What album kept you company as your heart was stomped on?
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What do an album featuring a truly epic beard, one of the first independently released albums to go platinum, and an album that got the band dropped from their record label have in common? These are the albums that soaked up our tears and welcomed us on a new quest for strange. And, yes, if you would come back home, I swear it would be better.
Chris&#8217; pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitzsimmons_(musician)" target="_blank">The Sparrow and the Crow</a> | William Fitzsimmons 
Dan&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Hate_Machine" target="_blank">Pretty Hate Machine</a> | Nine Inch Nails 
Lou&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarity_(Jimmy_Eat_World_album)" target="_blank">Clarity</a> | Jimmy Eat World

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Episode 4

What&#8217;s your go-to album when you want your face melted?
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What do an album that came out twice, an album featuring wind chimes, and an album showcasing the best sideburns in metal have in common? These are the album that melt our faces. And, yes, you can put your John Hancock on the dotted line and keep a promise this time.
Lou&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rareform" target="_blank">Rareform</a> | After The Burial 
Chris&#8217; pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirals_(album)" target="_blank">Spirals</a> | Blood Has Been Shed 
Dan&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oncoming_Storm" target="_blank">The Oncoming Storm</a> | Unearth

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Episode 3

What was your biggest game-changing album from junior high?
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What do a cock rock album about excess in the eighties, an out of print death metal album, and the album you should probably blame for NuMetal have in common? These are the albums that accompanied our first pubes. And, yes, you can suck my dick and fucking like it.
Dan&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(Van_Halen_album)" target="_blank">1984</a> | Van Halen 
Lou&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_Healing_(album)" target="_blank">Spiritual Healing</a> | Death 
Chris&#8217; pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korn_(album)" target="_blank">Korn</a> | Korn

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Episode 2

What album made you want to become a musician?
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What do a concept album about mods in the sixties, a live album by Canada&#8217;s biggest prog rock band, and a thrash album that forgot the bass have in common? These are the albums that made us want to get on stage and rock. And, yes, the hammer of justice crushes you.
Chris&#8217; pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia" target="_blank">Quadrophenia</a> | The Who 
Dan&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_show_of_hands" target="_blank">A Show Of Hands</a> | Rush 
Lou&#8217;s pick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...And_Justice_for_All_(album)" target="_blank">&#8230;And Justice For All</a> | Metallica

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Episode 1

The Least Worst Of is a podcast about music.  In each episode, hosts Christopher J. Loeffler, Daniel B. McCullough, and Louis T. Hunter will pick albums based on a specific theme, and talk about those albums at length.  There will be humor, disagreements,

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