Another massive episode featuring

50th Anniversary of Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

50th Anniversary of Bradley's Barn by The Beau Brummels

50th Anniversary of The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark

50th Anniversary of Traffic (Traffic's second album)

45th Anniversary of For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night by Caravan

45th Anniversary of These Foolish Things by Bryan Ferry

45th Anniversary of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

45th Anniversary of Selling England by the Pound by Genesis

45th Anniversary of Time Fades Away by Neil Young and the Stray Gators

45th Anniversary of Burnin' by The Wailers

45th Anniversary of For Everyman by Jackson Browne

45th Anniversary of Marjory Razorblad by Kevin Coyne

45th Anniversary of Imagination by Gladys Knight & the Pips

45th Anniversary of Sweet Revenge by John Prine

45th Anniversary of Suzi Quatro

Host: Riley Haas

Whittling down the numerous notable anniversaries of September 1998 to the most notable (and the ones we wanted to listen to), we have:

20th Anniversary of Electro-Shock Blues by Eels

20th Anniversary of The Boy with the Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian

20th Anniversary of Whitey Ford Sings the Blues by Everlast

20th Anniversary of Celebrity Skin by Hole

20th Anniversary of How It Feels to Be Something On by Sunny Day Real Estate

20th Anniversary of Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson

20th Anniversary of White Trash Heroes by Archers of Loaf

20th Anniversary of Moon Pix by Cat Power

20th Anniversary of Sewn Mouth Secrets by Solient Green

20th Anniversary of Is This Desire? by Is This Desire? by PJ Harvey

20th Anniversary of Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life by Jay Z

20th Anniversary of Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

20th Anniversary of Aquemini by Outkast

El Oso by Soul Coughing

It's a lot. But there could have been so many more.

Host: Riley Haas

So. Many. Records. Polished '80s Boomer Nostalgia. Hair Metal that's more Metal than Hair. The beginning of the legend of Tom Waits. A leftover classic from August. Samples in guitar pop. The worst album of the 1980s or the worst album to sell 14 million copies? Some political melodic hardcore. A rapper who does not write his own raps and one who does. Crossover thrash. The birth of Post Rock. Nick Cave's best record of the 1980s. Energetic, ethereal Dream Pop. New Age. Snarky indie rock. Ozzy. The birth of British Acide House. And Randy Newman raps and it's not pleasant.

35th Anniversary of Sports by Huey Lewis and the News

35th Anniversary of Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue

35th Anniversary of Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

30th Anniversary of ...And Justice For All by Metallica

30th Anniversary of Peepshow by Siouxsie and the Banshees

30th Anniversary of Hangin' Tough by New Kids on the Block

30th Anniversary of Suffer by Bad Religion

30th Anniversary of Eazy-Duz-It  by Eazy E

30th Anniversary of Power by Ice T

30th Anniversary of How Will I Laugh Tomorrow If I Can't Even Smile Today by Suicidal Tendencies

30th Anniversary of Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk

30th Anniversary of Tender Prey by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

30th Anniversary of Blue bell Knoll by Cocteau Twins

30th Anniversary of Watermark by Enya

30th Anniversary of Lincoln by They Might Be Giants

30th Anniversary of No Rest for the Wicked by Ozzy Osbourne

30th Anniversary of Newbuild by 808 State

30th Anniversary of Land of Dreams by Randy Newman

September 1993 was a fairly big month. This episode features a popular British duo with a crazy name you've probably never heard of if you live in NA, some very sedate world music, the debut album by the Counting Crows, some actually progressive "death" metal, a sequel you would have thought nobody wanted but 14 million people bought, a truly unique-sounding trio, one hell of a weird sludge metal major label debut, Nirvana's best record and KRS-One's "debut."

25th Anniversary of Post Historic Monsters by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

25th Anniversary of Into the Labyrinth by Dead Can Dance

25th Anniversary of August and Everything After by Counting Crows

25th Anniversary of Focus by Cynic

25th Anniversary of Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell by Meat Loaf

25th Anniversary of Cure for Pain by Morphine

25th Anniversary of Judgment Night (14) by Various

25th Anniversary of Houdini by Melvins

25th Anniversary of In Utero by Nirvana

25th Anniversary of Return of the Boom Bap by KRS-One.

Host: Riley Haas

August 1998 was also a big month in music. In this episode we talk about lots of different stuff, including Liz Phair getting slightly more polished, At the Drive-In getting more accomplished, Death Cab for Cutie's debut album, and Lauryn Hill's one and only album. Also, Korn has a huge hit, Opeth combines death metal with melodic music, Elliott Smith gets more accomplished, and Rob Zombie creates excellent strip club music. With an appearance from UNKLE's All Star debut album And we decided not to talk about Devil Without a Cause because we figured we'd be too mean.

