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Five Legged Dog

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

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Five Legged Dog
Studio album by
Melvins
ReleasedOctober 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)
Length149:33
LabelIpecac
ProducerMelvins
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 DenmarkStarStarStarStar 4
HUMOStarStarStarStar 5

Five Legged Dog is the 25th studio album by American rock band Melvins, released on October 15, 2021, through Ipecac Recordings.67 It contains acoustic versions of songs that appeared on earlier albums and is the first acoustic album released by the band.89

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

Melvins

Additional musicians

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

Production

  • 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

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.