The Dirt of Luck | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 44:17 | |||
Label | Matador Records[1] | |||
Producer | Helium Adam Lasus[2] | |||
Helium chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Chicago Tribune | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
Orlando Sentinel | [7] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[9] |
The Village Voice | [8] |
The Dirt of Luck is the first full-length album from American indie rock band Helium.[10][11] It was released in April 1995 on Matador Records and was produced by Adam Lasus.
The album was partly recorded by Timony and Devlin, before bassist Ash Bowie joined the group.[12]
Trouser Press wrote: "Best of all is the opener, 'Pat’s Trick,' a distorted, percussive exercise in sexual obsession made riveting by Timony’s fluttering-yet- powerful delivery."[10] Salon wrote that "the arcing melodies on notable Dirt of Luck songs such as 'Pat's Trick' and 'Honeycomb' contort like a kite twisting in the sky, as Timony's dusky voice and noisy guitar hum add a steadying presence."[13] Rolling Stone called the album an "off-kilter pop opus."[14] Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 called it "a beacon of progressive noise-pop."[15]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pat's Trick" | 3:20 |
2. | "Trixie's Star" | 2:44 |
3. | "Silver Angel" | 2:54 |
4. | "Baby's Going Underground" | 6:24 |
5. | "Medusa" | 3:10 |
6. | "Comet #9" | 2:09 |
7. | "Skeleton" | 4:11 |
8. | "Superball" | 2:35 |
9. | "All the X's Have Wings" | 3:13 |
10. | "Oh, the Wind and Rain" | 5:29 |
11. | "Honeycomb" | 4:22 |
12. | "Flower of the Apocalypse" | 3:46 |