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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 .
Dirty Water may also refer to: Dirty Water, a 1966 album by The Standells "Dirty Water" (The Blackeyed Susans song), a 1994 single by The Blackeyed Susans "Dirty Water", a song by Foo Fighters on the 2017 album Concrete And Gold "Dirty Water", a song by Low Cut Connie from the 2017 album Dirty Pictures (Part 1)
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]
A book Love That Dirty Water: The Standells and the Improbable Red Sox Victory Anthem was published. [38] In April 2019, Liverpool F.C., a club in the English Premier League, began playing "Dirty Water" after home matches, due to the fact that the club is owned by Fenway Sports Group, the same owners as the Boston Red Sox. [39] [40]
In 1987, The Inmates recorded Meet the Beatles, a live album of Beatles cover versions. [7] It was re-released on CD with bonus cuts including a live version of "Dirty Water". One of The Inmates' songs, "So Much in Love" (written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards), [8] was covered by Los Lonely Boys in the mid-1990s.
In 1968 he released a solo album titled The First Evolution of Dick Dodd. [12] He also sometimes worked in Buena Park as a limousine driver. [4] [13] Dodd became a fan of the Boston Red Sox later in life, and learned that the team played the song "Dirty Water" at Fenway Park after that. The song had been chosen as a theme song for the team in 1997.
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 ...