
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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Episodes
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Small Faces "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"
·1h 26m - 2
Wolfmother
·34m - 3
Favourite Musical Discoveries of 2025
·3h 17m - 4
Interview with Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup
·1h 20m - 5
Blues-a-thon
·2h 21m - 6
Steeleye Span "Commoners Crown"
·2h 3m - 7
Bruce Springsteen "Wild Innocent" vs "Darkness"
·45m - 8
Interview with Cary Baker about the book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking And Street Music"
·1h 11m - 9
You Am I "Deliverance"
·1h 53m - 10
Record Store Memories Part 2
·2h 52m - 11
Record Store Memories Part 1
·2h 22m - 12
Bob Dylan's "New Morning"
·1h 55m - 13
Favourite Albums of ECM
·2h 20m - 14
The Beach Boys "Sunflower" and "Surf's Up"
·2h 20m - 15
Three Random Albums
·1h 34m - 16
Discussion with Georgia Rose Lucas, Carla Fuchs and John Penhallow about Sandy Denny
·1h 29m - 17
Interview with Richard Thompson
·1h 10m - 18
Grace Jones "Nightclubbing"
·2h 12m - 19
Yes "Close To The Edge"
·2h 2m - 20
Favourite musical discoveries of 2023, Part 2
·1h 52m - 21
Favourite musical discoveries of 2023 Part 1
·2h 24m - 22
Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
·1h 57m - 23
Suzanne Vega "99.9F"
·2h 2m - 24
Interview with Pauline Bailey, author of Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene
·58m - 25
Interview with David Hepworth about “The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio”
·1h 19m - 26
Bert Jansch "Rosemary Lane" and "L.A. Turnaround"
·1h 49m - 27
Interview with Don Walker
·1h 2m - 28
The Easybeats "Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969"
·2h 49m - 29
The Go Betweens "16 Lovers Lane"
·1h 45m - 30
Pete Townshend "White City: A Novel"
·2h 3m - 31
Favourite discoveries / first time listens of 2022
·1h 10m - 32
Interview with Michael Elliott, author of Have A Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story
·1h 23m - 33
Interview with Steven Jurgensmeyer about album cover design
·1h 25m - 34
Interview with John Kennedy and Peter Timmerman of the 68 Comeback Special
·1h 28m - 35
Interview with Prescott Niles of The Knack
·2h 14m - 36
The Tom Robinson Band "Power In The Darkness"
·2h 5m - 37
Current State Of Play
·4m - 38
Joni Mitchell's Hejira
·1h 49m - 39
Interviews with Tristan Fry, Steve Gray and John Williams of Sky (recorded 1984)
·1h 20m - 40
December 2021 State of Things
·5m - 41
Five Leaves Left
·1h 50m - 42
Interview with Serge Fiori of Harmonium
·1h 6m - 43
Interview with Steve Berlin about Los Lobos' "Native Sons"
·55m - 44
Soundtrack of Oz: A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie
·2h 4m - 45
10th Anniversary Episode Part 2
·1h 49m - 46
10th Anniversary Episode, Part 1
·2h 20m - 47
Live Albums I Dig
·54m - 48
Interview with Dan Warner and James Stewart of The Warner Brothers
·1h 14m - 49
Interview with Jeff Apter about "Behind Dark Eyes: The True Story of Jon English"
·1h 40m - 50
Interview with Sarah Carroll about "Live At The Continental" and "Star Parade"
·1h 21m - 51
Michael Nesmith and the First National Band "Magnetic South"
·1h 49m - 52
Sound As Ever: Australian Indie 1990 – 1999
·1h 51m - 53
Genesis "Duke"
·1h 50m - 54
John Cale's "Paris 1919"
·1h 32m - 55
Sparks "Angst In My Pants"
·1h 43m - 56
Pentangle "Basket of Light"
·2h 22m - 57
A Pantheonistic Collection of Favourite Live Albums
·2h 21m - 58
Wilco's "Summerteeth"
·1h 27m - 59
Take Six (Jazz Albums)
·1h 46m - 60
Favourite listens of 2019, Part 2
·1h 11m - 61
End of 2019 announcement
·5m - 62
Favourite first time listens of 2019, Part 1
·1h 15m - 63
Drivin' 'N' Cryin'
·32m - 64
Marianne Faithfull's "Broken English"
·1h 44m - 65
Eric Goes To Nebraska with King's X
·39m - 66
Cardiacs "Sing to G-d"
·1h 59m - 67
Queensryche
·28m - 68
Love That Album Podcast Episode 126 - Nuggets box set
·2h 18m - 69
Love That Album podcast Episode 125 - Terry Reid "Seed of Memory"
·1h 51m - 70
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 59 - All The Country Ladies
·28m - 71
Love That Album podcast Episode 124 - Todd Rundgren's "Something Anything"
·1h 37m - 72
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 58 - Roky's Bangles
·22m - 73
Love That Album Podcast Episode 123 - The Kinks "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One"
·1h 39m - 74
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 57 - Surf or Astro-Surf
·18m - 75
Love That Album Podcast Episode 122 - Squeeze "Argybargy"
·1h 37m - 76
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 56 - Doo Wop & 50s Rock
·24m - 77
Love That Album February 2019 apology
·5m - 78
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 53- Barbarella and Shaft Soundtracks
·34m - 79
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 55- Eric Returns
·20m - 80
Love That Album Podcast Episode 121 - Max and Maurice's Favourite First-Time-Listens of 2018
·1h 34m - 81
Love That Album Podcast Episode 120 - Favourite first time listens of 2018
·2h 35m - 82
Love That Album Podcast Episode 119 - XTC "English Settlement"
·1h 53m - 83
Love That Album podcast Episode 118 - Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues Interview Special
·2h 9m - 84
Love That Album Podcast Episode 117 - Dennis Wilson "Pacific Ocean Blue"
·44m - 85
Love That Album Podcast episode 116 - Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball"
·1h 48m - 86
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 54 - The Music of John Martyn
·29m - 87
Love That Album podcast Episode 115 - Tamam Shud's "Evolution" and new Aztec releases
·1h 49m - 88
Love That Album podcast Episode 114 - The Replacements "Pleased To Meet Me"
·1h 49m - 89
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 52- Live Punk Best of Albums
·22m - 90
Love That Album podcast episode 113 - The Tubes S/T
·2h 19m - 91
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 51 - Anthony B. Parts Unknown
·25m - 92
Love That Album podcast episode 112 - Jet "Get Born"
·45m - 93
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 50 - Kinman's Rest
·25m - 94
Love That Album podcast Episode 111 - Beck "Sea Change"
·1h 23m - 95
Love That Album: The Compilation Edition Episode 49- Electro Madness OST
·24m - 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
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
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
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
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
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
Wolfmother
Dave Blom discusses Wolfmother's debut album, an Australian classic, on the Love That Album podcast.
