Love That Album

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Album talk with memory, context, and patience.

The gist

Love That Album treats records as living artifacts, moving from track-by-track listening notes to the stories around bands, scenes, books, and music culture. Its episodes favor patient context, Australian rock touchstones, classic rock arguments, and conversations that wander before landing on the album itself.

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About Love That Album

Love That Album is a music-discussion show centered on albums, but its real subject is the way records gather context over time. A single episode might begin with a memory of hearing Wolfmother on Triple J during a night shift, then turn into a track-by-track reading of blues stomps, Sabbath echoes, cowbell, chart performance, and hard-rock exuberance. Another episode can compare Bruce Springsteen albums by listening closely to the drummers, the saxophone, and the changing discipline of the E Street Band. The show has a taste for detail. It also has room to ramble. Conversations often take a long road toward the album under focus, moving through earlier records, genre reference points, city stories, production habits, live music, and personal listening history before settling into the main event. Australian music comes through strongly, especially in episodes on Wolfmother, You Am I, The Angels, The Easybeats, and George Young. Classic rock remains a recurring anchor, but the scope reaches into folk, jazz standards, busking, street music, power pop, punk-adjacent acoustic music, and songwriting craft. Interviews add a historical layer, with musicians and writers describing records from inside bands, scenes, books, and journalism. The Cary Baker conversation uses street performance as a way into music history and the life of public sound. The Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup interview looks at The Angels, songwriting pressure, band production, Hammond organ choices, and the difference between repetition and identity. Solo episodes can be more compact in concept, such as covering three random albums instead of one long feature, though the appetite for careful listening remains. The show’s register is informal, reflective, and openly music-obsessed. It does not pretend that every aside is efficient. That is the point. Love That Album gives record talk enough breathing room for memories, jokes, doubts, side references, and small technical observations to sit beside each other. It is best for listeners who want album criticism to feel conversational rather than polished into short review copy. The reward is cumulative: over many episodes, the show becomes less a ratings guide than a map of how passionate listeners keep records alive.

Made for: For rock, folk, jazz, and Australian music fans who enjoy long-form record conversation, track-level observations, and historical side paths. It especially suits listeners who would rather hear a thoughtful album conversation than a compressed review.

What sets it apart: Love That Album stands out through its slow, archival style: albums are placed inside listening memories, musician choices, interviews, charts, books, and scene history. Its Australian music focus gives familiar classic-rock discussion a more specific center of gravity.

In their own words

Podcast discussing a variety of great albums from the rock, jazz or folk genres in some depth. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

Why you'd press play

Maurice Wishtynski is your man when a drum sound deserves as much attention as the chorus.

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  • beloved albums treated as arrangements, performances, and production decisions, not sacred objects
  • Australian rock memories that reach beyond the famous riff and into how records took shape
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  1. 1

    Small Faces "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"

    ·1h 26m
  2. 2

    Wolfmother

    ·34m
  3. 3

    Favourite Musical Discoveries of 2025

    ·3h 17m
  4. 4

    Interview with Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup

    ·1h 20m
  5. 5

    Blues-a-thon

    ·2h 21m
  6. 6

    Steeleye Span "Commoners Crown"

    ·2h 3m
  7. 7

    Bruce Springsteen "Wild Innocent" vs "Darkness"

    ·45m
  8. 8

    Interview with Cary Baker about the book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking And Street Music"

    ·1h 11m
  9. 9

    You Am I "Deliverance"

    ·1h 53m
  10. 10

    Record Store Memories Part 2

    ·2h 52m
  11. 11

    Record Store Memories Part 1

    ·2h 22m
  12. 12

    Bob Dylan's "New Morning"

    ·1h 55m
  13. 13

    Favourite Albums of ECM

    ·2h 20m
  14. 14

    The Beach Boys "Sunflower" and "Surf's Up"

    ·2h 20m
  15. 15

    Three Random Albums

    ·1h 34m
  16. 16

    Discussion with Georgia Rose Lucas, Carla Fuchs and John Penhallow about Sandy Denny

    ·1h 29m
  17. 17

    Interview with Richard Thompson

    ·1h 10m
  18. 18

    Grace Jones "Nightclubbing"

    ·2h 12m
  19. 19

    Yes "Close To The Edge"

    ·2h 2m
  20. 20

    Favourite musical discoveries of 2023, Part 2

    ·1h 52m
  21. 21

    Favourite musical discoveries of 2023 Part 1

    ·2h 24m
  22. 22

    Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"

    ·1h 57m
  23. 23

    Suzanne Vega "99.9F"

    ·2h 2m
  24. 24

    Interview with Pauline Bailey, author of Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene

    ·58m
  25. 25

    Interview with David Hepworth about “The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio”

