Mosquitos (album)
# Mosquitos (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | B |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | B:2 |

Mosquitos is the second solo album by Stan Ridgway. It was released in 1989 on Geffen Records.

## Track listing

* "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43
* "Lonely Town" - 4:09
* "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42
* "Dogs" - 4:05
* "Can't Complain" - 3:49
* "Peg and Pete and Me" - 4:41
* "Newspapers" - 2:41
* "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04
* "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01
* "A Mission in Life" - 5:53

## Personnel

Adapted from the Mosquitos liner notes.

* Stan Ridgway - vocals, harmonica, piano, guitar
* Eric Williams, Marc Ribot - guitar
* Joe Ramirez, Tim Landers - bass guitar
* Joe Berardi - drums
* Steve Reid - percussion
* Bernard Hall, Jim Lang - keyboards
* Pietra Wexstun - keyboards, backing vocals
* Larry Grennan, Tori Amos - background vocals
* Steve Berlin - saxophone on "Dogs"
* Van Dyke Parks - string arrangement on "Heat Takes a Walk"
* Joe Chemay - background vocals on 2

## Accolades

| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Best | France | "Albums of the Year" | 8 |
| "*" denotes an unordered list. ||||||

## Chart positions

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak Chart positions | Peak Chart positions | Peak Chart positions | Peak Chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Title | US | BE | NLD | UK |
| 1989 | "Calling Out to Carol" | 13 | 19 | 23 | 91 |
| 1989 | "Goin' Southbound" | 8 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. ||||||
