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Cover of Earth · Sun · Moon by Love and Rockets
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Song · Love and Rockets

“No New Tale To Tell” by Love and Rockets

From the album Earth · Sun · Moon (1987)

“No New Tale To Tell” by Love and Rockets appears on 49 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Earth · Sun · Moon. Its best result is #13 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 1987, #259 alternative song of all time and #79 of the '80s.

49countdowns
13stations
#13best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1987–2023years charted

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"No New Tale to Tell" gave Love and Rockets their first hit in 1987, lifted from Earth · Sun · Moon, the English band's third album, out that year on Beggars Banquet. Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins share the music credit, David J wrote the words, and a guest player, Mel Thorpe, adds flute.

The album around it shows a band still shaking off the ghost of their previous group, Bauhaus. The psychedelic streak of their earlier records carried on, but now they were trying out a folkier strain of indie rock, with only a few traces of gothic gloom left in the corners. The song rose to number 18 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, and the band followed it with a beefed-up single version of "Mirror People" in 1988.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 13 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 16 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 27 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 18 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 454 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 234 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 115 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 103 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 117 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 190 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 73 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 460 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 194 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 312 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 227 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 304 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 110 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 172 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 403 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 436 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 987 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 422 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 235 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 423 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 203 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 206 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 308 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 688 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 442 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 447 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 470 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 483 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 356 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 308 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 309 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 311 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 301 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 298 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 291 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 410 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2021 563 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 825 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

Also listed as: No New Tale to Tell; No New Tail to Tell; No New Tell To Tell.

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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