Pet Your Friends
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Pet Your Friends is the debut album by American alternative rock band Dishwalla. It was released in 1995 on A&M Records. The album produced the hit single "Counting Blue Cars" (the third single off the album and only one to gain widespread success), which was a Top 40 favorite. However, the song also caused the group to gain somewhat of a one-hit wonder status because of it. Still, the album's fourth single, "Charlie Brown's Parents", was quite popular at concerts, although it was not a very successful single in terms of sales. An acoustic version of "Counting Blue Cars" which featured an extended bridge was also popular on radio.
The image used for the cover of the album is taken from the August 23, 1948 Life Magazine cover. The cover story talks about a seventeen-year-old girl who became friends with a friend's pet deer while swimming one day.[2]
Track listing
- "Pretty Babies" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 5:30
- "Haze" (Dishwalla) – 4:21
- "Counting Blue Cars" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 4:51
- "Explode" (Dishwalla) – 3:02
- "Charlie Brown's Parents" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 5:15
- "Give" (Dishwalla) – 5:25
- "Miss Emma Peel" (Dishwalla) – 4:06
- "Moisture" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 5:23
- "The Feeder" (Dishwalla) – 3:58
- "All She Can See" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 3:45
- "Only For So Long" (Dishwalla) – 2:58
- "Interview with St. Étienne" – 4:27 (hidden track)
- "It's Going To Take Some Time" (Carol King/Toni Stern) - 4:17 (UK Bonus track)
Personnel
- Ian Cross - Guitar, Engineer
- Andy Kravitz - Programming, Producer, Engineer
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering
- Phil Nicolo - Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Jim Wood - Keyboards
- David Young - Executive Producer
- Dishwalla - Programming, Producer
- Eric Flickinger - Assistant Engineer
- Michael Lavine - Photography
- Dirk Grobelny - Engineer
- Rodney Browning - Guitar, Vocals
- Mark Mazzetti - Executive Producer
- Sunja Park - Art Direction
- George Pendergast - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- Brian Lee - Mastering
- J.R. Richards - Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocals, Roland Juno 6
- Tulio Torrinello, Jr. - Assistant Engineer
- Jone Pedersen - Cover Model
- Jon Brenneis - Photography
- Scot Alexander - Bass, Keyboards, Tabla, Vocals, Bells, Roland Juno 6
Chart positions
Album
1996 Pet Your Friends The Billboard 200 No. 89
1996 Pet Your Friends Heatseekers No. 1
Singles
1996 Counting Blue Cars The Billboard Hot 100 No. 15
1996 Charlie Brown's Parents Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 24
1996 Counting Blue Cars Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2
1996 Counting Blue Cars Modern Rock Tracks No. 1
1996 Counting Blue Cars Adult Top 40 No. 5
1996 Counting Blue Cars Top 40 Mainstream No. 4
1997 Give Adult Top 40 No. 26
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- Rodney Browning Cravens
- Scot Alexander
- Jim Wood
- George Pendergast
- Justin Fox
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