''Lost and Gone Forever'' is the third studio

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by the band

Guster Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and ...

, released in September 1999. It was recorded earlier that year in

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, and Bearsville, New York. In 1999,

Ryan Miller Ryan Dean Miller (born July 17, 1980) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) mostly for the Buffalo Sabres. Miller was drafted 138th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL E ...

claimed that Guster took the album's title "from the popular folk song '

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and "chose it because we felt it reflected the lyrical content of the record." All of the drums on this album were played by hand (no sticks). In February 2012, '' Paste'' magazine named ''Lost and Gone Forever'' the 79th greatest album of the 1990s.

Track listing

All songs written by

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

Personnel

Guster *

Adam Gardner Adam Seth Gardner (born May 31, 1973) is an American guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs. Gardner grew up outside Morristown, New Jersey, and played for a band called Royal Flush while a stud ...

- vocals, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet *

- vocals, guitar, piano, organ, harmonica *Brian Rosenworcel - drums, percussion, trombone, typewriter Guest musicians *Alicia Berger, Chonie De Ocampo, Katherine Forgacs, Emily Martinez, Kristen Randall, Lisa Williams - whistling (on "All The Way up to Heaven") *

Karl Denson Karl Denson (born December 27, 1956) is an American funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist from Santa Ana, California. He was a member of Lenny Kravitz's band and has co-founded and led The Greyboy Allstars. Denson has recorded with ...

- flute, saxophone (on "Fa Fa") *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 1 ...

- bass guitar (on "Fa Fa" and "Rainy Day"),

Chapman stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and is used to play bass lines, melody lines ...

(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)

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States) Singles - Billboard (United States)

References

1999 albums Guster albums Sire Records albums Albums produced by Steve Lillywhite {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub