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Lonerism by Tame Impala
Lonerism is an album by Tame Impala, released in 2012. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 41 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Elephant”, on 30 lists with a best position of #6.
Lonerism, Tame Impala's second album, came out on Modular on 5 October 2012, and like the debut Innerspeaker it is essentially one man's private universe: Kevin Parker wrote it, played it, recorded it and produced it himself, with live-band member Jay Watson sitting in on two tracks. Parker cut most of it in Perth and Paris.
This time the guitars step back and the synths and samples swarm forward, and Parker's pop instincts push the melodies toward hooks you end up humming without meaning to. Stray ambient noise he caught on a dictaphone drifts through the mix, and the whole thing circles the feeling of isolation, a mood the cover nails with a fenced-off glimpse of the Jardin du Luxembourg. "Elephant" stomps like glam on a sugar high; "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" just floats away. It took Album of the Year and Best Rock Album at the 2013 ARIA Awards and picked up a Grammy nomination too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lonerism on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elephant | 30 | #6 | – | 2012–2026 | |
| 2 | Feels Like We Only Go Backwards | 10 | #9 | – | 2012–2026 | |
| 3 | Be Above It | 1 | #581 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.