All This and Puppet Stew is the sixth studio album by American punk rock band the Dickies, released on May 22, 2001, by Fat Wreck Chords. While the band remains a touring entity, All This and Puppet Stew is their last studio album to date.
Contents
Production
The band recorded the album over a period of five years; they at times had to be nudged to return to the studio by Fat Wreck Chords.
Critical reception
The East Bay Express wrote that "nobody is better than the Dickies when it comes to writing dumb songs ... 'See My Way', 'Watching the Skies', and 'Free Willy' effortlessly cram fiery guitars and kickass drumming into a two-minute song and transform it into something you can hum for years and years." The Sunday Herald Sun called the album a "classic," writing that "the catchy and melodic guitars of Stan Lee and the fast, cartoonish vocal style of Leonard Graves Phillips still drive their core sound."
Personnel
Leonard Graves Phillips – vocals, keyboards
Stan Lee – guitar
Little Dave Teague – guitar
Rick Dasher – bass, vocals
Travis Johnson – drums
Glen Laughlin - guitar (Donut Man & Whack the Dalai Lama), mandolin (Marry Me, Ann), vocals
Recorded at Motor Studios, San Francisco, California, Roundhouse Recording (Toluca Lake, CA) and West Beach Studios, Hollywood, California, US
Produced by Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
Engineered by Ryan Greene, Don Cameron and Glen Laughlin (O.D. engineer Donut Man & Whack the Dalai Lama)