Album · Social Distortion
Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll by Social Distortion
Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll is an album by Social Distortion, released in 2004. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 39 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Reach for the Sky”, on 32 lists with a best position of #21.
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, Social Distortion's sixth studio album, finally hit the racks on Time Bomb on September 28, 2004, eight years after White Light, White Heat, White Trash. It was meant to come out in the fall of 2000, but Mike Ness's two 1999 solo records, Cheating at Solitaire and Under the Influences, the touring behind them and the death of guitarist Dennis Danell in February 2000 kept pushing it back.
When it came, it had the old Orange County snarl crossed with the country, blues and early rock and roll the band had been drinking from for years. It's the first record with Jonny Wickersham on guitar, with Charlie Quintana pounding the drums, and Ness sounds battered but unbowed. The opener, "Reach for the Sky", came out as a single late in the year and became one of their biggest hits, with "Highway 101" and "Don't Take Me For Granted" riding along behind it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reach for the Sky | 32 | #21 | – | 2004–2024 | |
| 2 | Highway 101 | 5 | #27 | – | 2004–2005 | |
| 3 | Don't Take Me For Granted | 2 | #66 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.