Album · Galaxie 500
Today by Galaxie 500
Today is an album by Galaxie 500, released in 1988. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste”, on 1 list with a best position of #41.
Today, the debut album from Galaxie 500, came out in 1988, and it sounds like the world slowed down to a crawl just so the band could stare at it. The three-piece of guitarist and singer Dean Wareham, bassist and singer Naomi Yang and drummer Damon Krukowski make a hypnotic, glassy dream pop out of almost nothing: guitars that shimmer and drone, a rhythm section that drifts rather than drives, and Wareham's reedy, fragile voice.
"Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" is the one that lingers, a slow burn that feels like it could go on forever. The trio would make two more albums, On Fire and This Is Our Music, before calling it quits in 1991. Today's afterlife has been long: when it was reissued in 2010, it reached number 16 on the UK Independent Album Breakers chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Today on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste | 1 | #41 | – | 1989 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.