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Released
  
March 1988

Dying for It (1988)
  
Dum-Dum (1989)

Release date
  
March 1988

Genres
  
Indie rock, Punk rock

Length
  
11:02

Artist
  
The Vaselines

Label
  
53rd & 3rd Records

Recorded
  
26th-27th October 1987, Pierhouse Studios, Edinburgh

Producer
  
Stephen Pastel The Vaselines

The vaselines dying for it


Dying for It is the second release by Glasgow alternative rock group The Vaselines, like its predecessor an extended play single. The EP was later included on their career retrospective collection The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History. "Teenage Superstars" was later included as the fourth track on their debut album Dum-Dum in 1989.

Contents

Alternative rock figurehead Kurt Cobain listed the "Dying for It" single as his fourth favorite 'album' ever. His band Nirvana covered "Molly's Lips," named in tribute to well-known Scottish television personality Molly Weir, as well as a song from the earlier Vaselines EP, on their 1992 Compilation Incesticide. They also performed "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (original song name "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam") for their MTV Unplugged in New York concert.

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly and McKee.

Side A

  1. "Dying for It"
  2. "Molly's Lips"

Side B

  1. "Teenage Superstars"
  2. "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam"

Personnel

  • Eugene Kelly — vocals, guitars
  • Frances McKee — vocals, guitars
  • James Seenan — bass
  • Charlie Kelly — drums

    • Additional personnel

  • David Keegan — lead guitar on "Dying for It"
  • Sophie Pragnell — viola on "Jesus Wants Me for A Sunbeam" and "Dying for It"
  • Stephen Pastel - producer
  • Ian Beveridge and Peter Haigh — engineers

    • Songs

    1Dying for It2:23
    2Molly's Lips1:44
    3Teenage Superstars3:29

    References

    Dying for It Wikipedia
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