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Every Dog Has His Day
Release Date: 1988 08 22
Running Time: 39:46
Label: IRS

Every Dog Has His Day, the final Let's Active album, has a clearly different feel than the rest of their catalog. The album (especially the title track) has all the earmarks of a major bid for mainstream appeal, which it should have achieved. It sounds like an album of its time -- it has the drum sound of 1988, and an overall heavier vibe, with the band rocking like never before, emphasizing a love of hard rock only briefly hinted at on earlier albums -- and it's done very well. Some of the sonic changes may have been a result of the label's urging for the use of "name" producer John Leckie, a decision which is utterly confusing considering Mitch Easter's standing as a producer, not to mention his proven ability on previous Let's Active albums. At this album's peak moments, Easter's songs are top notch as always, though there seems to be a little less drive -- often the songs seem like throwaways, albeit very good throwaways. Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Every Dog Has His Day	Easter	4:28
2	Horizon	Carlson, Easter	4:30
3	Sweepstakes Winner	Easter	2:54
4	Orpheus in Hades Lounge	Easter	1:46
5	Mr. Fool	Easter	2:55
6	Ten Layers Down	Easter	3:31
7	Too Bad	Easter	2:52
8	Night Train	Easter	3:26
9	Forty Years	Carlson, Easter	3:42
10	Bad Machinery	Easter	3:35
11	I Feel Funny	Carlson, Easter	3:26
12	Terminate	Easter	3:06