Totally Crushed Out!

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.

Totally Crushed Out!
Studio album by That Dog
Released	July 18, 1995
Recorded	May 1994 – January 1995
Studio	Poop Alley (Los Angeles, California) Toad Hall (Pasadena, California) Westbeach Recorders (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Soundcastle (Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Alternative rock pop punk[1]
Length	38:42
Label	DGC
Producer	That Dog Tom Grimley Paul du Gré Rob Cavallo
That Dog chronology
That Dog (1993) Totally Crushed Out! (1995) Retreat from the Sun (1997)
Singles from Totally Crushed Out!
"He's Kissing Christian" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[2]
The Village Voice	A−[3]

The album produced the single "He's Kissing Christian", for which a music video was directed by Frank Sacramento.[4] 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.[5] 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
1.	"Ms. Wrong"	Waronker Jennifer Konner	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.[6]

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

References

Notes

1. Phares, Heather. "Totally Crushed Out! – that dog". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. Pelly, Jenn (July 30, 2020). "that dog.: Totally Crushed Out! / Retreat from the Sun". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
3. Christgau, Robert (May 21, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
4. "Frank Sacramento". MVDbase. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
5. Bogdanov, Woodstra & Erlewine 2002, p. 1130.
6. Totally Crushed Out! (liner notes). That Dog. DGC Records. 1995. dgcd-24735.CS1 maint: others (link)

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)