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Laugh Track by The National
Laugh Track is an album by The National, released in 2023. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Crumble”, on 1 list with a best position of #20.
Laugh Track, the National's tenth studio album, dropped on 4AD on September 18, 2023 with barely a few days' warning, a surprise companion to First Two Pages of Frankenstein from earlier that year. Most of it was written and cut during the same stretch, but the band road-tested several songs on tour in 2023 and then re-recorded them at producer Tucker Martine's studio, and the playing sounds loose and lived-in, Bryan Devendorf's drums pushing while the Dessner twins' guitars sprawl.
Matt Berninger is still the crooner at the bar at closing time, murmuring through the gloom, but he's got company. Justin Vernon, Phoebe Bridgers and Rosanne Cash all sing on it, and "Weird Goodbyes", "Alphabet City" and "Space Invader" went out as singles ahead of it. Critics warmed to it, and it plays less like leftovers than like the looser twin of its predecessor.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Laugh Track on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crumble | 1 | #20 | – | 2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.