Song · Soul Coughing
“True Dreams of Wichita” by Soul Coughing
From the album Ruby Vroom (1994)
“True Dreams of Wichita” by Soul Coughing appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2018 and 2023. It was first released in 1994 on the album Ruby Vroom. Its best result is #452 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,404 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"True Dreams of Wichita" turns up on Ruby Vroom, the 1994 debut from Soul Coughing, an American band that built its first record out of samples and upright bass as much as guitars. The writing credit goes to the whole band, and Tchad Blake produced the track with them, then recorded and mixed it himself, with John Paterno engineering.
Ruby Vroom is a gloriously cluttered debut: loops pinched from Raymond Scott, Howlin' Wolf and the Andrews Sisters, orchestral horns fired off Mark Degli Antoni's sampler, guitar tunes, and jazzy upright-bass numbers that can't stop quoting Thelonious Monk or the theme from Courageous Cat. It's a crate-digger's scrapbook of a record, and this song is one of its pages.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 616 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2023 | 452 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 669 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
Also listed as: True Dreams Of Wichita.
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