Song · Aztec Camera
“Backwards and Forwards” by Aztec Camera
From the album Knife (1984)
“Backwards and Forwards” by Aztec Camera appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1984 on the album Knife. Its best result is #880 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,115 alternative song of all time.
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"Backwards and Forwards" is a Roddy Frame song from Knife, Aztec Camera's second album, released in September 1984, and Mark Knopfler produced it. The band that made it was freshly rebuilt: early that year Frame kept bassist Campbell Owens and brought in drummer Dave Ruffy and guitarist Malcolm Ross of Orange Juice, and all three play here, with Frame singing and sharing the guitars with Ross.
Frame told the NME at the time that the album was essentially about division, even the split inside one's own head, and he heard it in relationships too. Knife took the Scottish indie pop group to number 14 on the UK Albums Chart, the highest they had climbed by then.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1126 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 880 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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