Pet Your Friends

Pet Your Friends is the debut album by American alternative rock band Dishwalla. It was released in 1995 on A&M Records. The album produced the hit single "Counting Blue Cars" (the third single off the album and only one to gain widespread success), which was a Top 40 favorite. However, the song also caused the group to gain somewhat of a one-hit wonder status because of it. Still, the album's fourth single, "Charlie Brown's Parents", was quite popular at concerts, although it was not a very successful single in terms of sales. An acoustic version of "Counting Blue Cars" which featured an extended bridge was also popular on radio.

Pet Your Friends
Studio album by Dishwalla
Released	August 22, 1995 (1995-08-22)
Recorded	April – September 1994
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge
Length	49:21
Label	A&M
Producer	Phil Nicolo Dishwalla
Dishwalla chronology
Pet Your Friends (1995) And You Think You Know What Life's About (1998)
Singles from Pet Your Friends
"It's Going to Take Some Time" Released: 1994 "Haze" Released: 1995 "Counting Blue Cars" Released: February 27, 1996 "Charlie Brown's Parents" Released: 1996 "Give" Released: 1996

The image used for the cover of the album is taken from the August 23, 1948 Life Magazine cover. The cover story talks about a seventeen-year-old girl who became friends with a friend's pet deer while swimming one day.[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dishwalla (J.R. Richards, Rodney Browning, Scot Alexander and George Pendergast), except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Babies"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	5:30
2.	"Haze"		4:21
3.	"Counting Blue Cars"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	4:51
4.	"Explode"		3:02
5.	"Charlie Brown's Parents"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	5:15
6.	"Give"		5:25
7.	"Miss Emma Peel"		4:06
8.	"Moisture"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	5:23
9.	"The Feeder"		3:58
10.	"All She Can See"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	3:45
11.	"Only for So Long"		2:58
Total length:			49:21

UK bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"It's Going to Take Some Time" (The Carpenters cover)	Carole King, Toni Stern	4:17

Personnel

Dishwalla

• J.R. Richards – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, Hammond Organ, Roland Juno 60
• Rodney Browning – guitar, backing vocals
• Scot Alexander – bass, backing vocals, tabla, bells, Roland Juno 60
• George Pendergast – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Ian Cross - Asst Engineer
• Andy Kravitz - Programming, Additional Production, Engineer
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Phil Nicolo - Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• David Young - Executive Producer
• Dishwalla - Programming, Producer
• Eric Flickinger - Assistant Engineer
• Michael Lavine - Photography
• Dirk Grobelny - Engineer
• Mark Mazzetti - Executive Producer, A&R
• Sunja Park - Art Direction
• Tulio Torrinello, Jr. - Assistant Engineer
• Jone Pedersen - Cover Model
• Jon Brenneis - Photography

Chart positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Billboard 200 (US)[3]	89
Top Heatseekers (US)	1

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1996	"Counting Blue Cars"	Billboard Hot 100 (US)[4]	15
		Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[5]	2
		Alternative Songs (US)[6]	1
		Adult Pop Songs (US)[7]	5
		Pop Songs (US)[8]	4
	"Charlie Brown's Parents"	Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[5]	24
1997	"Give"	Adult Pop Songs (US)[7]	26

References

1. "Bucky the Deer." Life. p. 53. 23 August 1948.
2. Allmusic review
3. "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
4. "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
5. "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
6. "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
7. "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
8. "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.