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Hoist by Phish
Hoist is an album by Phish, released in 1994. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Down With Disease”, on 16 lists with a best position of #334.
Hoist, Phish's fifth album, arrived on Elektra on March 29, 1994, and it's the Vermont jam band's most concentrated attempt to squeeze a sprawling live beast into radio-sized songs. Paul Fox produced it, and the four of them, Trey Anastasio on guitar, Mike Gordon on bass, Jon Fishman on drums and Page McConnell on keys, sound tighter and shinier than usual without giving up their taste for funky grooves and sharp left turns.
"Down with Disease", a taut, churning rocker, was the one that finally broke through on rock radio, and it got the band's only official music video, directed by Gordon himself, which even turned up on MTV. The album went gold and still stands as their best-selling studio record, topped in their catalog only by the live set A Live One.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hoist on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down With Disease | 16 | #334 | – | 1999–2022 | |
| 2 | Julius | 7 | #1164 | – | 1999–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.