Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)
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| Released | September 7, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | July–August 2002 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | RCAM Records | |||
| Producer | Matthew Sweet | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [2] |
Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.
Release
[edit]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
[edit]The song, "Cats Vs. Dogs", was featured in the film, Garfield: The Movie.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Matthew Sweet.
- "The Big Cats of Shambala" - 5:32
- "You're Not Sorry" - 4:16
- "Dandelion" - 5:12
- "Push the Feelings" - 3:06
- "In My Tree" - 5:13
- "Cats Vs. Dogs" - 3:51
- "I Saw Red" - 5:17
- "In My Time" - 3:57
- "Sunlight" - 5:56
- "Season is Over" - 4:21
- "Tomorrow" - 3:44
Japanese Copy Control CD version was released with two bonus tracks:[4]
- "Walk on the Edge (Demo)" - 2:44
- "Season Is Over (Demo)" - 4:20
Personnel
[edit]- Matthew Sweet – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, theremin (3), 6-string bass (6), acoustic E-bow guitar (8), clavioline (9)
- Van Dyke Parks – organ (1, 4, 6, 9, 10), acoustic piano (2, 3, 5, 6, 9), electric harpsichord (4, 9), marxophone (4, 9), accordion (11)
- Greg Leisz – mandola (1-3, 10, 11), mandolin (2, 3, 10, 11), slide guitar (4, 5), cats (6), acoustic slide guitar (7), electric mando-guitar (8, 11)
- Peter Phillips – jazz guitars (6), dogs (6), acoustic guitar (7-9)
- Tony Marsico – double bass
- Ric Menck – drums, percussion
- Doug Lacy – steel drums (1)
- Roger Handy – harmonica (7)
Production
[edit]- Matthew Sweet – producer, recording, mixing
- Ash Arnett – art direction, design
- Mary Beth Lumley – art direction, design
- Russell Carter Artist Management Ltd. – management
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
- ^ "Living Things by Matthew Sweet".
- ^ "Living Things". 4 August 2004 – via Amazon.
