1001 Album Complaints

By The Chop Unlimited

Classic albums' full backstories told by musicians who love to nitpick the details, now with >1M downloads.

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The podcast currently has 259 episodes available.

1001 Album Complaints episodes:

February 09, 2026 The Story Behind: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet, Ep. 246
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Public Enemy set out to scare complacent suburban America with a deep knowledge of history, culture, and systemic racism. The guys welcome a special listener guest to discuss a landmark hip-hop album and discuss the wall of noise, oversized shower clocks, and the cadence of sportscaster Marv Albert
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Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2m35w7VYYdn2CGMmIGRoEZ?si=730ca0eac97f4c78
Listen to Fear of a Black Planet here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0aFNb4RDk2hmKKLa0bzXNz?si=naZeY8xPS6ShRC-2yZo-xA
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: Billy Joel - The Stranger
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2h 3min
February 02, 2026 The Story Behind: Moby - Play, Ep. 245
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Moby started as a New York City crate diver before taking some hard left turns in his career and isolating his small fanbase, then rising like the phoenix again on a wave of commercial licensing. The guys get together to talk about selling out, additive sampling practices, and going up against Eminem.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 50+ bonus shows!
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Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qp7sd4afT9ndBHB4ZbCY6?si=e5784dbe163344a7
Listen to Play here (original release only playlist):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wS11FOwdzIK0zkVdaMvoW?si=f89da20447a5430a
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: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
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1h 47min
January 26, 2026 The Story Behind: Chic - Risque, Ep. 244
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Chic set out to make sophisticated and elegant dance music and took the disco world by storm before waning in popularity alongside the genre they helped create. The fellas get together to discuss muted strings, studio perfectionism, and 3 on E.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 55+ bonus shows!
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Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xGudWPO8Ke4nfUodaoXKC?si=b8ede8e1d7fe4517
Listen to Risque here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7rAk4WPpYlYr0fElVfXTOF?si=IurNGh4VS_mZzFVT6NruAA
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: Moby - Play
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1h 28min
January 19, 2026 The Story Behind: Nick Drake - Pink Moon, Ep. 243
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Nick Drake released 3 relatively unheralded albums in his short lifetime and only decades later became a household name thanks to one savvy music supervisor at an ad agency. The guys get together and discuss retuning your guitar constantly, never changing your strings, and the bridge on the river Kwai.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 50+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ij5WngVhyDkAwWv4aNP3v?si=b496a37fc0734fb0
Listen to Pink Moon here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5mwOo1zikswhmfHvtqVSXg?si=u8Fvj0dKQtKOYUL0eSOiaQ
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: Chic - Risque
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1h 32min
January 12, 2026 The Story Behind: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus, Ep 242
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Stranglers started with a jazz drummer and an ice cream van, and somehow made it work such that they continued to tour for 50 years. The boys get together to discuss punk rock, pub rock, and leaving hotel rooms spic and span.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 55+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CT9O00XJPOxr9HdYHpPkD?si=bb3772c15eb44bd8
Listen to Rattus Norvegicus here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/38lyLeszq1p2sck1lB53dq?si=IEqRPlgzT9eooW64QCoC8A
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: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
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1h 34min
January 05, 2026 The Story Behind: Bad Brains - I Against I, Ep. 241
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Bad Brains revolutionized the DC punk scene by being consistently adversarial and unpredictable. The fellows get together to discuss hair metal, prog noise solos, and Rastafarian-ism.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 50+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zFoEg7kuJq8Pl7vjql8mF?si=6cf8a56e437a4c1a
Listen to I Against I here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6xw5oNhHoLltpXCFONNnqs?si=Lc755RcJRUukUdtGdTZhmQ
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
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
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Next week's album: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
...more
1h 43min
January 01, 2026 The Story Behind: The Chop - Stay Puft
Special bonus: we made an album - hear us, the musicians and producers tell the backstory - first of The Ghostbusters film that was our inspiration, and then of how we made Stay Puft together. And - we announce the winners of our listener contest!
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 50+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tUFZOrboEVTKE0qtH1HPm?si=c77372ef097e4f76
Listen to Stay Puft here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6sZMAbGQY8TBMs0PGDgBrx?si=DHJzKWe0R2yJFxTYvD0exQ
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
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
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...more
1h 22min
December 29, 2025 The Best Mean Tweets of 2025
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected stories behind the making of your favorite albums. Happy (almost) New Year! In order to take a little break for the holidays we've painstakingly compiled our funniest mean tweets from the entire year, then we got together at our annual holiday party and listened to them together as a team. We hope you enjoy it (we certainly did, as you will hear) and we'll be backing to reviewing a 1001 Album list pick next week to kick off 2026
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 50+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
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
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
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...more
43min
December 22, 2025 The Story Behind: Taylor Swift - 1989, Ep. 240
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Taylor grew up on a Christmas tree farm and moved to Nashville to become a country star before ditching it all to become the pop princess marketing maven the world knows today. The boys get together to talk about Taylor hooky lines, and Max Martin's production stamp, the Swiftie community's connection to Phish-heads.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 50+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vvYENIoRw4wmOL9cM7f7g?si=3fbcc19a01c0467c
Listen to 1989 here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2QJmrSgbdM35R67eoGQo4j?si=YYyAIq8nRhSzqT4xpNFyTQ
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
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
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Next week's album: (after Best Tweets of 2025) Bad Brains - I Against I
...more
1h 44min
December 15, 2025 The Story Behind: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands, Ep 239
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Jesus and Mary Chain started as warring brothers with a port-a-studio and ended up on Top of the Pops while helping kick off the Glasgow music scene of the 1980s. The boys welcome a special guest to help make sense of this band and discuss hypnosis, vintage fuzz pedals, and fighting your audience as a marketing strategy.
Join us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 45+ bonus shows!
https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints
Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints
Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CtOQmSLd2tU8M3to9BWsf?si=2121ee80ff0842f5
Listen to Darklands here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7KLJM2KoVkWIaOpLzfyGHh?si=xs3BNb2AR4qXVTd6S9nXsg
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
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
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Next week's album: Taylor Swift - 1989
...more
1h 22min

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How many episodes does 1001 Album Complaints have?

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