title: Mosquitos (album)
text: # 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. ||||||
  