Song · Alt J
“Intro” by Alt J
From the album An Awesome Wave (2012)
“Intro” by Alt J appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2024. It was first released in 2012 on the album An Awesome Wave. Its best result is #504 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time.
Alt-J's "Intro" comes from An Awesome Wave, the English indie rock band's debut album, released through Infectious in May 2012. Charlie Andrew produced it, and the writing credit is split four ways, between Joe Newman, Gwil Sainsbury, Thom Green and Gus Unger-Hamilton.
The album made a big splash for a first try: it won the Mercury Prize in 2012 and was named Album of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards the following year, and it carried the singles "Matilda"/"Fitzpleasure", "Breezeblocks" and "Tessellate". Even the packaging had ideas. The title nods to a line from American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis's novel and the film made from it, and the cover layers three satellite radar images of the Ganges river delta into one.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 504 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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