1001 Album Complaints
The Chop Unlimited
Musicians give irreverent takes on "1001 Albums" with jokes, delivered every Monday morning.
- 1 hour 36 minutesOur 250th Episode! The Story Behind: Pink Floyd - The Wall, Part 1
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Pink Floyd were the biggest band in the world, but they hated themselves, their massive arena shows, and of course, their fans. The boys celebrate a major milestone and discuss sinister atmosphere, patience, and musical punches in the face.
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6s6ligjsi17evwO7C0hL85?si=f551617cc0394141
Listen to The Wall here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Dbax7G8SWrP9xyzkOvy2F?si=p0M8MvVsRICYW_QCK76Afw
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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Next week's album: Pink Floyd - The Wall, Part 2
9 March 2026, 7:15 am - 40 minutes 1 secondBONUS - Song Battle: 2025 #1 Hits - Episode 1 of 5
The first episode of our brand new 2025 #1 Hits Song Battles. Tweets for every song. Back stories and factoids!
Listen to all 5 at: https://www.patreon.com/c/1001AlbumComplaints
Our full 16 song bracket playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4stDg4hEb3tBfH2N0m9OYr?si=7dd74933633549e5
Episode companion (all the songs we randomly mentioned across all 5 episodes:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0kFzehmNrxYJzddcpvi4Ro?si=1d2df1b67af24a7e
4 March 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 40 minutesThe Story Behind: Rocket from the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream, Ep. 249
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Rocket from the Crypt was touted by some as "the next Nirvana", but John Reis (aka Speedo) just wanted to put on the highest energy, best rock and roll show the world had ever seen. The fellas welcome an expert in the field (of John Reis) and discuss pompadours, spinning carnival wheels, and the showmanship of punk music overall.
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Support Conan Neutron -- BUY his latest record The Way of the Neutron, LISTEN to his podcast Protonic Reversal or his other podcast Movie Night Extravaganza, and SEE him on tour as soon as possible.
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kD7sTc3dUY4PUbRlTRIVH?si=84f8261456ab4634
Listen to Scream, Dracula, Scream here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/02CMQmnyFukoqly9mKByJX?si=sKbGkq2HQnW55WIJwZcbmA
And our international playlists continue to grow:
Thai, German, Sweden 1, 2, & 3, Italian, Australian, Belgium 1 & 2
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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Next week's album: Pink Floyd - The Wall
2 March 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 58 minutesThe Story Behind: Can - Tago Mago, Ep. 248
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Can emerged as the baby boomer generation of post-war Germany, horrified by the recent past and wanting to boil rock and roll down to its essence. The guys welcome a special guest and discuss castle parties, avant garde film soundtracks, and stone age drumming
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Catch up with our special guest Stephen and join his Short Cuts record club here:
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Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ysho9QtQaM52x7ud6A5DE?si=d0bda605c1414356
Listen to Tago Mago here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1txmvzex0gtGwbqQCcXEtt?si=sow84DKCTe2qfGInTyTiaQ
And our international playlists continue to grow:
Thai, German, Sweden 1, 2, & 3, Italian, Australian, Belgium 1 & 2
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
Next week's album: Rocket from the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream
23 February 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 43 minutesThe Story Behind: Billy Joel - The Stranger, Ep. 247
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Billy Joel was an underground success playing to small theaters around America when he decided to take his road band into the studio to create his breakout success The Stranger. The team get together to discuss clarinet solos, working class singalongs, and the concept within a concept album that Phil dreamt about one time.
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Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0snQ6XSGhqzbAB6Tf6lGWL?si=3cfe1ccb5e3849ac
Listen to The Stranger here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3IILMjMMnoN2sKzgesX8KV?si=yX85IYJaS_yJjyTOLufgGg
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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Next week's album: Can - Tago Mago
16 February 2026, 7:15 am - 2 hours 2 minutesThe Story Behind: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet, Ep. 246
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Public Enemy set out to scare complacent suburban America with a deep knowledge of history, culture, and systemic racism. The guys welcome a special listener guest to discuss a landmark hip-hop album and discuss the wall of noise, oversized shower clocks, and the cadence of sportscaster Marv Albert
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Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2m35w7VYYdn2CGMmIGRoEZ?si=730ca0eac97f4c78
Listen to Fear of a Black Planet here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0aFNb4RDk2hmKKLa0bzXNz?si=naZeY8xPS6ShRC-2yZo-xA
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
Follow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaints
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
Next week's album: Billy Joel - The Stranger
9 February 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 46 minutesThe Story Behind: Moby - Play, Ep. 245
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Moby started as a New York City crate diver before taking some hard left turns in his career and isolating his small fanbase, then rising like the phoenix again on a wave of commercial licensing. The guys get together to talk about selling out, additive sampling practices, and going up against Eminem.
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Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qp7sd4afT9ndBHB4ZbCY6?si=e5784dbe163344a7
Listen to Play here (original release only playlist):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wS11FOwdzIK0zkVdaMvoW?si=f89da20447a5430a
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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Next week's album: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
2 February 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 27 minutesThe Story Behind: Chic - Risque, Ep. 244
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Chic set out to make sophisticated and elegant dance music and took the disco world by storm before waning in popularity alongside the genre they helped create. The fellas get together to discuss muted strings, studio perfectionism, and 3 on E.
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Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xGudWPO8Ke4nfUodaoXKC?si=b8ede8e1d7fe4517
Listen to Risque here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7rAk4WPpYlYr0fElVfXTOF?si=IurNGh4VS_mZzFVT6NruAA
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
Follow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaints
We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
Next week's album: Moby - Play
26 January 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 30 minutesThe Story Behind: Nick Drake - Pink Moon, Ep. 243
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Nick Drake released 3 relatively unheralded albums in his short lifetime and only decades later became a household name thanks to one savvy music supervisor at an ad agency. The guys get together and discuss retuning your guitar constantly, never changing your strings, and the bridge on the river Kwai.
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Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at [email protected]
Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ij5WngVhyDkAwWv4aNP3v?si=b496a37fc0734fb0
Listen to Pink Moon here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5mwOo1zikswhmfHvtqVSXg?si=u8Fvj0dKQtKOYUL0eSOiaQ
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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Next week's album: Chic - Risque
19 January 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 33 minutesThe Story Behind: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus, Ep 242
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Stranglers started with a jazz drummer and an ice cream van, and somehow made it work such that they continued to tour for 50 years. The boys get together to discuss punk rock, pub rock, and leaving hotel rooms spic and span.
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Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CT9O00XJPOxr9HdYHpPkD?si=bb3772c15eb44bd8
Listen to Rattus Norvegicus here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/38lyLeszq1p2sck1lB53dq?si=IEqRPlgzT9eooW64QCoC8A
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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We have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.
Next week's album: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
12 January 2026, 7:15 am - 1 hour 41 minutesThe Story Behind: Bad Brains - I Against I, Ep. 241
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Bad Brains revolutionized the DC punk scene by being consistently adversarial and unpredictable. The fellows get together to discuss hair metal, prog noise solos, and Rastafarian-ism.
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Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zFoEg7kuJq8Pl7vjql8mF?si=6cf8a56e437a4c1a
Listen to I Against I here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6xw5oNhHoLltpXCFONNnqs?si=Lc755RcJRUukUdtGdTZhmQ
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
Follow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at home
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Next week's album: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
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