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To mark the album's 20th anniversary, we’re diving into the highs, the heartbreak, and the melodrama of an album that helped define a generation of eyeliner-wearing outsiders, while asking whether its grand ambitions hold up two decades later. Does The Black Parade deserve a place among the greatest albums of all time?Album Recommendations:All Killer No Filler - Sum 41Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming LipsFollow Please No Moss on Instagram!Cover Art by Katherine EvansTheme Music: "Tagalong" by Blaise Gratton

We're kicking off Gothtoberfest with the seminal goth rock album by the seminal goth rock band. We discuss Robert Smith's apparently healthy relationship with his wife despite his numerous songs about heartbreak as well as the apparent influence "Lullaby" had on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. But in the end, we must decide whether this belongs on the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.Album Recommendtions:Burials - AFISongs from the Big Chair - Tears for FearsFollow Please No Moss on Instragram!Cover art by Katherine EvansTheme Music: "Tagalong" by Blaise Gratton

Hey there, Mr. Jambo! We're celebrating the 40th anniversay or Paul Simon's landmark album, Graceland. With Graceland, Simon heads to South Africa and comes back with one of the most ambitious, and most controversial, albums of the 1980s. We dig into the irresistible hooks, the complicated cultural politics, and whether the whole album was even his to make. Album Recommendations:Pata Pata - Miriam MakebaGoing Up - The RAH BandFollow Please No Moss on Instragram!Cover Art by Katherine EvansTheme Music: "Tagalong" by Blaise Gratton

With "In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins turned heartbreak, bitterness over his recent divorce into an unforgettable piece of music. We’ll explore the song’s mysterious mythology, its unlikely rise to iconic status, and why that drum fill still hits with such force decades later. While we all remember "In the Air Tonight" for it's iconic drum break, is it enough for it to be considered on the greatest songs of all time?Follow Please No Moss on Instagram!Cover Art by Katherine EvansTheme Music: "Tagalong" by Blaise Gratton

On a special Halloween episode of Please No Moss, Pat and Derek talk about vampires and Ezra Koenig's thoughts on religion.This episode was originally released on October 29, 2024Follow Please No Moss on Instagram!Album Recommendations:Turn Off the Light - Kim PetrasHellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside the Spookshow International - Rob ZombieCover art by Katherine EvansTheme Music: "Tagalong" by Blaise Gratton