Lost and Gone Forever

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Lost and Gone Forever
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999
Recorded1998
GenreRock
Length43:57
LabelHybrid, Sire
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Guster chronology
Goldfly
(1997)
Lost and Gone Forever
(1999)
Keep It Together
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Sputnikmusic[3]

Lost and Gone Forever is the third studio album by the band Guster, released in September 1999. It was recorded earlier that year in Sausalito, California, and Bearsville, New York. In 1999, Ryan Miller claimed that Guster took the album's title "from the popular folk song 'Oh My Darling, Clementine'" and "chose it because we felt it reflected the lyrical content of the record."[4] According to Guster's own website,[5] other titles considered for the album included (jokingly) 'The Ides of Guster', 'When Guster Attacks', 'Senior Week' and 'Book on Tape'. All of the drums on this album were played by hand (no sticks).[6]

In February 2012, Paste magazine named Lost and Gone Forever the 79th greatest album of the 1990s.[7]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Ryan Miller.

  1. "What You Wish for" – 3:51
  2. "Barrel of a Gun" – 3:11
  3. "Either Way" – 4:43
  4. "Fa Fa" – 4:43
  5. "I Spy" – 2:57
  6. "Center of Attention" – 4:07
  7. "All the Way up to Heaven" – 5:00
  8. "Happier" – 3:52
  9. "So Long" – 2:38
  10. "Two Points for Honesty" – 3:32
  11. "Rainy Day" – 5:23

Personnel[edit]

Guster

  • Adam Gardner - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet
  • Ryan Miller - vocals, guitar, piano, organ, harmonica
  • Brian Rosenworcel - drums, percussion, trombone, typewriter

Guest musicians

  • Alicia Berger, Chonie De Ocampo, Katherine Forgacs, Emily Martinez, Kristen Randall, Lisa Williams - whistling (on "All The Way up to Heaven")
  • Karl Denson - flute, saxophone (on "Fa Fa")
  • Tony Levin - bass guitar (on "Fa Fa" and "Rainy Day"), Chapman stick (on "Two Points for Honesty")
  • Chris Manning - bass guitar (on "What You Wish For" and "Barrel of a Gun")
  • Page McConnell - theremin (on "All The Way up to Heaven")
  • Dan Rieter - cello (on "Either Way" and "So Long")
  • Tracy Silverman - violin, viola (on "Either Way)

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Charts[edit]

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1999 The Billboard Top 200 169

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
2000 "Fa Fa" Adult Top 40 26

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lost and Gone Forever at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Guster: Lost and Gone Forever : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". www.rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Review: Guster - Lost And Gone Forever". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Guster FAQ". Vividgreen.net. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Guster.com".
  6. ^ "Guster – Lost And Gone Forever". Discogs.
  7. ^ Josh Jackson (February 24, 2012). "The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s". Paste. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  8. ^ "Gusterography". Retrieved 7 August 2018.