Below the Radio
# Below the Radio

Below the Radio is a mixtape put together by Jason Lytle of American indie rock band Grandaddy, released in 2004 by record label Ultra. The album also included a new Grandaddy track, "Nature Anthem".

## Background

Ultra Records had approached Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle via his management some time earlier with the idea for him to compile a mixtape, and he decided to include tracks that he considered "sleeper hits", identifying a common theme: "They all seem to have pretty conventional and familiar chord progressions. They all have vivid imagery for me with their words. There also seems to be a bit of sadness, but not necessarily despair."

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |

AllMusic's Matt Collar stated the album "plays like a K-Tel commercial for Gen X sad-sackism", calling it "pretty cool". Brian Howe of Pitchfork wrote "for the most part, the songs [Lytle] selected sound quite a bit like his own band. Lush yet sleek and slightly sterile is the dominant style of Below the Radio".

## Track listing

* Beck – "We Live Again"
* Beulah – "Burned by the Sun"
* Earlimart – "Color Bars"
* Snow Patrol – "Run"
* Goldenboy – "Wild Was The Night"
* Giant Sand – "Bottom Line Man"
* Fruit Bats – "The Little Acorn"
* Home – "Comin' Up Empty Again"
* Jackpot – "If We Could Go Backwards"
* The Handsome Family – "I Fell"
* Little Wings – "Sand Canyon"
* Pavement – "Motion Suggests"
* Blonde Redhead – "For the Damaged"
* Virgil Shaw – "Twisted Layer"
* Grandaddy – "Nature Anthem"
