Be Your Own Pet (album)
Be Your Own Pet is the debut full-length album by American band Be Your Own Pet, released in 2006.
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| Released | March 27, 2006 (UK) June 6, 2006 (USA)[1] | |||
| Genre | noise pop, garage punk | |||
| Length | 33:27 | |||
| Label | XL Recordings, Ecstatic Peace | |||
| Producer | Steven McDonald | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| The Austin Chronicle | |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[5] |
| NME | 8/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[7] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[8] |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Skinny | |
| Spin | |
Background
"Ouch" was inspired by George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead.[12] The title of the song "Thresher's Flail" is a reference to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan: Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail/Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail.[13]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thresher's Flail" | 2:07 |
| 2. | "Bunk, Trunk, Skunk" | 1:28 |
| 3. | "Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" | 2:06 |
| 4. | "Wildcat!" | 1:23 |
| 5. | "Adventure" | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Fuuuuun" | 1:20 |
| 7. | "Stairway to Heaven" | 1:45 |
| 8. | "Bog" | 2:18 |
| 9. | "Girls on TV" | 2:29 |
| 10. | "We Will Vacation, You Can Be My Parasol" | 2:03 |
| 11. | "Let's Get Sandy (Big Problem)" | 0:58 |
| 12. | "October, First Account" | 2:59 |
| 13. | "Love Your Shotgun" | 3:00 |
| 14. | "Fill My Pill" | 3:26 |
| 15. | "Ouch" | 3:26 |
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References
- Phares, Heather. "Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "Be Your Own Pet by Be Your Own Pet". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- Schroeder, Audra (16 June 2016). "Be Your Own Pet". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Phillips, Amy (July 2006). "Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet Review". Blender. Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Greenblatt, Leah (2006-06-02). "be your own PET". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- "Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet". NME. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- Raposa, David (6 June 2006). "Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Raper, Dan (2006-06-06). "be your own PET: be your own PET". PopMatters. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- Sheffield, Rob (20 March 2008). "Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- Hurley, Caroline (17 March 2006). "Be Your Own Pet - 'Be Your Own Pet'". The Skinny. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Aaron, Charles (July 2006). "Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet (Ecstatic Peace/Universal)". Spin. p. 82. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "Catching Up With... Be Your Own Pet :: Music :: Features :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- "Punk + Prose + Austin + Blood + Guts". Cannibal Cheerleader. 2008-08-01. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
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