Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  The Police started as a punk band but quickly pivoted to something completely new and started releasing a parade of hit songs that lasted into the next decade. The team get together and talk about syncopation, reviving songs from old bands, and the inherent aggressiveness of the high hat.

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Next week's album: k.d. lang - Shadowland

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Tom Waits struggled to find his audience on his first two albums but had the confidence and backing of a young David Geffen when he decided to turn a recording studio into a nightclub for his third effort. The guys discuss the dive bars of LA, the curse and blessing of a live studio audience, and hobo poems (i.e. poebos).

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Next week's album: The Police - Reggatta de Blanc

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  The Cars had years to learn and perfect their pop rock craft before locking in a becoming just what America needed (I know), The team get together to discuss metronomic timing, Berklee shredders, and J Geils Band's Magic Dick

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Next week's album: Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Merle Haggard was in and out of prison several times before being discovered by Lefty Frizzell and launching a musical career based on the latest and greatest country music movement: the Bakersfield sound. The guys get together to discuss rumdums, second-story men, and bone orchards.

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Next week's album: The Cars - The Cars

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Blur were London's answer to the Madchester movement up north but grew into Brit-Pop force to be reckoned with (or competed against) in the charts after Parklife became a hit. The fellows welcome a very special first time guest and discuss bellends, geezers, and being knackered in the village green.

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Next week's album: Merle Haggard - I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Paul McCartney was feeling left behind by his ex-bandmates' solo careers and dealing with an ever-shifting roster of players in his new band when he decided to head for the tropics of Lagos, Nigeria to record his next album. Things only got wilder from there. The gang get together to talk about Linda's high notes, stringing different songs together, and how Fela Kuti felt about the first 60s pop star to come to his homeland.

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Next week's album: Blur - Parklife

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Sonic Youth set out to reinvent rock music by merging avant garde art world ideas with noisy guitars. By doing so they set a template for indie bands that came after them. The guys welcome a special guest and talk about prepared instruments, car crashes, and Ferris Bueller.

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Next week's album: Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Pantera transitioned from a glam metal band into the sludgy groove pioneers we know them to be today and tried to scrub the record of their previous KISS-like excess. The guys get together to discuss Dimebag's precision, Phil Anselmo's growling, and how Rob Halford figures into the Pantera story.

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Next week's album: Sonic Youth - EVOL

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Stephin Merritt set out to write a songbook's worth of material and record it in his bedroom in Manhattan with the help The Magnetic Fields. He never expected it would become an indie darling. The guys meet to discuss the final listener pick of the summer and touch on universal truth via zither.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/2GuROKcqyHdpIDcgxml1C7?si=gJEuFcR4RiKWpIorJRKOpA

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Next week's album: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Television helped kick off the New York music scene of the 1970s by building the stage bands played on - literally. The guys get together live in Wilmington Delaware to discuss a complete lack of choruses, Jimi Hendrix's only guitar student, and Tom Verlaine's connection to the complainers' beloved home state.

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Next week's album: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs