THAT DOG
the self-titled debut album
(GBG Deluxe Edition)
- 15 original album tracks
- 19 bonus tracks
- 3 bonus videos
- image gallery
- additional multimedia
File size: 195.56 MB (RAR bundle)
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Videos are in the MP4 format.
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tracklisting
01 old timer.
02 jump.
03 raina.
04 you are here.
05 just like me.
06 she.
07 angel.
08 westside angst.
09 she looks at me.
10 punk rock girl.
11 zodiac.
12 family functions.
13 she looks at me (reprise).
14 paid programming.
15 this boy.
bonus tracks
16 buy me flowers.
17 untitled.
18 grunge couple.
19 i invented a head.
20 campfire.
21 sit on the floor (peel session).
22 one summer night (peel session).
23 grunge couple (live).
24 old timer (original 7" version).
25 raina (original 7" version).
26 she (original 7" version).
27 westside angst (original 7" version).
28 angel (original 7" rip).
29 jump (original 7" rip).
30 paid programming (original 7" rip).
31 she looks at me.
performed by matt sharp
32 angel.
performed by waldo the dog faced boy
33 cherry llama.
performed by salamander
34 hand glides.
performed by salamander
videos
old timer. (promo video)
you are here. (SpinCycleMedia photo show)
paid programming. (SpinCycleMedia photo show)
In a continuing line of albums that I believe should get the expanded bonus deluxe edition treatment, but never will, I give you that dog. - the self-titled debut album (grrlbandgeek deluxe edition).
That Dog (or that dog. as they styled themselves upon arrival) were an L.A. pop band active from 1992-1998 that featured Anna Waronker (daughter of record mogul Lenny Waronker), Rachel and Petra Haden (two of jazz bassist Charlie Haden's triplet daughters) and Tony Maxwell on drums. They gathered alot of buzz upon their debut given their high-profile pedigrees, but it was their unique sound, centered around Waronker's simple pop meanderings backed by the Haden sisters pitch-perfect harmonies that really got the conversation started. Someone once called them a punk-rock Roches, and for this record anyways, I can't think of a better description. Their first release - a double 7" single on the Hawthorne based Magnatone Records - quickly became the buzz record of the moment generating lots of airplay on local college stations KXLU and KCRW. The latters Chris Douridas, host of Morning Becomes Eclectic brought the band to the attention of DGC/Geffen Records, who immediately began wooing the baby band with a deal.
Just as the band was about to sign with Geffen, they got word that
Ivo Watts-Russell, the head of
4AD International had heard the group's single on the
John Peel Sessions show on BBC Radio and was also keen to ink the band. This presented a serious dilemma for the band - 4AD had been one of the most important labels to the band members growing up, but they had already preliminarily entered into a contract with Geffen. What to do? In a unique tale of record label collaboration, Geffen agreed to allow the first album to be released by
Guernica (an imprint of 4AD) in the territories outside of North America, while DGC would release it within the States through the alternative distribution channel RED. This allowed for two separate releases of the same record, with two different artwork designs in early 1994. The Guernica/4AD release featured a design that was beautiful and sleek in line with much of the other 4AD packages of the time, while the DGC release featured basically the same artwork as used by the band on their debut single (albeit in an expanded capacity). The record itself was pretty much a re-issue of their debut single, with some additional songs thrown on for good measure. The songs
"Raina",
"She" and
"Old Timer" which had all appeared on the debut single had been re-recorded, while
"Westside Angst" had been slightly edited (the dialing sound at the beginning of the song was cut). The songs
"Jump",
"Angel", and
"Paid Programming" all appear on the album as they had initially appeared on wax. (All of the songs from the debut single are included here as bonus tracks - forgive the quality - they were mastered from the original test pressing which wasn't in the best shape.)
One impetus for getting the Guernica release was the additional 7" single that came with the vinyl edition of the album. The two songs featured on it
"Buy Me Flowers" b/w
"Untitled" (both included here as bonus tracks) are quite rare and showcase the early sound of the band.
"Grunge Couple" was another early song that just missed being put on the record, so it was instead assigned for release on the 1994 compilation
DGC Rarities, Vol. 1. The band later released this version (the studio version) of the song on a 7" single b/w
"I Invented A Head" that was only sold at shows. "I Invented A Head" and a live version of "Grunge Couple" (also included here) were also featured on the "Old Timer" promo single that was sent to radio in late 1994.
Also in late 1994 came the split 10" with Waldo The Dog Faced Boy, which featured that dog covering Waldo's "Campfire" on one side (#20) with them returning the favor on the reverse side with a cover of the that dog song
"Angel" (#32).While that dog's cover tends to be more straight forward, Waldo The Dog Faced Boy's rendition is more of a mash-up with their own original song turning it into an 8-minute long opus.
"Sit On The Floor" (#21) and
"One Summer Night" (#22) both hail from a John Peel Session for BBC Radio, recorded in January of 1993 but not aired until December of that year. ("One Summer Night" did well enough to chart at #26 in John Peel's Festive Fifty list for the year of 1994. The band would go on the re-record this song twice - once for the CD compilation
Volume 9 in 1994 and then again for their second album
Totally Crushed Out! in 1995.)
When asked who their favorite band in L.A. was in 1993 just prior to signing their record deal,
Weezer unanimously answered "That Dog". Track 31 is a cover of
"She Looks At Me" by Weezer bassist/Rentals leader
Matt Sharp, recorded in early 1994. At the time Sharp was putting together a band called "
That's Incredible!" that also featured Rachel Haden on vocals. (That's Incredible would eventually become the
The Rentals - albeit with less involvement from Haden who was committed to That Dog's recording and touring schedule at the time.) His take on "She Looks at Me" is a genuine and heartfelt take on the innocent love song.
Rounding out the bonus tracks here are two songs from
Salamander, a band that featured Rachel & Petra Haden along with Scott & Sean Wheatley, Evan Hartzell and Haden triplet sister Tanya on cello and existed (at least initially) simultaneously with that dog. When That Dog got signed to DGC/Geffen Records in 1993, they unfortunately had to leave the group to devote more time to that band, signaling the demise of Salamander as a group. The two tracks here:
"Cherry Llama" and
"Hand Glides" clearly show the early 4AD influence on the girls who both cited such bands as Lush and the Cocteau Twins as inspirations.
Next up: the GBG Deluxe Edition treatment of the second That Dog album
Totally Crushed Out!...
