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Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas
Chronicles of a Diamond is an album by Black Pumas, released in 2023. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 31 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “More Than a Love Song”, on 18 lists with a best position of #3.
Chronicles of a Diamond, the second album from Austin's Black Pumas, came out on ATO Records on October 27, 2023. The band is still the partnership of singer and songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist Adrian Quesada, and they kept the controls in-house: Quesada produced, with Burton and John Congleton as co-producers, and Shawn Everett mixed it.
It's psychedelic soul with the lights turned warm and low, fat bass, a guitar that shimmers more than it shreds, and Burton's voice doing the heavy lifting, sliding from a croon to a gospel shout without breaking a sweat. "More Than a Love Song" was the lead single and it's the showstopper, a swelling, gospel-flavored rave-up. "Mrs. Postman" and "Ice Cream (Pay Phone)" followed it onto the countdowns, proof that the band that landed a Best New Artist nomination back in 2020 had more than one record in them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Chronicles of a Diamond on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More Than a Love Song | 18 | #3 | – | 2023–2026 | |
| 2 | Ice Cream (Pay Phone) | 10 | #25 | – | 2023–2026 | |
| 3 | Mrs. Postman | 3 | #6 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.