The power's out in the hearts of man.. We're attending a Funeral with Arcade Fire's ice-cold concept album about life, death, change, and memory. From the opening Neighborhood suite (about devastating blizzards, space dogs, and time marching on), to mournful ballads like Crown Of Love and Haiti, we'll learn about the real-life events that inspired this album and explore the intricate symbolism that weaves throughout each track. It kicked off an incredibly successful career in the world of experimental, artsy indie rock, but how will it land on the Spin It score sheet?

James & Connor are talking birthday episodes! We walk through our familiarity (or lack thereof) with the band, find out why the original lineup quit mid-show, the band's activism, and more. The Mixtaper is a danger to arcades everywhere as we go house hunting through each neighborhood, with bobblehead thievery, a vertically inconvenient show, and hot dog girls. You won't want to miss this episode, so get In The Backseat and come along with us!

Which neighborhood are you living in? What elements of this concept album work the best for you? Do you think you could handle a personal travelling mariachi band? Let us know in the comments and on socials! Connor's picking our next record, so get ready for another special episode next time!

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0:00 Intro

3:56 About Arcade Fire

7:25 About Funeral

17:04 Awards & Accolades

18:35 Fact Or Spin

20:18 Neighborhood #1 (Bobblehead Theivery)

24:12 Neighborhood #2 (A Vertically Inconvenient Show)

28:02 Neighborhood #3 (A Night Of Neckties, Hotdog Girls, and Magic)

32:39 Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

38:27 Album Art

41:50 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

44:44 Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

47:22 Une Année Sans Lumière

48:48 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

51:40 Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

52:48 Crown Of Love

54:00 Wake Up

56:51 Haiti

58:58 Rebellion (Lies)

1:01:38 In The Backseat

1:04:02 Final Spin

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Welcome To The Jungle! We've got fun and games, and an Appetite For Destruction with Guns N' Roses powerful debut album! From the green grass of Paradise City to the screaming energy of the Night Train, the record features some of the band's biggest hits. We'll learn about their Guns AND Rose beginnings (it's more literal than you think), get into their endless bad ideas, and explore everything from Slash's iconic top hat to the decade-long making of Chinese Democracy. This album features gripping guitar solos, lyrics that are the essence of sex, drugs, & rock n' roll, and authentic moans... How will one of Connor's favorite metal bands score?

James & Connor talk about our GNR history, from marching bands to Guitar Hero. We criticize apostrophes, "ta," and more. The Mixtaper has an Appetite For Deception, as he's Out Ta Get Us with facts about a home zoo, a famous bedtime story, and the Mind-Boggling Tale Of Buckethead. Get your pooper scoopers ready. Our way, Axl Rose's way, Anything Goes on this wild episode as we kick off the Year Of Missing Pieces!

Do you like the Guns side or the Roses side of the album better? Does Sweet Child O' Mine get stuck in your head? Will you ever be able to listen to Rocket Queen the same way again?? Let us know what's in your Paradise City on social media or at www.SpinItPod.com, and follow for more episodes (now biweekly)!

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0:00 Intro

0:25 The Year Of Missing Pieces

3:40 About Guns N' Roses

9:49 About Appetite For Destruction

24:13 Awards & Accolades

25:07 Fact Or Spin

26:27 Fast Fired Facts: ApPETite For Destruction

35:59 Slash Got A Famous Bedtime Story

39:19 Porn, Poop, And Chicken Coops: The Mind-Boggling Tale Of Buckethead

45:30 Someone Lost A Seat On A Plane To A Hat

53:07 Slash Is A Bit Of An Artist

56:30 Album Art

59:26 Welcome To The Jungle

1:03:46 It's So Easy

1:05:19 Nightrain

1:07:05 Out Ta Get Me

1:09:19 Mr. Brownstone

1:10:28 Paradise City

1:13:44 My Michelle

1:15:09 Think About You

1:16:08 Sweet Child O' Mine

1:19:05 You're Crazy

1:20:42 Anything Goes

1:21:56 Rocket Queen

1:24:01 Final Spin

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We have an announcement to make! After five straight years without missing a Friday release, we're making a change: we're going biweekly and releasing new episodes every other week. It'll still be the same podcast you know and love, just on a different schedule. We're hoping it will free us up to keep doing deep research and solid editing, while giving us some breathing room for big changes in our personal lives. And who knows, with more energy we might just be able to crank out more bonus content this year, too! Thanks for five great (nonstop) years, and we can't wait to see what the next era of Spin It has in store!

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So you think you can tell Heaven from Hell? The Year Of Redemption comes to an epic conclusion this week as we review and rank Wish You Were Here, the sprawling concept album of absence by the ever-innovative Pink Floyd! After founding member and creative engine Syd Barrett had to step away from the band due to acute mental health concerns, the band processed their grief in the best way they knew how: through song. WWYH has gone down as one of the band's best, so we decided to find out why.

