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The Animal Years by Josh Ritter
The Animal Years is an album by Josh Ritter, released in 2006. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Girl In The War”, on 6 lists with a best position of #88.
The Animal Years, Josh Ritter's fourth studio album and his first for V2, arrived in March 2006 in Britain, with the American release following that April. It's the work of a songwriter with a novelist's eye, spinning long, detailed stories over spare, rootsy Americana, and it landed the same year Paste put him on its list of the 100 Greatest Living Songwriters.
"Girl In The War" and "Thin Blue Flame" are the songs that have lasted, the second meaning enough to Ritter that in 2010 he named his backing group the Royal City Band after it. A double-disc deluxe edition followed in Ireland in 2010 and in the US in 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Animal Years on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girl In The War | 6 | #88 | – | 2009–2025 | |
| 2 | Thin Blue Flame | 3 | #265 | – | 2013–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.