Pet Your Friends

Infobox Album |
Name = Pet Your Friends
Type = Album
Artist = Dishwalla


Released = November 21, 1995
Recorded = April 1995-September 1995
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 53:40
Label = A&M
Producer = Andy Kravitz, Mark Mazzetti, Phil Nicolo, Dishwalla
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ahe6ompsf9f5o link]
Last album =
This album = "Pet Your Friends"
(1995)
Next album = "And You Think You Know What Life's About"
(1998)

"Pet Your Friends" is the debut album by the alternative rock band Dishwalla. It was released in 1995 on A&M Records. The album produced the hit single "Counting Blue Cars" (the third single off the album and only one to gain widespread success), which was a Top 40 favorite. However, the song also caused the group to gain somewhat of a one-hit wonder status because of it. Still, the album's fourth single, "Charlie Brown's Parents", was quite popular at concerts, although it was not a very successful single in terms of sales. An acoustic version of "Counting Blue Cars" which featured an extended bridge was also popular on radio.

Track listing

#"Pretty Babies" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 5:31
#"Haze" (Dishwalla) – 4:21
#"Counting Blue Cars" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 4:51
#"Explode" (Dishwalla) – 3:03
#"Charlie Brown's Parents" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 5:17
#"Give" (Dishwalla) – 5:25
#"Miss Emma Peel" (Dishwalla) – 4:06
#"Moisture" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 5:26
#"The Feeder" (Dishwalla) – 3:59
#"All She Can See" (Dishwalla/Kolanek) – 3:46
#"Only for So Long" (Dishwalla) – 3:28
#"Date With Sarah" – 4:27 (hidden track)
#"It's Going to Take Some Time" (Carol King/Toni Stern) - 4:17 (Bonus track for the UK)

Personnel

*Ian Cross - Guitar, Engineer
*Andy Kravitz - Programming, Producer, Engineer
*Bob Ludwig - Mastering
*Phil Nicolo - Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
*Jim Wood - Keyboards
*David Young - Executive Producer
*Dishwalla - Programming, Producer
*Eric Flickinger - Assistant Engineer
*Michael Lavine - Photography
*Dirk Grobelny - Engineer
*Rodney Browning - Guitar, Vocals
*Mark Mazzetti - Executive Producer
*Sunja Park - Art Direction
*George Pendergast - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
*Brian Lee - Mastering
*J.R. Richards - Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocals, Roland Juno 6
*Tulio Torrinello, Jr. - Assistant Engineer
*Jone Pedersen - Cover Model
*Jon Brenneis - Photography
*Scot Alexander - Bass, Keyboards, Tabla, Vocals, Bells, Roland Juno 6

Chart positions

Album

1996 Pet Your Friends The Billboard 200 No. 89 1996 Pet Your Friends Heatseekers No. 1

ingles

1996 Counting Blue Cars The Billboard Hot 100 No. 15 1996 Charlie Brown's Parents Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 24 1996 Counting Blue Cars Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2 1996 Counting Blue Cars Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 1996 Counting Blue Cars Adult Top 40 No. 5 1996 Counting Blue Cars Top 40 Mainstream No. 4