1001 Album Complaints

By: 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.
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  • #199 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

    #199 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
    Mar 10 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Nine Inch Nails was born from the late night studio experiments of Trent Reznor, who rocketed to stardom in the early nineties with this sonically experimental and lyrically provocative album. The boys discuss Trent's rural Pennsylvania beginnings, early ProTools workflows, and the importance of twisting up samples so as to be unrecognizable

    Buy a copy of The Beverly Crushers "Enterprise" (Rob and Tom's new album) and have a chance to pick what album we cover next

    Submit your snarky tweet about "Enterprise" here

    Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints

    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/5WMPhYkRf7F0sH6Vi3eztx?si=5c91e3592a6d472a

    Listen to The Downward Spiral here:

    https://open.spotify.com/album/7a7arAXDE0BiaMgHLhdjGF?si=R2YGEMcIRPaHsW10fDBJyw

    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

    Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 30+ hrs of bonus shows!

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    Next week's album: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • BONUS: Song Battle: The Best #1 Hit of 2024 - Episode 1 (of 5)

    BONUS: Song Battle: The Best #1 Hit of 2024 - Episode 1 (of 5)
    Mar 7 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Song Battle is our Patreon-only bonus show where contestants select songs to compete in a bracket system and over the course of 5 episodes we pit them against each other to determine the one true winner in Episode #5. The theme for this Song Battle is 2024 #1 Hits

    And if you enjoyed this - you can access Episodes #2-#5 right now over at:

    https://www.patreon.com/1001albumcomplaints

    And, once you're a Patreon member - you can access all of our bonus content immediately (30 + hours of it) either through Patreon app directly or through this Spotify feed which is locked for everyone who's not also logged into Patreon

    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yuPJugWxYoMaY7Re4dLpc?si=e555373c32e3455b

    Listen to / Support The Beverly Crushers "Enterprise" (Rob and Tom's new album)

    Here's a playlist of all 16 songs we cover in this edition of Song Battle:

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67D4nDPmN4A04XcfB39Di6?si=36428533eb6c449e

    And here's our standard "random mentions" playlist for the songs that get referenced throughout the series:

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5WeAqIiLXy4eLpldcQEJua?si=a89b8489945140ed
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    48 mins
  • #198 Harry Nilsson -Nilsson Schmilsson

    #198 Harry Nilsson -Nilsson Schmilsson
    Mar 3 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Harry Nilsson ping-ponged through the songwriter-for-hire business and got some very famous admirers in the process before finding critical success with his breakthrough hit Nilsson Schmilsson. The fellas welcome an old friend and discuss half-baked song structures, detuned bass parts, and what song to listen to while crying in the Target parking lot.

    Check out Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends new record here:

    https://neutronfriends.bandcamp.com/

    Listen to / Support The Beverly Crushers "Enterprise" (Rob and Tom's new album)

    Submit your snarky tweet about "Enterprise" here

    Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints

    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/27F7FcKq7sB5DoAKDp7m7q?si=06aa30fedec24ec7

    Listen to Nilsson Schmilsson here:

    https://open.spotify.com/album/3EfpOFKjotrMQTFTnxrXaB?si=90KmR8hhTZetT1PSyo6J7g

    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

    Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 30+ hrs of bonus shows!

    https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints

    We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.

    US Merch Store

    UK Merch Store

    Next week's album: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
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    1 hr and 35 mins

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humor meets intellect and experience for a WIN ❤️

for a person who podcasts so obsessively that she basically has an IV drip of daily content, this show has been a delight and a relief to listen to. the crew deconstructs and reconstructs milestone albums through a cultural lens in dialogue that is easy, natural and smart. the content is well-researched; the hosts draw on their academic understanding and personal experiences playing music for commentary on extant work that is salient, stimulating and frequently novel. the real joy is that the "smart stuff" does not make their conversations inaccessible; the podcasts' approach is a satisfying balance of tomfooling amongst a buncha goons who get a kick out of being together, and reliable, interesting historical and musical analysis.

give it a shot. start with an episode on an album you know well (whether you love it or hate it) rather than trying a chronological exploration. the result is likely to be gratifying. ❤️

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This Podcast ROCKS!

These guys are fantastic. They know more than a little about music and are funny to boot. Look forward to Mondays because of this podcast. Keep up the great work.

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not in total agreement with them

I like the podcast..I do find the guys a little blinkered in the way they approach some of the albums and as artists themselves a bit to quick to attack the albums that don't fit in to their preferred genres of music... but on a whole a fun listen

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It's a comedy show!!

They complain and make fun of music, while sounding like they know something about what they're talking about, and they get away with it because they're talking to a younger less informed audience. If your a boomer, you'll hate the show, They're musicians, so you have your basic rock talk. They do make some funny references, but they should stick to their own music. Panning Surealistic Pillow by a guy who's favorite band is Rush says it all. Again it's a comedy show.

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