Mosquitos (album)

Mosquitos
Studio album by
Stan Ridgway
Released1989
GenreRock
Length40:53
LabelGeffen Records
ProducerStan Ridgway, Joe Chiccarelli
Stan Ridgway chronology
The Big Heat
(1986) 		Mosquitos
(1989) 		Partyball
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB[2]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewB:2[3]

Mosquitos is the second solo album by Stan Ridgway. It was released in 1989 on Geffen Records.

Track listing

  1. "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43
  2. "Lonely Town" - 4:09
  3. "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42
  4. "Dogs" - 4:05
  5. "Can't Complain" - 3:49
  6. "Peg and Pete and Me" - 4:41
  7. "Newspapers" - 2:41
  8. "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04
  9. "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01
  10. "A Mission in Life" - 5:53

Personnel

Adapted from the Mosquitos liner notes.[4]

  • Stan Ridgway - vocals, harmonica, piano, guitar
  • Eric Williams, Marc Ribot - guitar
  • Joe Ramirez, Tim Landers - bass guitar
  • Joe Berardi - drums
  • Steve Reid - percussion
  • Bernard Hall, Jim Lang - keyboards
  • Pietra Wexstun - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Larry Grennan, Tori Amos - background vocals
  • Steve Berlin - saxophone on "Dogs"
  • Van Dyke Parks - string arrangement on "Heat Takes a Walk"
  • Joe Chemay - background vocals on 2

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1989 Best France "Albums of the Year" 8 [5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Chart positions

Singles

Year Title Peak Chart positions
US
Mod [6] 		BE [7] NLD [8] UK [9]
1989 "Calling Out to Carol" 13 19 23 91
"Goin' Southbound" 8 — — —
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "allmusic ((( Mosquitos > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Stan Ridgway". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  3. ^ Clark, Pete (August 1989). "Review: Stan Ridgway — Mosquitos" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 8. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 111. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Mosquitos (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Los Angeles, California: Geffen Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Best - Albums of the Year". Best. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  6. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Stan Ridgway". Nielsen Company, Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  7. ^ "Stan Ridgway Discography". ultratop.be. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  8. ^ "Stan Ridgway Discography". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  9. ^ "Stan Ridgway – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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