Album · Mike Doughty
Haughty Melodic by Mike Doughty
Haughty Melodic is an album by Mike Doughty, released in 2005. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Busting Up A Starbucks”, on 9 lists with a best position of #32.
Haughty Melodic, released on ATO Records on May 3, 2005, finds Soul Coughing founder Mike Doughty going big. The title is an anagram of his full name, Michael Doughty, and he pitched the songs as being about yearning, redemption, happiness and hope.
After the spare acoustic sets of his early solo years, the sound here is thick and layered: stacked guitars, horns and keyboards, with Doughty's own voice multiplied into harmonies behind himself. It's a break from the Soul Coughing sound too: warm, bright, headphone-ready rock with every corner filled. "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" and the wryly titled "Busting Up a Starbucks" are the songs that stuck.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Haughty Melodic on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busting Up A Starbucks | 9 | #32 | – | 2005–2023 | |
| 2 | Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well | 8 | #7 | – | 2005–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.