Song · Guadalcanal Diary
“Vista” by Guadalcanal Diary
From the album Flip-Flop (1989)
“Vista” by Guadalcanal Diary appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 1989 on the album Flip-Flop. Its best result is #499 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,724 alternative song of all time.
"Vista" is on Flip-Flop, the 1989 Elektra album that turned out to be Guadalcanal Diary's fourth and final studio record. Don Dixon produced the whole album, this track included, and Mark Williams engineered it.
The critics mostly liked what they heard on the record. The Toronto Star called it raucous, intelligent guitar rock; the Chicago Tribune rated it terrific mainstream rock, a little quirkier than John Mellencamp or Tom Petty and every bit as worthy of Top 40 play; the Gazette heard a band draining a little of the gloom from Murray Attaway's singing. The Los Angeles Times was cooler, doubting it would do much for a band it considered underrated and too often compared with R.E.M.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 499 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
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