Mosquitos (album)

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Mosquitos
Stan Ridgway Mosquitos.jpeg
Studio album by
Released1989
Genre Rock
Length40:53
Label Geffen Records
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.

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