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We Will Rank You
by Adam, Dan n' Jim
The songs from the best albums ever made, ranked from awful to awfully good by longtime music and list-making friends. Everything from new wave & indiepop to classic rock & bygone oldies from the early 00s and beyond. Recorded in exotic California locales, the hosts and allstar guests rank and rile each other up with sarcasm, fanboy fervor, indie-snobbery and fascinating facts. Please stalk us and share YOUR rankings on F-book, Intagramps and Threads @wewillrankyoupod !
Episodes
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54. World Party's Goodbye Jumbo ranked with Ian McNabb (Icicle Works) and Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
What's your most favorite and least-loved songs on World Party's second album Goodbye Jumbo? Dan chose this old college fave but Jim and Adam recall seeing them on this tour before playing spot the references on this fun episode. We received not one but TWO amazing late guest ranker responses.…
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53. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' Rattlesnakes ranked with Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura) and Mike Remoll
What's your most favorite and least-loved songs on Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' debut classic Rattlesnakes? Jim chose this one for a full-on lovefest unifier. We've all dug Lloyd since last century, even seeing him together with Michael Penn in 1990. Mister Cole politely declined to rank his…
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52. Best of Bee Gees (1969) ranked with Angie Hart (Frente!)
What're your most favorite and least-loved songs on this first collection of Bee Gees hits from 1969? Adam chose this childhood favorite from his parents' shelves, pulling one of the most annoying music snob cards: I prefer their earlier work. Sorry, disco fans. We're talking about the super sad...
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RERUN: Schoolhouse Rock ranked with Aralee Dorough (2022)
Adam picked the soundtrack of his childhood for his first rerun episode. Jim wrote three sentences for his rerun episode. Dan's intro was 90 seconds. Adam's Behind The Scenes Ted Talk goes on for over three unbearable minutes but the good news is that two members of Schoolhouse Rock creator Bob...
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51. Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom ranked with Jeff Miller, Black Crystal Wolf Kids
What's your most favorite and least-loved songs on Soul Coughing's debut album? Dan chose this crazy bit of 1994 word salad jazz hiphop fusion for us to rank. He and Adam share stories of seeing the band, their kind submission for the Songs For Summer memorial album and witnessing their first…
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RERUN: Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate ranked (2022)
RERUN: Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate ranked (2022) Hey everybody. Dan here. So it’s my turn to choose a ReRun Episode we recorded earlier and are bringing back and I chose Elvis Costello’s “Blood & Chocolate”. You may know that sometimes I go for an album that is going to…
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50. Pixies' Doolittle ranked, Request/50th episode with Zachary Goode (Smash Mouth) and Alex Maizel (Hey Clip video star)
New episode up! What's your most loved and least favourite song on Pixies' 1989 album Doolittle!? Our big 50th anniversary AND our fifth request episode, kindly nominated by @Keefrow1 (MIA) and Zachary Goode from Smash Mouth, who shows up for his record-breaking second guest ranker spot. We give...
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RERUN The Stone Roses self-titled debut ranked
Hello and welcome to our first official We Will Rank You rerun. You may have noticed that we've had to reupload some old episodes recently that were mistakenly taken down for copyright reasons. I looked at our analytics for the first time in ages and noticed that we had the biggest month we've…
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49. Oasis - The Masterplan ranked
What's your most loved and least favourite song on the Oasis b-sides collection the Masterplan? FINALLY, our long awaited Oasis episode and Jim threw us a curveball choosing this collection with some of his favorite Gallagher tunes. SHIELDS UP as he takes on two non-fans for a fookin' Brit…
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REPOST 18. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story ranked
POD STEWART! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Rod Stewart's classic album Every Picture Tells A Story? Since three of us hail from 1971, Dan chose this Rodrecord that divided the hosts with its boozy, bluesy goodness and raspy crooning. A must-listen for fans of the phrase “a...
