Dusted (Gin Blossoms album)

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Dusted
Gin Blossoms 1989 Dusted album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedMay − June 1989
StudioWhipping Post Studios in Tucson, Arizona
Genre Alternative rock
Length36:07
Label San Jacinto
Producer Rich Hopkins
Gin Blossoms chronology
Dusted
(1989)
Up and Crumbling
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Dusted is the debut album by the alternative rock band the Gin Blossoms. [2] It was released through San Jacinto Records, a small independent label as a 12-song tape and record in 1989.

Contents

Seven of the songs on this album were re-recorded by the band after they signed to A&M Records. "Keli Richards" and "Angels Tonight" were re-recorded and included on the 1991 EP Up and Crumbling . "Hey Jealousy", "Found Out About You", "Cajun Song", and "Lost Horizons" were re-recorded and included on Gin Blossoms' 1992 album, New Miserable Experience . "Idiot Summer" was re-recorded during the sessions for New Miserable Experience but was not released until it was in the 1993 movie, Wayne's World 2 . The song was also a B-side on the original single release for Follow You Down and can now be found on streaming services both on the Til I Hear It From You EP as well as the Deluxe Edition Reissue of New Miserable Experience.

The album in general has a faster tempo and a less produced sound than New Miserable Experience.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lost Horizons"Hopkins2:48
2."Cajun Song"Valenzuela2:43
3."Found Out About You"Hopkins3:19
4."Girls Can't Wait"Valenzuela3:00
5."Something Wrong"Valenzuela2:40
6."Idiot Summer"Wilson3:50
7."Angels Tonight"Hopkins2:36
8."Keli Richards"Hopkins, Leen2:31
9."Hey Jealousy"Hopkins3:30
10."I Can Sleep"Valenzuela3:31
11."Slave Dealer's Daughter"Hopkins, Leen2:33
12."Fireworks"Hopkins3:06

Personnel

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