Album · fIREHOSE
Flyin' the Flannel by fIREHOSE
Flyin' the Flannel is an album by fIREHOSE, released in 1991. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Flyin' The Flannel”, on 7 lists with a best position of #349.
Flyin' the Flannel, the fourth album from fIREHOSE, arrived in 1991 as the trio's first for a major label, Columbia, and they didn't spend the big-league money going soft. Mike Watt on bass and vocals, Ed Crawford on guitar and vocals and George Hurley on drums came off Fromohio playing faster, heavier and thicker, with Paul Q. Kolderie producing, and Spin's reviewer even heard a few riffs tipping toward metal.
It's still unmistakably a Watt record: the bass doesn't so much hold down the bottom as argue with everything above it, Hurley's drums jump and skitter, and Crawford's guitar and voice push the whole thing forward with plainspoken punk urgency. In 2014 the Alternative Nation site ranked it fifth among the most underrated alternative rock albums of the '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Flyin' the Flannel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flyin' The Flannel | 7 | #349 | – | 1999–2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.