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The Italian Flag by Prolapse
The Italian Flag is an album by Prolapse, released in 1997. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Autocade”, on 1 list with a best position of #24.
The Italian Flag, Prolapse's third album, came out on Radar Records in October 1997 as a double 12-inch vinyl and CD set in the UK and Europe, with Jetset handling a CD release in the US. The Leicester band had formed at a polytechnic disco with the stated goal of being the most depressing band ever, and here the gloom gets an engine: krautrock pulse, punk abrasion and shoegaze haze, with Linda Steelyard's voice and Mick Derrick's pulling against each other like two radio stations bleeding into one.
Donald Ross Skinner produced it and then joined the band himself, playing on the tours that followed. "Autocade" and "Slash/Oblique" are the tracks to cue up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Italian Flag on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autocade | 1 | #24 | – | 1997 | |
| 2 | Slash/Oblique | 1 | #30 | – | 1997 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.