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””’Every Dog Has His Day””’ is album by the American band [[Let’s Active]], released in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lets-active-mn0000259561/biography|title=Let’s Active Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=David |title=Also in town this weekend will be Let’s Active… |work=Chicago Tribune |date=4 Nov 1988 |department=Friday |page=6}}</ref> |
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The title track peaked at No. 17 on ”Billboard”’s [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pbECYPYlZcC&pg=PA144|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|date=February 17, 2008|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation}}</ref> The band promoted the album by touring with Velvet Elvis.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gladstone |first1=Jim |title=Let’s Active Does a Workout at TLA |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=21 Oct 1988 |page=C4}}</ref> |
The title track peaked at No. 17 on ”Billboard”’s [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pbECYPYlZcC&pg=PA144|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|date=February 17, 2008|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation}}</ref> The band promoted the album by touring with Velvet Elvis.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gladstone |first1=Jim |title=Let’s Active Does a Workout at TLA |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=21 Oct 1988 |page=C4}}</ref> |
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1988 studio album by Let’s Active
Every Dog Has His Day is the third and final[2] studio album by the American band Let’s Active, released in 1988.[3][4]
The title track peaked at No. 17 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart.[5] The band promoted the album by touring with Velvet Elvis.[6]
Recorded in Wales, the album was produced by John Leckie and frontman Mitch Easter.[7] It was mixed at Abbey Road Studios.[8] Determined that the album be more of a band effort, Let’s Active also worked to create a heavier sound.[9] New member John Heames played bass on Every Dog Has His Day.[10]
Trouser Press wrote that “the best songs … are classic Easter: unsettled emotional lyrics and eccentric pop melodies that have him straining on vocal tiptoes to reach the hard bits.”[15] The Chicago Reader called the album “lush and bountiful and weird: a gorgeous song like ‘Horizon’ … has a twangy feedback that turbocharges the backing track.”[16]
The Globe and Mail determined that “Easter’s heavily layered approach to his sixties psychedelia, punk and pop roots [allow] the band to put all sorts of new twists on old sounds.”[17] The Orlando Sentinel stated that “two things dominate from beginning to end—jangling rock ‘n’ roll guitar and sharp, witty writing.”[13] The Omaha World-Herald opined that “Easter’s trademark, nasal singing occasionally can be irritating, but that is easily overshadowed by the band’s high-energy guitars.”[18]
AllMusic wrote that the album “features an overall heavier vibe, with the band rocking like never before, emphasizing a love of hard rock only briefly hinted at on earlier albums, and it’s all done very well.”[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide concluded that “muscular drumming and raucous powerchords now augment the jangly guitar of yore.”[14]
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Every Dog Has His Day” | |
| 2. | “Horizon” | |
| 3. | “Sweepstakes Winner” | |
| 4. | “Orpheus in Hades Lounge” | |
| 5. | “Mr. Fool” | |
| 6. | “Ten Layers Down” | |
| 7. | “Too Bad” | |
| 8. | “Night Train” | |
| 9. | “Forty Years” | |
| 10. | “Bad Machinery” | |
| 11. | “I Feel Funny” | |
| 12. | “Terminate” |
- ^ Pollock, Bruce (March 18, 2014). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 668.
- ^ “Let’s Active Biography, Songs, & Albums”. AllMusic.
- ^ Silverman, David (November 4, 1988). “Also in town this weekend will be Let’s Active…”. Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (February 17, 2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Hal Leonard Corporation.
- ^ Gladstone, Jim (October 21, 1988). “Let’s Active Does a Workout at TLA”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. C4.
- ^ “Mitch Easter: Perfect Sound Forever”. Magnet. June 15, 2007.
- ^ Gallo, Phil (October 14, 1988). “Let’s Active, on the other hand, just released…”. In Tune. New Haven Register.
- ^ Potter, Mitch (October 21, 1988). “Let’s Active in ‘grungier’ groove”. Toronto Star. p. E9.
- ^ Jaeger, Barbara (June 23, 1988). “Quick spins”. The Record. p. F11.
- ^ a b “Every Dog Has His Day”. AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 189.
- ^ a b Fields, Curt (October 2, 1988). “Let’s Active”. Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 7.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 420.
- ^ “Let’s Active”. Trouser Press. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ “Let’s Active”. Chicago Reader. November 3, 1988.
- ^ Dafoe, Chris (October 6, 1988). “Every Dog Has His Day Let’s Active”. The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
- ^ Healy, James (December 18, 1988). “Let’s Active ‘Every Dog Has His Day’“. Entertainment. Omaha World-Herald. p. 16.
