Dum-Dum (album) explained

Dum-Dum (album) should not be confused with Dum Dum (album).

Dum-Dum
Type:Album
Artist:The Vaselines
Cover:Vaselines-Dum-Dum.jpg
Released:June 1989
Recorded:December 1988 – January 1989
Studio:Chamber Studios, Edinburgh
Genre:Indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock
Length:27:19
Label:53rd and 3rd Records[1]
Producer:Jamie Watson
The Vaselines
Prev Title:Dying for It
Prev Year:1988
Next Year:1992

Dum-Dum is the first full-length album by the alternative rock band The Vaselines, released in 1989.[2] [3] It was recorded at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh, between December 1988 and January 1989. The album was produced by the band and Jamie Watson, and was included in its entirety for their career retrospective .[4]

The musicians contributing the synthesized strings to "Slushy" and the Indian raga sounds to "Lovecraft" have not been publicly identified. Other songs recorded during the Dum-Dum sessions include "Bitch", "Dying For It (The Blues)" and "Let's Get Ugly". "Teenage Superstars" had already been featured on their 1988 EP Dying for It. The album was re-issued on clear vinyl for Record Store Day in 2018.

Track listing

All tracks written by Kelly and McKee.[5]

Side one

  1. "Sex Sux (Amen)"
  2. "Slushy"
  3. "Monsterpussy"
  4. "Teenage Superstars"
  5. "No Hope"

Side two

  1. "Oliver Twisted"
  2. "The Day I Was A Horse "
  3. "Dum-Dum"
  4. "Hairy"
  5. "Lovecraft"

Personnel

The Vaselines

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Vaselines - Dum-Dum - LP+. Rough Trade. 11 October 2019. 11 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191011180925/https://www.roughtrade.com/us/the-vaselines/dum-dum. dead.
  2. Web site: The Vaselines. Sub Pop. Records. Sub Pop Records.
  3. Web site: Kurt Cobain's favourites The Vaselines' kiss and make up. September 10, 2010. The Independent.
  4. Web site: Album Review. The Stranger.
  5. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Eugenius. www.trouserpress.com.