Why I Hate this Album

By Garrett Harvey and Tim Richardson

What's Why I Hate this Album about?

Two friends take turns picking an album to listen to for a week straight. Then they sit down to make fun of it, themselves and each other in their attempt to explain why they hate this album.

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Why I Hate this Album episodes:

05.28.2024
#204 - Eve 6 - Eve 6
This week we return to the late nineties to discuss the Eve 6 album of the same name released April 28, 1998. This is one of those challenging episodes where one of us loved this album growing up and the...
05.21.2024
Prepisode #106 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
This week we’re talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd, but not the song everyone knows. Not on this show! We listened to That Smell, released in 1977 just after “the incident”. Despite predicting the demise of most of the band this song...
05.14.2024
#203 - Rebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver
This week we’re wrapping up our small detour into the world of film with the Netflix original Rebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver. What this movie lacks in original storytelling and fighting robots it makes up for with slow...
05.07.2024
#202 - Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire
This week we take a look at the podcast that might have been with a very special Why I Hate this Movie. What movie is so bad that we had to change the entire format of our show to discuss...
04.30.2024
Prepisode #105 - The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
This week we’re discussing The Von Bondies single C’mon C’mon. Turns out this is not a very well known song, unless you’re a fan of the FX series Rescue Me, in which case you both know and likely despise this...
04.23.2024
#201 - Foreigner - Head Games
This week we’re turning back the clock all the way to September 11, 1979, so we can talk to you about the confusing and very popular Foreigner album Head Games. If you don’t know this band, don’t worry, none of...
04.16.2024
Prepisode #104 - Drake - Hotline Bling
This week on a very special episode Tim and Garrett are exposed to Drake for the very first time. We’re talking about his hit single Hotline Bling, released all the way back in 2016. There’s a lot of accusations in...
04.09.2024
#200 - Silverchair - Frogstomp
This week we’re talking about an album that was late to the grunge party, but for a bunch of kids they do a pretty good job. We are talking about the Silverchair album Frogstomp, released March 27, 1995.In this episode...
03.26.2024
Prepisode #103 - The Beatles - Run For Your Life
This week we’re facing some hard truths about one of our favorite bands of all time. We are talking about the catchy but threatening song Run For Your Life by the Beatles. (They’re new but they’re good.) Also in this...
03.19.2024
#199 - Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds - Cream
This week Tim is in Portugal so Garrett pulled together a solocast. It is the fourth installment of the Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds series. Episodes dedicated to telling the story behind the downfall of the world’s biggest bands. This...
03.12.2024
#198 - Smokey Robison - Gasms
This week we decided to focus on a more recent release, really get in touch with modern music. So we of course chose Smokey Robinson and his truly insane and amazing album Gasms, released April 28, 2023. Just to be...
03.05.2024
Prepisode #103 - Asher Roth - I Love College
This week we are introduced to the sleepy, apologetic and slightly concerning rap of Asher Roth and his hit(?) song I Love College, released in 2009. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce...
02.27.2024
#197 - Drowning Pool - Sinner
This week we’re talking about Drowning Pool and their album Sinner, released June 5, 2001. If you don’t know who this is, they sing the “Let the bodies hit the floor…” song we all know and love? Anyway, it turns...
02.13.2024
Prepisode # 102 - Monster Magnet - Space Lord
This week is a listener request special. We’re talking about the pseudo-grunge Monster Magnet song Space Lord, released in 1998. The conversation takes a weird turn, Marvel fans we have some questions. Also in this prepisode music news of the...
02.06.2024
#196 - The (Dixie) Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
This week we’re returning to a simpler time known as the late 90s, but not for post-grunge or nu metal. This week we’re going country with The (Dixie) Chicks and their 1998 album Wide Open Spaces. In this episode we...
01.30.2024
Prepisode #101 - 50 Cent - Candy Shop
This week was supposed to be a special after dark episode, but we picked the wrong song for that. We’re discussing 50 Cent and his curiously clean single Candy Shop, released all the way back in 2009. Also in this...
01.23.2024
#195 - Ted Nugent - Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent
This week we try our best to keep things light while we talk about the incredibly dark life and lyrics of Ted Nugent. Since none of his albums past 1981 are known to human ears we chose to do his...
01.16.2024
Prepisode #100 - Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
This week we return to the late 90s to discuss the Natalie Imbruglia hit single Torn, released in 1997. Get ready for some surprises, turns out this song has a longer history than anyone knew. Also in this prepisode music...
01.09.2024
#194 - WIHTA - Greatest Hits - Best of Amazon Reviews - 2018 (Year 1): A Tim Solocast
This week we’re doing something different, we present WIHTA: Greatest Hits - Best of Amazon Reviews - 2018 (Year 1): A Tim Solocast. (Title still pending approval.) We’re listening back to some of the funniest, most unhinged reviews from our...
01.02.2024
#193 - Insane Clown Posse - Fearless Fred Fury (Part 2)
This week we wrap up our ICPissmas holiday celebration with part 2 of the ICP album Fearless Fred Fury, released February 15, 2019. In this episode we discuss arm removal, ghouls, video games, experiments, video games, linens, chloroform tag, sausages,...
12.26.2023
#192 - Insane Clown Posse - Fearless Fred Fury (Part 1)
Merry clowning to all, and to all a good Faygo, another ICPissmas is upon us! This year we celebrate by discussing the ICP album Fearless Fred Fury, released February 15, 2019. This is an insanely long episode so we split...
12.19.2023
#191 - ZZ Top - Worldwide Texas Tour
This week we’re talking about a tour instead of an album. In 1976 ZZ Top embarked on "The Worldwide Texas Tour", a completely insane idea that included buzzards, snakes and real livestock! Garrett has a solocast to tell you all...
12.12.2023
Prepisode #99 - An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy's Home) - Linda Bennett
This week we decided to celebrate the season with An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy’s Home) by Linda Bennett. Things quickly turn strange and uncomfortable when we realize this Christmas song is about the death of 50 people. Also in this...
12.05.2023
#190 - Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
This week we’re diving deep into late 90s alternative nostalgia with Everclear and their hit album So Much for the Afterglow, released Oct. 7, 1997. In this episode we discuss humanity, feet, aortic valves, agitators, cheating, peanuts, medicine, Quantum Leap,...
11.28.2023
Prepisode #98 - Chet Hanx - White Boy Summer
