Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)

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

Living Things
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2004
RecordedJuly–August 2002
StudioLos Angeles, California
GenreAlternative rock
LabelRCAM Records
ProducerMatthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet chronology
Kimi Ga Suki
(2003)
Living Things
(2004)
Under the Covers, Vol. 1
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone(favorable) [2]

Release

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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

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The song, "Cats Vs. Dogs", was featured in the film, Garfield: The Movie.

Track listing

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All songs written by Matthew Sweet.

  1. "The Big Cats of Shambala" - 5:32
  2. "You're Not Sorry" - 4:16
  3. "Dandelion" - 5:12
  4. "Push the Feelings" - 3:06
  5. "In My Tree" - 5:13
  6. "Cats Vs. Dogs" - 3:51
  7. "I Saw Red" - 5:17
  8. "In My Time" - 3:57
  9. "Sunlight" - 5:56
  10. "Season is Over" - 4:21
  11. "Tomorrow" - 3:44

Japanese Copy Control CD version was released with two bonus tracks:[4]

  1. "Walk on the Edge (Demo)"
  2. - 2:44
  3. "Season Is Over (Demo)"
  4. - 4:20

Personnel

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Production

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  • Matthew Sweet – producer, recording, mixing
  • Ash Arnett – art direction, design
  • Mary Beth Lumley – art direction, design
  • Russell Carter Artist Management Ltd. – management

References

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  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.