Album · Lostprophets
Start Something by Lostprophets
Start Something is an album by Lostprophets, released in 2004. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Don't Know”, on 5 lists with a best position of #74.
Start Something, the second album from Pontypridd's Lostprophets, arrived in 2004 on Visible Noise at home and Columbia abroad, and it's the sound of a Welsh band bulking up for the big leagues. They got to work in 2003 after touring The Fake Sound of Progress, with Eric Valentine producing, and he gives their nu-metal crunch a stadium polish: Ian Watkins singing, Lee Gaze and Mike Lewis's guitars grinding and chiming, Stuart Richardson's bass and Mike Chiplin's drums hitting hard, and Jamie Oliver's keyboards and turntables adding the sheen. It was Chiplin's last album with the band.
Six singles came off it, "Burn Burn", "Last Train Home", "Wake Up (Make a Move)", "Last Summer", "Goodbye Tonight" and, for radio, "I Don't Know", and together they pushed the band into the mainstream. It became their most successful album, reaching number 33 on the Billboard 200 and going gold in the US and platinum in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Start Something on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Don't Know | 5 | #74 | – | 2004–2005 | |
| 2 | Make A Move | 3 | #32 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | We Still Kill the Old Way | 1 | #50 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Last Summer | 2 | #74 | – | 2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.