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48. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas ranked
What's your most loved and least favourite song on Cocteau Twins' 1990 album Heaven or Las Vegas? Ranking such a semi-wordless shimmery masterpiece was a strange, wonderful experience. TMI abounds. San Diego's Cocteau coverband, the Mocteau Twins inspired Adam to choose it and the whole band was...
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27. Madonna - Immaculate Collection ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Madonna's Immaculate Collection?! For the last of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Dan chose the best-selling solo artist collection of all-time. Good times ranking songs we're all familiar with but not huge fans of....
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47. U2 - The Joshua Tree ranked
What's your most loved and least favourite song on U2's 1987 album, the Joshua Tree? Dan decided to pick The Big One™ by the biggest 80s alt band we surprisingly haven't dedicated an episode to, despite being one of our favorites. Lots of fun opinions, concert tales and a surprise visit from…
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46. Everything But The Girl - Eden ranked
What's your most loved and least favourite song on Everything But The Girl's debut 1984 album, Eden? Jim picked this purdy teen fave so we got to talk about our young twee/jazzy leanings. Quietest album we've ever ranked? Shhh. Maybe. Love Jones singer Jonathan Palmer swings in with his thoughts...
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The Quarrelmen Beatles podcast debut! Please Please Me ranked at Abbey Road Studios
Adam: You may have heard me talking here a couple of weeks ago about the Quarrelmen Beatles miniseries I’m doing. It's my birthday so I’m birthing it everywhere you get your podcasts plus I’m putting the first episode here too to tempt you into subscribing. You’re not gonna be able to resist…
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WWRY's Quarrelmen Beatles podcast trailer
SIDE PROJECT! OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL TRAILER! Premiering September 17th: a We Will Rank You miniseries about that one band from Liverpool that isn't Echo and the Bunnymen. 13 Beatles albums ranked by a guest list as sprawling as the cover of Pepper. First episode recorded at Abbey Road Studios in...
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45. 1971 Billboard Hot 100 ranked - Wildcard Episode
What’s your most loved and least favorite 1971 hits?! For our latest Wildcard Episode, these 1971 babies decided to rank another huge year end countdown because our 91X 1983 episode was such a blast. On wildcard episodes like these, we end up talking about dozens of bands instead of one, so this...
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44. The Replacements - Shit, Shower and Shave bootleg ranked
What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on the Replacements bootleg Shit, Shower and Shave? Adam chose this fan-favorite live recording by a band that Sam started steering him towards when they met in the 90s. Because they're such huge fans, there is almost an hour of fun stories about...
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21. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love ranked (REUPLOAD)
RATE BUSH! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Kate Bush's Hounds of Love? Three months before strange things catapulted Miss Bush into a new generation's consciousness, Sam had us sit down to dissect an album that most purists wouldn't dare break into separate parts. While Adam...
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43. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited?! Dan chose Zimmerman's acclaimed sixth album for us to rank in this fun episode about a world class wordsmith and his out-of-tune guitar. We hit the guest ranker jackpot getting singer/songwriters Lloyd Cole and…
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42. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Jellyfish's Spilt Milk?! Jim picked the 1993 favorite by the band that Dan says unites us the most. Between the four of us, we saw the band close to 30 times in just three years but it was Adam that started a website about the band, helped write...
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41. The Cars - Shake It Up ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Shake It Up?! Sam picked The Cars' fourth album to rank, group-average style. He even (again!) held up his old copy for all of our podcast listeners to see. The boys had different experiences with the Cars but all were fans of varying degrees.…
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40. REQUEST EPISODE: New Order - Low-Life ranked
Ah, the bizarre love/hate life of the New Order fan. What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Low-Life?! For our fourth Request Episode Election, we went through dozens of listener suggestions to nominate Joe Jackson's Look Sharp, Jane's Addiction's Ritual de lo Habitual and this 1985...
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39. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Guided By Voices' 492nd album Bee Thousand?! Adam overcame his fear of assigning a 20 song record because he felt we needed to do more indie classics. Fun to hear his three co-hosts' take on a challenging 1994 lo-fi listen that was once named by...
