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Every Dog Has His Day
''Every Dog Has His Day'' is an album by the American band Let's Active, released in 1988. It was the band's final album. The title track peaked at No. 17 on ''Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart. The band promoted the album by touring with Velvet Elvis. Production Recorded in Wales, the album was produced by John Leckie and frontman Mitch Easter. It was mixed at Abbey Road Studios. Determined that the album be more of a band effort, Let's Active also worked to create a heavier sound. New member John Heames played bass on ''Every Dog Has His Day''. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "the best songs ... are classic Easter: unsettled emotional lyrics and eccentric pop melodies that have him straining on vocal tiptoes to reach the hard bits." The ''Chicago Reader'' called the album "lush and bountiful and weird: a gorgeous song like 'Horizon' ... has a twangy feedback that turbocharges the backing track." ''The Globe and Mail'' determined that "Easter's heavily layered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Active
Let's Active is an American rock group formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1981, and often identified with the jangle pop guitar work of the group's frontman and songwriter Mitch Easter. After disbanding in 1990, the group reformed in August 2014 to play a benefit show in North Carolina. History Formation (1981–1982) Let's Active was formed in 1981 by Mitch Easter, a guitarist and songwriter best known as a record producer, with Faye Hunter on bass. Drummer Sara Romweber (1964–2019), then 17 years old, joined to form the original trio two weeks before their first live performance. The name of the group was taken from a T-shirt sold in Japan bearing an inadvertently nonsensical English phrase (a popular fashion at the time). In a 1984 interview, Hunter said, "It's embarrassing for people to ask you what the name of your group is and you don't want to say it out loud", and noted that the band had been erroneously billed by promoters as "Let's Dance" and "Les Active". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
