Lost and Gone Forever explained

Lost and Gone Forever
Type:	studio
Artist:	Guster
Cover:	Guster - Lost and Gone Forever.jpg
Released:	September 28, 1999
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	Rock
Length:	43:57
Label:	Hybrid, Sire
Producer:	Steve Lillywhite
Prev Title:	Goldfly
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	The Meowstro Sings – Guster's Keep It Together
Next Year:	2003

Lost and Gone Forever is the third studio album by the band Guster, released in September 1999. It was recorded earlier that year in Sausalito, California, and Bearsville, New York. In 1999, Ryan Miller claimed that Guster took the album's title "from the popular folk song 'Oh My Darling, Clementine and "chose it because we felt it reflected the lyrical content of the record."^[1] According to Guster's own website, other titles considered for the album included (jokingly) "The Ides of Guster", "When Guster Attacks", "Senior Week" and "Book on Tape".^[2] All of the drums on this album were played by hand (no sticks).^[3]

In February 2012, Paste magazine named Lost and Gone Forever the 79th greatest album of the 1990s.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Ryan Miller.

1. "What You Wish for" – 3:51
2. "Barrel of a Gun" – 3:11
3. "Either Way" – 4:43
4. "Fa Fa" – 4:43
5. "I Spy" – 2:57
6. "Center of Attention" – 4:07
7. "All the Way up to Heaven" – 5:00
8. "Happier" – 3:52
9. "So Long" – 2:38
10. "Two Points for Honesty" – 3:32
11. "Rainy Day" – 5:23

Personnel

Guster

• Adam Gardner – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet
• Ryan Miller – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, harmonica
• Brian Rosenworcel – drums, percussion, trombone, typewriter

Guest musicians^[5]

• Karl Denson – flute, saxophone (on "Fa Fa")
• Tony Levin – bass guitar (on "Fa Fa" and "Rainy Day"), Chapman stick (on "Two Points for Honesty")
• Chris Manning – bass guitar (on "What You Wish For" and "Barrel of a Gun")
• Page McConnell – theremin (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Dan Rieter – cello (on "Either Way" and "So Long")
• Tracy Silverman – violin, viola (on "Either Way)
• Alicia Berger - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Chonie De Ocampo - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Katherine Forgacs - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Emily Martinez - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Kristen Randall - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")
• Lisa Williams - whistling (on "All the Way up to Heaven")

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guster FAQ . Vividgreen.net . August 20, 2012.
2. Web site: Guster's Official Website. Guster. July 28, 2024.
3. Web site: Discogs . Guster – Lost And Gone Forever .
4. Web site: Josh Jackson . The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s . . February 24, 2012 . August 20, 2012.
5. Web site: Gusterography. August 7, 2018.