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38. Lana Del Rey's Born To Die ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Lana Del Rey's Born To Die?! When Dan said "This is going to be a long night," he wasn't kidding. The Coachella lover's pick wasn't a huge surprise but it led to one of the most entertaining episodes we've ever done for sure. There's a whole lot…
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37. The La's self-titled debut album ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the La's self-titled debut album?! Jim follows up our 1990 Matthew Sweet episode with....a 1990 classic from his beloved Liverpool. A ton of fun talking about our favorite one album wonders. One pandemic day, Adam's roommate Mike Dalke confessed...
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36. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Matthew Sweet's third album, Girlfriend?! We finally get back into power pop territory as Sam picks one of his big 90s favorites and we all tell tales of seeing Matthew live in California during the glory days. Extreme differing opinions abound…
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35. Best. Covers. Ever. Wildcard Epsisode
Best. Covers. Ever. Wildcard Episode What're your favorite cover songs!? A great man once sang "It's like he's tracing Picasso and calling it art." On this wildcard episode, we each rank and celebrate the five greatest and single worst covers ever recorded, talk about the fascinatin' history of...
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34. Here's Little Richard ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Little Richard's debut album, 1957's Here's Little Richard?! We finally delve into the 1950s by talking about the oldest album we've ranked yet. Adam repeatedly circles back to himself, talking about his short European tour with the red-hot Little...
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33. Squeeze - Sweets From A Stranger ranked
NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Squeeze's Sweets From A Stranger album?! Dan picked another non-obvious record by a band we all love for this episode. Whole lotta praise heaped on the masters of UK song styling and we get a surprise text guest ranking from our…
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32. XTC - Oranges & Lemons ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on XTC's Oranges & Lemons album?! In the middle of our so-called hiatus, Jim again chose to rank Swindon's finest by selecting their fine 11th export. We were graced by not one but two guest rankers who witnessed the band recording the album in Los...
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31. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori ranked
NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Depeche Mode's Memento Mori album?! We were prepping to take a year off but Sam's suggestion to rank DM's latest before it was even released was too tempting to not do ASAP. It still took us weeks to record and almost a year to...
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30. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ranked, Request Episode
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours?! For our third request episode, Dan's teenage nephew Esher suggested the 1977 classic and it won our public election. This second season finale turned out as epic as the album itself, with several rankings the likes…
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29. Alvvays' self-titled debut album ranked
NEW EPISODE UP! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on Alvvays' debut 2014 album?! Adam picked the most recent and most Canadian album we've ever ranked, knowing the others probably hadn't heard it. He first learned about it after hearing Ben Gibbard and Norman Blake from Teenage…
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28. 91X-FM's 1983 Top 91 countdown ranked (40th anniversary wildcard episode)
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on 91X-FM's 1983 Top 91 countdown?! For our third wildcard episode, we celebrated the San Diego station's 40th anniversary by talking about the songs from their very first year-end listener poll. The result is an EPIC three-hour dive into the…
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26. The Jam - Compact Snap ranked with Bart Davenport, Gary Wallis (Style Council), Richard Merrett, Vino Martinez (the Bassics)
WE ARE THE PODS! WE ARE THE PODS.....What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the Jam's Compact Snap?! For the third of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Jim chose the shorter, 21 song version of the Jam's Snap, still resulting in our longest episode to date. Not just…
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25. The Best of Otis Redding ranked
What’s your most loved and least favorite song on The Best of Otis Redding?! For the second of our four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes, Sam chose a childhood favorite, possibly influenced by his parents going to school with Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn. Lots of fun chit chatter about the...
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24. Queen Greatest Hits ranked with Eber Lambert (Adam's Dad) and one-time Queen bassist Ken Dow
WE WILL WE WILL…. What’s your most loved and least favorite song on 1981’s Queen Greatest Hits?! Adam came up with a fun way to finally talk about our namesake song: kicking off a four-episode series of Greatest Hits episodes! You’ll never guess where we ranked WWRY. It's only the best-selling...
