Album · Dramarama
Vinyl by Dramarama
Vinyl is an album by Dramarama, released in 1991. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 36 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “What Are We Gonna Do?”, on 16 lists with a best position of #24.
Vinyl, Dramarama's 1991 record for Elektra, is a love letter to classic rock, and the band got a genuine piece of that history to help write it: Mick Taylor, once of the Rolling Stones, plays guitar on every track. The New Jersey band, by now based in Los Angeles, followed Stuck in Wonderamaland with something looser and rootsier, John Easdale's wry, lived-in voice out front as always.
One critic heard Southern rock's R&B riffing, bluesy lead guitar and a hint of country in the mix, and that's about right: this is a bar band's record, swaggering and a little bruised. "Haven't Got A Clue" and "What Are We Gonna Do?" are the two rock radio held onto. Hi-Fi Sci-Fi came next, and by 1994 the band had split, not to formally reunite until 2003.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Vinyl on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Are We Gonna Do? | 16 | #24 | – | 1992–2005 | |
| 2 | Haven't Got A Clue | 20 | #36 | – | 1991–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.