Officially Dead is an EP by the American alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released in 2003 on Embryo.
The single was released in Australia and peaked at #13 on the Triple J top 100.
The first pressing of the EP contained many errors. For instance, track #3 is mislabeled; it's actually a demo version of the previously unreleased song "Blissful Queen", rather than the listed "Smoke & Mirrors" demo; for the second pressing, the error was corrected & the 3rd track was the correct "Smoke & Mirrors" demo. Louise Post's friend Summer was not credited for the tattoo on the cover until the second pressing. Also, for the second pressing, a lighter artwork color scheme was used.
Track listing "Officially Dead" (Tihista/Post) – 2:49 "Straightjacket" (demo) (Post) – 3:52 "Blissful Queen" (demo) (Post) – 3:44 [First pressing mislabel as "Smoke & Mirrors" (demo)]/"Smoke & Mirrors" (demo) (Post/Fitzpatrick/Crosley) – 3:55 [Correctly labeled on second pressing] "The Light Behind Your Eyes" (Post) – 2:03 "The Same Person" (Remix) (Post) – 3:51
Personnel Chad Adams – engineer Natalija Brunovs – artwork Brian Liesegang – engineer Darian Rundall – engineer
References
External links Veruca Salt's official web site Veruca Salt at Rolling Stone