All Episodes

The Story Behind: Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, Ep. 259

The Story Behind: Primal Scream - Screamadelica, Ep. 258

The Story Behind: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out, Ep. 257

The Story Behind: Green Day - Dookie, Ep. 256

The Story Behind: Queen - A Night at the Opera, Ep. 255

The Story Behind: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream, Ep. 254

The Story Behind: The Replacements - Let It Be, Ep. 253

The Story Behind: Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, Ep. 252

The Story Behind: Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends - The Way of the Neutron

The Story Behind: Pink Floyd - The Wall (part 2), Ep. 251

Our 250th Episode! The Story Behind: Pink Floyd - The Wall, Part 1

BONUS - Song Battle: 2025 #1 Hits - Episode 1 of 5

The Story Behind: Rocket from the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream, Ep. 249

The Story Behind: Can - Tago Mago, Ep. 248

The Story Behind: Billy Joel - The Stranger, Ep. 247

The Story Behind: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet, Ep. 246

The Story Behind: Moby - Play, Ep. 245

The Story Behind: Chic - Risque, Ep. 244

The Story Behind: Nick Drake - Pink Moon, Ep. 243

The Story Behind: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus, Ep 242

The Story Behind: Bad Brains - I Against I, Ep. 241

The Story Behind: The Chop - Stay Puft

The Best Mean Tweets of 2025

The Story Behind: Taylor Swift - 1989, Ep. 240

The Story Behind: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands, Ep 239

The Story Behind: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell, Ep. 238

The Story Behind: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ep. 237

The Story Behind: Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age, Ep 236

The Story Behind: Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors, Ep 235

The Story Behind: Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock, Ep 234

The Story Behind: k.d. lang - Shadowland, Ep 233

The Story Behind: The Police - Reggatta de Blanc, Ep 232

The Story Behind: Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner, Ep 231

The Story Behind: The Cars - The Cars, Ep 230

The Story Behind: Merle Haggard and The Strangers - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive

The Story Behind: Blur - Parklife, Ep 228

The Story Behind: Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run, Ep 227

The Story Behind: Sonic Youth - Evol, Ep 226

The Story Behind: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power, Ep. 225

The Story Behind: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Ep 224

The Story Behind: Television - Marquee Moon, Ep. 223

The Story Behind: The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, Ep. 222

BONUS: Song Battle: 90s 1 Hit Wonders - Ep. #1

The Story Behind: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul, Ep. 221

The Story Behind: Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum, Ep 220

The Story Behind: Brian Eno - Before and After Science, Ep 219

The Story Behind: Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in it for the Money

The Story Behind: Slayer - Reign in Blood, Ep. 217

The Story Behind: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes, Ep. 216

The Story Behind: The Offspring - Smash, Ep. 215

The Story Behind: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses, Ep. 214

The Story Behind: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water, Ep 213

The Story Behind: Digital Underground - Sex Packets, Ep 212

The Story Behind: Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Ep 211

The Story Behind: Yes - Close to the Edge, Ep 210

The Story Behind: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, Ep 209

The Story Behind: Abba - The Visitors, Ep 208

The Story Behind: Santana - Abraxas, Ep 207

The Story Behind: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand, Ep 206

The Story Behind: Christina Aguilera - Stripped, Ep 205

The Story Behind: Janis Joplin - Pearl, Ep 204

The Story Behind: Fugees - The Score, Ep 203

The Story Behind: Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Ep 202

The Story Behind: The Beverly Crushers - Enterprise

The Story Behind: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars SIDE 2, Ep 201

Our 200th Episode! The Story Behind: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: SIDE 1

The Story Behind: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, Ep 199

BONUS: Song Battle: The Best #1 Hit of 2024 - Episode 1 (of 5)

The Story Behind: Harry Nilsson -Nilsson Schmilsson, Ep 198

The Story Behind: Van Halen - 1984, Ep 197

The Story Behind: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Ep 196

The Story Behind: Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960, Ep 195

The Story Behind: Def Leppard - Hysteria, Ep 194

The Story Behind: Little Richard - Here's Little Richard, Ep 193

The Story Behind: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque, Ep 192

2025 State of the Union Show

The Story Behind: Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker, Ep 191

The Story Behind: Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison, Ep 190

Bonus: Future Complaints #1 (of 6): Rob reps King Gizzard and Judas Priest

The Best Tweets of 2024

The Story Behind: Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You, Ep 189

The Story Behind: Arcade Fire - Funeral, Ep 188

The Story Behind: Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator), Ep 187

The Story Behind: Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club, Ep 186

The Story Behind: Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers, Ep 185

The Story Behind: Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel, Ep 184

Bonus: Song Battle: Say My Name #1

The Story Behind: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, Ep 183

Bonus: Rob's appearance on "What Are You Listening To?" with Jenn Tully

The Story Behind: The Who - Who's Next, Ep 182

The Story Behind: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Ep 181

The Story Behind: Joni Mitchell - Hejira, Ep 180

The Story Behind: Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens, 179

The Story Behind: Napalm Death - Scum, Ep 178

The Story Behind: Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album), Ep 177

