Mosquitos (album)
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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
- 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 | [3] |
"*" denotes an unordered list. |
Chart positions
Singles
Year |
Title |
Peak Chart positions |
US Mod [4] |
NLD [5] |
UK [6] |
1989 |
"Calling Out to Carol" |
13 | 23 | 91 |
"Goin' Southbound" |
8 | — | — |
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. |
References
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| Live albums |
- Poolside with Gilly
- The “Beyond Tomorrow” Show
- The “Black Diamond” Tour
- The Mosquitos Tour
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| Compilations | |
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| Singles |
- "Don't Box Me In"
- "Drive She Said"
- "Camouflage"
- "The Big Heat"
- "Goin' Southbound"
- "Calling Out to Carol"
- "I Wanna Be a Boss"
- "Knife and Fork"
- "Big Dumb Town"
- "Deep Blue Polka Dot"
- "Into The Sun
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| with Pietra Wexstun |
- Blood
- Silly Songs for Kids, Volume One
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| Wall of Voodoo |
Studio albums | |
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| Drywall |
Studio albums |
- Work the Dumb Oracle
- Barbeque Babylon
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