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The Real Ramona by Throwing Muses
The Real Ramona is an album by Throwing Muses, released in 1991. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Not Too Soon”, on 10 lists with a best position of #288.
The Real Ramona, Throwing Muses' fourth album, came out on 4AD, the follow-up to Hunkpapa from the Newport, Rhode Island band that step-sisters Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly had fronted since 1981, and it puts their two very different songwriting voices side by side.
Hersh brings the stark, candid songs, lurching through tempo shifts and chord changes that never land where you expect, with words that slide into the surreal. Donelly brings the pop instincts and the harmonies, and David Narcizo drums his odd, cymbal-free way underneath. Looking back, BBC Music's Andrzej Lukowski heard an album of great pop songs that never gave up the band's essential strangeness. It reached number 26 on the UK Albums Chart, NME ranked it the 35th best album of 1991, and "Not Too Soon" and "Counting Backwards" are the ones rock radio remembered. Red Heaven came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Real Ramona on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Too Soon | 10 | #288 | – | 1999–2023 | |
| 2 | Counting Backwards | 7 | #353 | – | 1999–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.