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Trainwreckords

Summary Todd in the Shadows looks at the records that ended the careers of the artists that released them. View more details

  • 2017

Trainwreckords

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lewis Lovhaug Maggie Mae Fish Todd Nathanson

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8.7

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 20, 2017

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Summary Todd in the Shadows looks at the records that ended the careers of the artists that released them. View more details

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 20, 2017

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

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Episode 1 • Oct 20, 2017
"0304" by Jewel
New series. In this show, we'll be looking at the records that ended thriving careers, and we're starting with the album that turned Jewel Kilcher from folksinger poet to poor man's Britney Spears
Episode 2 • Dec 12, 2017
"Kilroy Was Here" by Styx
Domo Arigato, Cheese-rock Roboto.
Episode 3 • Mar 18, 2018
"The Funky Headhunter" by MC Hammer
MC Hammer goes gangsta. You can't touch this. Nor should you.
Episode 4 • Jun 16, 2018
"Be Here Now" by Oasis
Today is gonna be the day that we look at the album that killed Britpop and made Oasis has-beens overnight.
Episode 5 • Aug 10, 2018
"Van Halen III" by Van Halen
Van Halen's third incarnation. Featuring new singer Gary Cherone, the guy from Extreme. And it was Extremely bad.
Episode 6 • Sep 22, 2018
"Mardi Gras" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
There was a bad moon rising over Creedence in 1972, when John Fogerty made the rest of the band do the writing, and the result ain't no fortunate one.
Episode 7 • Oct 30, 2018
"Cyberpunk" by Billy Idol
1993 was not such a nice day to start again for Billy Idol, when he released his bizarre concept album about cyborgs and virtual reality.
Episode 8 • Apr 02, 2019
"MTV Unplugged No. 2.0" by Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill was miseducated even worse than we realized, as she demonstrated with her legendary public breakdown disguised as an Unplugged special.
Episode 9 • Jul 31, 2019
"American Life" by Madonna
The Material Girl becomes - The Political Girl?? Madonna brought one of the longest winning streaks in pop music to a sudden, ignominious end in 2003 with her little-loved dip into politics.
Episode 10 • Aug 31, 2019
'Paula' by Robin Thicke
I know you want it? No, no one wanted it. Robin Thicke's desperate attempt to save his marriage instead sends his personal and professional life plummeting into disaster.
Episode 11 • Oct 30, 2019
'Cut the Crap' by The Clash
Here's a tip, if you're going to make one of the worst-sounding albums of all time, don't make it easy for the critics by putting the word "Crap" in the title, like The Clash did with their career-ending final album.
Episode 12 • Nov 18, 2019
'Fairweather Johnson' by Hootie & the Blowfish
Sometimes they wondered if it would ever end, and whoa buddy did it ever. Hootie and the Blowfish's rushed second album ended Hootiemania just as suddenly as it started.
Episode 13 • Mar 19, 2020
'Summer in Paradise' by The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys' endless summer had an ending after all, when they tried to capitalize on "Kokomo" and instead brought their comeback to a crashing halt.
Episode 14 • May 01, 2020
'Zingalamaduni' by Arrested Development
Gangsta rap is so violent. Why can't all those rappers just sing about nice things?? Arrested Development showed why in 1994, when their weirdly-named follow-up to their acclaimed debut took a shot to the dome.
Episode 15 • Jun 29, 2020
"Two the Hard Way" by Cher and Gregg Allman
Doomed couple Cher and Gregg Allman made a doomed collaboration album, a teamup that went about as well as mixing toothpaste and orange juice.
Episode 16 • Oct 21, 2020
"Funstyle" by Liz Phair
Oof, this one is nuts. Indie rock royalty Liz Phair made a pop album and got called a sellout left and right, so instead she made a baffling, bizarre shitpost of an album to destroy her image once and for all.
Episode 17 • Mar 23, 2021
'St. Anger' By Metallica
The biggest rock band in the world turning in a tuneless blast of cacophonous trash-can banging. How did the much-maligned "St. Anger" turn Metallica from gods of metal to rock-and-roll punchlines?
Episode 18 • Apr 29, 2021
'Crash' by The Human League
The Human League recruit Janet Jackson's producers and try to get funky. Yes, the "Don't You Want Me" band. Yes, it's as awkward as it sounds.
Episode 19 • Jul 01, 2021
'Turn It Upside Down' by Spin Doctors
If you want to destroy your career with a obnoxious terrible second album, just go ahead now. The Spin Doctors kicked off the '90s jam band explosion but fell behind when they decided tunelessness was their path to cred.
Episode 20 • Aug 18, 2021
'Passage' by Carpenters
Calling occupants of interplanetary what? Faced with falling sales and a sinking profile, '70s soft rock superstars the Carpenters tried everything to revive their careers: jazz, country, showtunes, and - aliens. Seriously, aliens.
Episode 21 • Oct 16, 2021
Edgar Winter and L Ron Hubbard's "Mission Earth"
This is what Scientologists actually believe. Just kidding, even they didn't want '70s rocker Edgar Winter's musical adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's best-selling (?) sci-fi book series.
Episode 22 • Feb 21, 2022
Katy Perry's "Witness"
How could Katy Perry's woke period have collapsed her career so quickly?
Episode 23 • Apr 24, 2022
Will Smith's "Lost and Found"
Almost 20 years ago, Will Smith warned you not to mess with him, and it didn't go well then either.
Episode 24 • Jun 24, 2022
Crosby Stills Nash & Young's "American Dream"
CSNY almost cut a triumphant comeback record, but then their wooden ship got wrecked by the '80s.
Episode 25 • Sep 05, 2022
Motley Crue's "Generation Swine"
Can Motley Crue, the defining hair metal band, remake themselves for the '90s? The answer will not shock you.
Episode 26 • Apr 30, 2023
Run DMC's "Crown Royal"
Can Fred Durst, Kid Rock and the guy from Third Eye Blind save Run-DMC's career? It's tricky.
Episode 27 • Jun 20, 2023
Ringo Starr's "Ringo the 4th"
What does Ringo sound like without a little help from his friends?
Episode 28 • Nov 17, 2023
Nickelback's "No Fixed Address"
How can the most hated rock band in the world turn it around when the world has turned against rock?
Episode 29 • Mar 26, 2024
Faith Hill's "Cry"
The queen of country music Faith Hill can go pop and still keep all her fans. Right?
Episode 30 • Jun 22, 2024
Justin Timberlake's "Man of the Woods"
I swear, there was a time when we liked Justin Timberlake. Here's how sexy left and never came back.
Episode 31 • Oct 01, 2024
Kid Rock's "Bad Reputation"
Right-wing loudmouth Kid Rock doesn't care you about woke snowflakes. - or does he?
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