Heart

1:00:34 White Heat

1:02:39 Live To Tell

1:04:23 Where's The Party

1:06:46 True Blue

1:08:36 La Isla Bonita

1:11:26 Jimmy Jimmy

1:13:49 Love Makes The World Go Round

1:15:03 True Blue (The Color Mix) & La Isla Bonita Extended Remix

1:16:09 Final Spin

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The power's out in the hearts of man.. We're attending a Funeral with Arcade Fire's ice-cold concept album about life, death, change, and memory. From the opening Neighborhood suite (about devastating blizzards, space dogs, and time marching on), to mournful ballads like Crown Of Love and Haiti, we'll learn about the real-life events that inspired this album and explore the intricate symbolism that weaves throughout each track. It kicked off an incredibly successful career in the world of experimental, artsy indie rock, but how will it land on the Spin It score sheet?

James & Connor are talking birthday episodes! We walk through our familiarity (or lack thereof) with the band, find out why the original lineup quit mid-show, the band's activism, and more. The Mixtaper is a danger to arcades everywhere as we go house hunting through each neighborhood, with bobblehead thievery, a vertically inconvenient show, and hot dog girls. You won't want to miss this episode, so get In The Backseat and come along with us!

Which neighborhood are you living in? What elements of this concept album work the best for you? Do you think you could handle a personal travelling mariachi band? Let us know in the comments and on socials! Connor's picking our next record, so get ready for another special episode next time!

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0:00 Intro

3:56 About Arcade Fire

7:25 About Funeral

17:04 Awards & Accolades

18:35 Fact Or Spin

20:18 Neighborhood #1 (Bobblehead Theivery)

24:12 Neighborhood #2 (A Vertically Inconvenient Show)

28:02 Neighborhood #3 (A Night Of Neckties, Hotdog Girls, and Magic)

32:39 Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

38:27 Album Art

41:50 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

44:44 Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

47:22 Une Année Sans Lumière

48:48 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

51:40 Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

52:48 Crown Of Love

54:00 Wake Up

56:51 Haiti

58:58 Rebellion (Lies)

1:01:38 In The Backseat

1:04:02 Final Spin

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Welcome To The Jungle! We've got fun and games, and an Appetite For Destruction with Guns N' Roses powerful debut album! From the green grass of Paradise City to the screaming energy of the Night Train, the record features some of the band's biggest hits. We'll learn about their Guns AND Rose beginnings (it's more literal than you think), get into their endless bad ideas, and explore everything from Slash's iconic top hat to the decade-long making of Chinese Democracy. This album features gripping guitar solos, lyrics that are the essence of sex, drugs, & rock n' roll, and authentic moans... How will one of Connor's favorite metal bands score?

James & Connor talk about our GNR history, from marching bands to Guitar Hero. We criticize apostrophes, "ta," and more. The Mixtaper has an Appetite For Deception, as he's Out Ta Get Us with facts about a home zoo, a famous bedtime story, and the Mind-Boggling Tale Of Buckethead. Get your pooper scoopers ready. Our way, Axl Rose's way, Anything Goes on this wild episode as we kick off the Year Of Missing Pieces!

Do you like the Guns side or the Roses side of the album better? Does Sweet Child O' Mine get stuck in your head? Will you ever be able to listen to Rocket Queen the same way again?? Let us know what's in your Paradise City on social media or at www.SpinItPod.com, and follow for more episodes (now biweekly)!

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0:00 Intro

0:25 The Year Of Missing Pieces

3:40 About Guns N' Roses

9:49 About Appetite For Destruction

24:13 Awards & Accolades

25:07 Fact Or Spin

26:27 Fast Fired Facts: ApPETite For Destruction

35:59 Slash Got A Famous Bedtime Story

39:19 Porn, Poop, And Chicken Coops: The Mind-Boggling Tale Of Buckethead

45:30 Someone Lost A Seat On A Plane To A Hat

53:07 Slash Is A Bit Of An Artist

56:30 Album Art

59:26 Welcome To The Jungle

1:03:46 It's So Easy

1:05:19 Nightrain

1:07:05 Out Ta Get Me

1:09:19 Mr. Brownstone

1:10:28 Paradise City

1:13:44 My Michelle

1:15:09 Think About You

1:16:08 Sweet Child O' Mine

1:19:05 You're Crazy

1:20:42 Anything Goes

1:21:56 Rocket Queen

1:24:01 Final Spin

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