 

20th Anniversary of Whitechocolatespaceegg by Liz Phair

20th Anniversary of In/Casino/Out by At the Drive-In

20th Anniversary of Something About Airplanes by Death Cab for Cutie

20th Anniversary of Follow the Leader by Korn

20th Anniversary of My Arms, Your Hearse by Opeth

20th Anniversary of Psyence Fiction by Unkle

20th Anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

20th Anniversary of XO by Elliott Smith

20th Anniversary of Hellbilly Deluxe by Rob Zombie

Host: Riley Haas

Guest: Matt Forsythe

A ridiculous episode with far too many albums:

55th Anniversary of Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys

50th Anniversary of The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp

50th Anniversary of The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan

50th Anniversary of Crown of Creation by Jefferson Airplane

50th Anniversary of Shine On Brightly by Procol Harum

45th Anniversary of Over-Nite Sensation by The Mothers

45th Anniversary of Faust IV

45th Anniversary of In a Glass House by Gentle Giant

45th Anniversary of Vagabonds of the Western World by Thin Lizzy

45th Anniversary of Wild and Peaceful by Kool & the Gang

40th Anniversary of Blue Valentine by Tom Waits

40th Anniversary of Road to Ruin by Ramones

40th Anniversary of Love Bites by The Buzzcocks

40th Anniversary of One Nation Under a Groove by Funkadelic

40th Anniversary of Parallel Lines by Blondie

Host: Riley Haas

In this episode we talk about August 1993 and how much of an impact it had on the life of our guest. The albums are

 

25th Anniversary of Mezcal Head by Swervedriver

25th Anniversary of Perfect Teeth by Unrest

25th Anniversary of Kerosene Hat by Cracker

25th Anniversary of Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements by Stereolab

25th Anniversary of Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

25th Anniversary of Last Splash by The Breeders

Host: Riley Haas

Guest: Evan Sue-Ping

A very '80s episode featuring disco, the most new wave New Wave album, the birth of post punk, '60s nostalgia, the shock of '80s synthesizers, gangsta rap, post hardcore, blues metal and a song you know way too well.

40th Anniversary of C'est Chic

40th Anniversary of Q: Are Not Men? A: We are DEVO!

40th Anniversary of Chairs Missing by Wire

35th Anniversary of An Innocent Man by Billy Joel

35th Anniversary of Future Shock by Herbie Hancock

30th Anniversary of Straight Outta Comptom by N.W.A

30th Anniversary of Two Nuns and a Pack Mule by Rapeman

30th Anniversary of Danzig

30th Anniversary of Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers

Host: Riley Haas

A really big, ridiculous episode featuring way too many albums, including lots and lots of soul:

 

55th Anniversary of Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo by Sandy Bull

55th Anniversary of Night Beat by Sam Cooke

50th Anniversary of Wheels of Fire by Cream

50th Anniversary of Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company

50th Anniversary of Sweetheart of the Rodeo by The Byrds

50th Anniversary of Truth by the Jeff Beck Group

50th Anniversary of Outsideinside by Blue Cheer

50th Anniversary of Tell Mama by Etta James

50th Anniversary of For the Sake of the Song by Townes Van Zandt

45th Anniversary of Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

45th Anniversary of 3+3 by the Isley Brothers

45th Anniversary of Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd

45th Anniversary of Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

45th Anniversary of Brothers and Sisters by The Allman Brothers Band

45th Anniversary of Future Days by Can

45th Anniversary of Legend by Henry Cow

45th Anniversary of Boulders by Roy Wood

 

 Host: Riley Haas

A ridiculously epic episode this time, with major records from 1988 through 1998

 

30th Anniversary of Temple of Low Men by Crowded House

30th Anniversary of Lucinda Williams

25th Anniversary of Debut by Bjork

25th Anniversary of Julius Caesar by Smog

25th Anniversary of Zooropa by U2

25th Anniversary of Altered Beast by Matthew Sweet

25th Anniversary of Chrome by Catherine Wheel

25th Anniversary of Motherscratcher by Ed Hall

20th Anniversary of Stunt by Barenaked Ladies

20th Anniversary of Black Music by Chocolate Genius

20th Anniversary of Good Morning Spider by Sparklehorse

20th Anniversary of Scraps at Midnight by Mark Lanegan

20th Anniversary of °BSΩLE+e by Fear Factory

Host: Riley Haas