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“Well Thought Out Twinkles” by Silversun Pickups

From the album Carnavas (2006)

“Well Thought Out Twinkles” by Silversun Pickups appears on 22 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2007 and 2014. It was first released in 2006 on the album Carnavas. Its best result is #11 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 alternative song of 2007, #2,431 alternative song of all time and #373 of the '00s.

22countdowns
14stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2007–2014years charted

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Silversun Pickups pulled "Well Thought Out Twinkles" from Carnavas, their 2006 debut on Dangerbird, as the album's third single, and it climbed to No. 9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Dave Cooley produced it and Tony Hoffer mixed it.

Critics split on it. IGN's Carlos Grischow singled it out as a highlight of the record, hearing claws in it trying to tear a hole in your soul, and Rolling Stone liked it too, comparing it to the Smashing Pumpkins and praising the vocals of Brian Aubert and Nikki Monninger. Pitchfork wasn't buying, calling the lyrics "wholly incomprehensible." Philip Andelman directed the clip, mostly black-and-white footage of the band playing it.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 94 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 107
2007 46 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 91
2007 14 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 106
2007 92 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 32 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 100
2007 23 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 107
2007 11 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 67 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 102
2007 67 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 19 KWOD Sacramento, CA KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 106
2007 35 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2007 129
2007 31 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 103
2008 56 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 102
2008 30 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2008 94
2008 85 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 1170 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1149 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1040 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 991 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 950 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 950 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 965 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Well Thought Out Twink;es.

Charting alongside it in 2007

Best songs of 2007 →
  1. 1Icky ThumpThe White Stripes
  2. 2DashboardModest Mouse
  3. 3The PretenderFoo Fighters
  4. 4Lazy EyeSilversun Pickups
  5. 5Read My MindThe Killers
  6. 6TarantulaThe Smashing Pumpkins

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