Stratosphere (Duster album)

Stratosphere is the debut studio album by American space-rock band Duster. The album was released February 24, 1998, on the Up Records label in the United States.

Stratosphere
Studio album by Duster
Released	February 24, 1998
Studio	Avast! Recording Company (Seattle, Washington) Mountain (San Jose, California) Low Earth Orbit (San Jose, California)
Genre	Slowcore post-rock space rock
Length	53:52
Label	Up
Producer	Duster, Phil Ek
Duster chronology
Stratosphere (1998) Contemporary Movement (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[2]

The album was primarily written and recorded by members Clay Parton and Canaan Dove Amber, with Jason Albertini contributing drums to three tracks. The band subsequently released the Contemporary Movement album in 2000.

The 7th track from the CD version of the album, "Echo, Bravo", is omitted from the original LP.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clay Parton and Dove Amber.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moon Age"	1:06
2.	"Heading for the Door"	3:08
3.	"Gold Dust"	2:06
4.	"Topical Solution"	5:01
5.	"Docking the Pod"	1:51
6.	"The Landing"	2:43
7.	"Echo, Bravo"	4:32
8.	"Constellations"	3:43
9.	"The Queen of Hearts"	4:20
10.	"Two Way Radio"	0:19
11.	"Inside Out"	2:21
12.	"Stratosphere"	6:58
13.	"Reed to Hillsborough"	4:01
14.	"Shadows of Planes"	1:50
15.	"Earth Moon Transit"	4:24
16.	"The Twins / Romantica"	3:43
17.	"Sideria"	1:48
Total length:		53:52

Personnel

• Dove Amber – performance, production, mixing
• Clay Parton – performance, production, mixing
• Jason Albertini – drums
• Phil Ek – production
• Kip Beelman – assistant production
• Chris – assistant production
• Jeff Pinn – recording

References

1. Arres, Francis. "Stratosphere – Duster". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
2. Richard-San, Mark. "Duster: Stratosphere". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 16, 2001. Retrieved May 6, 2017.