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Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club
Tourist History is an album by Two Door Cinema Club, released in 2010. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “What You Know”, on 17 lists with a best position of #3.
Tourist History, the 2010 debut from Two Door Cinema Club, surfaced in Japan in February and landed in Britain on 1 March through the French label Kitsuné, with Glassnote handling the American release that April. The title is a sly wink at Bangor, the County Down hometown the trio are from, and its reputation as a place tourists flock to.
It's a record of wiry, caffeinated guitar pop, all nervy energy and no wasted motion: Sam Halliday's lead lines skitter and chime, Kevin Baird's bass bounces along underneath, and Alex Trimble sings over rhythm guitar, beats and synths with a boyish rush. "What You Know" and "I Can Talk" are the hooks that stuck. The album won the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year, the first award the band had ever picked up, and they handed the €10,000 prize money to charity.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Tourist History on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What You Know | 17 | #3 | – | 2010–2025 | |
| 2 | I Can Talk | 7 | #5 | – | 2010–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.