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Ganging Up on the Sun by Guster
Ganging Up on the Sun is an album by Guster, released in 2006. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 38 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Satellite”, on 28 lists with a best position of #23.
Ganging Up on the Sun, Guster's fifth album, came out on Reprise on June 20, 2006, and it's the Boston-area band's most polished record yet: Ron Aniello's lush, layered production wraps around Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Brian Rosenworcel and Joe Pisapia, and a group that started out playing a college coffee house now sounds built for much bigger rooms. The title comes from a line in "Manifest Destiny".
"One Man Wrecking Machine" led the way late in 2005, all chugging momentum and sly wit, and "Satellite" followed, a slow-blooming, starry-eyed song that turned up in the film Martian Child and eventually earned the band its first gold record. It entered the Billboard 200 at number 25, the best showing of their career, and won Album of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. An expanded 24-track edition arrived in 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ganging Up on the Sun on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satellite | 28 | #23 | – | 2006–2025 | |
| 2 | One Man Wrecking Machine | 8 | #16 | – | 2006–2024 | |
| 3 | C'mon | 2 | #65 | – | 2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.