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Goldfly by Guster
Goldfly is an album by Guster, released in 1997. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Airport Song (Live)”, on 7 lists with a best position of #1062.
Goldfly, Guster's second album, came out in 1997, recorded in December 1996 at House of Blues Studios in Encino, California. The trio of Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel, who had started the band as Tufts students in 1991, were still an underground act, and the record sold around 20,000 copies on its own before Sire picked it up and had Mike Shipley remix it.
It's bright, harmony-stacked college rock, voices stacked in harmony over strummed acoustics and a busy, thumping rhythm, with a wistful streak running through the hooks. "Airport Song" is the fan favorite, a tense, slow-building thing, and "Grin" shows the sunnier side. Collectors take note: there are three versions, with the hidden song "Melanie" turning up in a different spot on each. Lost and Gone Forever, and the mainstream, came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Goldfly on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airport Song (Live) | 7 | #1062 | – | 2007–2014 | |
| 2 | Airport Song | 11 | #65 | – | 1998–2022 | |
| 3 | Grin | 1 | #435 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.