Album · Stabbing Westward
Wither Blister Burn + Peel by Stabbing Westward
Wither Blister Burn + Peel is an album by Stabbing Westward, released in 1996. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 38 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “What Do I Have To Do?”, on 28 lists with a best position of #9.
Wither Blister Burn + Peel, Stabbing Westward's second album, arrived on Columbia in January 1996, recorded in New York the previous May with John Fryer producing. The band Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus had started in Macomb, Illinois back in 1985 now had Hall singing and working guitar, keyboards and drum machine, Flakus on keyboards, Jim Sellers on bass, Mark Eliopulos on guitar and Andy Kubiszewski behind the kit.
It's industrial rock with its heart ripped open: grinding guitars and cold electronics shoved up against big, wounded choruses. "What Do I Have To Do?" was their first hit, riding heavy MTV play to number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 11 on Modern Rock Tracks, and "Shame" matched that mainstream peak right behind it. The album went gold that September.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wither Blister Burn + Peel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Do I Have To Do? | 28 | #9 | – | 1996–2022 | |
| 2 | Shame | 10 | #30 | – | 1996–2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.