That Dog (album)

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That Dog
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 8, 1993 (1993-11-08)
RecordedJuly 1992 – July 1993
Studio
  • Poop Alley (Los Angeles, California)
  • Surrogate Spike (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length41:00
Label
Producer
  • that dog.
  • Tom Grimley
  • Chrisa Sadd
That Dog chronology
That Dog
(1993)
Totally Crushed Out!
(1995)
Singles from That Dog
  1. "Old Timer"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
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That Dog (stylized as that dog.) is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band that dog.. The album was released on November 8, 1993, in the United Kingdom on the 4AD imprint Guernica, and on March 1, 1994, in the United States on DGC Records. Several of the album's tracks had previously been issued on the EP that dog. on Magnatone Products, released earlier in 1993.

Contents

"Old Timer" was released as the album's only single, and featured a music video directed by Spike Jonze.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Anna Waronker, except where noted; all music is composed by that dog.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Old Timer"
  • Waronker
  • Jennifer Konner
2:08
2."Jump" 3:15
3."Raina" 2:12
4."You Are Here" 4:36
5."Just Like Me" 2:22
6."She" 2:57
7."Angel" 3:46
8."Westside Angst"
  • Waronker
  • Konner
1:49
9."She Looks at Me" Rachel Haden 2:30
10."Punk Rock Girl"
  • Waronker
  • Konner
2:07
11."Zodiac" 2:02
12."Family Functions"
  • Waronker
  • Konner
2:20
13."She Looks at Me (Reprise)" 0:52
14."Paid Programming" 2:51
15."This Boy" 5:13
Total length:41:00

Personnel

Credits for that dog. adapted from album liner notes. [4]

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References

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  2. Phares, Heather. "that dog. – that dog". AllMusic . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  3. "That Dog: That Dog". Q . No. 89. February 1994. p. 102.
  4. That Dog (liner notes). That Dog. Guernica. 1993. GU 6 CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)