Dog Eat Dog (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Dog Eat Dog
Type = Album
Artist = Joni Mitchell


Released = October 1985
Recorded = 1984-1985
Genre = Pop/Rock, Experimental, Jazz
Length = 43:25
Label = Geffen Records
Producer = Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein, Thomas Dolby, Mike Shipley
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5aud6j4h71q0 link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=joni+mitchell link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/186977/jonimitchell?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscographyMainReleases&pageregion=mainRegion link]
Last album = "Wild Things Run Fast"
(1982)
This album = "Dog Eat Dog"
(1985)
Next album = "Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm"
(1988)
:"For the album by Warrant, see Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album).""Dog Eat Dog" is an album by Joni Mitchell, released in 1985. It was her second album for Geffen Records. The album was a surprising departure for Mitchell due to its synthetic sound. Lyrically, the album dealt with prominent issues in mid 1980s society, such as televangelists, consumerism and famine in Ethiopia. One of Mitchell's most unusual songs, "Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)" was recorded by sampling the sound of the cigarette machine in the hall of the studio where "Wild Things Run Fast" was recorded.

Track listing

All tracks written by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated

#"Good Friends" – 4:25
#"Fiction"– 4:14 (Mitchell, Larry Klein)
#"The Three Great Stimulants"– 6:11
#"Tax Free"– 4:19 (Mitchell, Larry Klein)
#"Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)"– 1:43
#"Dog Eat Dog"– 4:41
#"Shiny Toys"– 3:27
#"Ethiopia"– 5:53
#"Impossible Dreamer"– 4:30
#"Lucky Girl"– 4:02

Personnel

*Joni Mitchell: vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, sound effects
*Michael McDonald: vocals on "Good Friends"
*Larry Klein: spoken vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, bass, programming
*Thomas Dolby: spoken vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
*Joe Smith: spoken vocals
*Rod Steiger: spoken vocals
*Zyg Winard: spoken vocals
*Michael Landau: guitar
*Steve Lukather: guitar
*Larry Williams: flute, tenor saxophone
*Kazu Matsui: shakahachi
*Wayne Shorter: soprano & tenor saxophones
*Jerry Hey: trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangement
*Gary Grant: trumpet, flugelhorn
*Vinnie Colaiuta: drums, samples
*Alex Acuña: bata drum
*Michael Fisher: percussion samples
*Don Henley: background vocals
*James Taylor: background vocals
*Amy Holland: background vocals