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In a Doghouse | 
 enlarge | Artist: Throwing Muses
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 32740
Format: Enhanced, Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 10377-78
UPC: 014431037726
EAN: 0014431037726
ASIN: B00000BIJC
Release Date: September 15, 1998
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Disc 1
| • | 1 | | • | Green - Throwing Muses, Donelly, Tanya | | • | Hate My Way | | • | Vicky's Box | | • | Rabbits Dying | | • | America | | • | Fear | | • | Stand Up | | • | Soul Soldier | | • | Delicate Cutters | | • | Finished | | • | Reel - Throwing Muses, Donelly, Tanya | | • | Snail Head | | • | Cry Baby Cry |
Disc 2
| • | Call Me | | • | Sinkhole | | • | Green - Throwing Muses, Donelly, Tanya | | • | Hate My Way | | • | Vicky's Box | | • | America (She Can't Say No) | | • | Fear | | • | Raise the Roses - Throwing Muses, Donelly, Tanya | | • | And a She-Wolf After the War | | • | Fish | | • | Catch | | • | Lizzie Sage | | • | Clear and Great | | • | Doghouse | | • | People |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
One of the best bands of the 1980s and the first American band to be signed to the prestigious British record label 4AD, the Throwing Muses' 1986 self-titled debut and their follow-up EP, Chains Changed, were never released in the United States. Consequently, the Muses early influence on the burgeoning alternative-rock scene was felt in ripples rather than waves. Rereleased and repackaged by Rykodisc in 1998, In a Doghouse compiles the stunning glory and horror of Throwing Muses, Chains Changed, the group's self-released demo tape, Doghouse, and new recordings of five early songs by guiding muse Kristin Hersh. Furious, potent, and raw, these recordings showcase Hersh's unique musical vision filtered through a lens of motherhood and mania. In a Doghouse also features songwriting contributions from Hersh's half-sister, Tanya Donelly, who quit the Muses to join the Breeders and then formed her own band, Belly. Both songwriters utilized unsettling time signatures, anxious lyrics, and airtight performances from their band mates to create the sound of teenage girls bursting into womanhood. A must-have album for fans of Hole, Sleater-Kinney, and even Fiona Apple. --Shawn Stewart
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 Welcome home. July 16, 2006
Danny (South Philly)
This rules. Throwing Muses back when they were truly unique and hungry. The later stuff is good (especially The Real Ramona), but to be honest, I think Kristin watered the sound of the band down a bit.
This early material is raw and sometimes vicious, yet insanely catchy. Get it.
follow me to a lean-to January 28, 2006
Timothy Buggs (Los Angeles, CA)
When I first bought the self-titled Throwing Muses debut during my weekly escape to NYC from the suburbs, I had no idea what I was bringing home. For almost twenty years now (is that possible?) this record has set my internal metronome by its schizophrenic time signatures and impossible lyrics. This record taught me that poetry was worth paying attention to, that secrets were better shared, that it was possible to exorcise demons with a well-directed wail. Thank god for this record.
Holy crap this knocked my socks off May 29, 2005
B. Carroll (Happy Ozark Funland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Until I heard this album, I didn't understand how anyone who didn't like the symphony could consider him/herself a "music snob". Now I understand. This stuff is about as good as you can get with electric guitars. Not shabby in the least.
This is a Must Have and a great idea September 28, 2003
mellowgold (nobody's bizness but my own)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
this is the stuff right here. a great double disc. taking the muses debut and adding the follow up ep's was a great idea. but it just gets better as disc 2 adds some demos and other odds and ins. very well put together. i'm so glad 4ad did this. the music is of course amazing. a young hersh & donelly are very shape here. hersh is really in rare form here. it's great stuff all over the place. the b sides on disc 1. and demos on disc 2. are amazing stuff and right up there with the debut stuff. it's great that this stuff is out there and no longer rare and hard to find. i first got into the muses in a very unusual way. i saw them on Conan when university came out. man conan gets some good music guest doesn't he. i wish i had it on tape. anyway i think they played Shimmer. it was a great. and hersh really caught my eye. anyway this is really worth getting :)
A landmark album in indie rock with outstanding musicianship November 19, 2002
Christopher Culver
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
IN A DOGHOUSE is a marvelous collection of early material from Throwing Muses, a group of New England youngsters who became the first American signing to the influential British label 4AD. The first disc includes their first, eponymously titled album from 1986 and 1987's "Chains Changed" EP. The second disc is "The Doghouse Cassette", the band's demo to 4AD, and finally five early written songs performed by the Throwing Muses' 1996 lineup.The first album was ironically never available domestically in the United States, one could get it only as an import from savvy record shops. That it has been re-released as part of IN A DOGHOUSE is a fortunate event. This was one of the most influential indie albums of the 1980's, with its raw sound that preshadowed the Pixies and grunge rock. The superb musical talent of this quartet is what makes this album stand out. David Narcizo, recognized as a drumming legend hardly out of high school, provides a distinctive sound by eschewing cymbals. His ability to jump from one complex time signature to another has always remained the Muses' greatest strength. Bassist Leslie Langston gives quite a punch, especially on songs like "Fear" and "Soul Soldier". Finally, the duo of half-sisters Kristin Hersh and Tonya Donnelly, on rhythm guitar and lead guitar respectively, provided a razor-sharp sound that accompanied the lyrics perfectly. During this time Hersh suffered an extreme form of bipolar disorder that caused her to hallucinate, resulted in lyrics like a William S. Burroughs novel. This fierceness, together with the outstanding musical ability, made the early Throwing Muses an even more original band. The "Chains Changed" EP resembles the first album, but Narcizo's drumming is, somehow, even better. On "Finished", the band twists through a myriad of musical changes that rivals anything progressive rock ever put out. The closing track "Cry Baby Cry" touches the heart with Hersh's passionate vocals and minimalist production. "The Doghouse Cassette" features many of the songs from their first album, though in less-polished form. It's a great chance for fans to hear lesser-known songs like the curious theology-centered "Sinkhole" and the wild "Fish" (which appeared in a different version on 4AD's 1987 compilation LONELY IS AN EYESORE). The five early songs performed by the 1996 line-up are rather different from the other material of IN A DOGHOUSE. By this time, Tonya Donnelly had left and Kristin Hersh had essentially turned the Throwing Muses into a solo project. As a result, the band doesn't sound as multi-faceted as on the first album, and in my opinion that is a great loss. Nonetheless, the songwriting is good. This is the only place (besides a limited-edition 1992 concert album) to hear the live-favourite "Catch". If you've never heard Throwing Muses but like any of the acts ever signed to the 4AD label, especially the Pixies, IN A DOGHOUSE is a sure bet for excellent music.
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