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Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast

Remember when payday meant choosing which CD or vinyl you were blowing it on? Standing in HMV doing the mental maths, convincing yourself two albums was basically essential. Riffology is Neil and Chris chasing that feeling again, one classic record at a time. This is a show about the albums that raised us — Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Skunk Anansie, Gojira, Soulfly and the rest. If it’s 25+ years old, loud and iconic, we’re

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105:36

RIFF096 - NIN - The Downward Spiral

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2026/10/05

When a Rented House in Benedict Canyon Becomes the Loudest Room in America Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~106 minutes Release: 5 October 2026 Episode Description Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral arrived in 1994 into a world that wanted Pearl Jam and got something far more unsettling instead. Recorded at Le Pig, the Benedict Canyon house where the Manson murders took place, with blacked-out ...

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108:10

RIFF095 - Nickelback - Silver Side Up

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2026/09/28

When Being The Biggest Band In The World Becomes A Punchline Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~108 minutes Release: 28 September 2026 Episode Description After a five week break, Neil and Chris return to tackle one of the most unfairly maligned rock records of the century. Nickelback's Silver Side Up arrived on 11 September 2001, the same day the world stopped paying attention to new music, and so...

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91:49

RIFF094 - Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler

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2026/08/24

When a VHS Tape of Lads Messing About Sold a Record Deal Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~92 minutes Release: 24 August 2026 Episode Description After an accidental summer break (which Neil has since learned is what "professional podcasts" do on purpose), Riffology returns with Sum 41's All Killer, No Filler, the 2001 debut that turned four Ontario teenagers into pop punk's most gleefully daft am...

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74:49

RIFF093 - NOFX - Punk In Drublic

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2026/07/27

When Saying No to the Major Labels Was the Whole Point Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~75 minutes Release: 27 July 2026 Episode Description Seventeen songs. Thirty-nine minutes. One band who looked at the biggest year pop punk would ever have and said, thanks, but no thanks. NOFX's Punk in Drublic arrived in July 1994, the same year Dookie and Smash turned Californian pop punk into a gold rush, ...

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93:41

RIFF092 - blink 182 - Enema of the State

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2026/07/13

When Pop Punk Perfection Gets Recorded Without a Click Track Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~94 minutes Release: 13 July 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into one of the defining records of the pop punk era, blink-182's 1999 landmark Enema of the State. The album that launched a thousand car journeys, a million singalongs, and one very confused Red Cross legal team. With 15 million c...

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103:53

RIFF091 - Megadeth - Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying

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2026/06/29

When Jazz Meets Thrash and the Door Cards Won't Stop Rattling Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~104 minutes Release: 29 June 2026 Episode Description It's Neil's birthday, it's 30 degrees in South Derbyshire, and the recording equipment failed the first time around. The universe, it seems, demanded a second take. This week Neil and Chris dig into Megadeth's 1986 landmark Peace Sells... But Who's B...

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93:53

RIFF090 - Metallica - Ride the Lightning

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2026/06/22

When Lightning Strikes Twice and Belgium Shows Up Unexpectedly Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~94 minutes Release: 22 June 2026 Episode Description Neil has officially flip-flopped. After crowning Master of Puppets the greatest album ever on a previous episode, he arrives here ready to hand the throne to Ride the Lightning, and honestly, his argument is hard to argue with. Recorded for a budget ...

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88:35

RIFF089 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

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2026/06/08

When a Texas Road Trip Scene Sends You Down a Blues Rabbit Hole Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~89 minutes Release: Not yet scheduled Episode Description It started with a Bentley, a long stretch of Texas highway, and the opening riff of La Grange dropping into a TV show called Landman. That was all Neil needed to drag ZZ Top's 1973 masterpiece Tres Hombres onto the Riffology turntable. Released...

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78:46

RIFF088 - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

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2026/05/25

When Tax Exile Becomes Artistic Gold Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~79 minutes Release: 25 May 2026 Episode Description Seven years after tackling Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, Neil and Chris return to the double album format with another sprawling, sun-baked classic. The Rolling Stones' 1972 masterpiece Exile on Main Street gets the full Riffology treatment, recorded in conditions that eer...

