Stan Ridgway - Mosquitos [1989] [Robbie60] [FLAC] torrent

Stan Ridgway
Mosquitos

Label: IRS Records
Released: 1989
Source: Original CD
Size Torrent: 247 MB
Format: FLAC





Mosquitos, released in 1989, the cinematic motif rears its head again from the outset with a sweeping, uplifting instrumental opener,\"Heat Takes a Walk,\" arranged by Van Dyke Parks. Less mechanized than before, and with slashes of brilliant color punctuating the sepia tones. Ridgway plays more guitar on tracks like \"Lonely Town\", an evocative, melting journey past desert sands and sagebrush while Pietra Wexstun, Tori Amos, Steve Berlin and Marc Ribot help round out the musical contributions.

With the songs \"Goin\' Southbound\" and \"Calling Out To Carol\", (another top 5 European hit), Ridgway was off again on a world-wide tour. The searingly introspective, bar-room blues meets Existential-Humanist, \"Mission In Life\" becomes a traditional closer of the tour\'s performances with the poignantly embittered line, \"I give \'em oceans to drink, but then they drown in the tide.\"



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\"
Van Dyke Parks - string arrangement on \"Heat Takes a Walk\"



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