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“Ripple” by The Church
From the album Priest = Aura (1992)
“Ripple” by The Church appears on 14 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1992 and 2022. It was first released in 1992 on the album Priest = Aura. Its best result is #88 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #260 alternative song of 1992 and #2,200 alternative song of all time.
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"Ripple" comes from Priest = Aura, the eighth album by Australian band the Church, released in March 1992, and its writing credit goes four ways: Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Marty Willson-Piper and Jay Dee Daugherty, the new drummer, late of the Patti Smith Group, who had toured Gold Afternoon Fix with them.
They made the record back at Sydney's Studios 301, with British producer Gavin MacKillop recording it and sharing the production credit with the band. With commercial expectations lowered and Arista easing off, the mood was far looser than on the tense Los Angeles sessions for the two albums before it, and the band improvised the bones of the songs together. The material spread out into something wider and stranger than before, and Daugherty's sometimes jazzy touch behind the kit gave it a new pulse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 88 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 907 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 958 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 960 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 510 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 910 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2007 | 1600 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1605 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1627 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1670 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1735 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1799 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1861 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 555 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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