Lost and Gone Forever

Lost and Gone Forever
Studio album by Guster
Released	September 28, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Rock
Length	43:57
Label	Hybrid, Sire
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Guster chronology
Goldfly (1997) Lost and Gone Forever (1999) The Meowstro Sings – Guster's Keep It Together (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

Lost and Gone Forever is the third studio album by the band Guster, released in September 1999. It was recorded earlier that year in Sausalito, California, and Bearsville, New York. In 1999, Ryan Miller claimed that Guster took the album's title "from the popular folk song 'Oh My Darling, Clementine '" and "chose it because we felt it reflected the lyrical content of the record." ^[4] According to Guster's own website, other titles considered for the album included (jokingly) "The Ides of Guster", "When Guster Attacks", "Senior Week" and "Book on Tape". ^{[5] [ not specific enough to verify ]} All of the drums on this album were played by hand (no sticks). ^[6]

In February 2012, Paste magazine named Lost and Gone Forever the 79th greatest album of the 1990s. ^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Ryan Miller.

1. "What You Wish for" – 3:51
2. "Barrel of a Gun" – 3:11
3. "Either Way" – 4:43
4. "Fa Fa" – 4:43
5. "I Spy" – 2:57
6. "Center of Attention" – 4:07
7. "All the Way up to Heaven" – 5:00
8. "Happier" – 3:52
9. "So Long" – 2:38
10. "Two Points for Honesty" – 3:32
11. "Rainy Day" – 5:23

Personnel

Guster

• Adam Gardner – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet
• Ryan Miller – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, harmonica
• Brian Rosenworcel – drums, percussion, trombone, typewriter

Guest musicians ^[8]

• Karl Denson – flute, saxophone (on "Fa Fa")
• Tony Levin – bass guitar (on "Fa Fa" and "Rainy Day"), Chapman stick (on "Two Points for Honesty")
• Chris Manning – bass guitar (on "What You Wish For" and "Barrel of a Gun")
• Page McConnell – theremin (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Dan Rieter – cello (on "Either Way" and "So Long")
• Tracy Silverman – violin, viola (on "Either Way)
• Alicia Berger - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Chonie De Ocampo - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Katherine Forgacs - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Emily Martinez - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Kristen Randall - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Lisa Williams - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1999	The Billboard Top 200	169

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2000	"Fa Fa"	Adult Top 40	26

References

1. Lost and Gone Forever at AllMusic
2. "Guster: Lost and Gone Forever : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". www.rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
3. "Review: Guster - Lost And Gone Forever". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
4. "Guster FAQ". Vividgreen.net. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
5. "Guster's Official Website". Guster. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
6. "Guster – Lost And Gone Forever". Discogs.
7. Josh Jackson (February 24, 2012). "The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s". Paste . Retrieved August 20, 2012.
8. "Gusterography" . Retrieved August 7, 2018.