When I opened the door to welcome Cole Welch into my home, one of the first thoughts I had was that he looked familiar, and it turns out that we not only went to high school together, but were on swim team together for a season as well.

Great start to meeting a perfect stranger.

Anyway, for Episode #48 of Badass Records Podcast, we waxed philosophic and touched on a few of Cole's favorite records. And they are these:

Over-Nite Sensation (1973), Frank Zappa

Rush's Caress of Steel (1975)

Desire (1976), Bob Dylan

The Police's Synchronicity (1983)

Life's Rich Pageant (1986), R.E.M.

Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream (1993)

August & Everything After (1993), Counting Crows

The Color & the Shape (1997) ...