Song · Matthew Sweet
“Thunderstorm” by Matthew Sweet
From the album In Reverse (1999)
“Thunderstorm” by Matthew Sweet appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2007 and 2014. It was first released in 1999 on the album In Reverse. Its best result is #1295 on the CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,014 alternative song of all time.
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Matthew Sweet wrote "Thunderstorm" alone, words and music, for In Reverse, his seventh album, which Volcano Entertainment released in 1999. The packaging plays games: the cover, an oil painting by Margaret Keane, hangs upside down, and the sleeve notes read backwards.
The album barely registered in the shops, but the reviews were glowing. Entertainment Weekly gave it an A-minus and liked its detours into dense thickets of guitar chords, Rolling Stone heard songs as neat as little valentines that the production blew up to full size, and Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found Sweet back at his best, with all 14 tracks strong and the muscular rockers jostling the lush, sugary ballads.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1336 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1320 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1295 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1336 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1393 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1436 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1492 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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