Album · Slint
Spiderland by Slint
Spiderland is an album by Slint, released in 1991. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Good Morning, Captain”, on 4 lists with a best position of #23.
Spiderland, the second and last album by Louisville's Slint, came out on Touch and Go on March 27, 1991, and by then the band that made it no longer existed: they had split shortly beforehand, with Brian McMahan struggling with depression. McMahan on vocals and guitar, David Pajo on guitar, Todd Brashear on bass and Britt Walford on drums cut it with Brian Paulson in just four days in August 1990, having worked up the music that summer and leaving the words to be written in the studio.
What they got down is unnerving: songs that creep along in odd meters, curdle into dissonance and then erupt, with McMahan muttering stories, singing and finally shouting about unease, loneliness and despair. America barely noticed at first. The British papers did, and the cult grew until Spiderland stood as a cornerstone of post-rock and math rock, strong enough to pull Slint back together in 2005 to play it live.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Spiderland on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Morning, Captain | 4 | #23 | – | 1991–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.