Album · Brian Fallon
Painkillers by Brian Fallon
Painkillers is an album by Brian Fallon, released in 2016. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “A Wonderful Life”, on 3 lists with a best position of #23.
Painkillers, Brian Fallon's first solo album, came out on Island on March 11, 2016, and it had been simmering for a while. The Gaslight Anthem's singer, rhythm guitarist and chief lyricist started writing it before the band's Get Hurt, pulled in a few songs from his other outfit, Molly and the Zombies, and shelved the lot when he realized they didn't suit where Gaslight were heading. Once the band's hiatus went public in July 2015, he headed to a Nashville studio with Butch Walker.
Walker produced it and played guitar, with Catherine Popper on bass and Mark Stepro on drums, and the result swaps the band's full-throttle roar for something warmer and looser: rootsy, heart-on-sleeve songs that sound like they were written with the windows down. "A Wonderful Life" and "Steve McQueen" are where to start.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Painkillers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Wonderful Life | 3 | #23 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | Steve McQueen | 1 | #67 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.