Album · L7
Smell the Magic by L7
Smell the Magic is an album by L7, released in 1990. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Shove”, on 1 list with a best position of #624.
Smell the Magic, L7's second record, came out on Sub Pop in 1990, first as a six-song 12-inch EP and then, in July 1991, as a full-length CD fattened up with "Packin' a Rod", "Just Like Me" and "American Society". The Los Angeles four-piece at this point was Donita Sparks on lead vocals and guitar, Suzi Gardner on guitar and backing vocals, Jennifer Finch on bass and Dee Plakas on drums, and they play like they've got a grudge against the amps.
Opener "Shove", the band's first single, sets the tone: punk rock with a grungy undertow, loud, sloppy in the right places and unimpressed by anybody's rules. They'd get lumped in with grunge and riot grrrl, but L7 got there first, and the next year they'd start Rock for Choice. Bricks Are Heavy came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Smell the Magic on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shove | 1 | #624 | – | 2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.