Album · Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
The Lion the Beast the Beat by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
The Lion the Beast the Beat is an album by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, released in 2012. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Stars”, on 4 lists with a best position of #21.
The Lion the Beast the Beat, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals' fourth studio album, came out on Hollywood Records on June 12, 2012, with Dan Auerbach producing, and it turned out to be the Vermont band's last. It followed the self-titled 2010 record that had finally broken them big, debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 on 24,000 first-week sales, and had moved 159,000 copies in the US by June 2015.
This is roots rock with the amps turned up and the lights turned down. Scott Tournet and Benny Yurco trade gritty guitar, Matt Burr, who started the band with Potter and Tournet back in 2002, keeps the beat heavy and swinging, and Michael Libramento fills in on keys and bass. Out front, Potter wails with the kind of bluesy grit that gets her compared to Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt. Potter and Burr married in 2013, and after their 2015 divorce the Nocturnals went silent.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Lion the Beast the Beat on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stars | 4 | #21 | – | 2012–2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.