Artist · chart history
Nine Black Alps
Band Manchester United Kingdom Formed 2003
Nine Black Alps formed in 2003 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Nine Black Alps has 8 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Cosmopolitan”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #150. The station that charted Nine Black Alps most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Nine Black Alps came roaring out of Manchester in 2003 with a name taken from Sylvia Plath's poem "The Couriers" and a sound thick with sludge and snarl. Sam Forrest sang and played guitar, David Jones played guitar, James Galley drummed, and founding member Martin Cohen held down bass and guitar.
Everything Is, the 2005 debut, is where they made their name, and "Unsatisfied" and "Cosmopolitan" are all fuzz, feedback and teeth: loud bursts of frustration with the volume knob snapped off.
Love/Hate followed in 2007, after which Island and the band parted company, and they put out Locked Out from the Inside themselves in 2009. Cohen left in 2011 to make music on his own as Milk Maid, and Karl Astbury took his place in time for Sirens in October 2012. A fifth album, Candy for the Clowns, came out on Hatch Records in April 2014.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nine Black Alps on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmopolitan | 6 | #150 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | Unsatisfied | 2 | #95 | – | 2006 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2001 | Cosmopolitan | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) |
| 2010 | 1926 | Cosmopolitan | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) |
| 2009 | 1872 | Cosmopolitan | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) |
| 2008 | 1839 | Cosmopolitan | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) |
| 2007 | 1731 | Cosmopolitan | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) |
| 2007 | 1976 | Unsatisfied | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) |
| 2006 | 95 | Unsatisfied | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 |
| 2006 | 150 (tie) | Cosmopolitan | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 |
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