Def Leppard had tasted arena rock success with their breakthrough hit Pyromania but they still wanted more, so teaming up with Mutt Lange they headed into the studio to create a hair metal version of Thriller. The guys get together to discuss terrible lyrics, cringey 80s vocal effects, and the slow sway of stadium choruses.

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Next week's album: Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters at Newport 1960

Little Richard was a born performer from a young age, and by leaning into a larger than life persona ended up inventing rock and roll (and possibly all other modern musical genres). The team get together to discuss mic clipping, rhyming dictionaries, and the importance of self-promotion.

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Listen to Here's Little Richard here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/18tV6PLXYvVjsdOVk0S7M8?si=TbkwxRsqTm2waV2C-3Um1Q

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Next week's album: Def Leppard - Hysteria

Teenage Fanclub came roaring out of the Glasgow C86 scene and were poised to take over the world with jangle pop and harmony - so what happened? The boys discuss mixtapes, Jack Daniels, and throwing your mattress into the touring van.

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Next week's album: Little Richard - Here's Little Richard

At the start of the new year we get together to discuss the past 12 months and the road ahead for 1001 Album Complaints.

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Ryan Adams had a long and circuitous path to hipster songwriter celebrity via his first solo album "Heartbreaker". The boys talk about strange mixing decisions, Mandy Moore, how fast can a man chug three beers?

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Next week's album: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

Johnny Cash had a hard scrabble life before finding success in country music songs that focused on the underdogs of society. By 1968 he had hit tough times and needed a hit to revive his career. The boys get together to discuss sweating bullets on stage, authoritative delivery, and the bottom three strings on the guitar.

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And...check out Phil's "Prison Set" discussed in the episode here:

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Listen to At Folsom Prison here:

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Next week's album: Ryan Adam - Heartbreaker

Welcome to Future Complaints - our end of year bonus show(s) where each of our six hosts get to recommend albums from 2024. Each episode, one host picks two highlight songs and we all discuss together. All 6 of our 2024 recommendation shows are available NOW over at our Patreon.

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In this episode, Rob talks about seeing Judas Priest shred this summer at an advanced age, then gives advice on how to approach the intimidating catalog of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, who the entire podcast crew caught on tour this year.

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Happy New Year!

Happy (almost) New Year!

In order to be with our families over the holidays, we're taking a short break from deep dives on new albums and this week's episode is instead a compilation of our best (mean) tweets of the year, lovingly compiled in secret by Rob and then reacted to in real-time by all 6 hosts / old friends together. We hope you enjoy it and we'll be backing to evaluating the 1001 album list next week to kick off 2025.

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Next week's album: Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison