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High Violet by The National
High Violet is an album by The National, released in 2010. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 60 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bloodbuzz Ohio”, on 47 lists with a best position of #2.
High Violet, the National's fifth album, came out on 4AD on May 10, 2010, and it's the Cincinnati-bred, Brooklyn-based band stepping into bigger rooms without shaking off the gloom. They produced it themselves, with Aaron Dessner credited as producer and longtime ally Peter Katis assisting, working between their own Brooklyn studio and Katis' Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Matt Berninger's murmur sits at the center, singing words he writes alongside his wife Carin Besser, while twin brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner stack guitars, piano and keyboards into slow-building swells and brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf work the bass and drums like a machine that's just heard bad news. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" became the calling card on alternative radio, with "Terrible Love" behind it. Mark Fox's sculpture The Binding Force fills the cover, and an expanded edition with unreleased songs followed that November.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from High Violet on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloodbuzz Ohio | 47 | #2 | – | 2010–2026 | |
| 2 | Terrible Love | 10 | #38 | – | 2010–2025 | |
| 3 | Conversation 16 | 1 | #20 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Anyone's Ghost | 2 | #34 | – | 2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.