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A Weekend in the City by Bloc Party
A Weekend in the City is an album by Bloc Party, released in 2007. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Prayer”, on 14 lists with a best position of #20.
A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's second album, was recorded with producer Jacknife Lee at Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath, Ireland, in mid-2006, polished up in London that winter and released on Wichita in early 2007. After the wiry post-punk rush of their debut, the London band wanted out of the standard guitar-band box: beats got processed, takes were reworked on computer, a string sextet was brought in, and Russell Lissack's guitars share space with the machines while Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong hold down the rhythm.
Kele Okereke's lyrics get blunter, too. "The Prayer" deals with drug use, "I Still Remember" with sexuality, and "Hunting for Witches" with the media's moral panic over terrorism. Critics were split between impressed and alienated, but most heard a band growing up in public. It reached number two in Britain and 12 in America.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Weekend in the City on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Prayer | 14 | #20 | – | 2006–2022 | |
| 2 | I Still Remember | 18 | #36 | – | 2007–2014 | |
| 3 | Hunting For Witches | 2 | #24 | – | 2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.