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“Litany (Life Goes On)” by Guadalcanal Diary
From the album 2x4 (1987)
“Litany (Life Goes On)” by Guadalcanal Diary appears on 13 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1987 on the album 2x4. Its best result is #146 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,396 alternative song of all time.
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"Litany (Life Goes On)" comes from 2×4, Guadalcanal Diary's third album, released in 1987 with Don Dixon in the producer's chair and Joe Blaney, George Pappas and Dan Vaganek engineering. It arrived on the record critics have heard as the band's high-water mark. Trouser Press called 2×4 smashing, hearing the members reach back into their shadowy art-rock pasts to make music at last as distinctive as their lyrics; AllMusic judged it the group's strongest and most confident album, and Paste put it at number 64 among the 80 best albums of the '80s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 146 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 154 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2000 | 428 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) | 500 |
| 2001 | 429 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
| 2002 | 482 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1159 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 467 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2003 | 202 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2005 | 622 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2022 | 592 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 655 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2025 | 280 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 639 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Litany; Litany Life Goes On; Litany - Life Goes On.
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