Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.
Contents
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. 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.
"The Big Cats of Shambala" – 5:32
"You're Not Sorry" – 4:16
"Dandelion" – 5:12
"Push the Feelings" – 3:06
"In My Tree" – 5:13
"Cats Vs. Dogs" – 3:51
"I Saw Red" – 5:17
"In My Time" – 3:57
"Sunlight" – 5:56
"Season Is Over" – 4:21
"Tomorrow" – 3:44
Japanese Copy Control CD version was released with two bonus tracks:
"Walk on the Edge (Demo)" – 2:44
"Season Is Over (Demo)" – 4:20
Personnel
Matthew Sweet – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, theremin (3), 6-string bass (6), acoustic E-bow guitar (8), clavioline (9)
Van Dyke Parks – organ (1, 4, 6, 9, 10), acoustic piano (2, 3, 5, 6, 9), electric harpsichord (4, 9), marxophone (4, 9), accordion (11)
Greg Leisz – mandola (1–3, 10, 11), mandolin (2, 3, 10, 11), slide guitar (4, 5), cats (6), acoustic slide guitar (7), electric mando-guitar (8, 11)
Peter Phillips – jazz guitars (6), dogs (6), acoustic guitar (7–9)
Tony Marsico – double bass
Ric Menck – drums, percussion
Doug Lacy – steel drums (1)
Roger Handy – harmonica (7)
Production
Matthew Sweet – producer, recording, mixing
Ash Arnett – art direction, design
Mary Beth Lumley – art direction, design
Russell Carter Artist Management Ltd. – management