Dust (Screaming Trees album)

Dust
Studio album by Screaming Trees
Released	June 25, 1996
Recorded	1995-1996 at Capitol Studios and Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood and The Hit Factory, New York
Genre	Grunge, neo-psychedelia
Length	44:14
Label	Epic
Producer	George Drakoulias
Screaming Trees chronology
Winter Songs Tour Tracks (1992) Dust (1996) Nearly Lost You (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
Q	[4]
NME	[5]
Spin	[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]

Dust is the seventh and final album by the Screaming Trees, released on June 25, 1996.

After an aborted attempt at recording a followup to Sweet Oblivion with producer Don Fleming, the band hired producer George Drakoulias to man the controls for what eventually turned out to be their last album. In contrast to the group's previous recordings that were more influenced by psychedelic rock and punk rock, Dust contains music that is equally influenced by folk and blues, while still retaining a harder-edged sound. "All I Know" was released as a single from the album and became a success on rock radio. "Dying Days", a song that was also released as a single to some minor success, features Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready.

Kerrang! Magazine selected Dust as the best album of 1996 in their year-end awards.^[8] The band toured behind Dust for nearly two years (with former Kyuss and future Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme serving as a touring guitarist), and afterwards went on an extended hiatus, eventually disbanding officially in 2000.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Lee Conner/Van Conner/Mark Lanegan except as indicated.

1. "Halo of Ashes"  (Gary Lee Conner/Van Conner/Mark Lanegan/Barrett Martin) – 4:04
2. "All I Know" – 3:55
3. "Look at You" – 4:42
4. "Dying Days" – 4:51
5. "Make My Mind" – 4:11
6. "Sworn and Broken" – 3:34
7. "Witness" – 3:39
8. "Traveler" – 5:22
9. "Dime Western"  (Gary Lee Conner/Van Conner/Mark Lanegan/Barrett Martin) – 3:39
10. "Gospel Plow"  (Gary Lee Conner/Van Conner/Mark Lanegan/Barrett Martin) – 6:17

Credits

Personnel

• Gary Lee Conner - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, sitar
• Van Conner - bass, backing vocals, guitar
• Mark Lanegan - lead vocals, guitar
• Barrett Martin - percussion, cello, drums, conga, harmonium, tabla, djembe

Additional personnel

• George Drakoulias - percussion, producer
• Chris Goss - backing vocals
• Brian Jenkins - backing vocals on "Traveler"
• Mike McCready - guitar solo on "Dying Days"
• Jeff Nolan - guitar on "Dime Western"
• Benmont Tench - organ, electric piano, mellotron, piano
• 21st Street Singers - backing vocals on "Dying Days"
• Mark Danielson - front cover artwork
• Danny Clinch - photography

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Heatseekers	5
	The Billboard 200	134

Album - UK Album Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1996	UK Album Charts	32

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"All I Know"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
		Modern Rock Tracks	9
	"Dying Days"	Modern Rock Tracks	27

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Dust > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
2. Brackett, Nathan. "Screaming Trees". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 721, cited March 17, 2010
3. Romero, Michele. "Dust". Entertainment Weekly. July 1996. pg. 58, cited March 17, 2010
4. "Screaming Trees". Q. August 1996. pg. 127, cited March 17, 2010
5. "Screaming Trees". NME. July 1996. pg. 36, cited March 17, 2010
6. "Screaming Trees". Spin. August 1996. pg. 96, cited March 17, 2010
7. Christgau, Robert. "Screaming Trees". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
8. Yearly albums charts - Best of 1996

External links

• Dust (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)
• Dust (Adobe Flash) at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)