James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

BBC Sounds

For James Acaster 2016 is the greatest year for music of all time. Following a breakup James set out to rekindle his love for music by buying hundreds of new and niche releases from 2016. Now he's sharing his obsession with fellow comedians, exploring his favourite albums: from Beyoncé's internet-breaking Lemonade, to Colombian math rock fusion, and everything in between.

  • 26 minutes 55 seconds
    Fatiha El-Ghorri is in Heavn

    Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie.

    Surely it must appeal to Cure-loving Fatiha!

    27 May 2022, 3:30 am
  • 28 minutes 34 seconds
    Aparna Nancherla & Freetown Sound

    Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might burst into tears just talking about it.

    Here's hoping Aparna feels the same, otherwise trouble could be afoot.

    20 May 2022, 3:30 am
  • 26 minutes 50 seconds
    Jen Ives & An Escape Into Space

    Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping.

    Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported.

    13 May 2022, 3:30 am
  • 29 minutes 3 seconds
    Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q

    James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP.

    With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?

    6 May 2022, 3:30 am
  • 28 minutes 41 seconds
    Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo

    The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?

    29 April 2022, 3:30 am
  • 25 minutes 40 seconds
    Fern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé

    Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and described by the artist herself as "a punk Beyoncé".

    However, is it enough to impress one of Scotland's finest, Fern Brady?

    22 April 2022, 3:30 am
  • 23 minutes 47 seconds
    Sadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues

    Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop.

    Labelled by the artist herself as Black Girl Blues, Project Housing Bop or Slaveship Punk, it's an album that demands the listener's full attention.

    However, was it enough to hold Sadia Asmat's attention?

    15 April 2022, 3:30 am
  • 29 minutes 35 seconds
    Sara Barron & Emily's D+Evolution

    Emily's D+Evolution, a brilliant Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album by Grammy Award winning Esperanza Spalding, is usually the last thing Sara Barron would listen to.

    However, some finely crafted lyrics start to reel her in.

    8 April 2022, 3:30 am
  • 28 minutes 2 seconds
    Nathan Caton & an OST to Nothing

    Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016 he released Crystal Machete, a soundtrack to an imagined film.

    James and Nathan try to imagine what that film would look like.

    1 April 2022, 3:30 am
  • 28 minutes 33 seconds
    Thanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction

    Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and intimate feel that James can't help but relax to it.

    However, is it enough to chill '90s R'n'B-loving Thanyia Moore?

    25 March 2022, 4:30 am
  • 29 minutes 10 seconds
    Jayde Adams & Hard Pop Opera

    Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a sound so big, it envelopes James and (in his words) makes him feel like a little boy. But is it too big for Jayde Adams to handle?

    18 March 2022, 4:30 am
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