Mosquitos (album)

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Mosquitos
Stan Ridgway Mosquitos.jpeg
Studio album by
Stan Ridgway
Released1989
Genre Rock
Length40:53
Label Geffen
Producer Stan Ridgway, Joe Chiccarelli
Stan Ridgway chronology
The Big Heat
(1986)		Mosquitos
(1989)		 Partyball
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B [2]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review B:2 [3]

Mosquitos is the second solo album by Stan Ridgway. It was released in 1989 on Geffen Records.

Contents

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

Personnel

Adapted from the Mosquitos liner notes. [4]

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1989Best France "Albums of the Year"8 [5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Chart positions

Singles

YearTitlePeak Chart positions
US
Mod [6] 		BE [7] NLD [8] UK [9]
1989"Calling Out to Carol"13192391
"Goin' Southbound"8———
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "allmusic ((( Mosquitos > Review )))". AllMusic . Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Stan Ridgway". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  3. ↑ Clark, Pete (August 1989). "Review: Stan Ridgway — Mosquitos" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 8. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 111. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Mosquitos (booklet). Stan Ridgway. Los Angeles, California: Geffen Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Best - Albums of the Year". Best. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Stan Ridgway". Nielsen Company, Billboard . Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Stan Ridgway Discography". ultratop.be. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Stan Ridgway Discography". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Stan Ridgway – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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