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The Ideal Crash by dEUS
The Ideal Crash is an album by dEUS, released in 1999. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 28 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Instant Street”, on 27 lists with a best position of #23.
The Ideal Crash, the third album from Antwerp's dEUS, came out in March 1999, recorded across Spain, the UK and Belgium and produced and mixed by David Bottrill, with the mixing done at Olympic Studios. It was the band's first record released straight through a major label, Island, and, oddly, the only one of theirs that never came out in the US.
Tom Barman's songs have lost none of their art-rock wooziness, but the edges are smoother now, with Klaas Janzoons' keyboards and violin, Craig Ward's guitar, Danny Mommens' bass and Jules De Borgher on drums building rooms full of hush and sudden swell. "Instant Street" is the centerpiece, a slow, sidelong ramble that turned into an underground hit across Europe. Even the sleeve marks a shift: it was the first dEUS cover without a painting by former guitarist Rudy Trouvé.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Ideal Crash on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instant Street | 27 | #23 | – | 1999–2025 | |
| 2 | Sister Dew | 1 | #97 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.