Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

01:51:39

177: Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)

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2026/09/29

Paul Simon, famously short of stature but enormous in talent, is one of the most beloved and acclaimed American songwriters of the past century. He has at least four solo albums that would have made for great podcast episodes, but Amanda picked There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. This is probably not his absolute best album, but it’s incredibly good and serves as an excellent introduction to his solo career. He departed from the folk-rock style of Simon and Garfunkel and expanded on his experimentations with

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01:02:48

This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 2, Tracks 7-11

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/09/15

This week, the D&R crew discusses a new batch of tunes featuring our favorite L.A.-area session musicians, including the accidental invention of a silly but awesome production technique, a sick beat that helped lay the groundwork for hip-hop, and a celebrated trumpeteer whose cornball music nearly tears this podcast apart.Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Amanda RodgersTracklist: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - This Guy's in Love with You Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' Toni

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01:24:05

176: Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music… Songs from the...

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2026/09/01

In late 1995, Stone Temple Pilots were one of the most popular bands in the United States, but they were still widely disliked by critics. The band responded with Tiny Music... Song From The Vatican Gift Shop, where they forged their own unique identity and branched out to try a bunch of styles far from the 90's grunge music they had long been associated with. Phil has been fascinated by this record for a long time and is thrilled to share his appreciation with Rich and Dan.Cohosts: Phil Maddox,

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01:00:54

This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 2, Tracks 2-6

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2026/08/18

Back to the Wrecking Crew! Since "Good Vibrations" got its own showcase as it deserves, this is tracks 2-6, including some of the best sunshine pop and some of the most annoying protest music, all performed expertly by the best musicians in Los Angeles. Songs: The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin' Tommy Roe - Dizzy Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction The Association - Windy The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away Other clips: Barry McGuire - California Dreamin' The Beach Boys -

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01:45:41

This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Good Vibrations

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2026/08/18

If there was ever a song that deserved a whole episode to itself, it's the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." A psychedelic masterpiece assembled bit by bit over several months and several studios, on paper it shouldn't have worked - but with the help of the Wrecking Crew, the Beach Boys successfully brought Brian Wilson's musical vision to life. It's become so familiar to everyone at this point that you might not even notice how brilliant it really is, so Ben, Rich, and special guest Sean are breaking

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01:42:32

175b: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1968) and...

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/08/04

This quarterly double feature is about Fleetwood Mac for a couple of reasons: because they’re a very interesting and important band, and because they have two self-titled albums that sound nothing like each other. Launched by Peter Green in 1968 as a British blues band, in less than a decade they became an unstoppable California pop-rock monster. Their progression from one to the other is one of the most fascinating stories in rock history, and includes a lot of incredible music that you might not

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01:49:57

175a: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1968) and...

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/07/28

This quarterly double feature is about Fleetwood Mac for a couple of reasons: because they’re a very interesting and important band, and because they have two self-titled albums that sound nothing like each other. Launched by Peter Green in 1968 as a British blues band, in less than a decade they became an unstoppable California pop-rock monster. Their progression from one to the other is one of the most fascinating stories in rock history, and includes a lot of incredible music that you might not

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01:05:39

This Is Comp: Weird Al's The Alternative Polka...

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/07/14

This week, we dive into the second half of "Weird Al" Yankovic's tribute to the alternative rock format, featuring angsty anthems from Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden, the return of America's brother-in-law Anthony Kiedis, and a song that Rivers Cuomo stole from this medley, so we're stealin' it back.Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Phil Maddox, Ben Marlin Tracklist: Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings Weezer - Buddy Holly Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends Foo Fighters - I'll Stick

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02:37:56

Eight Thousand Million Questions: Listener Q&A 8.2

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2026/06/30

For this year's Q&A episode, we asked you guys what artists and albums you'd like to hear us cover on the show, and you did not disappoint! We got literally hundreds of suggestions, and we did our best to narrow them down but we still ended up having to split this episode into two parts. We published Part 1 last week, and here's Part 2 right here. We had a great time talking about everything from Bob Dylan to Dennis Wilson, and we hope you enjoy it too. Cohosts: Everybody Spotify playlist:

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02:34:07

Eight Thousand Million Questions: Listener Q&A 8.1

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/06/23

For this year's Q&A episode, we asked you guys what artists and albums you'd like to hear us cover on the show, and you did not disappoint! We got literally hundreds of suggestions, and we did our best to narrow them down but we still ended up having to split this episode into two parts. Part 1 is right here, and you'll hear Part 2 next week. We had a great time talking about everything from Bob Dylan to Dennis Wilson, and we hope you enjoy it too. Cohosts: Everybody Spotify playlist:

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01:09:04

This Is Comp: Weird Al's The Alternative Polka...

