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40 oz. to Freedom by Sublime
40 oz. to Freedom is an album by Sublime, released in 1992. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 58 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Badfish”, on 38 lists with a best position of #4.
40oz. to Freedom, Sublime's debut, came out on Skunk Records on June 1, 1992, and it plays like a Long Beach house party with the stereo stuck on shuffle. Bradley Nowell sings and plays guitar, Eric Wilson holds down the bass and Bud Gaugh drums, and together they leap from ska to rocksteady, roots reggae and dub, then slam into hardcore punk and hip-hop without so much as a pause.
"Badfish" is the sweet, loping heart of it, "Smoke Two Joints" leans back into roots reggae, and "Let's Go Get Stoned" drifts off into a dubby haze. Reviews were mixed at first, and the band wouldn't break big until the self-titled album of 1996, released two months after Nowell's death. But this one kept selling, two million copies in the US alone, and it ranks among the best-selling independent releases ever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from 40 oz. to Freedom on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badfish | 38 | #4 | – | 1998–2024 | |
| 2 | Smoke Two Joints | 19 | #73 | – | 1999–2026 | |
| 3 | Lets Go Get Stoned | 1 | #1165 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.