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Anything but Words by Banks & Steelz
Anything but Words is an album by Banks & Steelz, released in 2016. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Giant”, on 2 lists with a best position of #15.
Anything but Words, the debut from Banks & Steelz, is a pairing nobody saw coming: Interpol singer Paul Banks teaming up with RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. Warner Bros. put it out on August 26, 2016, but the partnership went back years, with recording under way by 2013 and a demo made two years before that.
The fit is stranger and better than it has any right to be. RZA brings the grit and swagger of East Coast hip-hop, Banks lays his cool, shadowy croon over the top, and the collision sounds like two record collections arguing and then making up. Ari Levine and Andrew Wyatt pitched in on production, fellow Wu-Tang members drop by, Ghostface Killah turns up on "Love and War" and Kool Keith on "Sword in the Stone". "Giant", one of 5 singles, is the one rock radio grabbed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Anything but Words on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giant | 2 | #15 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.