Dum-Dum (album)

Dum-Dum is the first full-length album by the alternative rock band The Vaselines, released in 1989.[2][3] It was recorded at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh, between December 1988 and January 1989. The album was produced by the band and Jamie Watson, and was included in its entirety for their career retrospective The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History.[4]

Not to be confused with Dum Dum (album).
Dum-Dum
Studio album by
The Vaselines
ReleasedJune 1989
RecordedDecember 1988 – January 1989
StudioChamber Studios, Edinburgh
GenreIndie pop, indie rock, alternative rock
Length27:19
Label53rd and 3rd Records[1]
ProducerJamie Watson
The Vaselines
The Vaselines chronology
Dum-Dum
(1989)		 The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History
(1992)

The musicians contributing the synthesized strings to "Slushy" and the Indian raga sounds to "Lovecraft" have not been publicly identified. Other songs recorded during the Dum-Dum sessions include "Bitch", "Dying For It (The Blues)" and "Let's Get Ugly". "Teenage Superstars" had already been featured on their 1988 EP Dying for It. The album was re-issed on clear vinyl for Record Store Day in 2018.

Track listing

All tracks written by Kelly and McKee.[5]

Side one
  1. "Sex Sux (Amen)"
  2. "Slushy"
  3. "Monsterpussy"
  4. "Teenage Superstars"
  5. "No Hope"

Side two
  1. "Oliver Twisted"
  2. "The Day I Was A Horse "
  3. "Dum-Dum"
  4. "Hairy"
  5. "Lovecraft"

Personnel

The Vaselines

Additional personnel
  • Jamie Watson – engineer; slide guitar on "The Day I Was A Horse"
  • Sophie Pragnell – viola on "Oliver Twisted"
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References
  1. "The Vaselines - Dum-Dum - LP+". Rough Trade.
  2. Records, Sub Pop. "The Vaselines". Sub Pop Records.
  3. "Kurt Cobain's favourites The Vaselines' kiss and make up". The Independent. September 10, 2010.
  4. "Album Review". The Stranger.
  5. "TrouserPress.com :: Eugenius". www.trouserpress.com.


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