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The Making of ‘Somewhere in Time’ – Iron Maiden’s Bold Leap 4765_album_art
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The Making of ‘Somewhere in Time’ – Iron Maiden’s Bold Leap

Neil Johnson 24 February 2025
Introduction Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere in Time” stands as a landmark in the band’s illustrious discography. Released on...
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Iron Maiden’s Conceptual Triumph iron_maiden-seventh_son_of_a_seventh_son_(2015_remaster)
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Iron Maiden’s Conceptual Triumph

Neil Johnson 7 September 2024
Introduction Iron Maiden’s “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” stands as a landmark in heavy metal history....
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Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast: A Metal Landmark iron_maiden-the_number_of_the_beast_(2015_remaster)
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Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast: A Metal Landmark

Neil Johnson 11 August 2024
Introduction In March 1982, Iron Maiden unleashed an album that would transform the face of heavy metal....
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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.

RIFF053 – Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
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RIFF052 – Ash – 1977
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RIFF051 – The Wildhearts – Earth Versus The Wildhearts
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RIFF050 – Gun – Gallus
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RIFF049 – Little Angels – Young Gods
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RIFF048 – Thunder – Backstreet Symphony
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RIFF047 – The Almighty – Soul Destruction
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RIFF046 – Therapy? – Troublegum
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RIFF045 – Blind Melon – No Rain
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RIFF044 – Pearl Jam – Ten
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