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  • Artist: Screeching Weasel
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1996
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Screeching Weasel are responsible for some definitive punk classics including Boogada Boogada Boogada! and the Punkhouse EP, but after a while they started to put out too many records, most of which were forgettable. For Bark Like a Dog, a sort-of reunion album after Ben Weasel left the band for a few years to work on the Riverdales, a lame side project, Weasel is back in the business of writing real songs. You can tell he actually sat for a long time (perhaps someone tied him to a chair) and worked on these tunes, because most of them are excellent, ranging from the playground anxiety tune, "Cool Kids," which has a killer organ riff, to a squooshy-sounding ballad where he sings, "Your name is tattooed on my heart and I'll always be true." "(She Got) Electroshocked" pays homage to the Ramones, like about a third of Screeching Weasel's songs, while the actually kind-of sweet "Handcuffed to You" and "Get Off My Back" are among the best softer-edged pop-punk tunes Weasel has ever written. ~ Adam Bregman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Get off My Back Ben Weasel, David Vapid Screeching Weasel (2:38)
Cool Kids Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (2:13)
First Day of Summer Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (3:38)
You'll Be in My Dreams Today Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (2:38)
You Blister My Paint Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (3:20)
Stupid Girl Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (2:38)
Phasers on Kill Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (2:29)
Handcuffed to You Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (3:25)
(She Got) Electroshocked Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (2:27)
It's Not Enough Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (3:52)
I Will Always Be There Ben Weasel, A. Allen Screeching Weasel (2:38)
Your Name Is Tattooed on My Heart Ben Weasel Screeching Weasel (2:46)

Credits

Mass Giorgini (Editing), Ben Weasel (Guitar), Chris Shepard (Mixing), John Jughead (Guitar (Rhythm)), Dan Panic (Drums), Jimmy Spectacular (Keyboards), Dan Panic (Vocals (Background)), Brendan Burke (Engineer), Mark Schwarz (Engineer), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Ben Weasel (Producer), Mass Giorgini (Producer), Mass Giorgini (Engineer), Ben Weasel (Vocals), Danny Vapid (Vocals (Background)), Danny Vapid (Guitar (Bass))
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Bark Like a Dog
Studio album by Screeching Weasel
Released 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Punk rock, pop punk
Length 28:33
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer Mass Giorgini, Ben Weasel
Professional reviews
Screeching Weasel chronology
Kill the Musicians
(1995)		 Bark Like a Dog
(1996)		 Television City Dream
(1998)

Bark Like a Dog was Screeching Weasel's first album back after their second breakup. This split lasted just over a year, and during that time 3/4 of the band (all minus Jughead) played together in a band called The Riverdales. As a result, much of this album sounds similar to their work in that band. It also marked their first album for Fat Wreck Chords after several years working with Lookout Records. Bark Like a Dog was released to mixed reviews but the band lists it among its very best work. The recording itself sounded a bit more polished and the band's playing a tad more precise, calling some fans to label them "sellouts." Further fueling this fire was Green Day's explosive success, pushing pop punk into the limelight right around the time that Weasel reunited. As was evident by their actions and music, however, cashing in was the furthest thing from the band's mind. This was the only album from the band to ever place a ranking on the Billboard Charts

Contents

Track listing

  • All songs by Ben Weasel except track 1 by Weasel/Vapid
  1. "Get off My Back" – 2:38
  2. "Cool Kids" – 2:13
  3. "First Day of Summer" – 3:38
  4. "You'll Be in My Dreams Today" – 2:38
  5. "You Blister My Paint" – 3:20
  6. "Stupid Girl" – 2:38
  7. "Phasers on Kill" – 2:29
  8. "Handcuffed to You" – 3:25
  9. "(She Got) Electroshocked" – 2:27
  10. "It's Not Enough" – 3:52
  11. "I Will Always Be There" – 2:38
  12. "Your Name Is Tattooed on My Heart" – 2:46

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Top Heatseekers 34

Personnel

  • Ben Weasel - lead guitar and all singing
  • Danny Vapid - bass guitar and most background singing
  • Dan Panic - drums and a little background singing
  • Jughead - guitar and no singing
  • Teakettle Jones - keyboards on "Cool Kids"
  • Jimmy Spectacular - keyboards on "The First Day of Summer" (Jimmy Spectacular is Ben Weasel)

References

Billboard Heatseekers Chart

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Ben Weasel | John Jughead | Vinnie Bovine | Steve Cheese | Warren Fish | Brian Vermin | Danny Vapid | Douglas Ward | Dave Naked | Scott "Gub" Conway | Danny Panic | Johnny Personality | Mike Dirnt | Mass Giorgini | Dan Lumley | Zac Damon | Phillip Hill
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