Album · Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde by Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde is an album by Concrete Blonde, released in 1986. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 18 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Still In Hollywood”, on 16 lists with a best position of #157.
Concrete Blonde, the 1986 debut from the Hollywood band of the same name, came out on I.R.S. just as the group shed its old identity. They'd put out an EP as Dream 6 three years earlier, and it was labelmate Michael Stipe who gave them the new name, a nod to the tension between their hard-rock muscle and the soul-searching in their words.
This first outing is rawer and more post-punk than what came later, with Johnette Napolitano's untrained, unvarnished voice right up front and the feel of a band still working out who it was. "Still In Hollywood" is the scrappy calling card, and "Dance Along the Edge" and "True" rounded out a trio of singles, each with its own video. It didn't break them, and the band went bankrupt and took a break, but it earned them a cult following, and a 2004 remaster brought it back.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Concrete Blonde on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still In Hollywood | 16 | #157 | – | 1991–2023 | |
| 2 | True | 2 | #777 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.