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Flip-Flop by Guadalcanal Diary
Flip-Flop is an album by Guadalcanal Diary, released in 1989. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Always Saturday”, on 7 lists with a best position of #84.
Flip-Flop was Guadalcanal Diary's fourth studio album and, as it turned out, their last, released on Elektra in 1989 with Don Dixon producing. The band from Marietta, Georgia, had been at it since 1981, and here their jangling Southern guitar pop gets a crisp, bright polish from Dixon, the chiming guitars and ringing harmonies front and center.
"Always Saturday" was the single, and it got a video; it's a breezy, sunlit rush of a song, and the one rock radio remembers best. "Pretty Is As Pretty Does" and "Vista" show the band's knack for a sturdy hook with a little twang behind it. They took the album on a North American tour, then broke up that same year. When they reunited in 1997 it was only for a live album, which leaves Flip-Flop as the end of their studio story.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Flip-Flop on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always Saturday | 7 | #84 | – | 1989–2003 | |
| 2 | Pretty Is As Pretty Does | 2 | #459 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 3 | Vista | 1 | #499 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.