Ruth and Martin’s Album Club
Martin Fitzgerald, Penny PepperWhat began as a simple whim quickly grew in popularity, and now Ruth & Martin's Album Club has featured some remarkable guests: Ian Rankin on Madonna's Madonna. Chris Addison on Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. Brian Koppelman on The Smiths' Meat is Murder. JK Rowling on the Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes. Bonnie Greer on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Martin Carr on Paul McCartney's Ram. Brian Bilston on Neil Young's Harvest. Anita Rani on The Strokes' Is This It. Richard Osman on Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure. And many, many more.
Each entry features an introduction to each album by blog creator Martin Fitzgerald. What follows are delightful, humorous & insightful contributions from each guest as they have an album forced upon them and - for better or worse - they discover some of the world's favourite music.
Ruth & Martin's Album Club is a compilation of some of the blog's greatest hits as well as some exclusive material that has never appeared anywhere before. Throughout, we get an insight into why some people opt out of some music, & what happens when you force them to opt in.