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/06/09

This week, we don our lederhosen and celebrate the return of our compilation series dissecting "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka medleys, on which he rounded up and lovingly lampooned the chart music of the day. Originally released on his 1996 album Bad Hair Day, "The Alternative Polka" was Al's attempt to catalog the emerging radio format of alternative rock, though the artists in this batch cover so much stylistic ground as to suggest that maybe, just maybe, the whole "alternative" label was just a

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01:50:13

174: Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)

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2026/05/26

By the late 60s, Harry Nilsson’s songs had a way of showing up everywhere, from TV and movies to other people’s hit records. However, it was 1971’s Nilsson Schmilsson that finally scored him a bona fide hit album, spawning three hit singles and a Grammy win. The record holds the unique status of being Harry’s most focused and disciplined album while still featuring an idiosyncratic range of styles including hard rock, power ballads, and oddball novelties. All of these genres are effortlessly held

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01:27:41

Bonus: We Can Make Your Hands Clap

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2026/05/12

It's time for a release from the Patreon vault! In this one, originally released in October 2025, we're talking about one of the best percussion instruments: handclaps! From the doomiest metal to the sunniest pop, handclaps add an interesting new layer to anything. P.S. Mike is aware that he mixed up the two singers on Napalm Death’s Scum: Justin Broadrick sings on the first side and Lee Dorrian sings on the second. In his defense, they both sound exactly the same. P.P.S. Turns out it was Rich who

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00:01:11

Listener Q&A: Call for Questions (with a Twist!)

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2026/05/05

Our annual listener Q&A is coming up next month, and this year, we want to know the albums and artists we haven't featured yet on the show that you want us to cover! Send your submissions to discordpod (at) gmail (dot) com by the end of May. We won't be able to discuss everything you send in, but we promise to make it interesting.

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02:55:52

173: Outkast - Aquemini (1998)

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2026/04/28

Ready for action, nip it in the bud, we’re never relaxin’, this podcast is everlasting! In this episode, Rich has somethin’ to say about OutKast, the Atlanta duo consisting of Antwon “Big Boi” Patton and André “3000” Benjamin, who conquered hip-hop in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s before quietly parting ways. The most fascinating characteristic of OutKast is the duality between Big Boi’s extroverted, in-your-face gangsta persona and Andre’s introverted, quiet philosopher poet persona, a contrast they

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00:46:09

This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 1, Tracks 12-16

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/04/14

Today we're wrapping up the first disc of The Wrecking Crew! In this episode: the surprise return of a Discord & Rhyme hero, an all-time great that deserves revisiting, and possibly the worst Jan and Dean song ever. Today's tracks: Chris Montez - Let's Dance The Mamas & the Papas - Monday, Monday The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him The Sandpipers - Guantanamera Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, John McFerrin, Ben Marlin Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the

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01:46:41

172: Big Star - #1 Record (1972)

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2026/03/31

Big Star are your favorite eighties band’s favorite band; but while you've heard their influence, you may not have heard their music. In the early 1970s, this Memphis-based band recorded two albums filled with jangly power-pop and yearning balladry that should have been huge but that had to settle for being mysterious and legendary. Ben found those albums on his 19th birthday, and he's loved them ever since. Joined by Rich and Phil, he explores the band’s sparkling debut album, #1 Record.Cohosts:

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00:58:07

This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 1, Tracks 7-11

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast ·

2026/03/17

Episode 2 of our Wrecking Crew series features one of the best pop songs of all time followed by one of the worst, with some okay ones in between! Try not to get too excited as we discuss how these incredible musicians could work with just about anything. Today's tracks: The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man The Fifth Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic The Routers - Let's Go (Pony) Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple Ritchie Valens - Donna The "Let's Go" montage: Bay City Rollers - Saturday

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02:01:20

171: Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)

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2026/03/03

GoddammitbabyyouknowIain'tlyintoyouThisIsDiscordAndRhyyyymeYEEEEEAAAAHHHHWWWW!!! Van Halen was a cultural phenomenon in the late 1970s and early 1980s until David Lee Roth split with the band, and they’re one of the first bands that John had any real opinions on in his journey of getting into rock music. With this album, the band largely redefined the boundaries of what an electric guitar could do in a rock context, but they also found a way to make this boundary-pushing fun and light on its feet in

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01:17:05

This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 1, Tracks 1-6

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2026/02/17

This Is Comp is back! We're reviving our compilation series with a great one: The Wrecking Crew!, released in 2015 as a soundtrack to the excellent documentary film of the same name. The songs on this comp cover a huge range of genre and quality, but the session musicians are always top-notch. From weird crossover country to Mexican folk to one of the finest pop songs ever recorded, we had a ton of fun with this first batch of songs and we're thrilled to be back. Cohosts: Ben Marlin, Amanda Rodgers,

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