The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers
The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers counts down Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time with comedians, actors, and musicians.
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April 23, 2025 • 94 mins
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The multi-platinum selling double LP “1999” mixes rock, synthpop, and Prince’s brand of funk. It was also the first time “The Revolution” was involved in the creative process of a Prince album. Anthony Fantano joins Josh to discuss the album that pushed the iconic and mysterious artist towards his peak.
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April 16, 2025 • 89 mins
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The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt is a combination of her two greatest hits albums, with 16 of the 21 songs coming from when she was consistently atop the charts, with the remaining five songs sourced from her late-'80s/early-'90s adult contemporary comeback. Peter Asher discusses what it was like to work with Linda on s...
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April 9, 2025 • 116 mins
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Let’s Get It On is a pivotal soul recording that also increased the popularity of funk in the 1970s. The commercially successful album also established Marvin Gaye as a sex icon. Chris Redd joins Josh to discuss the sultry-sounding album.
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April 2, 2025 • 150 mins
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Imperial Bedroom’s success was due to the intense collaboration between Elvis Costello and Producer Geoff Emerick, who had engineered some of the later work of the Beatles. Greg Proops joins Josh to discuss Costello’s seventh studio album and his time on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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March 26, 2025 • 119 mins
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Metallica is a massive name now, and their first big step towards stardom was when they released their third album. Joe Manganiello joins Josh to talk about one of his all-time favorite bands and the impact the thrash metal album had for decades to come,.
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March 19, 2025 • 118 mins
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My Aim Is True is influenced by a wide variety of genres, from punk, new wave, and British pub rock to elements of 1950s rock and roll, R&B, and rockabilly. In an interview, Costello stated that the songs are motivated solely by "revenge and guilt". Lisa Loeb joins Josh to discuss the impact and influence that this al...
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March 12, 2025 • 93 mins
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Unlike previous albums from the band, Exodus moves away from story-telling and transitions to themes of change, religion, politics, and sexuality. Ian Edwards joins Josh to discuss his connection to Marley while growing up in Jamaica.
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March 5, 2025 • 85 mins
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The Who had established themselves as one of the best live acts in the world by the end of the 1960s. Two shows were scheduled to capture that for what would become today’s album. Michael Shannon stops by to talk about the influence this live album and The Who had on both him and his band.
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February 26, 2025 • 96 mins
-The duo of DJ Morty Coyle & Wayne Federman return to talk about one of the more overlooked bands from the British Invasion era, The Byrds.
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This album is the most eclectic and experimental in the Byrds' catalog. The album’s content ranged from folk and country music to psychedelic and electronic mus...
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February 19, 2025 • 81 mins
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The third studio album by Stewart is a mix of hard rock, folk, and blues styles. It went to number one in the United States and the UK, including Rod's breakthrough hit, "Maggie May”. Wayne Federman is back to discuss an album right in his wheelhouse: Early 1970s rock and roll.
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February 12, 2025 • 80 mins
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After releasing Something/Anything, Rundgren said he evolved as an artist and reached beyond writing about love and relationships. The proficient Producer and Musician produced every track on the album and performed all of the instruments on three of the four sides. W. Kamau Bell stops by to talk about the different m...
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February 5, 2025 • 132 mins
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Unlike most of his solo records, Bob collaborated with various artists on this release like Emmylou Harris and Eric Clapton. “Desire” marked Bob’s heavy resurgence on social themes. Dan Fogler, who plays Dylan's Manager Albert Grossman in "A Complete Unknown", and Josh do a track-by-track breakdown of Dylan’s seventee...
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January 29, 2025 • 82 mins
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This album and its singles earned Carpenters eight Grammy Award nominations. They won for Best New Artist and Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for the album. Wayne Federman stops by to discuss their distinctively soft musical style.
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January 22, 2025 • 99 mins
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Joe Perry said the purpose of Rocks "was to reidentify us as America's ultimate garage band, with blistering guitars, blistering vocals, balls-to-the-wall smash-your-eardrums production.” Fellow rocker Sebastian Bach makes his debut on The 500 to talk about the album that caused the next generation of guitar heroes to...
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January 15, 2025 • 79 mins
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“One Nation Under A Groove” has been described as the peak of Funkadelic’s output, and funkifying music to another level. It expanded the boundaries of their music to be more political, social, and sexual. Friend of the 500 Wayne Federman makes his first appearance in 2025 to discuss some of George Clinton’s finest wo...
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January 8, 2025 • 123 mins
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The Impressions were an American music group whose repertoire included doo-wop, gospel, soul, and R&B. Curtis Mayfield first achieved success and recognition with the Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, and later worked as a solo artist. Godfrey makes his second appearance to disc...
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January 1, 2025 • 107 mins
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ABBA is one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, having a meteoric rise to fame after an appearance on Eurovision in 1974. Liza Treyger stops by to talk about some of her favorites from the Swedish pop group’s career-encompassing album.
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December 25, 2024 • 104 mins
”The Rolling Stones, Now” is considered the first complete album from the Rolling Stones discography, mixing blues classics and some of their tunes. Wayne Federman makes his sweet-sixteenth appearance to discuss the Glitter Twins during the early portion of their career
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December 18, 2024 • 92 mins
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This was the first album released by Bob Marley & the Wailers. Maz Jobrani makes his debut on The 500 to talk about “No Woman, No Cry” from Natty Dread, the first of three times we’ll be talking about the King of Reggae on the podcast.
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December 12, 2024 • 61 mins
Sharing a preview of a podcast called The Wonder of Stevie. You might think you know Stevie Wonder. You might think you know his music. But you’ve never heard it like this. Host Wesley Morris is taking you on a deep-dive through Stevie's Classic Period: five legendary albums back-to-back in just four years. Hear about the record deal that started it all, the technology Stevie adopted to create never-before-heard sounds, and his inf...
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