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Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast
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Welcome to Riffology, where a GenX and a Millennial talk about the albums from their youth. Itโ€™s more fun than it soundsโ€ฆ

RIFF053 – Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
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This week, we fulfil a long-standing listener request (hello, Lindsay) and dig into Manic Street Preachersโ€™ Everything Must Go. Expect the usual blend of forensic music analysis and complete shambles, as we celebrate Lindsayโ€™s loyalty, discuss how long weโ€™ve been doing this (answers vary from three to seventy-five years), and try to work out what day it is.

Chris reveals his secret life as a Download Festival rock star, we reminisce about Monster Shop, Dog House, and all our previous attempts at podcast branding, and then lose several minutes to the technicalities of coin tossing with a key fob. (Spoiler: it does not go smoothly.)

Other highlights: debating the merits of Apocalypticaโ€™s cello-based Metallica covers, the agony of coming up with a new sign-off, and realisingโ€”eventuallyโ€”that Riffology is now an actual thing, at least according to Google.

Dry, meandering, and occasionally insightful, as ever.

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