This week, against our better judgment, we’re talking about the terribly misguided Chet Hanx (aka Chester Hanks) song White Boy Summer. No one deserves this, especially not Tom Hanks. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails...
11.21.2023
#189 - Jessica Simpson - In This Skin
This week we return to the pop world of the early aughts with Jessica Simpson and her powerful album In this Skin, released Aug. 19, 2003. Get ready to learn some truly strange facts about the Simpson family! In this...
11.14.2023
Prepisode #97 - Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
This week we’re finally doing our Keane episode! Specifically their song Somewhere Only We Know, released way back in 2004. All we can say is never go to secondary location, even when the invitation is in song form. Also in...
10.31.2023
#188 - Slayer - Hell Awaits
This week we wrap up the October scaretacular with Slayer and their demon filled album Hell Awaits, released all the way back in March 1985. What begins as a light conversation about the afterlife quickly turns to a debate about...
10.24.2023
#187 - Repo! The Genetic Opera
This week we decided to bring a touch of culture to the podcast by discussing some musical theater. Unfortunately we took suggestions from the listeners and picked Repo! The Genetic Opera which is neither cultured or an opera. However it...
10.17.2023
#186 - Stryper - To Hell with the Devil
This week the October Spooktacular takes a weird turn. We’re discussing the Stryper album To Hell With The Devil released Oct. 24, 1986. We were trying to commune with the devil, instead we wound up praising God through hair metal,...
10.10.2023
Prepisode #96 - Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
This week our October Scare-tacular continues with the confusing and paranoid Rockwell single, Somebody’s Watching Me released January 14, 1984. Is this a novelty song? Why is Michael Jasckon singing backup? Who is Rockwell? At least two of those questions...
10.03.2023
#185 - Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
This week Tim and Garrett risk it all by discussing (in very respectful terms) the sophomore album by Olivia Rodrigo Guts, released Sept. 8, 2023. Hopefully the show is not destroyed by the millions of Olivia diehards out there, but...
09.26.2023
Prepisode #95 - Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
This week is a real Garrett pick, we’re traveling back to the year 1997 to discuss the popular? song Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s...
09.19.2023
#184 - Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
This week Tim is missing so Garrett pulled together a solocast. It is the third installment of the Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds series for the show. Episodes dedicated to telling the story behind the downfall of the world’s biggest...
09.12.2023
#183 - Seven Mary Three - Churn
This week we wanted to talk about Seven Mary Three’s debut studio album, but we didn’t Google correctly so instead we’re talking about their debut independent release Churn, released in 1994. If you know their 1995 release American Standard, Churn...
08.29.2023
Prepisode #94 - The All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
This week we’re talking about a song that is in no way based on real events, at least that’s what the band told us! We listened to The All-American Rejects single Dirty LIttle Secret for a week straight and now...
08.22.2023
#182 - Shania Twain - The Woman in Me
This week we’re talking about the almost country album The Woman in Me by Shania Twain, released February 7, 1995. Prepare to be shocked when you learn about the incredibly interesting life Shania lived before ever becoming a musician. In...
08.15.2023
Prepisode #93 - Jason Aldean - Try that in a Small Town
This week we’re adding our voices to the choir of people already talking about Jason Aldean and his single Try that in a Small Town. There, we did it, you can stop asking now. Also in this prepisode music news...
08.08.2023
#181 - Hole - Live Through This
This week we’re exploring Courtney Love’s Hole and their album Live Through This released April 12, 1994. Get ready for some surprising opinions this week as we struggle to separate the artist from the art. In this episode we discuss...
08.01.2023
Prepisode #92 - Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start the Fire
This week we’re talking about the reboot of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire, Fall Out Boy Edition. That’s right, they made the sequel some of you were asking for and none of us needed. Also in this prepisode...
07.25.2023
#180 - Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds - Simon & Garfunkel / The Police
This week we bring you a very special surprise. Tim is in the Netherlands harassing the Dutch so Garrett pulled together a solocast. It is the second installment of the Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds series for the show. Episodes...
07.18.2023
#179 - Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
This week we are discussing the often requested debut album by Panic! At the Disco, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, released Sept. 27, 2005. Honestly we’re not entirely sure why you did this to us listeners. In this episode...
07.11.2023
Prepisode #91 - Guns N' Roses - Get in the Ring
This week we’re talking about the popular Guns N’ Roses song you’ve never heard of. The incredibly petty and childish Get in the Ring from Use Your Illusion II. There’s a reason no one talks about this song, it is...
07.04.2023
#178 - The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
This week we return to the dreaded mid 90s to discuss The Wallflowers album Bringing Down the Horse, released May 21, 1996. This episode is full of shocking revelations including the reveal that one of us loved this album as...
06.27.2023
Prepisode #90 - Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
This week we’re talking about the almost one hit wonder Scissor Sisters and their massive single (although not so much in the US) Take Your Mama Out. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we...
06.20.2023
#177 - Soulja Boy Tell Em - Souljaboytellem.com
This week we’re returning to the world of rap with the debut album from Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, SouljaBoyTellEm.com released Oct. 2, 2007. It took us 5 years to get to this album and we were right to procrastinate. In...
06.06.2023
Prepisode #89 - Cheap Trick - Dream Police
This week we go way back to the year 1978 and spend the week with Cheap Trick and their hit single the Dream Police. Are these police literal, are they a metaphor, does it matter? Find out this week! Also...
05.30.2023
#176 - Counting Crows - August and Everything After
This week we’re discussing Counting Crows and their hit album August and Everything After, released Sept. 14, 1993. We thought we were signing up for Mr Jones style upbeat pop and instead we got 11 tracks of early 90s emo...
05.23.2023
Prepisode #88 - Godsmack - Voodoo
This week we return to that magical year known as 1999 to discuss the Godsmack song Voodoo. It has had a strange effect on the show and we’re not it’s a positive thing. Also in this prepisode music news of...
05.16.2023
#175 - Yungblud - 21st Century Liability
This week we’re listening to the debut album by Yungblud 21st Century Liability released July 6, 2018. This was our first experience with this artist and we had a lot to say, arguably too much. Get ready, this is a...

