Holiday in Dirt

Holiday in Dirt
Compilation album by
ReleasedFeb. 12, 2002
GenreAlternative rock
LabelUltramodern/New West
ProducerStan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway chronology
Anatomy
(1999)
Holiday in Dirt
(2002)
Blood
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyA−

Holiday in Dirt is an album by Stan Ridgway, released in 2002 through Ultramodern/New West Records. It is a collection of leftovers, rarities, compositions for film soundtracks. A quasi-cinematic project, the release of the Holiday in Dirt album was accompanied by a showing of 14 short films by various independent filmmakers, each film a visual interpretation of one of the songs on the album. A compilation DVD of the films, titled Holiday in Dirt: 14 Short Films of the Music of Stan Ridgway and produced by Minneapolis filmmakers Chris Strouth and Rick Fuller, was released in February 2005.