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Free Dirt

Free Dirt is the first full-length album by Australian alternative rock band Died Pretty, released in 1986.[3][4] The album was repackaged in 2008 by Aztec Music with a second CD containing seven singles and six live recordings from 1986.

Free Dirt
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1986
RecordedNovember 1985
StudioTrafalgar Studios, Sydney
GenreAlternative rock, Aussie rock
Length47:48
LabelCitadel, What Goes On[1]
ProducerRob Younger
Died Pretty chronology
Free Dirt
(1986)
Pre-Deity
(1988)
Singles from Free Dirt
  1. "Stoneage Cinderella"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Blue Sky Day"
    Released: 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Critical reception edit

Trouser Press wrote: "The highly recommended album — which contains glimmers of the ’60s, Dylan, Gram Parsons, folk-rock and neo-psychedelic — uses guest contributions of mandolin, violin, pedal steel and sax to magnify the band’s own essential variety."[1]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Brett Myers and Ron Peno, except where noted.

  1. "Blue Sky Day" – 3:29
  2. "Round and Round" – 2:41
  3. "Wig-Out" – 3:06
  4. "Laughing Boy" – 3:34
  5. "Through Another Door" (Myers) – 3:17
  6. "Life to Go (Landsakes)" – 5:31
  7. "Just Skin" (Myers) – 6:37
  8. "The 2000 Year Old Murder" – 4:31
  9. "Next to Nothing" – 6:47
  10. "Stoneage Cinderella" (Atkinson, Myers, Peno) – 3:19
1992 re-release bonus track[5]
  1. "Yesterday's Letters" (Myers) – 4:56

Personnel edit

  • Frank Brunetti – keyboards
  • Tim Fagan – saxophone
  • Graham Lee – pedal steel
  • Mark Lock – bass
  • Brett Myers – guitar, vocals
  • John Papanis – mandolin
  • Ron S. Peno – vocals
  • Louis Tillett – piano
  • Julian Watchhorn – violin
  • Chris Welsh – percussion, drums

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Died Pretty".
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Free Dirt – Died Pretty". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ Thompson, Dave (30 June 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Buckley, Peter (30 June 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Free Dirt [Bonus Track]" AllMusic profile

External links edit

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