Dying for It

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Dying for It
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EP by
The Vaselines
ReleasedMarch 1988
Recorded26–27 October 1987, Pierhouse Studios, Edinburgh
Genre Indie rock, indie pop, noise pop
Length11:02
Label 53rd & 3rd
Producer Stephen Pastel
The Vaselines
The Vaselines chronology
Son of a Gun
(1987)		Dying for It
(1988)		 Dum-Dum
(1989)

Dying for It is the second extended play by Scottish indie pop group The Vaselines, released in March 7 1988. The EP was later included on their career retrospective collection The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History . The song "Teenage Superstars" was later included as the fourth track on their debut album Dum-Dum in 1989. The song "Molly's Lips" is named in tribute to the well-known Scottish television personality Molly Weir.

Contents

Alternative rock figurehead Kurt Cobain listed the Dying for It EP as his fourth favorite 'album' ever. [1] [2] [3] His band Nirvana covered "Molly's Lips", as well as a song from the earlier Vaselines EP, on their 1992 compilation Incesticide . Nirvana also performed the song "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (original song name "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam") for their MTV Unplugged in New York concert.

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly and McKee.

Side A

  1. "Dying for It"
  2. "Molly's Lips"

Side B

  1. "Teenage Superstars"
  2. "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam"

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
UK Indie Singles (MRIB) [4] 11

References

  1. ↑ Berman, Judy (12 November 2012). "Kurt Cobain's Handwritten Top 50 Albums List". Flavorwire.com. Flavorpill Productions, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 18. ISBN   978-0-7603-4521-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN   978-0-9517206-9-1. OCLC   38292499. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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