The Greatest Non Hits

Send us Fan Mail There isn't a bad song on this album and probably the toughest for us to name our top three non hits. Ian Anderson, the front-man, lead singer and Flute player for Jethro Tull, demonstrates his diverse talents and his endless supply of energy into Tulls biggest album, and one of Rocks best albums of all time, no joke. There are so many songs on this album that deserved way mo...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Tim introduce "Murph", the Spicoli of Chris's high school back in day. Murph reminds children from the 80's about how this album was a staple on MTV. We're also reminded by how clever the lyrics were written and how they can be interpreted as love songs, rallying cries for unity, pleas to stop war among factions/nations/religions, and so on. On o...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Birthday, Jerry! The Hippies are moving in.... and guess what? They are hard working!  The lyrical prowess of Robert Hunter fused with the psychedelic folk musical composition from Jerry and the gang make for the Dead's most significant leap into superstardom, whether intended or not. The lyrical musings of Hunter allow the fans to toil in the inevitability of death, al...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Tim have a special mystery guest who joins them to celebrate one hell of an album about cars, girls, dreams, and life for the working man. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" gives us a window in time to see the bosses point of view and creative energy right after his magnum opus of Born to Run.    You feel like you’re in Candys Room, or you’re drag Racing in New Je...

Send us Fan Mail This is the 2nd of 5 Police Studio Albums written between the late '70's and early '80's. Their musical talent is undeniable. They fuse reggae with punk, jazz, rock and everything in between. They add in quirky lyrics and, on rare occasions, frantic melodies that are just too much. While the last song isn't really our cup of tea, the rest of the album is r...

Send us Fan Mail How did we get here?  Tim discovers the sound clip panel in this week's episode discussing a CLASSIC AMONG CLASSICS! X 1 million! This album opens the door for so much experimentation and further discovery sponsored by none other than Brian Eno himself. With the band coming off of Fear of Music (previous album), you see that the band infuses Nigerian African polyrhythms that...

Send us Fan Mail As Meddle was the necessary stepping stone for Pink Floyd's making of The Dark Side of the Moon, Sheer Heart Attack was the necessary stepping stone for Queen's making of A Night at the Opera. We work in a Bob Felder/Queen Elizabeth reference, a Chris Farley Heart Attack reference, a heart attack fries reference from Curb your enthusiasm, and Mr. Bean leaving a guy who&a...

Send us Fan Mail In 1973, Stevie Wonder enters into his creative peak and leaves behind the boy genius, Little Stevie Wonder phase. Eugene Brown joins us as a Motown subject matter expert and owner of Eugeradio. He provides important context around the the tracks that reflect the changing times and social struggles of the day in what is arguably one of his best albums. He also shares stories about...

Send us Fan Mail At the height of Disco's popularity in 1978, Marvin writes this album about his divorce to Anna Gaye, who is also Barry Gordy's oldest sister. It's a commercial failure and it's criticized for its "embryonic melodies", which we think is a nice way of saying the writing is lazy, too literal, unoriginal or unpoetic. However, there are tons of great non...

Send us Fan Mail After 8 years of hard touring, the Eagles have gone through several lineup changes, and transformed from "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to "Teenage Jail".  Not long after the recording of "The Long Run", Bob Felder slights Senator Alan Cranston with "You're Welcome... I guess", infuriating Glen Frey, Shortly thereafter, the trade threats while...

Send us Fan Mail Shortly after Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks Join Fleetwood Mac in 1975, they and the McVie's (the other couple in the group) find themselves having affairs with a bunch of other people and Stevie Nicks hooking up with drummer, Mick Fleetwood, during the recording of this album. We do our best to sort it out, and it is fodder for us on this podcast, leaving us with more...

Send us Fan Mail Spoiler Alert: the album cover isn't a nose. It's an ear underwater.  This is Pink Floyd's sixth studio album and it represents the band's break from the Syd Barrett Days and the collaborative sounds that would shape not only their albums, but progressive rock from that point forward.  Keyboardist Richard Wright, Drummer Nick Mason, Bassist and vocalist Roger W...

