''Free Dirt'' is the first full-length album by Australian

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band

Died Pretty Died Pretty, sometimes The Died Pretty, is an Australian alternative rock band founded by mainstays Ron Peno (lead singer) and Brett Myers (lead guitarist and backing vocalist) in Sydney in 1983. The band was briefly called Final Solution. The ...

, released in 1986. The album was repackaged in 2008 by Aztec Music with a second CD containing seven singles and six live recordings from 1986.

Critical reception

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'' 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."

Track listing

All songs written by Brett Myers and

Ron Peno Ronald "Ron" Stephen Peno (born mid 1950s), who also performed as Ronnie Pop, is an Australian rock singer, he fronted Died Pretty, from 1984 to 2002, he was a member of early punk band the Hellcats (1976–77), and followed with the 31st (in B ...

, except where noted. #"Blue Sky Day" – 3:29 #"Round and Round" – 2:41 #"Wig-Out" – 3:06 #"Laughing Boy" – 3:34 #"Through Another Door" (Myers) – 3:17 #"Life to Go (Landsakes)" – 5:31 #"Just Skin" (Myers) – 6:37 #"The 2000 Year Old Murder" – 4:31 #"Next to Nothing" – 6:47 #"Stoneage Cinderella" (Atkinson, Myers, Peno) – 3:19 ;1992 re-release bonus track

"Yesterday's Letters" (Myers) – 4:56

Personnel

*Frank Brunetti – keyboards *Tim Fagan – saxophone * Graham Lee – pedal steel *Mark Lock – bass *Brett Myers – guitar, vocals *John Papanis – mandolin * Ron S. Peno – vocals *

Louis Tillett Louis Rohan Tillett (13 March 1959 – 6 August 2023) was an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, keyboardist and saxophonist. Tillett was the front man in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green and The Aspersion Caste. He also worked ...

– piano *Julian Watchhorn – violin *Chris Welsh – percussion, drums

References

External links

DiedPretty.com
1986 debut albums Died Pretty albums {{1980s-alt-rock-album-stub