Why I Hate this Album

This week is the conclusion of our original series on the life of Phil Spector. We pick back up in 1972 and Phil's latest collaboration with Lennon is a flop. He returns home only to find the wife he locked in his castle has a drinking problem. Oh yeah, he's also waving guns around...a lot. Sources include Phil Spector: Wall of Pain by Dave Thompson and Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskir...

This week we're taking a closer look at one of the most influential and successful producers in American music, Phil Spector. Oh yeah, he's also a madman with a habit of costumes, firearms, excessive drinking and for a while was sort of best friends with John Lennon. It's complicated. Sources include Phil Spector: Wall of Pain by Dave Thompson and Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, an...

This week will bring a premature end to the Unofficial Summer of Lils with Lil Xan and his album Total Xanarchy released April 6, 2018. Get ready for some mumble rap, poor choices and face tattoos it's going to be the last for a while! In this episode we discuss drug dealers, mania, weeping, ping pong, Snickers, poison, swear words, cargo shorts, zombies and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumH...

This week we're talking about Blurred Lines by Robin Thick (featuring Pharrell and TI), a song with so many controversies even we might be offended. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss Panama, bananas, cat calling, pranks, rejection, Panasonic, boats, armies and navies, feet, war and so much more! Hatepod....

This week we choke down eleven tracks of mediocre self-hating nu-metal known as the band Trapt. Listen as we struggle to care or make any sense of their self-titled album released Nov. 5, 2002. In this episode we discuss awful people, Monte Cristo, diarrhea, E.T., world domination, the art of seduction, therapy, paintings, one night stands, evolution, Bolivia and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @A...

This week we discuss rising star in the mumble rap scene Lil Nix and his timely song Corona Virus released Jan. 30, 2020.  Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss ghosts, cover ups, eyebrows, slang, conspiracy theories, time travel, eye licking, lady robots, the art of seduction and so much more! Hatepod.com |...

Join us this week as we learn about two brothers and their dream to start a band, that's right we're talking about Good Charlotte and their often requested album The Young and the Hopeless released October 1, 2002. In this episode we discuss Undergrads, secret passions, heists, Cameron Diaz, eating birds, cannibalism, Marion Barry, ApologetiX, Scream, speech, scenes, Benjamin Franklin, murder and...

This week we're talking about that time back in 1997 when Marcy Playground had a hit single called Sex and Candy, and then no one ever heard from them again. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss motherhood, real girlfriends, opium, the candyman, spiders, the art of seduction, cobras, sexy saxophones and so...

This week Tim comes in like a wrecking ball in an attempt to break down Garrett's emotional walls. That right we're talking about Miley Cyrus and her album Bangerz released October 4, 2013. In this episode we discuss remembering, the Hemsworth brothers, intimidation, rent, Nelly, perjury, Dustin Diamond, abandonment, super molly, Nobel prizes and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG:...

This week we're talking about former Disney star turned NSFW human meme Miley Cyrus and her song Cattitude featuring RuPaul (2019). Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss masonry, pipes, the Navy, body parts, names, ages, milking, RuPaul, drums, being nasty, name calling, royalty, mattresses, funerals and so...

This week we learn all about NSYNC and the people who took advantage of them as we discuss the album No Strings Attached released March 21, 2000. In this episode we discuss fraud, rigid airships, dancing, space beasts, Mortal Kombat, mental illness, the art of seduction, Diane Warren, mouth swords, breakups and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

We mentioned this song the first time we covered Katy Perry and swore we would return. This week we make good on our promise and discuss the poorly aged single Ur So Gay released Nov. 20, 2007. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss arson, vacant stares, threats, Hemingway, scarves again, Frasier, Universal S...

This week Tim and Garrett discuss the rugged masculinity and endless scarves that is Jeremy Renner. He's been known as an actor, a land developer, an avenger, a Jeep promoter and flannel enthusiast and soon hit singer. We're talking about his surprise EP The Medicine released March 27, 2020. In this episode we discuss Hawkeye, intimidation, meaty faces, scarfs, tools, flannel, removable sleeves, d...

This week we're getting down to that Miami bass sound with the 69 Boyz and their hit Freak Ya Down 2 Da Bass (1998). Is this song about food, sex, sex with food or just sex described as food? We break it all down. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss dancing, time streams, food, breeding, ham, CBS, The Gold...

After an unimpressive Third Eye Blind concert attended in 2019, Tim and Garrett decided to go back to the beginning and listen to their self-titled debut Third Eye Blind released March 26, 1997. In this episode we discuss Columbia House, clocks, sourpusses, dryness, alibis, goons, lightning, Roy Sullivan, relationships, rubes, crocodiles, meth, ghosts and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHate...

This week we're discussing Keith Urban's misguided attempt to show his support for (cash in on?) the #MeToo movement with his song Female. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss assumptions, cocaine, fortune-telling, dandies, Biloxi, praise, arson, accents, Mighty Ducks and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @Al...

Van Halen has millions of fans and countless hits spanning decades. While some may prefer David Lee Roth and others Sammy Hagar nobody likes that time Gary Cherone joined the band to create the album III released March 17, 1998. In this episode we discuss band names, ways to die, Frankenstein, apes, Lethal Weapon, babysitters, clowns and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod...

After a week of listening to the equally despised and successful James Blunt song You're Beautiful (2004) we're ready to answer the question, innocent love song or a dark story of obsession? Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss fear, windmills, Esteban, bears, corpses, prima nocta, rainbows, betrayal, arous...

This week our hosts are talking about Fall Out Boy and their album Save Rock and Roll released April 12, 2013. Will this supposed "rock opera" finally meet Tim's high standards or will it fail like the others forcing Garrett to write his own actual rock opera to keep them both amused? In this episode we discuss biting, pain, rigid airships, vampire ethics, mockery, wolves, mouth licking, runaways,...

It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's Tim and Garrett talking about Five for Fighting and their song Superman (It's Not Easy) released in 2000. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss Hawaii Five-o, sideburns, fathers, being wrong, horse teeth, tears, insanity, courtesy, making out, arson and so much more! Hatepo...

This week Garrett's on the outside and he's looking in. He can see through Tim, see to the real Tim. But Inside Tim's ugly, ugly like Garrett. So they decided to talk about the Staind album Break the Cycle, released May 8, 2001. In this episode we discuss Anton LaVey, suck machines, virgins, taxis, Daredevil, syntax, riddles, IBS, Tims and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hateP...

In 2013 Brad Paisley joined forces with LL Cool J in an attempt to end racism forever with the song Accidental Racist. Was he successful or did it horribly backfire by literally being the thing the song set out to stop? Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss David Hasselhoff, racism, Operation New Dawn, good...

Can you still call yourselves a band even if you don't play any of the instruments and most of the songs are sung by people not in the band? The Chainsmokers seem to think so and that's why we're talking about their album Memories...Do Not Open released April 7, 2017. In this episode we discuss MDMA, Madame Secretary, measurements, Paris, robot hands, EDM, fish, superpowers, father fighting, trend...

This week we're talking about The Plain White T's song Hey There Delilah, a delusional love song written about a complete stranger in a failed attempt to win her heart. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener questions and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss reputations, shame, rules, skull pyramids, Ang Lee, topless chores, regret, poetry and so much more! H...

Things get emotional this week as we wallow in the sorrow that is the Dashboard Confessional album, The Swiss Army Romance. Get ready for ten tracks of emotionally needy sad boy poetry and countless examples of not taking a hint. In this episode we discuss tattoos, feelings, crying, cobras, peeling eyes, candles, Carrabba's, D. H. Lawrence, envelope sniffing and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @Al...