Free Dirt Explained

Free Dirt
Type:	Album
Artist:	Died Pretty
Cover:	Died Pretty - Free Dirt.jpg
Released:	August 1986
Recorded:	November 1985
Studio:	Trafalgar Studios, Sydney
Genre:	Alternative rock, Aussie rock
Length:	47:48
Label:	Citadel, What Goes On^[1]
Producer:	Rob Younger
Next Title:	Pre-Deity
Next Year:	1988

Free Dirt is the first full-length album by Australian alternative rock band Died Pretty, released in 1986.^{[2] [3]} The album was repackaged in 2008 by Aztec Music with a second CD containing seven singles and six live recordings from 1986.

Critical reception

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Died Pretty.
2. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. June 30, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
3. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. June 30, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.