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Celebration Rock by Japandroids
Celebration Rock is an album by Japandroids, released in 2012. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 16 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The House That Heaven Built”, on 15 lists with a best position of #4.
Celebration Rock, released by Polyvinyl on June 5, 2012, is the second album from Vancouver duo Japandroids, and it sounds exactly like its title promises. Brian King on guitar and vocals and David Prowse on drums cut it in Vancouver with Jesse Gander, who had engineered Post-Nothing, and set out to bottle the rush of their live shows: no double tracking, no overdubs, just two guys playing as if the crowd were already shouting the words back.
It's classic rock and punk rock smashed together, all ringing chords and gang vocals, and "The House That Heaven Built" is its fist-pumping peak. Critics went wild: CBC crowned it the year's top rock album, the Globe and Mail picked it as the best Canadian album of 2012, and the duo walked off with a Band of the Year title.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Celebration Rock on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The House That Heaven Built | 15 | #4 | – | 2012–2025 | |
| 2 | The Nights of Wine and Roses | 1 | #445 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.