Dirty Vegas is the debut album by British house music trio Dirty Vegas, released in the United States on 4 June 2002.

The album was successful in the United States, debuting at number 7 on the Billboard 200. It would spend 19 weeks on the chart and eventually going Gold. The album also spent 16 non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

The album features the radio hit "Days Go By" which was also used in a commercial for the Mitsubishi Eclipse and in the video game, DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution. The album artwork is done by American artist Richard Phillips.

Background

Frontman Paul Harris had worked as a club DJ in Europe prior to forming Dirty Vegas, while Ben Harris worked at a Camden recording studio and Steve Smith was performing as part of a band called Higher Ground. After Higher Ground disbanded, Paul met Smith at a party in Switzerland; the two began performing together. Ben Harris later joined and the trio began to record songs together, the first of which was "Days Go By."

Recording

The group released "Days Go By," and the song's striking video was seen by an executive who worked for Mitsubishi Motors.

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The album garnered generally mixed reviews from music critics. John Bush, writing for AllMusic, gave the album 2 and a half out of 5 stars, praising the album's production but criticizing the lyrics and Smith's vocals. It spent more than three months on the chart

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul Harris, Ben Harris, and Steve Smith, except where noted.

  1. "I Should Know" – 6:09
  2. "Ghosts" – 5:18
  3. "Lost Not Found" – 4:05
  4. "Days Go By" (Victoria Horn, Smith) – 7:07
  5. "Throwing Shapes" – 6:52
  6. "Candles" – 3:12
  7. "All or Nothing" – 4:55
  8. "Alive" – 3:21
  9. "7am" – 6:13
  10. "The Brazilian" – 3:53
  11. "Simple Things, Pt. 2" (Harris, Harris, Smith, Roger Waters) – 6:44
  12. "Days Go By" (Acoustic) – 2:43

Release details

The album was released in various countries in 2002.

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| United States

| 4 June 2002

| Capitol Records

| CD

| 39986

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| Japan

| 4 September 2002

| Toshiba-EMI

| CD

| TOCP-66102

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| Australia

| 16 September 2002

| Capitol Records

| CD

| 539 9852

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| United Kingdom

| 30 September 2002

| Credence Records

| CD

| 542 9992

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Charts

Weekly charts

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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 7

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| 1

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Year-end charts

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!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

| 72

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| 161

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! scope="row"| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)

| 2

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! scope="row"| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)

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Certifications

References