Album · The Delgados
Peloton by The Delgados
Peloton is an album by The Delgados, released in 1998. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Pull The Wires From The Wall”, on 3 lists and voted number one once.
Peloton, the Delgados' second album, came out in June 1998 on Chemikal Underground, the label the Glasgow band ran themselves, and its title borrows the cyclists' word for the main pack in a road race. Alun Woodward and Emma Pollock share the singing and the guitars, trading off in a way that gives the record two temperaments, his fragile and wry, hers cool and clear, while Stewart Henderson on bass and Paul Savage on drums hold the ground steady beneath them.
It's indie rock that aims higher than the usual scruff, with "Pull the Wires from the Wall", "Everything Goes Around the Water" and "The Actress" swelling into something close to chamber pop. It crept to number 56 on the UK albums chart, and it sits between Domestiques and The Great Eastern in their catalog.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Peloton on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull The Wires From The Wall | 3 | #1 | 1 | 1997–2000 | |
| 2 | Everything Goes Around The Water | 1 | #9 | – | 1998 | |
| 3 | The Actress | 1 | #38 | – | 1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.