| Totally Crushed Out! | ||||
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| Released | July 18, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | May 1994 – January 1995 | |||
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| Length | 38:42 | |||
| Label | DGC | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| The Great Indie Discography | 8/10[4] |
| MusicHound Rock | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10[6] |
| The Village Voice | A−[7] |
Totally Crushed Out! is the second studio album by American alternative rock band That Dog. It was released on July 18, 1995, on DGC Records.
The album produced the single "He's Kissing Christian", for which a music video was directed by Frank Sacramento.[8] Totally Crushed Out! also includes the band's longest song, "Rockstar", clocking in at well over seven minutes.
Background
Totally Crushed Out! is a loosely-based concept album about love and crushes, featuring an album cover that resembles artwork from the Sweet Valley High young adult book series.[9] This theme is further demonstrated within the rest of the album packaging. The tracks are listed as a table of contents with song lyrics broken up into chapters, while photos of the band appear under an "About the Authors" section, with a short biography on each member. The album's back cover features a brief synopsis of a fictitious story that includes the song titles in their playing order within the text:
She's feeling like a Ms. Wrong again. Silently she pursues him even though something doesn't feel right. Telling herself, "in the back of my mind, I have a crush again." Either he's kissing Christian or he's being shy. Anymore of this will put her over the edge. She wants to say, "to keep me, things are going to have to change because I keep putting on lip gloss and you won't kiss me," but she's too crushed out to talk to him. It seems like everyone is saying "she doesn't know how to handle another crush." The holidays are coming and she's getting depressed. But she knows that babe with the side part will show up one summer night and be her Mr. Right. It's time for her to say no to the boys who give up like Michael Jordan, so she can find her very own rockstar... or is it?
Track listing
All tracks are written by Anna Waronker, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ms. Wrong" |
| 2:26 |
| 2. | "Silently" | 2:29 | |
| 3. | "In the Back of My Mind" | 2:04 | |
| 4. | "He's Kissing Christian" | 3:31 | |
| 5. | "Anymore" | 2:42 | |
| 6. | "To Keep Me" | 2:21 | |
| 7. | "Lip Gloss" | 2:58 | |
| 8. | "She Doesn't Know How" | 2:26 | |
| 9. | "Holidays" | 2:30 | |
| 10. | "Side Part" | 2:01 | |
| 11. | "One Summer Night" | 2:10 | |
| 12. | "Michael Jordan" | 3:27 | |
| 13. | "Rockstar" | 7:37 | |
| Total length: | 38:42 | ||
Personnel
Credits for Totally Crushed Out! adapted from album liner notes.[10]
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That Dog
Additional musicians
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Production
Artwork and design
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References
Notes
- ↑ "The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995". Spin. August 6, 2015. p. 3. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Totally Crushed Out! – that dog". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "That Dog". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). MUZE. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003). "that dog.". The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 1025. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Oakes, Jordan (1999). "that dog.". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. pp. 1135–1136. ISBN 1-57859-061-2 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Pelly, Jenn (July 30, 2020). "that dog.: Totally Crushed Out! / Retreat from the Sun". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 21, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Frank Sacramento". MVDbase. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ↑ Bogdanov, Woodstra & Erlewine 2002, p. 1130.
- ↑ Totally Crushed Out! (liner notes). That Dog. DGC Records. 1995. dgcd-24735.
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Bibliography
- Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, eds. (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-653-3.