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Each week, Derek and Pat do a deep dive into one of the albums from Rolling Stone Magazine's 2023 list of the 500 Greatest Album's of All Time. Listen along and maybe learn something you didn't know before about your favorite albums.
Pat and Derek hosts Please No Moss, a music show with 73 episodes published.
Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin is one of the most emotionally devastating albums ever recorded, capturing a legendary voice at its most fragile, weathered, and unforgettable. In this episode, we explore the album's creat
Punk exploded into the mainstream when the Sex Pistols unleashed Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols , an album that outraged critics, thrilled fans, and helped redefine rock music forever. Join us as we dig
The Go-Go's burst onto the scene with Beauty and the Beat , delivering infectious hooks, sunny California energy, and a landmark debut that became one of the defining albums of the new wave era. Join us as we explore its
She's been mentioned on almost every other episode we've done, so we'd thought we'd kick off Season 3 with album #3 from the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. On Blue, Joni sings perhaps the most
To mark the end of Season 2, we re-rank all 47 albums we've covered on the podcast so far. We also decide which albums should be removed from the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and which albums that we've re
It's our Season 2 Finale! In honor of the MJ biopic Michael, coming out on April 24th, we're covering the Jackson's breakthrough solo album which redefined him as an artist and set the stage for him to become the King of
“Jump” by Van Halen is the band at their most accessible, trading in Eddie’s usual guitar heroics for an iconic synth-driven hook. In this episode, we get into the song’s massive pop appeal, its role in redefining the ba
With its woozy melodies, surreal lyrics, and that instantly recognizable guitar line, "Black Hole Sun" feels like a sun-baked fever dream that still hits hard decades later. The song is peak Soundgarden, blending grunge
Aja is Steely Dan at their slickest and most obsessive, blending jazz chops, studio perfectionism, and impossibly catchy hooks into a record that somehow feels both laid-back and insanely precise. From the smooth glide o
Otis Blue is Otis Redding at full throttle: raw, sweaty, no-frills soul that sounds like it was cut live in the room, complete with blistering covers and some of his most iconic originals. The whole album feels loose, ur
With the Super Bowl coming up, we'd thought we take a look at this year's halftime show headliner, Bad Bunny, and his debut album from 2018. Album Recommendations: Barrio Fino - Daddy Yankee DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bu
“Toxic” is breathless, string-stabbed tune where Britney sounds both dangerously in love and fully aware it’s a terrible idea. It’s slick, dramatic, and somehow still unusual for a pop hit. But is the Grammy-winning song
Robyn’s Body Talk is basically the moment she perfected sad bangers: icy, minimal pop songs that somehow make crying on the dance floor feel empowering instead of embarrassing. It’s stacked with tracks like “Dancing On M
In 1967, the country was captivated by a mystery: "Why did Billie Joe McAllister jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge?" The fictional suicide of a teenage boy in the Mississippi Delta had everyone talking about this song by
Just in time for the holidays, we conclude our Phil Spector Spectacular with Disc 4 from 'Back to Mono,' which features the entirety of Spector's 1963 Christmas album, A Christmas Gift to You from Phil Spector. Also, we
Our Phil Spector Spectacular continues with disc 3 from Back to Mono. As the popularity of the girl group sound wanes, Spector begins working with other types of artists, including the Righteous Brothers and Tina Turner.
Our Phil Spector Spectacular continues with Disc 2 from Back to Mono , covering songs from 1963-1964 - mostly by The Ronettes, but we also get some more from Darlene Love as well as a cover of a Beatles song that is sign
Before he murdered actress Lana Clarkson in 2003, Phil Spector was known as a legendary producer in the music industry, famous as the "Tycoon of Teen," launching the careers of multiple girl groups and developing his tra
In honor of the movie Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Pat and Derek conclude Rocktoberfest 2025 by discussing the Boss's landmark album, Nebraska. Album Recommendations: All Hail West Texas - The Mountain Goats Son
We kick off Rocktoberfest II: A Hayride Through a Pumpkin Patch of Autumnal Albums by celebrating the harvest season with, what else, Neil Young's landmark 1972 album Harvest. But is Harvest as great as a flannel sweater
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