Album · Northside
Chicken Rhythms by Northside
Chicken Rhythms is an album by Northside, released in 1991. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Take 5”, on 5 lists with a best position of #24.
Chicken Rhythms was Northside's one and only full-length record, put out by Factory Records in 1991 with Ian Broudie producing. The band came out of Blackley and Moston in north Manchester, got together in 1989, and landed right in the thick of the Madchester and baggy boom, when indie guitars and rave grooves were busy falling in love.
The record lives in that loose, blissed-out shuffle, all jangle and swagger over a beat built for the dance floor. "Take 5" and "Shall We Take a Trip" are the songs that stuck, and "Shall We Take a Trip" and "Moody Places" found a second life as the theme music for Granada Soccer Night in the early '90s. No second album ever followed, which leaves Chicken Rhythms as a single snapshot of a scene at full tilt.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Chicken Rhythms on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take 5 | 5 | #24 | – | 1991–2001 | |
| 2 | Shall We Take a Trip | 1 | #19 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.