Album · Gang of Youths
The Positions by Gang of Youths
The Positions is an album by Gang of Youths, released in 2015. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Magnolia”, on 3 lists with a best position of #6.
The Positions, the debut album from Sydney's Gang of Youths, arrived on 17 April 2015 after a long, stubborn gestation. Frontman David Le'aupepe spent three years writing it, and the band kept tearing tracks down and recording them again because he couldn't leave them alone; most of the production was handled by the group with Kevin McMahon. The songs deal with watching a marriage come apart in the shadow of a cancer diagnosis, and with Le'aupepe's own suicide attempt, and they come at it with the wide-open, heart-bursting sweep of a bar band convinced it's playing a stadium, Jung Kim and Joji Malani's guitars swelling behind him.
"Magnolia" was the breakout. The record debuted at No. 5 in Australia, picked up three ARIA nominations and won Australian Album of the Year at the J Awards, and Rolling Stone Australia later placed it at No. 89 among the country's 200 greatest albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Positions on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnolia | 3 | #6 | – | 2015–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.