With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), we pay tribute to her as a person whilst wondering what a monarchy means in the 21st century. We'll profile Alexandre Desplat's score to the 2006 film The Queen as we juggle other queens amongst the usual round of other topics, including Polaris Prize nominee (and winner) catch-up, recent Emmy news and other things going wrong around the world in this dense episode. Giddy up, go pony!

1. Quincy Jones: Britannia & Mr Bridger, If You Please Nº2/God Save the Queen (The Italian Job OST: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition, 2019) Quartet
2. Shandi Sinnamon: Charles in Charge (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 6, 1996) TVT
3. The Stone Roses: Elizabeth, My Dear (The Stone Roses, 1989) Silvertone
4. Charles White: Queen Elizabeth, Saviour of the World (Lunacy, 2016) M.I.S.T.
5. Slowthai: Nothing Great about Britain (Nothing Great about Britain, 2019) Method
6. Bob Vylan: England's Ending (We Live Here [deluxe edition], 2021) Venn
7. Laura Karpman: Ms Marvel Suite (Ms Marvel OST, Volume 1: Episodes 1-3, 2022) Hollywood
8. Les Amis au Pakistan: High Apothéose (High Apothéose, 2015) self-released
9. Johnny Cash & June Carter: Jackson (Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter, 1967) Columbia
10. Stars of the Lid: Requiem for Dying Mothers Pt. 1 (The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid, 2001) Kranky
11. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Circle Game (The Strawberry Statement OST, 1970) MGM
12. Kacy & Clayton: The South Saskatchewan River (Carrying On, 2019) New West
13. Trentemøller: A Summer's Empty Room (Memoria, 2022) In My Room
14. Theodore Shapiro: That Innie (Severance: Season 1 OST, 2022) Lakeshore/Endeavour Content
15. Juan Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Aloha! (The White Lotus OST, 2021) WaterTower
16. Menahan Street Band: Queen's Highway (The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, 2021) Dunham/Daptone
17. Stereolab: Magne-Music (Pulse of the Early Brain: Switched On Volume 5, 2022) Duophonic UHF/Warp
18. Kilometre Club: Queen (TTC, 2021) Subway Delay Due To Track Maintenance
19. Kelly McMichael: Out the Window (Waves [deluxe edition], 2022) self-released/LHM
20. Destroyer: June (Labyrinthitis, 2022) Merge/Bella Union
21. The Lounge Lizards: Queen [reprise] (Queen of All Ears, 1998) Strange & Beautiful/Warner Bros
22. Lydia Ainsworth: Queen of Darkness (Sparkles & Debris, 2021) Zombie Cat
23. Plants and Animals: Le Queens (The Jungle, 2020) Secret City
24. Wendy Carlos: Title Music (A Clockwork Orange: Complete Original Score, 2000) East Side Digital
25. Apollo Ghosts: Queen of Surrey (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released
26. Carolyn Mark: The Queen of Vancouver Island (The Queen of Vancouver Island, 2012) Mint
27. Hans Zimmer: Main Title (The Crown OST: Season 1, 2016) Madison Gate/Sony Classical
28. Alexandre Desplat & the London Symphony Orchestra: Queen Elizabeth (The King's Speech OST, 2011)
29. Alexandre Desplat & the London Symphony Orchestra: The Queen (The Queen OST, 2006) Milan
30. Alexandre Desplat & the London Symphony Orchestra: Mourning (The Queen OST, 2006) Milan
31. Alexandre Desplat & the London Symphony Orchestra: The Flowers of Buckingham (The Queen OST, 2006) Milan
32. Alexandre Desplat & the London Symphony Orchestra: Night in Balmoral (The Queen OST, 2006) Milan
33. Ron Miles: Queen of the South (Rainbow Sign, 2020) Blue Note
34. Sons of Kemet: My Queen is Anna Julia Cooper (Your Queen is a Reptile, 2018) Impulse!/Verve

Word is the corgis will take the throne.
And the fell pony will obey their heed.
Sleep, Dearie, Sleep.
Find her victorious.

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