''Totally Crushed Out!'' is the second studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on July 18, 1995, on

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. The album produced the

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"He's Kissing Christian", for which a music video was directed by Frank Sacramento. ''Totally Crushed Out!'' also includes the band's longest song, "Rockstar", clocking in at well over seven minutes.

Background

''Totally Crushed Out!'' is a loosely-based

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about love and crushes, featuring an

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that resembles artwork from the ''

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'' young adult

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. This theme is further demonstrated within the rest of the album packaging. The tracks are listed as a

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with song lyrics broken up into

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, while photos of the band appear under an "About the Authors" section, with a short

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on each member. The album's back cover features a brief synopsis of a fictitious story that includes the song titles in their playing order within the text:

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Totally Crushed Out!'' adapted from album liner notes. That Dog *

Anna Waronker Anna Jeanette Waronker (born July 10, 1972) is a singer/songwriter, composer, and producer best known as the frontwoman of That Dog. She is the daughter of producer Lenny Waronker and actress and musician Donna Loren, the sister of session drumme ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

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Petra Haden Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American musician and singer. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and is the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in That Dog) and cellist Tanya Haden (married to sing ...

– vocals,

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Rachel Haden Rachel Haden (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) is an American musician and one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden. In the early 1990s, Haden played bass guitar for That Dog, a band that also included her sister Petra. H ...

– vocals,

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Tony Maxwell Anthony D. Maxwell (born June 3, 1968) is an American musician. From 1991 to 1997, he was the drummer for the band That Dog, for which he also played for a 2019 reunion album, ''Old LP''. After the breakup of the band, he worked as composer on th ...

–

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, percussion Additional musicians *

Tanya Haden Tanya Haden Black (born October 11, 1971) is an American artist, musician, and singer. She is one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden. She is married to actor, comedian and musician Jack Black. Career Born in New York City, s ...

–

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Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Background Waronker ...

– additional percussion * CRIB – additional noise on "To Keep Me" * Speculum Fight – additional noise on "To Keep Me" Production * That Dog –

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, mixing *

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– mastering (

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) *

Rob Cavallo Robert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record industry executive. He is among the biggest-selling producers in history, and has produced or had creative involvement in albums that have sold over ...

– production, mixing * Paul du Gré – production, mixing *

Jerry Finn Jermone Gregory Finn (March 31, 1969 – August 21, 2008), sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer and mix engineer. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists such as Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, ...

– mixing * Tom Grimley – production, mixing Artwork and design * That Dog – art direction, design * Jason Dowd – album cover painting * Robert Fisher – art direction, design * Robin Sloane – creative direction

References

Notes Bibliography * {{Authority control That Dog albums 1995 albums Geffen Records albums Concept albums