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Why I Hate this Album episodes:

#204 - Eve 6 - Eve 6

Prepisode #106 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell

#203 - Rebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver

#202 - Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire

Prepisode #105 - The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

#201 - Foreigner - Head Games

Prepisode #104 - Drake - Hotline Bling

#200 - Silverchair - Frogstomp

Prepisode #103 - The Beatles - Run For Your Life

#199 - Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds - Cream

#198 - Smokey Robison - Gasms

Prepisode #103 - Asher Roth - I Love College

#197 - Drowning Pool - Sinner

Prepisode # 102 - Monster Magnet - Space Lord

#196 - The (Dixie) Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

Prepisode #101 - 50 Cent - Candy Shop

#195 - Ted Nugent - Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent

Prepisode #100 - Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

#194 - WIHTA - Greatest Hits - Best of Amazon Reviews - 2018 (Year 1): A Tim Solocast

#193 - Insane Clown Posse - Fearless Fred Fury (Part 2)

#192 - Insane Clown Posse - Fearless Fred Fury (Part 1)

#191 - ZZ Top - Worldwide Texas Tour

Prepisode #99 - An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy's Home) - Linda Bennett

#190 - Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow

Prepisode #98 - Chet Hanx - White Boy Summer

#189 - Jessica Simpson - In This Skin

Prepisode #97 - Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

#188 - Slayer - Hell Awaits

#187 - Repo! The Genetic Opera

#186 - Stryper - To Hell with the Devil

Prepisode #96 - Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

#185 - Olivia Rodrigo - Guts

Prepisode #95 - Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

#184 - Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)

#183 - Seven Mary Three - Churn

Prepisode #94 - The All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret

#182 - Shania Twain - The Woman in Me

Prepisode #93 - Jason Aldean - Try that in a Small Town

#181 - Hole - Live Through This

Prepisode #92 - Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start the Fire

#180 - Band Breakups and Bitter Feuds - Simon & Garfunkel / The Police

#179 - Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Prepisode #91 - Guns N' Roses - Get in the Ring

#178 - The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse

Prepisode #90 - Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

#177 - Soulja Boy Tell Em - Souljaboytellem.com

Prepisode #89 - Cheap Trick - Dream Police

#176 - Counting Crows - August and Everything After

Prepisode #88 - Godsmack - Voodoo

#175 - Yungblud - 21st Century Liability

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