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Sea of Cowards by The Dead Weather
Sea of Cowards is an album by The Dead Weather, released in 2010. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 21 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Die By The Drop”, on 19 lists with a best position of #10.
Sea of Cowards, the Dead Weather's second studio album, arrived in May 2010, barely more than a year after the Nashville supergroup made its live debut at the opening of Third Man Records' headquarters there. Jack White produced, and the lineup is the same four: Alison Mosshart of the Kills, White of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age's Dean Fertita, and Jack Lawrence of the Greenhornes and the Raconteurs.
Following Horehound, this one bares its teeth: a tight, mean blues-rock record soaked in fuzz and menace, with Mosshart snarling like a cornered cat and the band grinding away behind her. "Die by the Drop" is the brawl at its heart, and "Blue Blood Blues" swaggers in on a dirty groove. Before it reached the shops, the band streamed it on their website for 24 hours by playing the vinyl nonstop. Dodge and Burn was five years away.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sea of Cowards on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Die By The Drop | 19 | #10 | – | 2010–2014 | |
| 2 | Blue Blood Blues | 2 | #52 | – | 2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.