Album · The Fratellis
Costello Music by The Fratellis
Costello Music is an album by The Fratellis, released in 2006. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 38 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Flathead”, on 18 lists with a best position of #9.
Costello Music, the debut album from Glasgow's Fratellis, landed in Britain on 11 September 2006, with an American release following on 13 March 2007, and it's a sweaty, stomping, beer-soaked singalong from start to finish. Tony Hoffer produced, and the three unrelated Fratellis, singer-guitarist Jon, bassist Barry and drummer Mince, bash out glam-stomp rhythms, honky-tonk piano and terrace-chant choruses.
"Chelsea Dagger", with its wordless, shout-along hook, became their biggest single, reaching number five at home, "Whistle for the Choir" gave them a lilting second top-ten hit, and the rollicking "Flathead" got its own download-only EP. The album debuted at number two behind Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds, lingered 83 weeks in the top 100, won them the Brit for Best British Breakthrough Act and has sold 1,145,000 copies in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Costello Music on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flathead | 18 | #9 | – | 2007–2024 | |
| 2 | Chelsea Dagger | 17 | #4 | – | 2006–2025 | |
| 3 | Whistle for the Choir | 3 | #50 | – | 2006–2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.