Song · Neko Case
“Deep Red Bells” by Neko Case
From the album Blacklisted (2002)
“Deep Red Bells” by Neko Case appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2009 and 2024. It was first released in 2002 on the album Blacklisted. Its best result is #160 on the KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,832 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Deep Red Bells" comes from Blacklisted, Neko Case's 2002 album, and it's a song that takes its time and lets the room fill up with shadows. Case arranged it with bassist Tom Ray and did nearly everything up front herself: lead and background vocals, electric guitar, tambourine.
Around her the players build a slow, twangy dusk. Ray walks the double bass, John Convertino keeps the drums low and patient, Dallas Good adds the growl of baritone guitar, and Jon Rauhouse's pedal steel moans like wind through a screen door. Darryl Neudorf and John Anaya recorded it, and Case herself joined Neudorf, Alf Annibalini and Mac McGill on the mix, which makes the eerie hush feel like exactly what she was after.
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 | 528 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 553 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 175 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 160 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2024 | 878 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
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