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Sci‐Fi Crimes by Chevelle
Sci‐Fi Crimes is an album by Chevelle, released in 2009. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 55 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Jars”, on 22 lists with a best position of #2.
Sci-Fi Crimes, Chevelle's fifth album, landed on Epic on August 31, 2009, cut earlier that year in Nashville with producer Brian Virtue. It's a family affair: Pete Loeffler sings and plays guitar, his brother Sam drums, and their brother-in-law Dean Bernardini plays bass, and he painted the cover too, in oils on canvas. The riffs coil tight and snap hard, and Pete's voice slides from a murmur to a roar.
The band road-tested "Letter from a Thief" and "Sleep Apnea" at an Atlanta show that April, with Pete tipping them as possible singles. "Jars" went to radio first in June, "Letter from a Thief" followed in December, and "Shameful Metaphors" came third the next summer, backed by a live performance video. Fans who pre-ordered got an early download that included a new take on "The Clincher" from This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In).
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sci‐Fi Crimes on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jars | 22 | #2 | – | 2009–2011 | |
| 2 | Letter From a Thief | 19 | #6 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 3 | Shameful Metaphors | 14 | #1 | 1 | 2010–2011 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.