''Magic Dirt'' is a compilation album by
Australian
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Australia
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** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
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alternative rock
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band
Magic Dirt
Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially forming an alternative u ...
. It was released in the U.S. on New York label, Dirt Records in 1995. It compiles the band's first two Australian-released
EPs ''
Signs of Satanic Youth
''Signs of Satanic Youth'' is the debut extended play by Australian rock band Magic Dirt. It was released in November 1993 on the Melbourne-based, independent label Au Go Go Records.
The EP was re-released in January 2019 on CD and 12" vinyl. Up ...
'' and ''
Life was Better'' along with additional track "Goofy Gumb".
Reception
Nitsuh Abebe from
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
said "Australia's Magic Dirt managed to secure some impressive touring partners in the mid 1990s, sharing stages with bands like
Sonic Youth,
Pavement and
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name.
The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlo ...
While the sloppy, distorted rock of their self-titled album doesn't have a whole lot in common with these first two bands, there is some appeal of J. Mascis and company lurking in the overdriven riffs and loosely pop melodies packed into Magic Dirt. The album doesn't seem quite as vital or impressive as those of Dinosaur Jr., or those of a lot of American indie bands for that matter, but the same underlying aesthetic makes Magic Dirt a reasonably appealing listen.".
Track listing
:''All compositions by Magic Dirt''
# "Eat Your Blood" - 5:34
# "He-Man" - 4:57
# "Ice" - 3:17
# "Supertear" - 4:08
# "Daddy" - 5:59
# "Goofy Gumb" - 4:13
# "Fairy Park" - 2:38
# "Choker" - 4:06
# "Touch That Space" - 7:03
# "Redhead" - 4:48
# "Amoxycillin" - 14:51
Release history
References
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Dirt Records albums
Magic Dirt albums
1995 compilation albums
Compilation albums by Australian artists