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Light Grenades by Incubus
Light Grenades is an album by Incubus, released in 2006. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 96 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Anna Molly”, on 37 lists with a best position of #2.
Light Grenades, Incubus' sixth studio album, came out on Epic on November 28, 2006, with Brendan O'Brien producing, and it catches the band loosening up and turning the voltage up. Following A Crow Left of the Murder..., the lineup had Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger on guitar, José Pasillas on drums, Ben Kenney on bass and Chris Kilmore on turntables.
The record swings between sleek, muscular rock and stranger, more restless textures, with Einziger's guitar doing everything from chunky riffing to shimmering, spacey washes. "Anna Molly" is a jittery, hook-laden rocker with a chorus that practically kicks the door in. "Dig" is a warm, big-hearted midtempo number that builds to a soaring swell, and "Oil and Water" is a slow-burner, all shimmer and yearning. "Love Hurts" rolls in on a laid-back groove before the chorus opens wide.
It gave Incubus their first number one: the album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, with 165,000 copies sold in the US and 359,000 worldwide in its first week. Its gold certification fell short of the platinum run the band had been on since Make Yourself in 1999. If Not Now, When? followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Light Grenades on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Molly | 37 | #2 | – | 2006–2014 | |
| 2 | Love Hurts | 25 | #1 | 1 | 2008–2022 | |
| 3 | Dig | 21 | #3 | – | 2006–2023 | |
| 4 | Oil and Water | 13 | #13 | – | 2007–2008 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.