Mosquitos (album)
Appearance
Untitled | |
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B[2] |
Mosquitos is the second album by Stan Ridgway.
Track listing
- "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43
- "Lonely Town" - 4:09
- "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42
- "Dogs" - 4:05
- "Can't Complain" - 3:49
- "Peg and Pete and Me" - 4:41
- "Newspapers" - 2:41
- "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04
- "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01
- "A Mission in Life" - 5:53
Personnel
Adapted from the Mosquitos liner notes.[3]
- Stan Ridgway - vocals, harmonica, piano, guitar
- Eric Williams - guitar
- Marc Ribot - guitar
- Joe Ramirez, Tim Landers - bass
- Joe Berardi - drums
- Steve Reid - percussion
- Bernard Hall, Jim Lang, Pietra Wexstun - keyboards
- Larry Grennan, Pietra Wexstun, Tori Amos - background vocals
- Steve Berlin - saxophone on "Dogs"
- Tori Amos - background vocals on 4,6,9
- Van Dyke Parks - string arrangement on "Heat Takes a Walk"
Accolades
Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
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1989 | Best | France | "Albums of the Year" | 8 | [4] |
"*" denotes an unordered list. |
Chart positions
Singles
Year | Title | Peak Chart positions | ||||||||||
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US Mod [5] |
NLD [6] | UK [7] | ||||||||||
1989 | "Calling Out to Carol" | 13 | 23 | 91 | ||||||||
"Goin' Southbound" | 8 | — | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. |
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "allmusic ((( Mosquitos > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Stan Ridgway". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
- ^ Mosquitos (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Los Angeles, California: Geffen Records. 1989.
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(help) - ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Stan Ridgway". Nielsen Company, Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Stan Ridgway Discography". Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Stan Ridgway Discography". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2009-12-02.