In the words of Jayne Middlemiss on Top of the Pops, "Mel, Shaz, Nicki and Nat are gonna sing for wuh". What will Paul make of Tone's offering? Why were there so many producers on the album? How did media attention and intra-group relationships affect the band's trajectory? And what was the All Saints-related incident that prompted Madonna to drop William Orbit (RIP)?

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Tone offers up Belle & Sebastian's 1996 album for consideration at The Turntable. What will Paul make of the inner workings of Stuart Murdoch's mind? How did Murdoch's chronic fatigue syndrome affect the music? And what kind of 'pop' is it anyway: 'baroque', 'chamber', 'twee'?

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Tone asks Paul to consider arguably the most rock 'n' roll figure in history. Is it possible to appreciate the full-throttle excitement of Mr Penniman's debut album? The moral panic it must've inspired among authorities? The sheer wonder of music the like of which no one had ever heard before?

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Tone offers up Leonard Cohen's 1988 album. What will Paul make of Cohen's commitment to synth? What do the vocals of Jennifer Warnes bring to the party? Can we expect a call from the Jazz Police? And what's a persecuted Spanish poet got to do with all of this? For the answers to at least some of these questions, please try listening.

Tone brings Harry Nilsson's 1971 album to the Turntable. Why was he so friendly with the Beatles (Nilsson not Tone)? Which song invented the power ballad? And why does Paul keep getting future echoes of Rufus Wainwright?

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It's Episode 30, which means role reversal time. Paul offers up Portishead's Mercury Music Prize winner from 1994. The album is often credited with popularising trip hop, a term the band apparently hated. What will Tone make of the filmic soundscape, dense production and yearning vocals? And how horrified will he be to learn that studio techniques included surfing on vinyl discs?

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Tone brings Nick Lowe's 1978 box of tricks to the Turntable. Effortless pop sensibility. Biting criticism of the music industry. The occasional gruesome lyric. What will Paul make of this musical smorgasbord?

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Tone slips Kate Bush's 1980 LP on to the Turntable. How will Paul receive the Fairlight-inspired work? What schoolday memories will the album evoke for Tone? What will the pair of them make of Kate's legendary 1979 BBC special?

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