Album · Tegan and Sara
The Con by Tegan and Sara
The Con is an album by Tegan and Sara, released in 2007. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Back in Your Head”, on 16 lists with a best position of #15.
The Con, the fifth album from Calgary twins Tegan and Sara Quin, came out on July 24, 2007, and it's the sound of two songwriters pulling their pop songs apart and putting them back together slightly crooked. Both sisters write and play just about everything, and they split the guest list along the same line: Matt Sharp of the Rentals, once of Weezer, turns up on Sara's songs and AFI's Hunter Burgan on Tegan's, with Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie and Kaki King along too.
The tunes are wound tight, all nervy keyboards, jittery guitars and voices that tumble over each other. "Back in Your Head" and the title track were the singles, each with a video, and the album went to number 4 in Canada and 34 on the Billboard 200. The title track later found a second home in Rock Band 3.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Con on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back in Your Head | 16 | #15 | – | 2007–2025 | |
| 2 | The Con | 7 | #48 | – | 2007–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.