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Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)

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Released
  
September 7, 2004

Artist
  
Matthew Sweet

Label
  
cutting edge

Recorded
  
July–August 2002

Release date
  
7 September 2004

Genre
  
Alternative rock

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Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.

Contents

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. 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.

  1. "The Big Cats of Shambala"
  2. "You're Not Sorry"
  3. "Dandelion"
  4. "Push the Feelings"
  5. "In My Tree"
  6. "Cats Vs. Dogs"
  7. "I Saw Red"
  8. "In My Time"
  9. "Sunlight"
  10. "Season is Over"
  11. "Tomorrow"

Japanese Copy Control CD version was released with two bonus tracks:

  1. "Walk on the Edge (Demo)"
  2. "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

    • Songs

    1The Big Cats of Shambala5:32
    2You're Not Sorry4:16
    3Dandelion5:12

    References

    Living Things (Matthew Sweet album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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