Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)
Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.
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Released | September 7, 2004 | |||
Recorded | July–August 2002 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | RCAM Records | |||
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Source | Rating |
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Rolling Stone | (favorable) [2] |
Release
The album was met with little commercial success, but with favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 70% based on 9 reviews.[3] Uncut magazine wrote that Living Things was "as ambitious and compelling as psych-tinged pop gets."
Details
The song, "Cats Vs. Dogs", was featured in the film, Garfield: The Movie.
Track listing
All songs written by Matthew Sweet.
- "The Big Cats of Shambala"
- "You're Not Sorry"
- "Dandelion"
- "Push the Feelings"
- "In My Tree"
- "Cats Vs. Dogs"
- "I Saw Red"
- "In My Time"
- "Sunlight"
- "Season is Over"
- "Tomorrow"
Japanese Copy Control CD version was released with two bonus tracks:[4]
- "Walk on the Edge (Demo)"
- "Season Is Over (Demo)"
Personnel
- Matthew Sweet – vocals, guitar, bass, theremin, e-bow, clavioline
- Van Dyke Parks – piano, organ, electric harpsichord
- Greg Leisz – slide guitar, mandolin
- Doug Lacy – steel drums
- Tony Marsico – double bass
- Ric Menck – drums, percussion
- Peter Phillips – guitar
- Roger Handy – harmonica
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References
- Allmusic review
- "Rolling Stone review".
- "Living Things by Matthew Sweet".
- "Living Things". 4 August 2004 – via Amazon.
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