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. Totally Crushed Out! also includes the band's longest song, "Rockstar", clocking in at well over seven minutes.
The album explores themes such as puppy love, limerance and infatuationan.
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. 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:
Track listing
Personnel Credits for Totally Crushed Out! adapted from album liner notes.
That Dog Anna Waronker – vocals, guitar Petra Haden – vocals, violin Rachel Haden – vocals, bass, percussion Tony Maxwell – drums, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion
Additional musicians Tanya Haden – cello Joey Waronker – additional percussion CRIB – additional noise on "To Keep Me" Speculum Fight – additional noise on "To Keep Me"
Production That Dog – production, mixing Greg Calbi – mastering (Masterdisk) Rob Cavallo – production, mixing Paul du Gré – production, mixing Jerry Finn – mixing Tom Grimley – production, mixing
Artwork and design That Dog – art direction, design Jason Dowd – album cover painting Robert Fisher – art direction, design Robin Sloane – creative direction
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