Dust to Dirt
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dust to Dirt
| type = studio
| artist = Alien Crime Syndicate
| cover = Alien_Crime_Syndicate_Dust_to_Dirt.jpg
| alt =
| released = Feb 8, 2000
| recorded = Recorded at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, Washington
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, indie rock, pop punk{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r466159|pure_url=yes}}|title=Dust to Dirt > Overview|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=April 2, 2010}}
| length =
| label = Collective Fruit
| producer = Joe Reineke
| prev_title = Supernatural
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = From the Word Go
| next_year = 2000
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r466159|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Dust to Dirt is the debut album by alternative rock group Alien Crime Syndicate released in 2000 through Collective Fruit.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p372563|pure_url=yes}}|title=Alien Crime Syndicate > Overview|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=April 2, 2010}} Following the folding of their previous label, Revolution Records, they relocated to Seattle, Washington and began re-recording songs from the first unreleased record, From the Word Go later released on Will Records, as well as new material released on Nabil Ayers's own label, Collective Fruit, in February, 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/20h01.html |work=In Music We Trust |accessdate=March 22, 2010 |title=INTERVIEW: Alien Crime Syndicate: Joe Reineke}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/bio-music/Content?oid=7027 |work=The Stranger |accessdate=March 22, 2010 |title=The Stranger Interview with drummer Nabil Ayers}}
Track listing
All songs written by Joe Reineke.
{{track listing
| title1 = Take Me to Your Leader
| note1 =
| length1 = 3:51
| title2 = What I Said
| note2 =
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Outerspace
| note3 =
| length3 = 3:44
| title4 = Some Kind of Way
| note4 =
| length4 = 3:23
| title5 = I Want It All
| note5 =
| length5 = 3:12
| title6 = Tripping up to the Clouds
| note6 =
| length6 = 3:54
| title7 = Nothing Beats the Surf In
| note7 =
| length7 = 2:12
| title8 = Do It Again
| note8 =
| length8 = 2:56
| title9 = Pimpin' the Land
| note9 =
| length9 = 3:15
| title10 = Here With You
| note10 =
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = Always Running
| note11 =
| length11 = 3:38
| title12 = Atmosphere
| note12 =
| length12 = 6:24
}}
Personnel
;Alien Crime Syndicate
- Joe Reineke – vocals, guitar
- Jason Krevey – guitar, vocals
- Jeff Rouse – bass, vocals
- Nabil Ayers – drums
;Production personnel
- Joe Reineke – production, mixing
- Jon Ervie – engineering
- Jim Devito – mixing
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
References
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