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Lover/Fighter by Hawksley Workman
Lover/Fighter is an album by Hawksley Workman, released in 2003. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Smoke Baby”, on 1 list with a best position of #27.
Hawksley Workman put out Lover/Fighter in 2003 on Universal, and the Canadian songwriter, born Ryan Corrigan, gave it a title that sums up his whole act: half cabaret crooner, half glam-rock brawler. It debuted at number 33 on the Canadian Albums Chart. Workman plays guitar, drums, bass and keyboards on his records as well as singing, handles much of the producing and engineering himself, and works fast, never spending more than a day on a song, which keeps everything sounding freshly struck.
"We Will Still Need A Song" throws the doors open at the top of the record with a big, arms-wide chorus, "Anger As Beauty" bristles and swaggers, and the six-minute "Smoke Baby" takes its sweet, smoky time. A bonus disc added live videos and a making-of film. It followed Almost a Full Moon, and Before We Were Security Guards came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lover/Fighter on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Baby | 1 | #27 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | We Will Still Need A Song | 1 | #53 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Anger As Beauty | 2 | #73 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.