Song · Aldous Harding
“The Barrel” by Aldous Harding
From the album Designer (2019)
“The Barrel” by Aldous Harding appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album Designer. Its best result is #47 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #297 indie & aaa song of 2019 and #1,784 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"The Barrel" comes from Designer, the third album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 4AD in April 2019, and it walked off with the APRA Silver Scroll award that same year.
Harding wrote it alone and sings it over her own classical guitar, while producer John Parish covers half the room: drums, congas, percussion, piano, electric guitar and vocals. H. Hawkline adds bass, electric guitar and a guest vocal, Stephen Black brings bass clarinet and baritone sax, and Clare Mactaggart plays violin. Parish mixed it with Ali Chant, and Oliver Baldwin and Joe Jones did the recording. It's indie folk with a sly, off-kilter strut, a small band playing it straight while the singer seems to be in on a private joke.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 47 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 89 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 91 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 892 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 403 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 84 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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