Album · Sloan
Between the Bridges by Sloan
Between the Bridges is an album by Sloan, released in 1999. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Losing California”, on 5 lists with a best position of #33.
Between the Bridges, Sloan's fifth album, came out on Murderecords in 1999 after sessions that took just six weeks. The Halifax-born band of Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott had long made a habit of passing the songwriting and the lead mic around, and here that democracy pays off in a record that keeps pushing further into '70s-style rock while its melodies lean on the pop of the '60s and '70s.
It sounds like a band stretching out, confident enough to widen the palette without losing the crunch, and "Losing California" became another hit for them at home in Canada. Even the cover has a story: its deliberately rough, photocopied look came from a black-and-white shot of the poster for the 1969 satire Putney Swope, which Ferguson spotted in a book.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Between the Bridges on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Losing California | 5 | #33 | – | 1999–2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.