Song · Black Crowes
“A Conspiracy” by Black Crowes
From the album Amorica (1994)
“A Conspiracy” by Black Crowes appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 1994. It was first released in 1994 on the album Amorica. Its best result is #45 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 1994.
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"A Conspiracy" was the first single to herald Amorica, the Black Crowes' 1994 album, with Chris and Rich Robinson writing together and slathering the thing in wah-wah. The band produced it with Jack Joseph Puig, and the groove carries a jam band's slack in the hips even while the playing stays taut and the arrangement busy. Under all that swagger, the lyric is soaked in dread and paranoia.
Critics never settled on it. Some later ranked it among the band's finest, while others heard a rerun of "Remedy" or a formula going stale, and one argued it bored pop radio and dragged down the album's sales. It reached No. 5 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks, landed on the 2000 collection Greatest Hits 1990–1999, and resurfaced live on 2013's Wiser for the Time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 76 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 | 107 |
| 1994 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 | 91 |
| 1994 | 77 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
| 1994 | 64 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 | 100 |
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