Dirty Vegas (album)
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Dirty Vegas is the self-titled debut album
Album
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 by British
United Kingdom
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 house music
House music
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 trio Dirty Vegas
Dirty Vegas
Dirty Vegas is a Grammy Award-winning British house music trio made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals...

, released in the United States
United States
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 on 4 June 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...

).

The album achieved considerable success in the United States. It debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album sales chart (#7). It would spend 19 weeks on the chart and go Gold. This is a rare achievement for a dance/house album in the United States.

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

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul Harris, Ben Harris, and Steve Smith
Steve Smith (house music vocalist)
Steve Smith is a British house musician most notable for being one of the members of the band Dirty Vegas.-Musical career:In 1992, Steve auditioned for a band called Higher Ground, and was taken on as a percussionist...

, 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
    Victoria Horn
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    , 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
    Roger Waters
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    ) – 6:44
  12. "Days Go By (Acoustic)" – 2:43

Release details

The album was released in various countries in 2002.
Country Date Label Format Catalog
United States
United States
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4 June 2002 Capitol Records
Capitol Records
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CD 39986
Japan
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4 September 2002 Toshiba-EMI
Toshiba-EMI
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CD TOCP-66102
Australia
Australia
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16 September 2002 Capitol Records CD 539 9852
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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30 September 2002 Credence CD
Compact Disc
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542 9992
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