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104:24

RIFF087 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

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2026/05/04

When the Riff Becomes a Religion and the Rules Don't Apply Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~104 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Led Zeppelin's 1975 double album Physical Graffiti gets the full Riffology treatment, and it turns out that 82 minutes of music across four vinyl sides is a lot to reckon with. Neil arrives with a clear thesis: the first five tracks are phenomenal, and...

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101:00

RIFF086 - Soundgarden - Superunknown

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2026/04/27

When the Seattle Elder Statesmen Finally Get Their Due Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~101 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description This week Neil and Chris dig deep into what Chris calls, without hesitation, one of the greatest albums ever made. Soundgarden's 1994 masterpiece Superunknown gets the full Riffology treatment, and the verdict is emphatic. Released on 8th March 1994, the a...

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78:00

RIFF085 - Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted

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2026/04/20

When Ugly Doesn't Fit Anywhere and That's Exactly the Point Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~78 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris turn their attention to one of 1992's most unlikely success stories, Ugly Kid Joe's debut album America's Least Wanted. Born from a week spent with REM's more cerebral output, Neil found himself craving something crunchier, riffier, and ...

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84:38

RIFF084 - Train - Drops of Jupiter

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2026/04/13

When A Dream Wrote The Song That Changed Everything Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~85 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Train's 2001 album Drops of Jupiter is one of those records that arrived via a girlfriend rather than a record shop, sitting in that curious no-man's land between rock and pop where critics couldn't quite place it but ten million people absolutely could. Neil ...

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86:46

RIFF083 - Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You

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2026/04/06

When a Jersey Number Changes Everything and 15 Million People Prove the Critics Wrong Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~87 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris turn their attention to Matchbox 20's landmark debut, Yourself or Someone Like You, a record that sold 15 million copies worldwide while barely causing a ripple in the UK. Released in 1996 and selling just 610 c...

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95:19

RIFF082 - The Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo

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2026/03/23

When Buffalo's Best Kept Secret Finally Got Its Name Called Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~95 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into A Boy Named Goo by the Goo Goo Dolls, the 1995 album that sold two million copies in the US, made absolutely no impression on the UK charts, and somehow still managed to leave most people unaware it existed. This is the record ...

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71:23

RIFF081 - REM - Out of TIme

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2026/03/16

When Running Out of Time Turns Into Your Biggest Ever Hit Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~71 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris dig into REM's landmark 1991 album Out of Time, the record that accidentally turned a cult band into a mainstream phenomenon. Named in a last-minute panic when Warner Brothers rang demanding a title, the album somehow managed to sell over ...

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76:53

RIFF079 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged

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2026/03/02

When the Funeral Flowers Were Real and Nobody Knew It Yet Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~77 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris sit down with one of the most quietly devastating records ever committed to tape: Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, recorded on 18th November 1993 and released almost a year later, after Kurt Cobain was already gone. What was supposed t...

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98:01

RIFF078 - 3 Doors Down - The Better Life

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2026/02/16

When Mississippi Kids Storm the Stratosphere Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~98 minutes Release: February 2026 Episode Description This week, Neil and Chris dive into Three Doors Down's 2000 debut The Better Life, an album that captured American radio rock at its peak. Released just as the CD era crested, this record sold 7 million copies and launched four singles into rotation, yet somehow feel...

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72:40

RIFF078 - Extreme - Extreme

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2026/02/09

When a lemon gets a perm and a virtuoso refuses to be “just a guitarist” Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~73 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris head back to 1989 for Extreme’s self-titled debut, an album that arrived right on the fault line between peak hair metal and the coming grunge shift. Sparked by Play With Me popping up in Stranger Things (and, more important...

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124:01

RIFF077 - Metallica - Master of Puppets

Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast ·

2026/01/19

When eight-minute songs feel like three-minute punches Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~124 minutes Release: Not scheduled Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into Metallica’s Master of Puppets, not just as a landmark metal record, but as a moment-in-time document, the “perfect storm” of power, groove, precision, and emotion. Neil argues it’s one of the greatest albums ever made, full stop, p...

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