James Acaster's Perfect Sounds Podcast
James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever.
For James Acaster 2016 is the greatest year for music of all time. Following a breakup James set out to rekindle his love for music by buying hundreds of new and niche releases from 2016. Now he's sharing his obsession with fellow comedians, exploring his favourite albums: from Beyonc茅's internet-breaking Lemonade, to Colombian math rock fusion, and everything in between.
Episodes to download
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Bonus Sounds: Anthony Fantano Explains Himself—Series 2
Fri 22 Oct 2021
James delves deeper into the online music community with founder of The Needle Drop.
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Sadia Azmat & Cheltenham Trip Hop—Series 2
Fri 22 Oct 2021
James and Sadia discuss the 2016 album One Tusk by Moth Equals.
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Nathan Caton & old-school hip hop—Series 2
Fri 15 Oct 2021
Nathan Caton chats to James about Westside Gunn's modern retro hip hop album, Flygod.
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Sara Barron & retro indie-pop—Series 2
Fri 8 Oct 2021
Sara feels very Parisian listening to Cate Le Bon鈥檚 Crab Day.
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Thanyia Moore & Rihanna's ANTI—Series 2
Fri 1 Oct 2021
Thanyia goes on a rollercoaster with one of the world's biggest musical artists, Rihanna.
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Jayde Adams & self-penned gospel—Series 2
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Jayde reminisces life through Johnnie Frierson's Have You Been Good To Yourself.
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Bonus Sounds: James' dad - Johnnie Frierson - Have You Been Good To Yourself—Series 2
Fri 24 Sep 2021
James chats to his dad David about Johnnie Frierson's Have You Been Good To Yourself.
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Harriet Kemsley & Krip Hop—Series 2
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Harriet warms to Wheelchair Sports Camp's avant-garde progressive rap album No Big Deal.
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Rhys Nicholson & gothic Americana—Series 2
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Rhys enjoys a negroni to Marissa Nadler's dreamy gothic folk album Strangers.
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Charlie George & Kendrick Lamar's untitled unmastered.—Series 2
Fri 3 Sep 2021
Charlie is pushed out of her dad-rock habits by one of the world's most acclaimed rappers.
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Toussaint Douglass & eccentric indie—Series 2
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Toussaint thinks James hates him after listening to Four Thing by Four Thing.
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Maisie Adam & comedic post-punk—Series 2
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Maisie is grabbed by the one-man-band Christian Fitness and This Taco Is Not Correct.
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Bonus Sounds: Andrew Falkous - Christian Fitness—Series 2
Fri 20 Aug 2021
James and friend David Trent chat to the man behind Christian Fitness, Andrew Falkous .
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Aaron Chen & dark reggae—Series 2
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Aaron tries to be happy during Mournful Skank's sad and dark reggae album, Ghost Hunter.
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Kiri Pritchard-Mclean & experiemental sampling hip hop—Series 2
Fri 6 Aug 2021
Kiri is shoved around by Coin Locker Kid's experimental hip hop album The Salmon of Doubt
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Dai Henwood & the house party concept album—Series 2
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Dai Henwood enjoys doing his taxes to Andy Shauf's indie concept album The Party.
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Isy Suttie & a drum duo—Series 2
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Isy Suttie is engulfed by this purely percussive self-titled album from drum duo Rattle.
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BONUS SOUNDS: Radiohead's Colin Greenwood—Series 2
Fri 23 Jul 2021
James visits Colin Greenwood to discuss Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.
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Chloe Petts & bedroom indie pop—Series 2
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Chloe discovers that Frankie Cosmos' album Next Thing is her kind of music.
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Ahir Shah & a blissful sound collage—Series 2
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Ahir finds a blissfully mellow album that he'd like to chop vegetables to.
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Rosie Jones & Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool—Series 2
Fri 2 Jul 2021
James and Rosie sit down with Radiohead for the first time, will this win them over?
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2016 is back and more perfect than before!—Series 2
Fri 25 Jun 2021
James is back with more albums to prove that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever.
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Eleanor Tiernan & Run The Jewels 3—Series 1
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Eleanor wants what hip-hop duo Run The Jewels have.
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John Kearns & celebratory North African sampled vinyl—Series 1
Fri 16 Apr 2021
John wants to dance to Tunisian producer and DJ Ghoula's celebratory album Hlib El Ghoula
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Rachel Parris & an orchestral art-rock collaboration
Fri 9 Apr 2021
Classically trained Rachel dissects this experimental classical album Balter/Saunier.
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BONUS SOUNDS: Joana Gomila & Dr Judith R Cohen—Series 1
Fri 2 Apr 2021
James talks to Joana Gomila and Dr Judith R Cohen about ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax.
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Jack Rooke & thoughtful inventive indie—Series 1
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Jack is over the moon to be introduced to Thoughts Lined Up by Martin Creed.
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Alison Spittle & extreme industrial metal—Series 1
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Alison is willing to persevere with End Position by Street Sects.
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Gabriel Ebulue & personal beat-fired balladry—Series 1
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Gabriel is excited to be introduced to For Good by Fog.
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Rob Deering & outsider soul music—Series 1
Fri 5 Feb 2021
Rob Deering is up for the challenge of Jon Bap's 'What Now?'.
