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The majority of the album was recorded in the midst of touring in a two-day session on April 4–5, 1966 at Audio Recording in Seattle, Washington. [3] The album title is taken from the song of the same name. The single "Dirty Water" and its B-side "Rari" were recorded on March 5, 1965, at Western Recorders in Hollywood, California. [3]
"Dirty Water" is a song by the American rock band The Standells, written by their producer Ed Cobb. [7] The song is a mock paean to the city of Boston , Massachusetts , and its then-famously polluted Boston Harbor and Charles River .
The band recorded additional songs for their first full studio album Dirty Water in April 1966. Another popular track on the album was "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", which would later be recorded by Washington, D.C. hardcore band Minor Threat, New York City punk band The Cramps, and Swedish garage band The Nomads.
[2] [3] "Dirty Water" reached number 51 in the United States in January 1980. [4] The song led directly to them recording their debut album, [5] First Offence, produced by Vic Maile for Radar Records. Two further albums were quickly recorded; Shot in the Dark again produced by Vic Maile, and Heatwave in Alaska produced by Stuart Coleman.
The majority of the songs were penned by Julie and rounded out by the duo's co-write, "Dirty Water" and a few covers of songs by Richard Thompson, Utah Phillips and Bob Dylan. The album was well received by critics and fans of Americana/folk music. It was named "Album of the Year" at the first annual awards of the Americana Music Association. [2]
Australian girl group Bardot later covered "Dirty Water" for their second album, Play It Like That. The trio's debut album 'Perfect Storm' was planned to be released after "Shut Your Mouth". However, as "Shut Your Mouth" did not garner the anticipated chart success (UK #74), [2] the album was cancelled prior to its release. It was eventually ...
The band's name is a reference to the United States payola scandal of the early 1960s, which was a pay-for-play scheme involving commercial radio stations. [1] The name caused issues with A&M record executives who wanted to introduce the band to the American market and who were concerned about the term's negative connotations, which resulted in the band's name change to Paul Hyde and the ...
"Dirty Water" is a single by The Blackeyed Susans, released in July, 1994, [2] from their 1993 album, All Souls Alive. [3] The last four tracks are taken from the cassette album Hard Liquor, Soft Music by The Blackeyed Susans Trio.