In our early days we explored Dark Side Of The Moon. Connor gave it a surprisingly low score... with five years of music and score calibration under our belts, will this record take the band to new heights? We'll talk about our expanding Pink Floyd fandom, learn about the tension that divided Gilmour and Waters, and more. We'll Have A Cigar with the Mixtaper as we learn about the 4-story hog that got away, a floating studio, and mesmerizing magma. Then we'll be Welcomed To The Machine with this iconic record! (Oh, and by the way.. which one's Pink?)

Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Which part of the 20-minute suite is your favorite? Would you have a cigar with Pink Floyd? Have you ever seen a pig at 35,000 feet? Let us know in the comments and on socials! Be sure to follow or subscribe wherever you listen for the next era of Spin It!

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0:00 Intro

0:25 Last Time: Dark Side Of The Moon

7:32 About Pink Floyd

18:16 About Wish You Were Here

28:42 Awards & Accolades

30:29 Fact Or Spin

31:35 Pink Floyd Tried To Shoot Down A Flying Pig... And Failed

38:42 Syd Barrett and David Gilmour Were Arrested

41:36 David Gilmour Has A Unique Recording Studio

50:50 They Spent Entire Evenings Staring At Lava

56:05 Album Art

58:51 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)

1:02:54 Welcome To The Machine

1:04:46 Have A Cigar

1:07:29 Wish You Were Here

1:09:53 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)

1:12:43 Final Spin

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Sunrise doesn't last all morning, but maybe it'll stay around a bit longer for our episode on All Things Must Pass, the trailblazing triple album by former Beatle George Harrison! The Beatles passed up on a hefty number of George's songs over the years, and with their breakup he was free to create like never before! His proper debut solo record blends genres, explores spirituality, and piques interest like few records can. With Phil Spector's wall of sound production style backing up folk- and Hindu-inspired rock, All Things Must Pass is George at his finest.

This week we're learning British slang, asking What Is Life, and Letting It Down! Will this solo record rise above Connor's Beatles score? If you really wanna know George, we'll cover his musical past (all the way back to the womb), his beloved Friar Park home, and his final message to the world. The Mixtaper is back with George Harrispins about thieving monkeys, botanical inquest, and trap shooting! Then we'll get a little Wah-Wah and a LOT of slide guitar as we focus up on this record, right down to the special Apple Jam ending!

Which gnome are you? What's your favorite ex-Beatle solo album? Have you ever used the term "flumbertyjack" before? Let us know! And be sure to follow for the shocking end to the Year Of Redemption next week! Thanks for five great years and counting!

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0:00 Intro

3:32 About George Harrison

11:29 About All Things Must Pass

21:32 Awards & Accolades

22:21 Fact Or Spin

23:34 George Harrisunflower

28:19 George Harrison Of A Gun

31:35 George Harrigibbonson

35:45 George Harripython

42:52 Album Art

44:11 I'd Have You Anytime

46:31 My Sweet Lord

49:17 Wah-Wah

51:38 Isn't It A Pity

53:15 What Is Life

55:28 If Not For You

56:20 Behind That Locked Door

56:38 Let It Down

57:45 Run Of The Mill, I Live For You

58:02 Beware Of Darkness

58:43 Apple Scruffs

1:01:26 Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll), Awaiting On You All

1:02:03 All Things Must Pass

1:05:01 I Dig Love

1:06:16 Art Of Dying, Isn't It A Pity - Version Two

1:06:59 Hear Me Lord

1:08:39 Apple Jam

1:11:49 Final Spin

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Good times never seemed so good this week! We're taking it back to a Hot August Night in 1971, when Neil Diamond delivered an iconic performance at LA's Greek Theatre! The show produced a live double album packed with his early career's greatest hits, from the pining Red Red Wine to the powerful I Am... I Said (and of course, a prerequisite dose of Sweet Caroline). We'll learn how his pre-med career evolved from the Brill Building to the stage and find out what made him such a compelling arranger and performer. Can Connor's gamble rise above James' previous ranking of Stones?

We'll dwell on previous Diamond experience, explore the jukebox musical centered around his life, and lament an expensive divorce or two. The Mixtaper (a Solitary Man) keeps Connor en garde with facts on swordplay, birdsmithing, and bad actors during Fact Or Spin! Then we focus in on a handful of the 29 tracks on this massive record, from Crunchy Granola Suite to Holly Holy Holly (... Holy) and beyond. Find out if this Easy Listening artist can live up to his genre, and see if this clean collection of live hits can bolster his standing in our official rankings!

What do YOU think is going on with that cover photo? Is this album "live" enough for you? And can you even IMAGINE this guy winning fencing championships? Let us know your thoughts in the comments and on socials! Like and follow for more next week!

