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A Badly Broken Code by Dessa
A Badly Broken Code is an album by Dessa, released in 2010. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dixon's Girl”, on 2 lists with a best position of #10.
A Badly Broken Code, Dessa's 2010 debut album on Doomtree Records, comes from a writer who raps, sings and thinks on paper, and one of the voices in Doomtree, the Minneapolis indie hip-hop crew. Even the title has a literary pedigree: it's lifted from a line in Billy Collins' poem "Nostalgia".
The record moves easily between spitting verses and sung hooks, with sharp, bookish wordplay and moody, stripped-back beats that leave room for every syllable. "Dixon's Girl" and "The Chaconne" are the tracks that stuck, and both show off a voice equally at home rapping or singing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Badly Broken Code on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dixon's Girl | 2 | #10 | – | 2010–2025 | |
| 2 | The Chaconne | 2 | #19 | – | 2010–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.