Dust (Screaming Trees album)

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Dust
Screaming Trees-Dust (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 1996
Recorded1995–1996 at Capitol Studios and Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood and The Hit Factory, New York
Genre
Length44:14
Label Epic
Producer George Drakoulias
Screaming Trees chronology
Winter Songs Tour Tracks
(1992)
Dust
(1996)
Nearly Lost You
(2001)
Singles from Dust
  1. "All I Know"
    Released: June 1996
  2. "Sworn and Broken"
    Released: November 23, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 9/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 7/10 [12]

Dust is the seventh studio album by Screaming Trees, released on June 25, 1996.

Contents

Background

After an aborted attempt at recording a followup to Sweet Oblivion with producer Don Fleming, the band hired producer George Drakoulias to man the controls for what eventually turned out to be their last album released during the group's lifetime. In contrast to the group's previous recordings that were more influenced by psychedelic rock and punk rock, Dust contains music that is equally influenced by folk and blues, while still retaining a harder-edged sound. "All I Know" was released as a single from the album and became a success on rock radio. "Dying Days" features Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready.

Reception

Kerrang! Magazine selected Dust as the best album of 1996 in their year-end awards. [13] The band toured behind Dust for nearly two years (with former Kyuss and future Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme serving as a touring guitarist), and afterwards went on an extended hiatus, eventually disbanding officially in 2000.

Track listing

All songs written by Van Conner, Gary Lee Conner, Mark Lanegan except as indicated.

  1. "Halo of Ashes"  (V. Conner, G. Conner, Lanegan, Barrett Martin) – 4:04
  2. "All I Know" – 3:55
  3. "Look at You" – 4:42
  4. "Dying Days" – 4:51
  5. "Make My Mind" – 4:11
  6. "Sworn and Broken" – 3:34
  7. "Witness" – 3:39
  8. "Traveler" – 5:22
  9. "Dime Western"  (V. Conner, G. Conner, Lanegan, Martin) – 3:39
  10. "Gospel Plow"  (V. Conner, G. Conner, Lanegan, Martin) – 6:17

Personnel

Screaming Trees
Additional musicians
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Dust
Chart (1996)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 75
Canadian Albums ( RPM ) [15] 39
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 32
US Billboard 200 [17] 134
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 5

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