Holiday in Dirt is an album by Stan Ridgway, released in 2002 through Ultramodern/New West Records. It is a collection of leftovers, rarities, compositions for film soundtracks. A quasi-cinematic project, the release of the Holiday in Dirt album was accompanied by a showing of 14 short films by various independent filmmakers, each film a visual interpretation of one of the songs on the album. A compilation DVD of the films, titled Holiday in Dirt: 14 Short Films of the Music of Stan Ridgway and produced by Minneapolis filmmakers Chris Strouth and Rick Fuller, was released in February 2005.[3]
All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway.
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| 1. | "Beloved Movie Star" | 4:48 |
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| 2. | "Operator Help Me" | 4:18 |
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| 3. | "Time Inside" | 3:56 |
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| 4. | "End of the Line" | 5:51 |
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| 5. | "Garage Band '69" | 3:21 |
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| 6. | "Bing Can't Walk" | 5:07 |
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| 7. | "Brand New Special and Unique" | 2:51 |
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| 8. | "After the Storm" | 2:53 |
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| 9. | "Floundering" | 3:11 |
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| 10. | "Amnesia" | 2:53 |
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| 11. | "Whatever Happened to You?" | 3:33 |
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| 12. | "Act of Faith" | 4:17 |
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| 13. | "Beloved Movie Star" | 10:54 |
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| 14. | "[Untitled Hidden Track]" | 3:29 |
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- Stan Ridgway: Composer, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, liner notes, primary artist, producer, vocals
- Ted Andersen: Drums
- Baboo God: Engineer
- Don Bell: Saxophone
- Tchad Blake: Engineer
- Bob DeMaa: Mastering
- Mitchell Froom: Guest artist, organ, producer
- Zander Schloss: Banjo, guitarron, slide guitar
- Chris Strouth: Compilation producer
- David Sutton: Bass guitar
- Pietra Wexstun: Autoharp, keyboards, melodica, background vocals
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