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Cleopatra Grip by The Heart Throbs
Cleopatra Grip is an album by The Heart Throbs, released in 1990. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dreamtime”, on 2 lists with a best position of #87.
Cleopatra Grip was the 1990 debut from English band the Heart Throbs, and it wears the era's haze proudly: guitars smeared into a shimmer, with bright indie-pop tunes glinting through the fog. It took two producers to get it there, Martin Hannett and Gil Norton, and it went out through One Little Independent Records and Elektra.
"Dreamtime" was the one that cut through, climbing to No. 2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, and the album itself made the top 10 of the Alternative Albums chart. The band backed it with a tour of the UK and then crossed to North America as the opening act for the Railway Children.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Cleopatra Grip on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamtime | 2 | #87 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.