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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...