The Story Behind: The Monkees - Headquarters, Ep 176

The Story Behind: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, Ep 175

The Story Behind: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced "Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd", Ep 174

The Story Behind: Motorhead - Ace of Spades, Ep 173

The Story Behind: Ween - The Mollusk, Ep 172

The Story Behind: James Taylor - Sweet Baby James, Ep 171

The Story Behind: Deee-Lite - World Clique, Ep 170

The Story Behind: The Doors - The Doors, Ep 169

The Story Behind: Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty, Ep 168

The Story Behind: Jesus Christ Superstar, Ep 167

The Story Behind: Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar, Ep 166

The Story Behind: Duran Duran - Rio, Ep 165

The Story Behind: Herbie Hancock - Headhunters, Ep 164

The Story Behind: The Guess Who - Share the Land, Ep 163

The Story Behind: Tito Puente - Dance Mania Vol. 1, Ep 162

The Story Behind: Outkast - Stankonia, Ep 161

The Story Behind: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet, Ep 160

The Story Behind: Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, Ep 159

The Story Behind: The Zutons - Who Killed......The Zutons?, Ep 158

The Story Behind: The Killers - Hot Fuss, Ep 157

The Story Behind: Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out, Ep 156

Bonus: Song Battle: March Radness #1: The Best Song of the 80s Episode

The Story Behind: Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe, Ep 155

The Story Behind: Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time, Ep 154

The Story Behind: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Ep 153

The Story Behind: Living Colour - Vivid, Ep 152

The Story Behind: The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 2, Ep 151

Our 150th Episode! The Story Behind: The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 1

The Story Behind: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ep 149

The Story Behind: Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley, Ep 148

The Story Behind: Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible, Ep 147

The Story Behind: Slipknot - Slipknot, Ep 146

The Story Behind: Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen, Ep 145

The Story Behind: Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle, Ep 144

The Story Behind: The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!, Ep 143

The Story Behind: Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Ep 142

The Story Behind: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual, Ep 141

The Story Behind: Eagles - Hotel California, Ep 140

The Story Behind: Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - I've Got a Tiger by the Tail, Ep 139

The Story Behind: Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret, Ep 138

The Best Tweets of 2023

The Story Behind: The Band - Music from Big Pink, Ep 137

The Story Behind: Megadeth - Rust in Peace, Ep 136

The Story Behind: Portishead - Dummy, Ep 135

The Story Behind: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes, Ep 134

The Story Behind: Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill, Ep. 133

The Story Behind: Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, Ep 132

The Story Behind: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced, Ep 131

The Story Behind: Radiohead - OK Computer, Ep 130

The Story Behind: Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime, Ep 129

The Story Behind: Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth, Ep 128

The Story Behind: Snoop Doggy Dogg - DoggyStyle, Ep 127

The Story Behind: Emerson Lake and Palmer - Tarkus, Ep 126

The Story Behind: White Denim - D, Ep 125

The Story Behind: Crosby, Still, Nash and Young - Deja Vu, Ep 124

The Story Behind: The Kinks - Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Ep 123

The Story Behind: Carpenters - Close To You, Ep 122

The Story Behind: The Cure - Seventeen Seconds, Ep 121

The Story Behind: Incubus - Make Yourself, Ep 120

The Story Behind: Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City, Ep 119

The Story Behind: Go Gos - Beauty and the Beat, Ep 118

The Story Behind: Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!, Ep 117

The Story Behind: Supertramp - Crime of the Century, Ep 116

The Story Behind: Missy Elliott - Under Construction, Ep 115

The Story Behind: Talking Heads - 77, Ep 114

The Story Behind: The Stooges - Funhouse, Ep 113

The Story Behind: The Grateful Dead - American Beauty, Ep 112

The Story Behind: T Rex - Electric Warrior, Ep 111

The Story Behind: Thundercat - Drunk, Ep 110

The Story Behind: KISS - Destroyer, Ep 109

The Story Behind: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks, Ep 108

The Story Behind: Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours, Ep 107

The Story Behind: Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju, Ep 106

The Story Behind: Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself, Ep 105

The Story Behind: Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier, Ep 104

The Story Behind: REM - Green, Ep 103

The Story Behind: The Specials - The Specials, Ep 102

The Story Behind: The Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes, Ep 101

Our 100th Episode! The Story Behind: Led Zeppelin - II

The Story Behind: The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker, Ep 99

The Story Behind: Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Ep 98

The Story Behind: Tina Turner - Private Dancer, Ep 97

The Story Behind: Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Ep 96

The Story Behind: Beck - Odelay, Ep 95

The Story Behind: Norah Jones - Come Away With Me, Ep 94

The Story Behind: Sam Cooke - Live at Harlem Square Club, Ep 92

The Story Behind: Love - Forever Changes, Ep 92

The Story Behind: Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies, Ep 91

The Story Behind: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Ep 90

The Story Behind: Dr John - Gris Gris, Ep 89

The Story Behind: Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction, Ep 88

