Album · Deer Tick
Negativity by Deer Tick
Negativity is an album by Deer Tick, released in 2013. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Dream's in the Ditch”, on 5 lists with a best position of #37.
Negativity, the fifth album from Providence, Rhode Island's Deer Tick, came out of a rough patch: John McCauley started writing it in 2012 while his personal life was going through the wringer. The band took the songs to Portland, Oregon, and made the record with Steve Berlin of Los Lobos.
McCauley's group, with Christopher Ryan on bass and Dennis Ryan on drums, plus Rob Crowell in the lineup of the time, plays a rowdy mix of rock with folk, blues and country in its bones, even if the band bristles at being called country. Here that mix turns darker and more bruised, the sound of a songwriter working through trouble out loud. Anna Webber took the photographs for the artwork.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Negativity on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dream's in the Ditch | 5 | #37 | – | 2013–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.