Jul 18, 2026 · 1 hr 59 min · 13 segments
# Tin Machine Side B! We return to Tin Machine to go track by track. Then we did it. If you haven't picked up on this, neither of us really care for this album. So of course you want to listen to…
So one thing that I started with, is I think I might be listening to this album wrong.
And I think I might be the wrong person for this album.
And it's hard for me to know if it's a good album that I'm missing out on or that we're both missing out on.
And I think the perception around the album doesn't help because it's widely not considered his best album.
Uh-huh.
A lot of people are reconsidering it, and a lot of the grunge people that came afterwards were like, hey, yeah, I mean, I can't say it's an influence, but it did some things.
I did listen to it.
You can see some lines, yeah,
between them.
Mainly with personnel, and we talked about that in Side A.
But before we get carried away, Eric, you...
I asked you this last time and you had an answer.
It might be the same answer.
It might be different.
I know you've learned to not expect anything before you hit play anymore, which is good.
But we still have those phantom expectations.
You know, like I went into Twin Peaks The Return with no expectations, but I kind of had a sort of
maybe.
Did you have any of those soft hunches or
expectations? I mean...
Every Bowie album is a coin flip in some ways because he's constantly reinventing himself.
And this is with a totally new band.
So maybe this was going to be good.
And there are some parts that are okay.
but the general feel is no.
So one thing that I started with, is I think I might be listening to this album wrong.
And I think I might be the wrong person for this album.
And it's hard for me to know if it's a good album that I'm missing out on or that we're both missing out on.
And I think the perception around the album doesn't help because it's widely not considered his best album.
Uh-huh.
A lot of people are reconsidering it, and a lot of the grunge people that came afterwards were like, hey, yeah, I mean, I can't say it's an influence, but it did some things.
I did listen to it.
You can see some lines, yeah,
between them.
Mainly with personnel, and we talked about that in Side A.
But before we get carried away, Eric, you...
I asked you this last time and you had an answer.
It might be the same answer.
It might be different.
I know you've learned to not expect anything before you hit play anymore, which is good.
But we still have those phantom expectations.
You know, like I went into Twin Peaks The Return with no expectations, but I kind of had a sort of
maybe.
Did you have any of those soft hunches or
expectations? I mean...
Every Bowie album is a coin flip in some ways because he's constantly reinventing himself.
And this is with a totally new band.
So maybe this was going to be good.
And there are some parts that are okay.
but the general feel is no.
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