Send us Fan Mail We're both officially huge Beatles fans after listening to this album all week. We never understood the level of influence they had on all the music to come after this time period and beyond until we got into the deep non hits. Listen to this podcast to hear how we tie in soundbytes that influenced songs like "Josie" from Steely Dan, "Livin in the USA" by...

Send us Fan Mail We'll be honest. We both went into this album thinking the Stones were overrated. We learned that this album is a mashup of outtakes from Stones albums released before this one dating back to the previous decade. We also think we've discovered a parallel in some of their non hits to some Zeppelin songs. For example, the song No Quarter  from Houses of the Holy ('73)...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a Mind  With a Heart of its Own, a Zombie Zoo, a good girl who loves her mama, Elvis and America too. We're paying tribute, but goin off the rails, too. We have some fun with Scooby Doo, Lucky from King of the Hill, and sing an outtro parody to Free Fallin where we reveal next weeks album. As always, we rank our three non-hits. Guess which one of us has Zombie...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Tim get caught up in the chaos of kimonos, handle bar mustaches, double-neck guitars, and galactic waterfalls. They assume control of the Solar Federation and go to Bangkok aboard the Thailand Express. Join us for sweet Jamaican pipe-dreams, golden Acapulco nights...then rank the Greatest Non-Hits from 2112, as Chris and Tim so capably do on this episode. Spoiler: Someon...

Send us Fan Mail Life's pretty crazy.  The ups and down sometimes seem to hit simultaneously! Sometimes it is best advised to just kick your feet up, and sink your teeth into a big mysterious peach...but beware the pit. Between the  worldly departure of band mates, drug addiction, glory and the soul brought forth by the music, The Allman Brothers Band forge on in epic quantity as well as qual...

Send us Fan Mail Neighbor and Friend, Ross, Joins Chris and Tim to listen and rank the non-hits of, arguably, Bowie's best work. As a native of Scotland who lived his teenage years during this era, Ross reflects on the time he discovered Bowie, the influence of Iggy Pop, some back story around Bowie's 1st wife, Angela, and the feeling around the album in his homeland.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail "That's the Way of the World" (the album) offers "Shining Star" "That's the Way of the World"(song) and "Reasons". We both found that a number of the non hits were incredible! We want continue on with albums from this time period and work our way forward as time passes. Let us know if there are any albums of any genre from the earl...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Tim invite Robin as a guest and super-fan of Dolly Parton. She serves as a subject matter expert of sorts. As a child, she watched Dolly every week on the Porter Wagner show, which ended for Dolly so she could pursue a solo career, starting with this album. Her insights allowed us to connect with the songs, especially the non-hits. The album boasts a couple of her bigges...

Send us Fan Mail This is The Greatest Non-Hit's 49th birthday celebration to Houses of the Holy, which was released on March 28th, 1973. The musicianship, the experimenting with different sounds and styles of music are what we loved about this one. It's another example of a great album that gets overlooked by the one before it (Led Zeppelin Untitled) and the one after (Physical Graffiti)...

Send us Fan Mail This is The Who’s biggest selling album of all time. It was released in early summer of 1971 and is the follow up album to their rock opera hit “Tommy”. Chris and Tim go into the origins of the album and, as always, get into and rank the less recognized Non-Hits.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Tim Celebrate the 32nd anniversary of this post new-wave/goth/techno classic. Who can believe it's that old? Time was well spent dropping knowledge on the band and covering the classics such as World in My Eyes, Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence and Policy of Truth. We also loved Dangerous, but we saw it as an addition of the original and left it out. We ranked the...

Send us Fan Mail Alanis Morissette rips into "Mr. Duplicity", so Tim and Chris Pile on top. They also speak candidly about some of the uncomfortable topics addressed in her lyrics. They finish by giving us their top three and announce Depeche Mode: Violator as the subject of their next episode.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Tim and Chris cover this dark, thematic masterpiece during a time of world uncertainty.  Support the show