The Story Behind: Big Star - #1 Record, Ep 87

The Story Behind: Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World, Ep 86

The Story Behind: Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes, Ep 85

The Story Behind: The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed, Ep. 84

The Story Behind: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Ep 83

The Story Behind: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory, Ep 82

The Story Behind: U2 - Achtung Baby, Ep 81

The Story Behind: Bjork - Debut, Ep 80

The Story Behind: Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way That I Love You, Ep 79

The Story Behind: Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones, Ep 78

The Story Behind: Michael Jackson - Thriller, Ep 77

The Story Behind: The Chop - GhostBeef, Ep 76

The Story Behind: Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley, Ep 75

The Story Behind: New York Dolls - New York Dolls, Ep 74

The Story Behind: Randy Newman - Sail Away, Ep 73

The Story Behind: The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Ep 72

The Story Behind: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Ep 71

The Story Behind: Gang of Four - Entertainment!, Ep 70

The Story Behind: D'Angelo - Brown Sugar, Ep 69

The Story Behind: Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home, Ep 68

The Story Behind: Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Ep 67

The Story Behind: Fleetwood Mac - Tusk, Ep 66

The Story Behind: Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister, Ep 65

The Story Behind: Metallica - Metallica, Ep 64

The Story Behind: Lorde - Melodrama, Ep 63

The Story Behind: Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue, Ep 62

The Story Behind: Prince - Purple Rain, Ep 61

The Story Behind: System of a Down - System of a Down, Ep 60

The Story Behind: Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA, Ep 59

The Story Behind: Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natty Dread, Ep. 58

The Story Behind: Gang Starr - Step in the Arena, Ep 57

The Story Behind: Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners, Ep 56

The Story Behind: The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin, Ep 55

The Story Behind: Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule, Ep 54

The Story Behind: Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause, Ep 53

The Story Behind: Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World, Ep 52

The Best and Worst Songs of the 1st 50 episodes

Our 50th Episode! The Story Behind: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

The Story Behind: Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger, Ep 49

The Story Behind: A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory, Ep 48

The Story Behind: Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill, Ep 47

The Story Behind: Black Sabbath - Vol. 4, Ep 46

The Story Behind: Steven Seagal - Songs From the Crystal Cave, Ep 45

The Story Behind: John Martyn - Solid Air, Ep 44

The Story Behind: Röyksopp - Melody A.M., Ep 43

The Story Behind: Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime, Ep 42

The Story Behind: David Bowie - Station to Station, Ep 41

The Story Behind: Amy Winehouse - Back to Black, Ep 40

The Story Behind: Sparks - Kimono My House, Ep 39

The Story Behind: The Beatles - Let It Be, Ep 38

The Story Behind: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine, Ep 37

The Story Behind: Air - Moon Safari, Ep 36

The Story Behind: Green Day - American Idiot, Ep 35

The Story Behind: Funkadelic - Maggot Brain, Ep 34

The Story Behind: The B-52's - The B-52's, Ep 33

The Story Behind: Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi, Ep 32

The Story Behind: Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A-Drinkin', Ep 31

Guilty Pleasures - Vol 1

The Story Behind: Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces, Ep 29

The Story Behind: Elliot Smith - Either/Or, Ep 28

The Story Behind: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes, Ep 27

The Story Behind: Ice Cube - The Predator, Ep 26

The Story Behind: Madonna - Like a Prayer, Ep 25

The Story Behind: Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus, Ep 24

The Story Behind: Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti, Ep 23

The Story Behind: Steve Earle - Guitar Town, Ep 22

The Story Behind: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico, Ep 21

The Story Behind: Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden, Ep 20

The Story Behind: ZZ Top - Tres Hombres, Ep 19

The Story Behind: TLC - CrazySexyCool, Ep 18

The Story Behind: Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie, Ep 17

The Story Behind: The Police - Synchronicity, Ep 16

Glaring Omissions Part 1

The Story Behind: The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle, Ep 14

The Story Behind: The Bee Gees - Trafalgar, Ep 13

The Story Behind: Iggy Pop - Lust for Life, Ep 12

The Story Behind: Fiona Apple - Tidal, Ep 11

The Story Behind: The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land, Ep 10

The Story Behind: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique, Ep 9

The Story Behind: MIA - Kala, Ep 8

The Story Behind: Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands, Ep 7

The Story Behind: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead, Ep 6

The Story Behind: Donald Fagen - The NightFly, Ep 5

The Story Behind: Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul, Ep 4

The Story Behind: Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd, Ep 3

The Story Behind: LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out, Ep 2

The Story Behind: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin, Ep 1

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