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Irresistible Bliss by Soul Coughing
Irresistible Bliss is an album by Soul Coughing, released in 1996. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 45 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Super Bon Bon”, on 38 lists with a best position of #8.
Irresistible Bliss, Soul Coughing's second album, came out on Slash and Warner Bros. in 1996, and it's the band's tightest, twitchiest record. Tchad Blake, who produced the debut Ruby Vroom, stepped away after a death in his family, and Mike Doughty, overruling his bandmates and the label, brought in David Kahne. After the wild sonics of Ruby Vroom, Doughty wanted something wound tight and jittery, with a New Wave edge.
They tracked it at the Power Station in Manhattan in eleven days. Kahne produced most of it, Steve Fisk handled two songs and the band did one themselves, and Blake came back to help mix when bassist Sebastian Steinberg briefly quit. Over Mark De Gli Antoni's samples, Yuval Gabay's drums and Steinberg's upright bass, Doughty rattles off his stream-of-consciousness poetry. "Super Bon Bon" was the hit, and "Soft Serve" and "Soundtrack to Mary" caught some radio play too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Irresistible Bliss on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Bon Bon | 38 | #8 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 2 | Soundtrack To Mary | 3 | #97 | – | 1996–2023 | |
| 3 | Soft Serve | 4 | #71 | – | 1997–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.