Jan 19, 2026·34m·2 clips - 103
Favourite Musical Discoveries of 2025
Dec 23, 2025·3h 17m - 104
Interview with Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup
Hidden gemThis episode is an interview with Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup, but the transcript only contains advertisements.
Oct 20, 2025·1h 20m·2 clips - 105
Blues-a-thon
Sep 22, 2025·2h 21m - 106
Steeleye Span "Commoners Crown"
Jul 22, 2025·2h 3m - 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
Interview with Cary Baker about the book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking And Street Music"
Hidden gemLove 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
You Am I "Deliverance"
Hidden gemMaurice 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
Record Store Memories Part 2
Mar 21, 2025·2h 52m - 111
Record Store Memories Part 1
Mar 6, 2025·2h 22m - 112
Bob Dylan's "New Morning"
Feb 21, 2025·1h 55m - 113
Favourite Albums of ECM
Dec 24, 2024·2h 20m - 114
The Beach Boys "Sunflower" and "Surf's Up"
Nov 21, 2024·2h 20m - 115
Interview with Glen Humphries, author of "Aussie Rock Anthems: The Stories Behind Our Biggest Hit Songs"
Sep 7, 2024·1h 21m - 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
Discussion with Georgia Rose Lucas, Carla Fuchs and John Penhallow about Sandy Denny
Jul 29, 2024·1h 29m - 118
Interview with Richard Thompson
Jun 23, 2024·1h 10m - 119
Grace Jones "Nightclubbing"
May 8, 2024·2h 12m - 120
Yes "Close To The Edge"
Mar 21, 2024·2h 2m - 121
Favourite musical discoveries of 2023, Part 2
Dec 28, 2023·1h 52m - 122
Favourite musical discoveries of 2023 Part 1
Dec 19, 2023·2h 24m - 123
Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
Nov 22, 2023·1h 57m - 124
Suzanne Vega "99.9F"
Oct 19, 2023·2h 2m - 125
Interview with Pauline Bailey, author of Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene
Sep 23, 2023·58m - 126
Interview with David Hepworth about “The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio”
Jul 17, 2023·1h 19m - 127
Bert Jansch "Rosemary Lane" and "L.A. Turnaround"
Jun 21, 2023·1h 49m - 128
Interview with Don Walker
May 21, 2023·1h 2m - 129
The Easybeats "Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969"
Apr 23, 2023·2h 49m - 130
Interview with Jeff Apter about "Friday On My Mind: The Life of George Young"
Apr 16, 2023·1h 7m - 131
The Go Betweens "16 Lovers Lane"
Mar 20, 2023·1h 45m - 132
Pete Townshend "White City: A Novel"
Feb 8, 2023·2h 3m - 133
Favourite discoveries / first time listens of 2022
Dec 10, 2022·1h 10m - 134
Interview with Michael Elliott, author of Have A Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story
Sep 20, 2022·1h 23m - 135
Interview with Steven Jurgensmeyer about album cover design
Jul 26, 2022·1h 25m - 136
Interview with John Kennedy and Peter Timmerman of the 68 Comeback Special
Jun 20, 2022·1h 28m - 137
Interview with Prescott Niles of The Knack
May 16, 2022·2h 14m - 138
The Tom Robinson Band "Power In The Darkness"
Apr 25, 2022·2h 5m - 139
Small Faces "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"
Mar 29, 2022·1h 26m - 140
Joni Mitchell's Hejira
Feb 15, 2022·1h 49m - 141
Interviews with Tristan Fry, Steve Gray and John Williams of Sky (recorded 1984)
Jan 15, 2022·1h 20m - 142
December 2021 State of Things
Dec 20, 2021·5m - 143
Five Leaves Left
Nov 17, 2021·1h 50m - 144
Interview with Serge Fiori of Harmonium
Oct 16, 2021·1h 6m - 145
Interview with Steve Berlin about Los Lobos' "Native Sons"
Sep 25, 2021·55m - 146
Soundtrack of Oz: A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie
Aug 21, 2021·2h 4m - 147
10th Anniversary Episode Part 2
Jul 24, 2021·1h 49m - 148
10th Anniversary Episode, Part 1
Jul 13, 2021·2h 20m - 149
Live Albums I Dig
Jun 26, 2021·54m - 150
Interview with Dan Warner and James Stewart of The Warner Brothers
May 26, 2021·1h 14m