Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)

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Living Things
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Studio album by
Matthew Sweet
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2004
RecordedJuly–August 2002
GenreAlternative rock
Label
Matthew Sweet chronology
Kimi Ga Suki
(2003) 		Living Things
(2004) 		Under the Covers, Vol. 1
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars [1]
Rolling Stone(favorable) [2]

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

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.

  1. ""
  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:[4]

  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
  • – steel drums
  • Tony Marsico – double bass
  • Ric Menck – drums, percussion
  • Peter Phillips – guitar
  • Roger Handy – harmonica

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
  3. ^ "Living Things by Matthew Sweet".
  4. ^ "Living Things". 4 August 2004 – via Amazon.
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