Brilliant episode, thanks for taking the time to do this. Bizarre twist of fate / irony Alex discovered Big Black through the podcast and I discovered the podcast through Big Black. (Searched streaming service for Big Black and this podcast was the only result because *of course* Albini wouldn’t be on Amazon… )
I learned to play drums specifically because of Albini’s genius recording drums. Changed my life. The Breeders Pod -the drums were played by Slint’s Britt Walford.
We need a Neurosis episode ASAP. By the way, Albini recorded: Times of Grace Sovereign A Sun That Never Sets The Eye of Every Storm Given to the Rising Honor Found in Decay Fires Within Fires
@@tomosmansounds they might be the band with the most Albini recordings. And you are so correct that Souls at Zero (the same one that captured me completely) through Times of Grace is their absolute golden period. Chef’s kiss. Every album in that run is a masterpiece and all of them stand completely on their own as unique and original. That said, I would put their last album, Fires Within Fires, right up there with any of those. It was a stunning swan song and a perfect listen from beginning to end. Don’t sleep on it!
William Bennett has said that the idea of him yelling at the listener as the perpetrator would to the victim was to make the listener emphasize to the victim rather than obsessing over the perpetrator as the media often does.
Albini retracted 180 degrees from "hating" the Pixies, he praises them in a making of Surfer Rosa video that is out there. He was probably just being contrarian back then.
Fantastic Episode and Fantastic Tribute to Albini! There’s many stuff that he’s been involved with especially the stuff that he either did a Track or 2 for. The 2 that come to mind that aren’t mentioned here is the couple of songs he recorded with Cheap Trick and In The Meantime by Helmet
Albini has my favourite drum sound, as well as working on what I think is the best Oxbow album 'Let Me Be a Woman'. Also I agree that Ted Falconi is one of the most unique layers, up there in my favourite players.
Nearly every album Albini recorded was immaculately produced. I often went out of my way to listen to bands produced by Albini, because I figured bands who sought out Albini must be cool in some regard. That method for discovering bands rarely steered me wrong, and when I see some of the bands brought up in this episode, I imagine I'm not the only one who did this. There's only one Albini engineered album where I'm not a fan of the sound quality: Head of David's Dustbowl. That can be forgiven since I believe it was one of the first he recorded outside of his own music. One bad-sounding album in 40 years is a fantastic track record.
Songs: Ohia's Magnolia Electric Company (the one with the sad owl on the cover) is an album I probably never would have listened to if Steve Albini hadn't died. It's a "country" album but also could be described as a fairly chilled out and sad alt-rock album. One of the best albums I've ever heard and I'm not really a country fan.
You guys should cover Jawbreaker at some point. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, their 3rd album, was also recorded by Albini and it’s one of my favorite albums ever, though I would have to say Dear You is my personal favorite of their. Plus, you can’t go wrong with a 4 album discography
I hate to burst Alex's bubble about Rick Rubin, but there are multiple musicians who say Rick Rubin basically did nothing for them, but then took credit anyway. Corey Taylor from Slipknot said Rubin basically came into the studio once a week, said, "Sounds good", and then immediately left. Tony Iommi wrote something similar about Rubin in his book Iron Man (which I just finished reading.) On the other hand, Serj Tankian wrote in his book that Rubin was monumental for System of a Down, not only in getting the band signed, but bringing undiscovered elements out of their music and shaping them into the band they became. It seems like Rubin took a great interest in some bands, while leaving others to their own devices. Maybe he felt Slipknot and Black Sabbath were already big names and didn't need his help?
Fully aware of all that stuff. He probably sucks as human being, despite all that he’s still regarded as THEE producer. He probably doesn’t deserve it.
Say what you will about the man, but I'm currently reading his book. And as a lifelong music maker, I've never heard anyone articulate the process of creating as an artist so accurately. Every process, down to the tiniest little doubts and habits that come with making music/art. It's almost creepy. The man knows what he's talking about and it's clear he learned a lot working with so many musicians. His advice for creatives is extremely valuable, but you can't please everyone. It's just the way it goes.
@@EveryAlbumEver To clarify, I wasn't trying to bash Rick Rubin or anything like that, just pointing out that a "produced by Rick Rubin" credit can mean wildly different things. I definitely have a lot of respect for him as a person and the way he changed the music industry.
@@LokiTricksterG Oh I know, not to worry. I was only throwing my two cents in, as I completely disagree with Alex on this one. I think he deserves his reputation for the most part, even if there's a lot of stuff he's worked on that I can't stand.
Love this episode Hate to be anal but.... Love manic street preachers, and fear that one day you will rip them apart.. Few things tom said I need to correct. Sorry... Journal for plague lovers was recorded in rockfield studios in Wales not electrical audio. And... Only half the album was recorded by steve albini. His wife got sick and had to go home. Dave eringa did the rest Like i said tho...loved this episode😊
Intro 00:00
Mike & Alex's Favorites 2:47
Tom's Albini Deep Cuts 1:04:30
Guitars, Production, and Stories with Robert 2:26:29
Steve was simply incredible. I know I just said it the other day but very proud to share a hometown and a high school with him.
Brilliant episode, thanks for taking the time to do this. Bizarre twist of fate / irony Alex discovered Big Black through the podcast and I discovered the podcast through Big Black. (Searched streaming service for Big Black and this podcast was the only result because *of course* Albini wouldn’t be on Amazon… )
I learned to play drums specifically because of Albini’s genius recording drums. Changed my life.
The Breeders Pod -the drums were played by Slint’s Britt Walford.
