Album · Paramore
Brand New Eyes by Paramore
Brand New Eyes is an album by Paramore, released in 2009. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 72 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Decode”, on 25 lists with a best position of #3.
Brand New Eyes, Paramore's third album, arrived on Fueled by Ramen in September 2009, and it's the sound of a band holding itself together with gritted teeth. Rob Cavallo produced it with them in Hidden Hills, California, between January and March 2009. Hayley Williams and Josh Farro wrote the songs, and Taylor York, now a full member, chipped in on four of them, with Zac Farro on drums and Jeremy Davis on bass. It would be the Farro brothers' last album before they left in 2010.
You can hear the strain: "Ignorance" is a furious, finger-jabbing blast, "Brick by Boring Brick" bounces with a bitter grin, and "The Only Exception" slows down for a tender confession that earned a Grammy nomination. Critics praised the songwriting and a newfound maturity. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, topped the charts in the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and won Best Album at the 2010 Kerrang! Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Brand New Eyes on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decode | 25 | #3 | – | 2008–2009 | |
| 2 | Ignorance | 26 | #10 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 3 | Brick By Boring Brick | 21 | #4 | – | 2009–2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.