Artist · chart history
Tindersticks
Band Nottingham United Kingdom Formed 1991
Tindersticks formed in 1991 in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Tindersticks has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My Sister”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #25. The station that charted Tindersticks most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.
Tindersticks came out of Nottingham with a late-night, candlelit sound full of strings and brooding atmosphere, with Stuart A. Staples crooning in a low, wounded murmur that seemed to arrive from a smoky bar at closing time. Staples, David Boulter, Mark Colwill, Alasdair Macaulay, Neil Fraser and Dickon Hinchliffe formed the core of the band.
Their self-titled debut in 1993 is a moody, sprawling thing. "City Sickness" is a slow, aching lament, "Marbles" a strange, murmured reverie, and "Raindrops" as lush and melancholy as the name promises. The second album, also simply called Tindersticks, arrived in 1995 with "My Sister", a long, eerie piece that unfolds like a short film.
That cinematic streak was no accident: they went on to record several film soundtracks and built a long collaboration with French director Claire Denis. After six albums, Staples went solo; the band came back together briefly in 2006 and for good the following year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tindersticks on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Sister | 1 | #25 | – | 1995 | |
| 2 | Raindrops | 1 | #27 | – | 1993 | |
| 3 | Marbles | 1 | #30 | – | 1993 | |
| 4 | City Sickness | 1 | #37 | – | 1993 | |
| 5 | Always a Stranger | 1 | #440 | – | 2024 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 440 | Always a Stranger | KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024 |
| 1995 | 25 | My Sister | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995 |
| 1993 | 27 | Raindrops | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993 |
| 1993 | 30 | Marbles | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993 |
| 1993 | 37 | City Sickness | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993 |
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