Album · Arkells
Jackson Square by Arkells
Jackson Square is an album by Arkells, released in 2008. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ballad of Hugo Chavez”, on 1 list with a best position of #47.
Jackson Square, the first full-length album from Hamilton, Ontario's Arkells, came out in 2008 on Dine Alone, and it's named after the Lloyd D. Jackson Square shopping mall back home, which tells you something about how rooted this band is. Five of its songs are reworked from the Deadlines EP, with seven new ones alongside, and singer Max Kerman summed the result up as road-tested, energetic and soulful.
He wasn't wrong. Kerman, Mike DeAngelis, Nick Dika, Tim Oxford and Dan Griffin play like a bar band with big ambitions, all punchy guitars, gang choruses and a streak of soul in the grooves. "Oh, the Boss Is Coming!" was the first single, and for the second the band let fans vote online between "Pullin' Punches", "John Lennon" and "The Ballad of Hugo Chavez". The fans picked "Hugo Chavez", which went to radio in April 2009. Michigan Left followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Jackson Square on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballad of Hugo Chavez | 1 | #47 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Pullin' Punches | 1 | #93 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.