Free Dirt

by Died Pretty

Free Dirt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1986
  • Label: Citadel
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 2:11:46
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Julian Watchhorn, Chris Welsh, Ronald S. Peno, Brett Myers, Frank Brunetti, Rob Younger, Louis Tillett, Mark Lock, John Papanis

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Steeped heavily in the brooding atmospheres of The Doors and The Velvet Underground, the Sydney outfit's debut is a masterclass in dark neo-psychedelia. Ron Peno's intensely passionate vocal delivery is framed by swirling organ textures and a heavy, slightly ragged indie rock sensibility that deeply impacted the Australian underground.

Genres

Descriptors: jangly, melodic, guitar-driven, reverb-heavy, earnest

Tracklist

  1. Life to Go (Landsakes) (5:32)
  2. Just Skin (6:37)
  3. The 2000 Year Old Murder (4:31)
  4. Next To Nothing (6:46)
  5. Blue Sky Day (3:28)
  6. Round and Round (2:38)
  7. Wig Out (3:07)
  8. Laughing Boy (3:35)
  9. Through Another Door (3:17)
  10. Stoneage Cinderella - Single A-Side (3:17)
  11. Yesterday's Letters - Single B-Side (4:56)
  12. From A Buick 6 - Free Dirt Demo (4:13)
  13. Laughing Boy - Free Dirt Demo (3:45)
  14. Round and Round - Free Dirt Demo (2:44)
  15. Wig-Out - Free Dirt Demo (3:11)
  16. Out Of The Unknown - Single A-Side (4:09)
  17. World Without - Single B-Side (3:45)
  18. Mirror Blues - Full Length Version (10:10)
  19. Ambergris - EP Track (4:26)
  20. Plaining Days - EP Track (4:15)
  21. Desperate Hours - EP Track (8:04)
  22. Final Twist - EP Track (4:19)
  23. Stoneage Cinderella - Live Boston 1986 (3:03)
  24. Everbody Moves - Live Boston 1986 (5:01)
  25. Towers Of Strength - Live Boston 1986 (4:35)
  26. Just Skin - Live Boston 1986 (5:55)
  27. Wild Child - Live London 1986 (4:52)
  28. Final Solution - Live Melbourne 1986 (7:22)

Credits

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