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Music for Men by The Gossip
Music for Men is an album by The Gossip, released in 2009. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Heavy cross”, on 4 lists with a best position of #2.
Music for Men, the Gossip's fourth album, came out on Columbia on June 19, 2009, with Rick Rubin producing, the follow-up to their 2006 breakthrough Standing in the Way of Control. The Searcy, Arkansas trio came out of it sleeker but no less rowdy: Beth Ditto's huge voice out front, Nathan "Brace Paine" Howdeshell on guitar and bass, and Hannah Blilie driving the drums, their garage-rock clatter bent toward the dance floor.
Reviews were mostly warm, and in 2010 the GLAAD Media Awards shortlisted the band as Outstanding Music Artist. Europe took it to heart, France above all, where it sold 280,000 copies and spent 138 weeks on the chart; in America it had moved 42,000 by the end of 2012. "Heavy Cross" is the one that stuck. When the band, disbanded since 2016, reunited in 2019, it was for an anniversary tour of this record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Music for Men on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy cross | 4 | #2 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Love Long Distance | 1 | #78 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.