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Title of Record by Filter
Title of Record is an album by Filter, released in 1999. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 63 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Take a Picture”, on 51 lists with a best position of #3.
Title of Record, Filter's second album, came out on Reprise on August 24, 1999, and it took some getting there. Richard Patrick, the ex-Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist who had started Filter in Cleveland, lost co-founder Brian Liesegang in 1997 and then got bogged down building his own studio. Things picked up once the lineup settled: the Short Bus touring players, guitarist Geno Lenardo and bassist Frank Cavanagh among them, became full members, drummer Steven Gillis came aboard and extra production help was called in.
What emerged is widescreen alt-rock, all churning guitars and electronic grit framing Patrick's shift from a whisper to a scream. "Welcome to the Fold" and "The Best Things" were singles, but the hazy, drifting "Take a Picture" became the band's biggest single, cracking the top 20 on the Hot 100 among others. Filter hit the Family Values Tour that year, and the album went platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Title of Record on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take a Picture | 51 | #3 | – | 1999–2025 | |
| 2 | Welcome to the Fold | 9 | #37 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | The Best Things | 3 | #67 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.