Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)

Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.

Living Things
Studio album by Matthew Sweet
Released	September 7, 2004
Recorded	July–August 2002
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	RCAM Records
Producer	Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet chronology
Kimi Ga Suki (2003) Living Things (2004) Under the Covers, Vol. 1 (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(favorable)

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.

1. "The Big Cats of Shambala" - 5:32
2. "You're Not Sorry" - 4:16
3. "Dandelion" - 5:12
4. "Push the Feelings" - 3:06
5. "In My Tree" - 5:13
6. "Cats Vs. Dogs" - 3:51
7. "I Saw Red" - 5:17
8. "In My Time" - 3:57
9. "Sunlight" - 5:56
10. "Season is Over" - 4:21
11. "Tomorrow" - 3:44

Japanese Copy Control CD version was released with two bonus tracks:

12. "Walk on the Edge (Demo)"
- 2:44
13. "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