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Exhibit A by The Features
Exhibit A is an album by The Features, released in 2004. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Blow It Out”, on 1 list with a best position of #315.
Exhibit A, the Features' major-label debut, landed on Universal on September 14, 2004, a full decade after the Sparta, Tennessee band first plugged in. They'd put in their time on Nashville's Spongebath label, with two EPs and a couple of singles, before Universal signed them in 2003, and the record sounds like a band sitting on a decade of pent-up hooks: Matt Pelham's yelping vocals and guitar, Roger Dabbs on bass, Rollum Haas on drums and Parrish Yaw's keyboards, bouncing between British Invasion jangle and synth-happy new-wave bop. "The Way It's Meant To Be" and "Blow It Out" are the sugar rushes.
They took it on the road with fellow Tennesseans Kings of Leon, and UK buyers got different cover art plus two extra tracks, "Kari-Ann" and "Dark Room". The major-label ride didn't last: Universal dropped them over creative differences two weeks before they were due back in the studio.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Exhibit A on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow It Out | 1 | #315 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | The Way It's Meant To Be | 1 | #84 | – | 2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.