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Great Divide by Semisonic
Great Divide is an album by Semisonic, released in 1996. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “F.N.T.”, on 2 lists with a best position of #426.
Great Divide, the debut album from Minneapolis trio Semisonic, came out on MCA in April 1996, and it very nearly didn't come out at all. The band started recording it for Elektra, but when label president Bob Krasnow quit partway through, the new regime cut them loose; MCA picked them up and they finished the job. Paul Fox produced, with Ed Thacker recording and mixing.
Dan Wilson and John Munson had come out of Trip Shakespeare, and with drummer Jacob Slichter they started out as Pleasure in 1993, switched to Semisonic by 1995 and put out an EP called Pleasure that year on the Boston indie CherryDisc. The songs here are tidy, sharp-edged alt-rock with a power-pop heart: Wilson's easy croon, Munson's nimble bass, choruses you catch yourself humming on the bus. "F.N.T." later turned up in the 1999 teen flick 10 Things I Hate About You. "Closing Time" and the big break were still a couple of years off.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Great Divide on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F.N.T. | 2 | #426 | – | 2021–2023 | |
| 2 | If I Run | 5 | #810 | – | 1999–2023 | |
| 3 | Delicious | 1 | #97 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.