Listener Reviews

They just make me even more curious … it’s a good way to be.

I can’t say enough how much I love this show !insightful awesome guests with great conversations …Rick Rubin A+ plus for getting good conversations going and just awesome info I love the show and thanks guys 👍☘️👍

Those interviews were riveting. Well done. Thanks, Larz

Parts 1-4(for now). THE BEST

The John Frusciante conversations are some of my favorite things (out of all things).I love them so much.Thank you.Please make as many as you’d like.

So many incredible interviews, that let a conversation unfold.The extended conversations with John Frusciante are just a gift. I hope there are many more.

Perhaps the most inspiring podcast from Broken Record Yet! Gabriels are so talented, creative and trusting of each other. The Whole is exponentially larger than the sum of the three parts. The best part was hearing Rick get swept up in their vibe too! The normally understated cerebral Rick Rubin almost started to preach a bit! Thanks for helping me learn about Gabriels, their creative process and how Trust is such and integral ingredient to the magic they great. I too was swept up in their vibe.A must listen for creatives. Cheers.

I adore this show. Fantastic idea, and so well done. I’ve learned more about musicians I love, and learned a lot about new ones as well. Thanks for this!

The man is an absolute legend and this is worth a listen just to get into his head, but his interviews are fantastic too! One of the best music podcasts out there. Give it a listen!

I can listen to Rick talk about just about anything, the guy can weave a story

I just recently found Broken Record and I’m very happy I did. The episode with Johnny Echols was amazing - such a vivid time capsule of ‘60’s LA, plus some surprising revelations. Rick and the other interviewers are great at letting their subjects tell their stories, and they don’t seem to have a need to interject too much. My only gripe is that I wish the episodes were longer, but I guess the producers subscribe to the showbiz adage “always leave them wanting more.”

Shout out for the Sonny Rollins interview. It was meticulously researched and so engaging. Excellent work!

An excellent podcast, always very interesting.

Thrilled John is back ! I could listen to these 2 talk all day and so happy to hear them harmonizing again! Beautiful ❤️❤️

Great guests. Of course the interviews with Rick Rubin are top notch because there is generally a mutual dazzling between him and the artists. Plus he has worked with so many and has questions that “outsiders” might not get into. That said, the other hosts are also great! Just hard to compare with a music legend. Doesn’t mean that if those interviews were judged on their own merits they wouldn’t be five stars too. Love it.

I love walk on water collaboration with Beyoncé. It shows how Eminem is evolving; his creativity is ongoing.Lois Detroit Eminem always tells the truth 5 out of 5 rating the little tap wouldn’t work on my app

Other hosts feel much more normal and less inside baseball, but still nice. Can be very disappointing though when an artist you love is reviewed by someone who isn't as interesting as Rick.

No matter the guest, genre or generational gap, I love your podcast. Obviously I enjoy some episodes more than others but the interviews are always so insightful—they usually entice me to learn more about the featured guest. I loved the Black Pumas one—I was already a huge fan but their story, how Adrian and Eric connected—is so cool… And the episode featuring Cristobal Tapia de Veer, the composer and musician behind White Lotus, absolutely changed my mind about the series. I wasn’t a fan until I dialed into the nuances of his “Hawaiian Hitchcock” vibe. Can’t wait for season 2! Henry Rollins is stellar—I love how he says “I take myself work seriously; I take commitment seriously; hit I don’t take myself all that seriously. And the chat with the very eclectic Khruangbin—YES! Oh and all of you hosts and intermittent hostesses have riveting voices ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great insights with the artists with a down-to-earth interview approach to their music, their struggles, their path to success, what they were thinking when writing certain tracks, etc. You feel like you are sitting there with everyone. Keep up all the great work. I have also followed the work of Rick Rubin over the years, so it’s a double benefit of listening to the podcasts.

I’m wondering why I didn’t find this podcast sooner as I love both Malcom and Rick. Malcom has such a natural inquisitiveness without just repeating the same cliche questions about music. Rubin has a such a warm organic manner and his work bringing out the best in musicians and artists is amazing. He loves what he does and is also a huge fan of music. I just recently listen to the podcast about Rick’s work with Tom Petty in the 90’s and thought it was incredible. It’s amazing that a whole companion album of Tom’s “Wildflowers” album is out there that hasn’t seen the light of day. It was such an amazing insight when they were talking why not just release it now and Rick sort of describes how an album catches an artist in that period of time and would be out of place to just randomly release 25 years later. One has to think though that some sort of deluxe box set of the album could be done someday so Tom’s music can be shared finally. My only critique of the podcasts is that the pod’s tend to jump around as far as artists and subject matter. It’s seems to happen in Malcom’s other podcasts too(Like Revisionist History) when when it’s something interesting he hits it out of the park. Keep up the great work and I look forward to more of Rick & Malcom.

Really enjoying the interviews!

bjones437: “What a complete blowhard Linda Perry is!”fixthiscrap12345$: “I’ve loved every episode so far, but Linda Perry…what an ego. I couldn’t take it.”Tyler San: “Linda Perry spent 30 seconds talking about how she has no ego and doesn’t need trophies. Then a full hour talking about how great she is. Worst episode ever.”--------------------------My first thought was, if this was a guy talking about how great he was, you wouldn’t have thought twice about it, but because she’s female, oh my God, we can’t have a female egotist can we, I mean that’s so unfair to all the male stars who brag about their own greatness without a qualm. This is the music industry we’re discussing here, where egos are necessary just to survive, for both men and women. Fans don’t always get that, but music industry people know it is just as vital as knowing how to play, sing, or write. Sometimes even more so.My second thought was, unlike real “blowhards” she backed up all of her claims of greatness with specific examples. I don’t hear male egotists doing that. And lastly, when she talked of her defeats, like the one about being totally rejected by Nashville for example, she was open about it. A real egotist would never be able to admit to defeat. Please get your head out of the 1950s. If guys can brag, but women are attacked for the very same behavior, what does that make you – perhaps a little too comfortable with your outdated views?

Fantastic ! Would have loved to be a fly on the wall. Eminem, Malcom and Rick Rubin in a room together!! So sad the Amazing house and Studio that has made so much music is gone!!!!

5 stars just off of that one, keep looking for geniuses Rick!