Classic Compilation Albums Review: Hit Express, by K-Tel Records 1982
Without too much background, here is my pick for April 2025, keeping on with the compilation theme. It was released in 1982 by KTel. This is the first compilation that
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Classic Compilation Albums Review: Full Tilt, by K-Tel Records 1981
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Review: How Deftones’ White Pony influenced Sleep Token’s Sundowning
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Review: How Deftones’ White Pony influenced Sleep Token’s Sundowning
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How The Rolling Stones Influenced The Black Crowes
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10-years of The Sonic Collective: A Look Back
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Choosing 10 albums to listen to for the rest of our lives | Our desert island thought experiment
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Our Desert Island albums: Teeing up a thought experiment. Wanna play along?
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Four bands people love to hate
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THE MONTHLY ALBUM SELECTIONS
UPDATE: As of January 2025, we have ceased creating these mini-podcast episodes that outlines our upcoming review. We now simply add the next podcast episode preview to the end of the latest podcast. Be sure to listen to the end to hear about what album or musical musing we decided to cover next.
Cheers Sonic Collectivians!
Listen to our Sonic Collective member explain the selection for the month. Be sure to follow up the next month to hear the reviews from the group.
Album Selection: Best of the Beach Boys, Vol 2
Over the last couple of months, both Darren and Scott picked the first albums they ever owned for us to review, so I'm continuing the trend. The first album I
Joan Jett – Bad Reputation
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation: When Darren’s November pick of Elvis Presley’s self-titled debut had him reflecting on his first-ever album, it got me thinking: what was mine? After a
Elvis Presley – Self-Titled
My favourite album I remember as a kid was a K-Mart compilation album I got that was all Elvis Presley hits. I do remember the big hit on that was
This Album Influenced That Album – Stone Temple Pilots Influenced Def Leppard
This month, we round out our four-part series exploring how some albums influence others by seeing if the Stone Temple Pilots influenced Def Leppard. Sometimes bands with careers that span
This Album Influenced That Album – Deftones Influenced Sleep Token
This month, we explore how the Deftones influenced Sleep token in the third of our four-part series exploring albums that sound like they were influenced by other albums. Or perhaps,
This Album Influenced That Album – The Rolling Stones Influenced The Black Crowes
In the upcoming episodes, we explore how one album influenced another, starting with Darren Scott's picks of the Foo Fighters’ debut and Bad Brains’ Rock for Light. Now it's my
This Album Influenced That Album – Bad Brains Influenced Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album, released in 1995, bears noticeable influences from Bad Brains' "Rock for Light," a seminal hardcore punk album released in 1983. Dave Grohl, the driving
Fiona Apple – Tidal
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The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
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The Sonic Collective Members
Meet our team of music lovers.
Scott Coates
Bangkok, Thailand
Scott has lived in Southeast Asia since 1999, when he co-founded what became one of the region’s most respected luxury travel companies, Smiling Albino. There, he designed and led adventures throughout SE Asia and Nepal before selling out of the business in 2013 to try his hand at other pursuits. While working as a Team Building Consultant, he developed a keen interest in how people learn and grow which led him to serve as Director of People Development with one of the region's largest travel companies, EXO Travel. \An enthusiastic mountain biker, runner, and explorer, he also very much likes bobbing his head to AC/DC while sipping beers.
Alain DuPuis
Calgary, Canada
Alain is a native Calgarian with a longstanding love of music. Groomed on post-grunge and 90s alternative, he seeks to expand his audio horizons ever further, exploring all the genres he once looked down upon. When he's not busy working six days a week like some sort of maniac, he enjoys gaming, obsessing about whisky, working out or frequenting seedy karaoke bars around town.
Scott Gregory
Calgary, Canada
Scott Gregory is the newest dad of the group and brings his love of melody and music to the Sonic Collective. Scott is always full of facts and seems to have an uncanny love for the women in music. He likes to push the Collective into areas that we may otherwise overlook. Scott loves his new little family, the New York Rangers and all the music he can consume between diaper changes.
Darren Scott
Calgary, Canada
Darren currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he can often be found in the best live music venues in town (Palamino, Commonwealth, King Eddy's, Broken City, Cafe Koi, etc.) and he is used to being "The old guy" at the young punk shows. Darren likes to know the stories behind the music he listens to and enjoys the musical journey of it all. A "say it like it is" guy in his own words, he tends to go a little off the cuff from time to time. Ok, all the time. He loves his family, friends and Flames and has a sense of humour he thinks is hilarious.
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Classic Compilation Albums Review: Hit Express, by K-Tel Records 1982
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Without too much background, here is my pick for April 2025, keeping on with the compilation theme. It was released in 1982 by KTel. This is the first compilation that popped into my head when Darren ...Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
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Classic Compilation Albums Review: Full Tilt, by K-Tel Records 1981
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In this engaging episode of The Sonic Collective, hosts Alain DuPuis, Scott Coates, Darren Scott, and Scott Gregory delve into the nostalgic world of compilation albums, focusing on K-Tel Records' ...Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
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Review - Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2
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We spent January 2025 listening to and pondering over the 1967 compilation album, Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2. As we listened, we found ourselves dreaming about what it must have been like to spend...Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email