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Too Far to Care by Old 97's
Too Far to Care is an album by Old 97's, released in 1997. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 16 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Timebomb”, on 11 lists with a best position of #128.
Too Far to Care, the third album from Dallas's Old 97's, came out on June 17, 1997, the follow-up to Wreck Your Life, and it catches one of the pioneers of the alt-country movement cranking the amps. Rhett Miller, the singer and main songwriter, has called the band's style "loud folk", and this is where the loud part takes over: twangy guitars pushed into the red, a rattling, train-track rhythm section and Miller's yelping tenor riding on top.
"Timebomb" gallops like a runaway freight and has become the song rock radio's countdowns keep coming back to, while "Barrier Reef" and "Niteclub" show the band can swagger as well as sprint. The album's title comes from the song "Streets of Where I'm From". Fight Songs followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Too Far to Care on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timebomb | 11 | #128 | – | 2009–2026 | |
| 2 | Barrier Reef | 4 | #289 | – | 2009–2024 | |
| 3 | Niteclub | 1 | #750 | – | 2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.