    ·1h 19m
  26. 26

    Bert Jansch "Rosemary Lane" and "L.A. Turnaround"

    ·1h 49m
  27. 27

    Interview with Don Walker

    ·1h 2m
  28. 28

    The Easybeats "Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969"

    ·2h 49m
  29. 29

    The Go Betweens "16 Lovers Lane"

    ·1h 45m
  30. 30

    Pete Townshend "White City: A Novel"

    ·2h 3m
  31. 31

    Favourite discoveries / first time listens of 2022

    ·1h 10m
  32. 32

    Interview with Michael Elliott, author of Have A Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story

    ·1h 23m
  33. 33

    Interview with Steven Jurgensmeyer about album cover design

    ·1h 25m
  34. 34

    Interview with John Kennedy and Peter Timmerman of the 68 Comeback Special

    ·1h 28m
  35. 35

    Interview with Prescott Niles of The Knack

    ·2h 14m
  36. 36

    The Tom Robinson Band "Power In The Darkness"

    ·2h 5m
  37. 37

    Current State Of Play

    ·4m
  38. 38

    Joni Mitchell's Hejira

    ·1h 49m
  39. 39

    Interviews with Tristan Fry, Steve Gray and John Williams of Sky (recorded 1984)

    ·1h 20m
  40. 40

    December 2021 State of Things

    ·5m
  41. 41

    Five Leaves Left

    ·1h 50m
  42. 42

    Interview with Serge Fiori of Harmonium

    ·1h 6m
  43. 43

    Interview with Steve Berlin about Los Lobos' "Native Sons"

    ·55m
  44. 44

    Soundtrack of Oz: A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie

    ·2h 4m
  45. 45

    10th Anniversary Episode Part 2

    ·1h 49m
  46. 46

    10th Anniversary Episode, Part 1

    ·2h 20m
  47. 47

    Live Albums I Dig

    ·54m
  48. 48

    Interview with Dan Warner and James Stewart of The Warner Brothers

    ·1h 14m
  49. 49

    Interview with Jeff Apter about "Behind Dark Eyes: The True Story of Jon English"

    ·1h 40m
  50. 50

    Interview with Sarah Carroll about "Live At The Continental" and "Star Parade"

    ·1h 21m
  51. 51

    Michael Nesmith and the First National Band "Magnetic South"

    ·1h 49m
  52. 52

    Sound As Ever: Australian Indie 1990 – 1999

    ·1h 51m
  53. 53

    Genesis "Duke"

    ·1h 50m
  54. 54

    John Cale's "Paris 1919"

    ·1h 32m
  55. 55

    Sparks "Angst In My Pants"

    ·1h 43m
  56. 56

    Pentangle "Basket of Light"

    ·2h 22m
  57. 57

    A Pantheonistic Collection of Favourite Live Albums

    ·2h 21m
  58. 58

    Wilco's "Summerteeth"

    ·1h 27m
  59. 59

    Take Six (Jazz Albums)

    ·1h 46m
  60. 60

    Favourite listens of 2019, Part 2

    ·1h 11m
  61. 61

    End of 2019 announcement

    ·5m
  62. 62

    Favourite first time listens of 2019, Part 1

    ·1h 15m
  63. 63

    Drivin' 'N' Cryin'

    ·32m
  64. 64

    Marianne Faithfull's "Broken English"

    ·1h 44m
  65. 65

    Eric Goes To Nebraska with King's X

    ·39m
  66. 66

    Cardiacs "Sing to G-d"

    ·1h 59m
  67. 67

    Queensryche

    ·28m
  68. 68

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 126 - Nuggets box set

    ·2h 18m
  69. 69

    Love That Album podcast Episode 125 - Terry Reid "Seed of Memory"

    ·1h 51m
  70. 70

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 59 - All The Country Ladies

    ·28m
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    Love That Album podcast Episode 124 - Todd Rundgren's "Something Anything"

    ·1h 37m
  72. 72

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 58 - Roky's Bangles

    ·22m
  73. 73

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 123 - The Kinks "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One"

    ·1h 39m
  74. 74

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 57 - Surf or Astro-Surf

    ·18m
  75. 75

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 122 - Squeeze "Argybargy"

    ·1h 37m
  76. 76

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 56 - Doo Wop & 50s Rock

    ·24m
  77. 77

    Love That Album February 2019 apology

    ·5m
  78. 78

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 53- Barbarella and Shaft Soundtracks

    ·34m
  79. 79

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 55- Eric Returns

    ·20m
  80. 80

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 121 - Max and Maurice's Favourite First-Time-Listens of 2018

    ·1h 34m
  81. 81

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 120 - Favourite first time listens of 2018

