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“Ironmasters” by Men They Couldn't Hang
From the album Night of a Thousand Candles (1985)
“Ironmasters” by Men They Couldn't Hang appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1985. It was first released in 1985 on the album Night of a Thousand Candles. Its best result is #11 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 1985.
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"Ironmasters" was the second single from Night of a Thousand Candles, the 1985 debut album by the Men They Couldn't Hang, and the writing credit is a five-way split between Stefan Cush, Shanne Hasler, Jon Odgers, Phil Odgers and Paul Simmonds. Philip Chevron produced it, with Nick Robbins engineering and co-mixing.
The album's songs got a head start on John Peel's show: the band played material from it on Peel sessions in July 1984 and January 1985, before it was in the shops. His listeners had already voted their version of Eric Bogle's "The Green Fields of France" to number 3 in the 1984 Festive 50, and "Ironmasters" made the list a year later. Melody Maker's critics ranked the album 10th in their end-of-year lists for 1985.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 11 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 | 50 |
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