We need a Neurosis episode ASAP. By the way, Albini recorded:
Times of Grace
Sovereign
A Sun That Never Sets
The Eye of Every Storm
Given to the Rising
Honor Found in Decay
Fires Within Fires
@@rickmonce2827 I totally forgot he kept working with them on all those!
@@tomosmansounds they might be the band with the most Albini recordings. And you are so correct that Souls at Zero (the same one that captured me completely) through Times of Grace is their absolute golden period. Chef’s kiss. Every album in that run is a masterpiece and all of them stand completely on their own as unique and original. That said, I would put their last album, Fires Within Fires, right up there with any of those. It was a stunning swan song and a perfect listen from beginning to end. Don’t sleep on it!
@@rickmonce2827 Souls at Zero through Given to the Rising is their golden period for me.
Thank you so much! Glad i found y’all. Through Albini.
William Bennett has said that the idea of him yelling at the listener as the perpetrator would to the victim was to make the listener emphasize to the victim rather than obsessing over the perpetrator as the media often does.
Thank you. That's a really cool insight. So I'm talking rubbish saying that they never explained themselves. Now I know!
Albini retracted 180 degrees from "hating" the Pixies, he praises them in a making of Surfer Rosa video that is out there. He was probably just being contrarian back then.
Fantastic Episode and Fantastic Tribute to Albini! There’s many stuff that he’s been involved with especially the stuff that he either did a Track or 2 for. The 2 that come to mind that aren’t mentioned here is the couple of songs he recorded with Cheap Trick and In The Meantime by Helmet
Albini has my favourite drum sound, as well as working on what I think is the best Oxbow album 'Let Me Be a Woman'. Also I agree that Ted Falconi is one of the most unique layers, up there in my favourite players.
Nearly every album Albini recorded was immaculately produced. I often went out of my way to listen to bands produced by Albini, because I figured bands who sought out Albini must be cool in some regard. That method for discovering bands rarely steered me wrong, and when I see some of the bands brought up in this episode, I imagine I'm not the only one who did this.
There's only one Albini engineered album where I'm not a fan of the sound quality: Head of David's Dustbowl. That can be forgiven since I believe it was one of the first he recorded outside of his own music. One bad-sounding album in 40 years is a fantastic track record.
Big Black changed my life!
Songs: Ohia's Magnolia Electric Company (the one with the sad owl on the cover) is an album I probably never would have listened to if Steve Albini hadn't died. It's a "country" album but also could be described as a fairly chilled out and sad alt-rock album. One of the best albums I've ever heard and I'm not really a country fan.
Jason Molina left behind an amazing legacy as well. 😔
Man failures comfort and jawbreakers 24hr revenge therapy dont get enough love man
You guys should cover Jawbreaker at some point. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, their 3rd album, was also recorded by Albini and it’s one of my favorite albums ever, though I would have to say Dear You is my personal favorite of their. Plus, you can’t go wrong with a 4 album discography
One of my favourite Albini produced albums has gotta be Shorty's Thumb Days...Probably my all time favourite noise rock record.
34:01 i kept yelling hello! Neurosis?
😂
I like y’all. Subbed ✅
I hate to burst Alex's bubble about Rick Rubin, but there are multiple musicians who say Rick Rubin basically did nothing for them, but then took credit anyway. Corey Taylor from Slipknot said Rubin basically came into the studio once a week, said, "Sounds good", and then immediately left. Tony Iommi wrote something similar about Rubin in his book Iron Man (which I just finished reading.)
On the other hand, Serj Tankian wrote in his book that Rubin was monumental for System of a Down, not only in getting the band signed, but bringing undiscovered elements out of their music and shaping them into the band they became. It seems like Rubin took a great interest in some bands, while leaving others to their own devices. Maybe he felt Slipknot and Black Sabbath were already big names and didn't need his help?
Fully aware of all that stuff. He probably sucks as human being, despite all that he’s still regarded as THEE producer. He probably doesn’t deserve it.
Say what you will about the man, but I'm currently reading his book. And as a lifelong music maker, I've never heard anyone articulate the process of creating as an artist so accurately. Every process, down to the tiniest little doubts and habits that come with making music/art. It's almost creepy. The man knows what he's talking about and it's clear he learned a lot working with so many musicians. His advice for creatives is extremely valuable, but you can't please everyone. It's just the way it goes.
@@EveryAlbumEver To clarify, I wasn't trying to bash Rick Rubin or anything like that, just pointing out that a "produced by Rick Rubin" credit can mean wildly different things. I definitely have a lot of respect for him as a person and the way he changed the music industry.
@@LokiTricksterG Oh I know, not to worry. I was only throwing my two cents in, as I completely disagree with Alex on this one. I think he deserves his reputation for the most part, even if there's a lot of stuff he's worked on that I can't stand.
Whitehouse!! Hell yeah. RIP Steve.
Awesome
Alex’s brother is the coolest
It’s Mike brother lol but true
Toms pretty studly for a music nerd
Shucks 😆
Love this episode
Hate to be anal but....
Love manic street preachers, and fear that one day you will rip them apart..
Few things tom said I need to correct. Sorry...
Journal for plague lovers was recorded in rockfield studios in Wales not electrical audio.
And...
Only half the album was recorded by steve albini. His wife got sick and had to go home. Dave eringa did the rest
Like i said tho...loved this episode😊
I said a number of things on this episode I subsequently realised to be erroneous. Didn't know about that though. Happy to be corrected!
First as fuck also RIP
Man, Don cab were way better in early years. How could u not have listened to don cab 2, that's a sin