Song · Slint
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
From the album Spiderland (1991)
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2022. It was first released in 1991 on the album Spiderland. Its best result is #23 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #147 alternative song of 1991.
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"Good Morning, Captain" comes from Spiderland, the second and last album by Louisville's Slint, released on Touch and Go in March 1991. All four members share the writing credit: Brian McMahan and David Pajo on electric guitars, Todd Brashear on bass and Britt Walford on drums, with McMahan and Walford both credited on vocals.
The album came together fast: the music was worked up over the summer of 1990, the whole thing was cut in four August days with Brian Paulson engineering, and the words were written on the spot in the studio. By the time it came out, the band had already fallen apart. What they left behind was a record built on odd meters, dissonance and songs that refuse the usual shapes, and a cult around it that only kept growing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 23 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1518 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2019 | 419 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 422 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
Also listed as: Good Morning Captain.
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