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“Cruel To Be Kind” by Spacehog
From the album Resident Alien (1995)
“Cruel To Be Kind” by Spacehog appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1995 on the album Resident Alien. Its best result is #1573 on the CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,402 alternative song of all time.
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"Cruel To Be Kind" sits on Resident Alien, the 1995 debut from English rockers Spacehog, and it's a Royston Langdon song through and through: he wrote it alone, plays bass, adds organ and Moog, and trades lead vocals with Antony Langdon. Antony piles on guitar, analog synth, Hammond and more Moog, Richard Steel brings a second guitar, and Jonny Cragg covers drums, percussion and backing vocals. The credits read like the inventory of a vintage keyboard shop.
Bryce Goggin produced and mixed it with the band and engineered it as well. The album behind it was cut with a live-wire idea: most of its basic tracks went down in a barn in Woodstock, New York, with the band playing together in one room to catch that immediacy on tape. Sire and Elektra released the album, and its hit was "In the Meantime", which went all the way to the top of the US Mainstream Rock chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
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