Pet Your Friends is the debut album by American alternative rock band Dishwalla. It was released in 1995 on A&M Records. The album produced the hit single "Counting Blue Cars" (the second single off the album), which was a Top 40 favorite. The album's fourth single, "Charlie Brown's Parents", was 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.
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Pet Your Friends | ||||
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Released | August 22, 1995 (1995-08-22) | |||
Recorded | April – September 1994 | |||
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Length | 49:21 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
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Dishwalla chronology | ||||
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Singles from Pet Your Friends | ||||
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The image used for the cover of the album is taken from the August 23, 1948 Life Magazine cover. The cover story talks about a seventeen-year-old girl who became friends with a friend's pet deer while swimming one day.[1]
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AllMusic | [2] |
All tracks are written by Dishwalla (J.R. Richards, Rodney Browning, Scot Alexander and George Pendergast), except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pretty Babies" | Dishwalla, Kolanek | 5:30 |
2. | "Haze" | 4:21 | |
3. | "Counting Blue Cars (Tell Me Your Thoughts on God)" | Dishwalla, Kolanek | 4:51 |
4. | "Explode" | 3:02 | |
5. | "Charlie Brown's Parents" | Dishwalla, Kolanek | 5:15 |
6. | "Give" | 5:25 | |
7. | "Miss Emma Peel" | 4:06 | |
8. | "Moisture" | Dishwalla, Kolanek | 5:23 |
9. | "The Feeder" | 3:58 | |
10. | "All She Can See" | Dishwalla, Kolanek | 3:45 |
11. | "Only for So Long" | 2:58 | |
Total length: | 49:21 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "It's Going to Take Some Time" (The Carpenters cover) | Carole King, Toni Stern | 4:17 |
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Billboard 200 (US)[3] | 89 |
Top Heatseekers (US) | 1 |
Year | Title | Chart | Position |
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1996 | "Counting Blue Cars" | Billboard Hot 100 (US)[4] | 15 |
Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[5] | 2 | ||
Alternative Songs (US)[6] | 1 | ||
Adult Pop Songs (US)[7] | 5 | ||
Pop Songs (US)[8] | 4 | ||
"Charlie Brown's Parents" | Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[5] | 24 | |
1997 | "Give" | Adult Pop Songs (US)[7] | 26 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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