    ·2h 35m
  82. 82

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 119 - XTC "English Settlement"

    ·1h 53m
  83. 83

    Love That Album podcast Episode 118 - Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues Interview Special

    ·2h 9m
  84. 84

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 117 - Dennis Wilson "Pacific Ocean Blue"

    ·44m
  85. 85

    Love That Album Podcast episode 116 - Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball"

    ·1h 48m
  86. 86

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 54 - The Music of John Martyn

    ·29m
  87. 87

    Love That Album podcast Episode 115 - Tamam Shud's "Evolution" and new Aztec releases

    ·1h 49m
  88. 88

    Love That Album podcast Episode 114 - The Replacements "Pleased To Meet Me"

    ·1h 49m
  89. 89

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 52- Live Punk Best of Albums

    ·22m
  90. 90

    Love That Album podcast episode 113 - The Tubes S/T

    ·2h 19m
  91. 91

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 51 - Anthony B. Parts Unknown

    ·25m
  92. 92

    Love That Album podcast episode 112 - Jet "Get Born"

    ·45m
  93. 93

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 50 - Kinman's Rest

    ·25m
  94. 94

    Love That Album podcast Episode 111 - Beck "Sea Change"

    ·1h 23m
  95. 95

    Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 49- Electro Madness OST

    ·24m
  96. 96

    Interview with Jeff Apter about "Friday On My Mind: The Life of George Young"

    Host introduces an interview with Jeff Apter about his biography of George Young, part of a longer episode also featuring a discussion on the Easybeats.

    ·1h 7m
  97. 97

    Van Morrison "Saint Dominic's Preview"

    An interview with music producer Pat Thomas about Van Morrison's 1972 album 'Saint Dominic's Preview'.

    ·1h 29m
  98. 98

    Interview with John Penhallow about Fairport Convention

    An interview with John Penhallow, original manager of Fairport Convention, discussing the band's early days and the 1960s music scene.

    ·1h 5m
  99. 99

    Interview with Glen Humphries, author of "Aussie Rock Anthems: The Stories Behind Our Biggest Hit Songs"

    Maurice Bysztinski interviews Glen Humphries about his book 'Aussie Rock Anthems', which explores the stories behind Australia's biggest hit songs.

    ·1h 21m
  100. 100

    Love That Album Podcast Episode 139 - Interview with Charles Jenkins of Icecream Hands

    Interview with Charles Jenkins of Icecream Hands about their new album 'No Weapon But Love' after a 13-year hiatus.

    ·1h 3m
  101. 101

    Current State Of Play

    Podcaster Morris announces a temporary pause on his shows due to life circumstances, assuring listeners they will return.

    Feb 14, 2026·4m
  102. 102

    Wolfmother

    Dave Blom discusses Wolfmother's debut album, an Australian classic, on the Love That Album podcast.

    Jan 19, 2026·34m·2 clips
  103. 103

    Favourite Musical Discoveries of 2025

    Dec 23, 2025·3h 17m
  104. 104

    Interview with Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup

    Hidden gem

    This episode is an interview with Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup, but the transcript only contains advertisements.

    Oct 20, 2025·1h 20m·2 clips
  105. 105

    Blues-a-thon

    Sep 22, 2025·2h 21m
  106. 106

    Steeleye Span "Commoners Crown"

    Jul 22, 2025·2h 3m
  107. 107

    Bruce Springsteen "Wild Innocent" vs "Darkness"

    Love That Album revisits its first episode, recorded 14 years earlier, as a debate between Maurice Bysztynski and Melbourne music journalist Jeff Jenkins over Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle versus Darkness on the Edge of Town.

    Jul 3, 2025·45m·3 clips
  108. 108

    Interview with Cary Baker about the book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking And Street Music"

    Hidden gem

    Love That Album host Morris Spistinski interviews Carey Baker about Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music, a book covering street performers from Blind Lemon Jefferson and Louis Armstrong to Ted Hawkins.

    Jun 29, 2025·1h 11m·5 clips
  109. 109

    You Am I "Deliverance"

    Hidden gem

    Maurice Bysztynski talks with Danny Yau in Melbourne and Sydney about You Am I's 2002 album Deliverance, after first detouring through Danny's work on Just Ace and the Woody Allen Pages podcast.

