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“Gideon” by My Morning Jacket
From the album Z (2005)
“Gideon” by My Morning Jacket appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2009 and 2024. It was first released in 2005 on the album Z. Its best result is #246 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,336 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Gideon" is a Jim James song, words and music, from Z, the fourth studio album by psychedelic rockers My Morning Jacket, released on October 4, 2005.
Z is the record where the band climbed out of the echo chamber. The cavernous reverb that had defined their earlier albums is mostly gone, swapped for a spacier, glossier sound, synthesizers all over the place and a streak of reggae and dub, and the songs come in tighter and shorter than before. It has worn well: the end of the Z Tour was captured on the double-live Okonokos, released in 2006, and Rolling Stone later placed Z at number 457 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012, and also ranked it the 31st best album of the 2000s and 23rd on its list of great stoner records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 534 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2012 | 772 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2013 | 246 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 340 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2022 | 662 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 433 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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