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“High Ticket Attractions” by The New Pornographers
From the album Whiteout Conditions (2017)
“High Ticket Attractions” by The New Pornographers appears on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Whiteout Conditions. Its best result is #17 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #402 alternative song of 2017.
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"High Ticket Attractions" was the first taste of Whiteout Conditions, the New Pornographers' seventh album, arriving as a single on January 27, 2017, ahead of the record's April release through Concord Music Group. A.C. Newman wrote it, and it opened a new chapter: Whiteout Conditions was the band's first album without longtime drummer Kurt Dahle or singer-songwriter Dan Bejar.
Critics heard the whole album as a rush. The Guardian's Dave Simpson found its songs about depression, society and the environment coming out euphoric amid a pile-up of harmonies, hooks and power pop, and The Independent's Andy Gill noted how fast, bubbly synths and pulsing beats gave the band's usual indie pop extra drive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 56 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 39 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 83 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 17 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 63 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 23 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 100 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 232 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2022 | 130 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 111 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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