    Apr 23, 2025·1h 53m·5 clips
  110. 110

    Record Store Memories Part 2

    Mar 21, 2025·2h 52m
  111. 111

    Record Store Memories Part 1

    Mar 6, 2025·2h 22m
  112. 112

    Bob Dylan's "New Morning"

    Feb 21, 2025·1h 55m
  113. 113

    Favourite Albums of ECM

    Dec 24, 2024·2h 20m
  114. 114

    The Beach Boys "Sunflower" and "Surf's Up"

    Nov 21, 2024·2h 20m
  115. 115

    Interview with Glen Humphries, author of "Aussie Rock Anthems: The Stories Behind Our Biggest Hit Songs"

    Sep 7, 2024·1h 21m
  116. 116

    Three Random Albums

    Hidden gem

    ["Love That Album episode 178 is a three-album short-form set built around Hot Apple Band's So Long Noodle House, Grace Cummings' Ramona, and Barry Adamson's Back to the Cat.", "Morris says the shorter format lets him cover three records instead of one long album discussion, and Pat Monaghan of Rocksteady Records joins for the Barry Adamson segment.", "He hears So Long Noodle House as a 32-33 minute Sydney release full of 1970s pop, George Harrison-style slide guitar, Big Star harmonies, and two versions of 'So Long.'", "He contrasts Grace Cummings' sparse Storm Queen with Ramona's Jonathan Wilson strings and horns, then connects Barry Adamson to Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, and The Bad Seeds."]

    Aug 24, 2024·1h 34m·5 clips
  117. 117

    Discussion with Georgia Rose Lucas, Carla Fuchs and John Penhallow about Sandy Denny

    Jul 29, 2024·1h 29m
  118. 118

    Interview with Richard Thompson

    Jun 23, 2024·1h 10m
  119. 119

    Grace Jones "Nightclubbing"

    May 8, 2024·2h 12m
  120. 120

    Yes "Close To The Edge"

    Mar 21, 2024·2h 2m
  121. 121

    Favourite musical discoveries of 2023, Part 2

    Dec 28, 2023·1h 52m
  122. 122

    Favourite musical discoveries of 2023 Part 1

    Dec 19, 2023·2h 24m
  123. 123

    Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"

    Nov 22, 2023·1h 57m
  124. 124

    Suzanne Vega "99.9F"

    Oct 19, 2023·2h 2m
  125. 125

    Interview with Pauline Bailey, author of Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene

    Sep 23, 2023·58m
  126. 126

    Interview with David Hepworth about “The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio”

    Jul 17, 2023·1h 19m
  127. 127

    Bert Jansch "Rosemary Lane" and "L.A. Turnaround"

    Jun 21, 2023·1h 49m
  128. 128

    Interview with Don Walker

    May 21, 2023·1h 2m
  129. 129

    The Easybeats "Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969"

    Apr 23, 2023·2h 49m
  130. 130

    Interview with Jeff Apter about "Friday On My Mind: The Life of George Young"

    Apr 16, 2023·1h 7m
  131. 131

    The Go Betweens "16 Lovers Lane"

    Mar 20, 2023·1h 45m
  132. 132

    Pete Townshend "White City: A Novel"

    Feb 8, 2023·2h 3m
  133. 133

    Favourite discoveries / first time listens of 2022

    Dec 10, 2022·1h 10m
  134. 134

    Interview with Michael Elliott, author of Have A Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story

    Sep 20, 2022·1h 23m
  135. 135

    Interview with Steven Jurgensmeyer about album cover design

    Jul 26, 2022·1h 25m
  136. 136

    Interview with John Kennedy and Peter Timmerman of the 68 Comeback Special

    Jun 20, 2022·1h 28m
  137. 137

    Interview with Prescott Niles of The Knack

    May 16, 2022·2h 14m
  138. 138

    The Tom Robinson Band "Power In The Darkness"

    Apr 25, 2022·2h 5m
  139. 139

    Small Faces "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"

    Mar 29, 2022·1h 26m
  140. 140

    Joni Mitchell's Hejira

    Feb 15, 2022·1h 49m
  141. 141

    Interviews with Tristan Fry, Steve Gray and John Williams of Sky (recorded 1984)

    Jan 15, 2022·1h 20m
  142. 142

    December 2021 State of Things

    Dec 20, 2021·5m
  143. 143

    Five Leaves Left

    Nov 17, 2021·1h 50m
  144. 144

    Interview with Serge Fiori of Harmonium

    Oct 16, 2021·1h 6m
  145. 145

    Interview with Steve Berlin about Los Lobos' "Native Sons"

    Sep 25, 2021·55m
  146. 146

    Soundtrack of Oz: A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie

    Aug 21, 2021·2h 4m
  147. 147

    10th Anniversary Episode Part 2

    Jul 24, 2021·1h 49m
  148. 148

    10th Anniversary Episode, Part 1

    Jul 13, 2021·2h 20m
  149. 149

    Live Albums I Dig

    Jun 26, 2021·54m
  150. 150

    Interview with Dan Warner and James Stewart of The Warner Brothers

    May 26, 2021·1h 14m