The Divisive Albums Podcast

This is a page for links to a podcast that I’m calling The Divisive Albums Podcast. The idea is that I look at albums from established bands that were, for whatever reason, controversial or divisive among their fanbase.

“Pre-pilot”: Def Leppard’s Slang (Show Notes) (Direct Download)–Right click and Save As to save to your hard drive.

Episode 1: Dream Theater’s Falling Into Infinity (Show Notes) (Direct Download)

Episode 2: Stabbing Westward’s self-titled album (Show Notes) (Direct Download)

Episode 3: Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk (Show Notes) (Direct Download)

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The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode -1: Def Leppard’s Slang

The “pre-pilot” episode of the Divisive Albums Podcast, which I did mainly to test out a few things. The first was whether the concept would hold my interest long enough to warrant my wanting to do future episodes. The second was whether I was good enough and entertaining enough that people would actually want to …

The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode 1: Dream Theater’s Falling Into Infinity

The first “proper” episode of The Divisive Albums Podcast, where I discuss an album by a band who are inherently pretty divisive: Dream Theater, and their 1997 album Falling Into Infinity! In the episode, I discuss the following. SHOW NOTES! 0:00: Intro and About Me 0:26: Introducing our band: Dream Theater! 0:30: Who are Dream …

The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode 2: Stabbing Westward’s Self-Titled Album

The second episode of The Divisive Albums Podcast, where I discuss an album by a band a lot of people forgot about: Stabbing Westward, and their 2001 self-titled album! In the episode, I discuss the following. SHOW NOTES! 0:00: Intro and Theme Song 0:22: About me, and introducing our band: Stabbing Westward! 0:51: Announcing we’re …

The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode 3: Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk

The third episode of The Divisive Albums Podcast, where I discuss the follow-up to one of the most successful albums in history: Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 double album, Tusk! The episode (Direct Download Link; right-click/download to save to your hard drive) comes with the following SHOW NOTES! 0:00: Intro and Theme Song 0:25: About me, and …

The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode 4: Yes’s Drama

For Episode Four, we travel back to 1980 and get to know five musicians who only worked all together one time. Three of them are what’s left of a prog-rock band after their singer and keyboardist left. The other two are a duo who write songs about the perils of technology using the finest recording …

The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode 5: The Beatles’ White Album

Five episodes! FIVE episodes! FIVE….never mind. For episode five, we go big, looking at an album by some guys from Liverpool who I guess were kind of big in the 1960s? Big enough that they could follow up a landmark album with a 93-minute opus and no one would bat an eye. And despite the …

The Divisive Albums Podcast Episode 6: Van Halen’s 5150

In 1984, Van Halen were one of the biggest bands on Earth. By 1985, they were on the verge of breaking up, as vocalist David Lee Roth left to pursue a solo career and try his luck in Hollywood. After a couple asks that went nowhere, they settled on former Montrose vocalist Sammy Hagar as …

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