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0:00 Intro

4:37 About Neil Diamond

8:56 About Hot August Night

20:54 Fact Or Spin

24:18 Neil Diamond Is An Award-Winning Actor

30:03 He Became A Birdsmith

36:23 An Interlude

38:15 He's An Award-Winning Fencer

42:33 He Made An Interesting Cameo

48:14 Album Art

49:54 Prologue

51:01 Crunchy Granola Suite

53:25 Done Too Soon

54:42 Dialogue

56:03 Solitary Man

57:51 Cherry Cherry

1:01:57 Sweet Caroline

1:06:21 Porcupine Pie, You're So Sweet

1:08:14 Red Red Wine

1:09:19 Soggy Pretzels, Gitchy Goomy

1:11:59 And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind

1:12:21 I Think It's Going To Rain Today

1:12:42 Shilo

1:13:54 Modern Day Version Of Love

1:14:20 Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon

1:15:08 Walk On Water, Kentucky Woman, Stones, Musician Intros

1:16:13 Play Me

1:17:50 Canta Libre, Morningside

1:18:07 Song Sung Blue

1:19:54 Cracklin' Rosie

1:20:40 Holly Holy

1:22:12 I Am... I Said

1:25:03 Soolaimon / Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show

1:27:21 Final Spin

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Can Creed take us Higher? Find out as we talk about Human Clay, the 1999 album full of Scott Stapp's unique vocals, and post-grunge, (lovingly) butt rock style laced with introspective religious overtones. From grief to death to fatherhood, Creed doesn't shy away from big questions. We'll explore the band's number-fudging beginnings, meteoric rise, and sudden unravelling through record-setting feats, ubiquitous hits, and nostalgia-fueled comeback tours. They're proving that they'll truly Never Die!

James & Connor are approaching our analysis With Arms Wide Open. We'll talk about our past Creed collections, reminisce on crappy art class pottery, and learn all about homophones, homonyms, and homographs as we're molded into Human Clay! There's a little Mixtaper Inside Us All with facts about stolen guitars, crossover weddings, and death-defying spy antics during Fact Or Spin! It's an episode full of glorious, unplanned bedlam... Are You Ready?

What days of school did you miss? Are you a fan of Scott Stapp's enunciation? Where do you fall in the great With Arms Wide Open vs. Higher debate?? Let us know on socials and be sure to follow for more wherever you listen! Or, so Say I, at least!

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0:00 Intro

2:52 About Creed

9:58 About Human Clay

22:12 Awards & Accolades

22:42 Fact Or Spin

23:33 Tremonti's Stolen Guitar

29:29 The ACreed/DCreed Baseball Wedding Crashers

34:38 Scott Stapp Was Saved By A Rapper

38:52 They Signed Their First Contract... In BLOOD!

45:44 Album Art

47:09 Are You Ready?

49:04 What If

51:56 Beautiful

53:22 Say I

55:12 Wrong Way

57:32 Faceless Man

58:53 Never Die

1:00:27 With Arms Wide Open

1:03:42 Higher

1:07:08 Wash Away Those Years

1:11:25 Inside Us All

1:13:17 Final Spin

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Jimmy Buffett is making Landfall on the podcast this week! We're wasting away again with Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, a career-defining album that features the ultimate beach drinking song, Margaritaville! We'll talk about Buffett's coastal upbringing and how he got his start in Nashville (as an author!) before a trip to Key West changed his life. Changes is the culmination of half a lifetime at sea, with a guitar (and a margarita) in hand.

James & Connor will talk about the Mt. Rushmore of tropical anthems, learn about Buffett's billion-dollar business empire, and talk about our own Parrothead status. The Mixtaper puts us to the test with reptile attacks, matinees (ya know, sea cows), and a grounded airplane. We'll talk Coral Reefer Band, country classification, and discover whose dang fault that lost shaker of salt really was! Don't wonder-- from Biloxi to Jamaica, find out why we ever go home this week!

What's your favorite Buffett song? Favorite Buffett restaurant? Favorite Buffett retirement community?? It's Friday Somewhere, so make sure to follow wherever you're listening so you don't miss our next episode!

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0:00 Intro

2:44 About Jimmy Buffett

11:18 About Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

20:38 Awards & Accolades

21:54 Fact Or Spin

22:25 He Was Attacked At Margaritaville

27:23 He Was A Fan Of A Good Matinee

31:39 A Bird Named His Birds

37:33 He Lost His Seat To A Hat

46:28 Album Art

47:25 Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

49:17 Wonder Why We Ever Go Home

50:37 Banana Republics

52:37 Tampico Trauma

53:54 Lovely Cruise

56:03 Margaritaville

58:55 In The Shelter

1:00:02 Miss You So Badly

1:01:17 Biloxi

1:03:22 Landfall

1:05:16 Final Spin

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