Album · Blackfoot
Strikes by Blackfoot
Strikes is an album by Blackfoot, released in 1979. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 38 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Train, Train”, on 27 lists with a best position of #190.
Strikes, Blackfoot's third album, came roaring out of Atco on March 7, 1979, and it's the record that made the Jacksonville band's name. Henry Weck and Al Nalli produced it across studios in Ann Arbor, Detroit and Orlando, and they got the band's full weight on tape: Rickey Medlocke's guitar and raw-throated vocals, Greg T. Walker's bass and Jakson Spires' drums hammering away.
This is Southern rock with its sleeves ripped off, leaning hard into hard rock. "Train, Train" chugs and hollers like a runaway locomotive, and "Highway Song" stretches out with room for the guitars to burn. "Highway Song" reached No. 26 on the Hot 100 and "Train, Train" No. 38, the album climbed to 42 after entering at 183, and in 1986 it went Platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Strikes on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Train, Train | 27 | #190 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 2 | Highway Song | 11 | #406 | – | 1997–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.