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Welcome to the North by The Music
Welcome to the North is an album by The Music, released in 2004. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Breakin'”, on 15 lists with a best position of #46.
Welcome to the North, the Music's second album, came out on Virgin on 20 September 2004, and it's the Kippax lads swinging for the rafters. After touring America behind their 2002 debut, they wrote through the back half of 2003, spent two months at Soundworks in Leeds, then travelled to Atlanta to finish the job with Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks. The result marries space rock to post-grunge heft, with the swagger of Led Zeppelin, the wiry frenzy of Jane's Addiction and the loose-limbed groove of the Stone Roses all audible in the mix.
Robert Harvey yelps like a man possessed, Adam Nutter's guitar shoots for orbit, and Stuart Coleman and Phil Jordan lock into grooves built to make a festival field bounce. Reviews were mixed, but "Freedom Fighters" went top 20 at home with "Breakin'" close behind, the album reached number eight, and they carried it across America on tour with Incubus.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Welcome to the North on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breakin' | 15 | #46 | – | 2004–2005 | |
| 2 | Freedom Fighters | 2 | #88 | – | 2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.