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23. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate ranked
What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Elvis Costello & The Attractions' 1986 album Blood & Chocolate? Dan chose a raw/ragged fan favorite instead of a more well-known record to get three fresh opinions from casual admirers of Mr. McManus. Contains lots of praise and the best story...
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22. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant ranked
Jim picked Lifes Rich Pageant by one of our most requested bands, R.E.M., before anyone could pick the wrong album. A new, innovative one-time only ranking system made it one of our shortest episodes ever but we had a record TWO surprise Zoom guests, Craig Rosen, author of R.E.M. Inside Out : The...
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21. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love ranked
RATE BUSH! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Kate Bush's Hounds of Love? Three months before some very strange things catapulted Miss Bush into a new generation's consciousness, Sam had us sit down to dissect an album that most purists wouldn't dare break into separate parts....
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20. Big Star - #1 Record ranked Request Episode
What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on Big Star's #1 Record? Gee, no power pop nerds are going to have an opinion on this one. Memphis' finest 1972 export got the most votes in our second request election, thanks to a nomination by painter William Feuer. This episode has wide-eyed...
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19. Violent Femmes' first album ranked
Violent Femmes, the ultimate in self-titling! What are your most favorite and least-loved songs on the Femmes' 1983 debut album? The hosts care for all of these songs so dearly that it was once called "impossible to rank" by Jim, which is why Adam chose it. Contains fun tales of teenage party...
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17. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain ranked
ECHO & THE FUNNYMEN! What's your most favorite and least loved song on the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain? Jim picked this 1984 classic for us to rank and it's a lovefest, trust me. Lots of fun memories of seeing Liverpool's finest live, having too much Echo ephemera and meeting someone who helped make…
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16. Ride - Going Blank Again ranked
What's your favorite and least favorite song on Ride's album Going Blank Again? Sam chose this 1992 classic so the boys get swooshy, gaze at their shoes and climb mountains of guitar pedals to rank the tunes by a band that didn't get their due on this side of the pond. And I quote:...
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15. Best. Live Albums. EVER! ranked
Best. Live albums. EVER!!! For our 15th episode, we voted for a wildcard theme that turned out to be the most diverse set of music we’ve ever discussed. Turned out being a blast discussing the history of live recordings, concerts we went to that ended up on albums, our parents’ influence AND our...
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14. HEY! Schoolhouse Rock ranked
HEY! What's your most-loved and least favorite Schoolhouse Rock song!? The gang takes a look at their five favorite tunes from the iconic 1970s educational television cartoons of their youth. Adam dreamed up the idea to do our first top five episode, focusing on Multiplication, Grammar and…
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13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! ranked
What's your most-loved and least favorite song on Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!? Our first new ranking episode in 13 months has us finally listening to something from the 21st century. You might've heard us announce this at the end of our XTC episode but that was, like, over a year ago. Lots of...
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Surprise Bonus Birthday Episode
SURPRISE BONUS BIRTHDAY EPISODE! So sorry about our nine month extended hiatus remix, folks. We've been slowly getting together remotely to record a grip of new episodes and finally digging in to edit and share them with you. We can't wait for you to hear new shows about indie queens, the...
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12. XTC - Skylarking ranked
What's your most-loved and least favorite song on XTC's Skylarking? Dear Pod, we were in literal and figurative ecstasy talking about the ninth album by Swindon's finest. Jim's pick led to a new innovative countdown ranking system that we adored. Fun sharing how we all wrestled with tearing apart...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The songs from the best albums ever made, ranked from awful to awfully good by longtime music and list-making friends. Everything from new wave & indiepop to classic rock & bygone oldies from the early 00s and beyond. Recorded in exotic California locales, the hosts and allstar guests rank and rile each other up with sarcasm, fanboy fervor, indie-snobbery and fascinating facts. Please stalk us and share YOUR rankings on F-book, Intagramps and Threads @wewillrankyoupod !
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