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Prelude to Ecstasy by Last Dinner Party
Prelude to Ecstasy is an album by Last Dinner Party, released in 2024. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 48 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Nothing Matters”, on 22 lists with a best position of #3.
Prelude to Ecstasy, the Last Dinner Party's debut album, arrived on Island on 2 February 2024, and it sounds like a band that went straight for the velvet curtains. James Ford produced it, and he lets the songs go as big as they want: baroque-pop drama, prog-rock detours and indie-pop hooks, all dressed up with nowhere quiet to go.
"Nothing Matters" was the calling card, and "Sinner", "My Lady of Mercy", "On Your Side" and "Caesar on a TV Screen" followed it out as singles, with "The Feminine Urge" and "Burn Alive" filling out the theatrics. Critics fell hard, and the record went straight in at number one on the UK Albums Chart, the country's biggest first-week sale for a debut in nine years, since Years & Years' Communion. The band spent the first half of 2024 touring it around the UK and Europe, and it was nominated for that year's Mercury Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Prelude to Ecstasy on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing Matters | 22 | #3 | – | 2023–2026 | |
| 2 | The Feminine Urge | 14 | #15 | – | 2024–2026 | |
| 3 | Sinner | 9 | #38 | – | 2023–2026 | |
| 4 | Burn Alive | 2 | #44 | – | 2024–2026 | |
| 5 | My Lady of Mercy | 1 | #41 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.