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''Retreat from the Sun'' is the third studio album by American
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band
That Dog That Dog (styled as that dog.) is a Los Angeles-based rock band that formed in 1992 and dissolved in 1997, reuniting in 2011. The band originally consisted of Anna Waronker on lead vocals and guitar, Rachel Haden on bass guitar and vocals, her s ...
. It was released on April 8, 1997, on
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. "Never Say Never", the album's lead single, peaked at number 27 on the '' Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart.


Legacy

On April 8, 2017, the reformed band celebrated the 20th anniversary of ''Retreat from the Sun''s release by performing the album in its entirety at the
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in Los Angeles. The same year, ''
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'' placed the album at number 48 on its retrospective list of the best albums of 1997.


Track listing


Personnel

Credits for ''Retreat from the Sun'' adapted from album liner notes. That Dog * Anna Waronker – vocals, guitar, piano *
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 ...
– vocals, violin, strings *
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. ...
– vocals, bass guitar *
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 ...
– drums, percussion, surf guitar on "Retreat from the Sun" Additional musicians * Charlotte Caffey – rhythm guitar on "Minneapolis", synthesizer on "Never Say Never" * Alix Fournier –
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on "Until the Day I Die" *
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 ...
– cello on "Never Say Never", "Every Time I Try" and "Until the Day I Die" * Chick Wolverton – shaker and additional guitar on "Cowboy Hat" Production * That Dog –
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*
Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...
mastering *
Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic compression for molding mixes that play wel ...
mixing on "Never Say Never" * John Paterno –
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, mixing *
Brad Wood Brad Wood is an American record producer located in Los Angeles. He has produced many albums, including Liz Phair's '' Exile in Guyville'' and Placebo's debut. Career Wood is from Rockford, Illinois, United States. In 1988, Wood, along wi ...
– production, mixing Artwork and design *
Jesse Frohman Jesse Frohman is a photographer who lives and works in New York City. Career Studying economics at the University of Michigan, Frohman discovered his passion for photography. With no formal training, he decided to try photography as a career and ...
– photography * Francesca Restrepo – design


Charts


References

{{Authority control That Dog albums 1997 albums albums produced by Brad Wood Geffen Records albums