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1001 Album Complaints The Chop Unlimited

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Musicians give irreverent takes on "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die", delivered every Monday morning.

We do all the research, help you better understand why you love the things you love, plus introduce you to new music and musical ideas you should care about. Want to sound informed, intelligent, and funny when talking about music, even the records you don't like? Want to laugh while you learn more about music production and music history? Then welcome to your new favorite weekly podcast.

    #155 Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe

    #155 Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe

    Chvrches found themselves a surprise internet sensation after releasing their very first song to a music blog before even considering playing live shows. The fellas talk about Glasgow bands, letting arrangements breathe, and the pop music machine.
    Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com
    Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Edo4W0UuiFTSQKpdY4rFa?si=30be3fc3172043de
    Listen to The Bones of What You Believe here:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/5RXMsB6VV6NfaspYWsdPyD?si=rNWtIRGBSC2qE3YzP2lRyw
    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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    Next week's album: Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

    • 1 hr 16 min
    #154 Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

    #154 Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

    Bonnie Raitt was at a low point in her career after being a road dog for decades and failing to breakthrough into mainstream success. With her reputation on the line she set her sights on a nostalgic record about middle age. The boyos discuss 80s synth overkill, selflessly helping old blues musicians, and burying your best tracks deep in the mix.
    Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com
    Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2iorAa92kElp2bkPMlhAcq?si=81ce6cc472434b88
    Listen to Nick of Time here:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/6wxpS5o0ty5CLqyH5fIRln?si=X1umENyZSFGNiLqYGnAEPA
    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
    Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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    Next week's album: Chvrches - The Bones of What You Beileve

    • 1 hr 21 min
    #153 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    #153 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    Elton John's career was climbing fast when he and his band decided to lay down the 17 tracks for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The guys discuss underrated bass players, lyrics that needed a little longer in the oven, and stacking the deck across one hundred and sixteen minutes of double album.
    Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com
    Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jeE6d5ue6XS7fzXTyUQbD?si=e571915616834201
    Listen to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road here:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/5WupqgR68HfuHt3BMJtgun?si=xGVzo9ImQUuNdsA4CjUeuQ
    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
    Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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    Next week's album: Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

    • 1 hr 40 min
    #152 Living Colour - Vivid

    #152 Living Colour - Vivid

    Living Colour broke the mold of what it meant to be a rock band in the late 80s, and they managed to break through the noise with a little help from MTV. The fellas discuss proggy solos, lazy lyric writing, and Mick Jagger cameo appearances.
    Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com
    Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ovXjZ9gqnMbCSvDcbh9Im?si=d273ccd3dfa64105
    Listen to Vivid here:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/0Itv01cUzRusmyNcEgEmOA?si=rXrkaFmJTSCvs3_Uz0kcSQ
    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
    Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
    Follow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaints
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    Next week's album: Elton John - Goodbye YellowBrick Road

    • 1 hr 9 min
    #151 The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 2

    #151 The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 2

    Freshly married and without the Let It Be documentary cameras rolling, The Beatles head into their favorite London recording studio to lay down an all time classic before calling it quits forever. In our thrilling conclusion, we cover every track on Side 2 and chatter about the most popular Beatles song in the digital era, guitar solos played by bass players, and using every note in the western scale in a single, strange composition.
    Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com
    Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ml5UZUmoFftVKR3VGKs2L?si=1ea0d8244d934286
    Listen to Abbey Road here:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/5iT3F2EhjVQVrO4PKhsP8c?si=5D0oPW_aTgyBKyfcAx_htQ
    Check out our playlist "The Beatles Album That Never Was" here, made up of songs in work at the time the band broke up, and later finished and released on other albums:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iKUDtCOrHN3wKPEUnrMc2?si=7e3d757a2bcb460b
    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
    Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
    Follow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaints
    Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
    Follow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaints
    Support us on Patreon, now including our new show Song Battle!
    https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
    We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
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    Next week's album: Living Colour - Vivid

    • 1 hr 43 min
    #150 The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 1

    #150 The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 1

    The Beatles were chaffed from some seriously tense recording sessions whilst making the "white" album, and then again from the well-documented Get Back era, but, even still, after a break they decided to give it one more go together in the summer of 1969. We go through every song on this momentous album over the course of 2 episodes. This week while covering Side 1 the boys discuss Timothy Leary, the George Martin effect on George Harrison compositions, and the financial situation of Beatles Inc. at the time.
    Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com
    Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2h2FPPP1rqdPXyhDZICci0?si=7e6c455263f5432b
    Listen to Abbey Road here:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/0ETFjACtuP2ADo6LFhL6HN?si=NSIwd0uuRzae_D0NzqDu2A
    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
    Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
    Follow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaints
    Support us on Patreon, now including bonus content!
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    Next week's album: The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 2

    • 1 hr 42 min

Customer Reviews

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Democritus77 ,

Ignorance is bliss

I expected that reviewing an album would involve some research on the band, but it was tedious and annoying to listen to a review with so many weird and obviously incorrect statements.

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