Five Legged Dog

Five Legged Dog
Studio album by
Melvins
ReleasedOctober 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)
Length149:33
LabelIpecac
ProducerThe Melvins
Melvins chronology
Working with God
(2021) 		Five Legged Dog
(2021) 		Bad Mood Rising
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net8/10 [2]
Classic Rock Germany7/10 [3]
Gaffa Denmark [4]
HUMO [5]

Five Legged Dog is the 25th album by American rock band Melvins, released on October 15, 2021, through Ipecac Recordings.[6][7] It contains acoustic versions of songs that appeared on earlier albums and is the first acoustic album released by the band.[8][9]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleOriginal version onLength
1."Edgar the Elephant"A Walk with Love & Death3:30
2."Up the Dumper"The Bootlicker2:12
3."Hung Bunny / Roman Dog Bird"Lysol12:33
4."Hooch"Houdini2:37
5."Billy Fish"Nude With Boots4:08
6."Shevil"Stoner Witch5:13
7."Charlie"(Redd Kross cover)2:07
8."A Growing Disgust"Freak Puke4:56
9."Eye Flys / Woman"Gluey Porch Treatments / (Free cover)8:17
10."Pitfalls in Serving Warrants"Honky2:48
11."Outside Chance"(The Turtles cover)2:11
12."Evil New War God"The Bride Screamed Murder4:34
13."The Bloated Pope"Pigs of the Roman Empire3:52
14."Bad Move"The Fickle Finger of Fate (Dale Crover solo album)3:27
15."With Teeth"Lysol2:44
16."Halo of Flies"Sieg Howdy! (Alice Cooper cover)8:22
Disc two
No.TitleOriginal version onLength
17."Oven"Ozma1:54
18."Sway"(Rolling Stones cover)3:09
19."Anaconda"Bullhead2:49
20."Lovely Butterflies"Honky2:58
21."Boris"Bullhead6:56
22."It's Shoved"Bullhead2:40
23."Honey Bucket"Houdini2:54
24."We Are Doomed"The Bulls & The Bees6:48
25."Fly Paper"(Brainiac cover)2:27
26."Let God Be Your Gardener"Ozma2:11
27."At the Stake"Stoner Witch1:39
28."Night Goat"Houdini6:05
29."Queen"Stoner Witch2:42
30."Everybody's Talking"(Harry Nilsson cover)2:45
31."Revolve"Stoner Witch3:51
32."Suicide in Progress"Nude With Boots2:54
33."Prig"The Bootlicker1:50
34."The Bit"Stag5:15
35."Civilized Worm"(A) Senile Animal6:43
36."Don't Forget to Breathe"Pinkus Abortion Technician7:32

Personnel

with
  • Jeff Pinkus – lead vocals and banjo (track 30, 36)
  • Camilla Saufley – backup vocals (track 18, 35)
  • Bob Hannam – backup vocals (track 5, 17); photos

Additional personnel

  • Toshi Kasai – engineer, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Mackie Osborne – artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Five Legged Dog
Chart (2022) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 48

References

  1. ^ "Five Legged Dog by Melvins" – via www.metacritic.com.
  2. ^ "Five Legged Dog - MELVINS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. October 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Melvins - FIVE LEGGED DOG". October 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "ANMELDELSE: Historien genfortalt fra hundens mund". gaffa.dk.
  5. ^ Meuris, Sid (October 18, 2021). "'Five Legged Dog' is misschien wel het heavyste werk van Melvins". Humo.
  6. ^ "Review: Melvins 'Five Legged Dog'". The Sleeping Shaman. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Melvins Go Acoustic But Still Sound Somehow Like, Well, the Melvins". Pop Matters. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "THE MELVINS Announce Newly Recorded, Career-Spanning Acoustic Collection "Five Legged Dog"". Sonic Perspectives. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "Exclusive: Melvins premiere Revolve from first-ever acoustic album, Five Legged Dog". Kerrang!. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Melvins – Five Legged Dog" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 15, 2022.