Album · Sleater-Kinney
One Beat by Sleater-Kinney
One Beat is an album by Sleater-Kinney, released in 2002. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Oh!”, on 2 lists with a best position of #73.
One Beat, Sleater-Kinney's sixth album, came out on Kill Rock Stars on August 20, 2002, and it's the sound of the Olympia band refusing to sit still. John Goodmanson produced it over March and April 2002 at Jackpot! Studio in Portland, and the trio that grew out of riot grrrl sounds bigger and fiercer than ever: Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein trading guitar parts and vocals like sparring partners, Janet Weiss hammering the drums and chipping in backing vocals.
It landed a year after Greil Marcus had named them America's best rock band, and it lived up to the billing. Critics went for the cathartic force of the playing and the progressive politics running through the songs, from the title track to "Sympathy" and "Oh!", and it reached number five on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from One Beat on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh! | 2 | #73 | – | 2002–2019 | |
| 2 | Sympathy | 1 | #317 | – | 2009 | |
| 3 | One Beat | 1 | #403 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.