{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Totally Crushed Out! | type = studio | artist = That Dog | cover = Cover_for_"Totally_Crushed_Out!"_by_that_dog._Cover belongs to artist.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1995|07|18}} | recorded = May 1994 – January 1995 | venue = | studio = * Poop Alley (Los Angeles) * Toad Hall (Pasadena) * Westbeach Recorders (Hollywood) * Soundcastle (Silver Lake) | genre = {{hlist|Power pop<ref>{{cite web|date=August 6, 2015|title=The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/3/|access-date=September 17, 2021|website=Spin|page=3}}</ref>|pop-punk<ref name="allmusic"/>}} | length = {{duration|m=38|s=42}} | label = DGC | producer = {{hlist|That Dog|Tom Grimley|Paul du Gré|Rob Cavallo}} | prev_title = That Dog | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Retreat from the Sun | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Singles | name = Totally Crushed Out! | type = studio | single1 = He's Kissing Christian | single1date = 1995 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/totally-crushed-out%21-mw0000178008|title=Totally Crushed Out! – that dog.|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=May 18, 2018|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="EOPM">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2006|publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0008unse/page/108 109–110] |chapter=That Dog}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Great Indie Discography'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref name="GID">{{Cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Indie Discography |publisher=Canongate |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-84195-335-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatindiediscog0000stro/page/1024 1025] |chapter=that dog. |author-link=Martin C. Strong |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> | rev4 = ''MusicHound Rock'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Jordan |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/1134 1135–1136] |via=Internet Archive |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |chapter=that dog.}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 8.3/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/that-dog-totally-crushed-out-retreat-from-the-sun/|title=that dog.: Totally Crushed Out! / Retreat from the Sun|website=Pitchfork|date=July 30, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2020|last=Pelly|first=Jenn}}</ref> | rev6 = Punknews.org | rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pelone |first=Joe |date=2015-06-11 |title=that dog - Totally Crushed Out! |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13598/that-dog-totally-crushed-out |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Punknews.org |language=en}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Village Voice'' | rev7score = A−<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv596-96.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=The Village Voice|date=May 21, 1996|access-date=May 18, 2018|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref> }} '''''Totally Crushed Out!''''' is the second studio album by American alternative rock band that dog.. It was released on July 18, 1995, on DGC Records.
The album produced the single "He's Kissing Christian", for which a music video was directed by Frank Sacramento.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?first=Frank&last=Sacramento|title=Frank Sacramento|publisher=MVDbase|access-date=April 6, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129083814/http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?first=Frank&last=Sacramento|archive-date=January 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''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 concept album about love and crushes, featuring an album cover that resembles artwork from the ''Sweet Valley High'' young adult book series.{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&dq=%22concept+album%22+%22totally+crushed+out%22&pg=PA1130 1130]}} This theme is further demonstrated within the rest of the album packaging. The tracks are listed as a table of contents with song lyrics broken up into chapters, while photos of the band appear under an "About the Authors" section, with a short biography 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:
{{blockquote|She's feeling like a ''Ms. Wrong'' again. ''Silently'' she pursues him even though something doesn't feel right. Telling herself, "in the ''back of my mind'', I have a crush again." Either ''he's kissing Christian'' or he's being shy. ''Anymore'' of this will put her over the edge. She wants to say, "''to keep me'', things are going to have to change because I keep putting on ''lip gloss'' and you won't kiss me," but she's too crushed out to talk to him. It seems like everyone is saying "''she doesn't know how'' to handle another crush."
The ''holidays'' are coming and she's getting depressed. But she knows that babe with the ''side part'' will show up ''one summer night'' and be her Mr. Right. It's time for her to say no to the boys who give up like ''Michael Jordan'', so she can find her very own ''rockstar''... or is it?}}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Anna Waronker, except where noted | title1 = Ms. Wrong | writer1 = {{hlist|Waronker|Jennifer Konner}} | length1 = 2:26 | title2 = Silently | length2 = 2:29 | title3 = In the Back of My Mind | length3 = 2:04 | title4 = He's Kissing Christian | length4 = 3:31 | title5 = Anymore | length5 = 2:42 | title6 = To Keep Me | length6 = 2:21 | title7 = Lip Gloss | length7 = 2:58 | title8 = She Doesn't Know How | length8 = 2:26 | title9 = Holidays | length9 = 2:30 | title10 = Side Part | length10 = 2:01 | title11 = One Summer Night | length11 = 2:10 | title12 = Michael Jordan | length12 = 3:27 | title13 = Rockstar | length13 = 7:37 | total_length = 38:42 }}
==Personnel== Credits for ''Totally Crushed Out!'' adapted from album liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|author1=Alexandra Rushfield|author2=Anna Waronker|author3=Tony Maxwell |title=Totally Crushed Out!|type=liner notes|others=That Dog|publisher=DGC Records|year=1995|id=dgcd-24735}}</ref>
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''That Dog''' * Anna Waronker – vocals, guitar * Petra Haden – vocals, violin * Rachel Haden – vocals, bass, percussion * Tony Maxwell – drums, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion
'''Additional musicians''' * Tanya Haden – cello * Joey Waronker – additional percussion * CRIB – additional noise on "To Keep Me" * Speculum Fight – additional noise on "To Keep Me"
{{col-2}} '''Production''' * That Dog – production, mixing * Greg Calbi – mastering (Masterdisk) * Rob Cavallo – production, mixing * Paul du Gré – production, mixing * Jerry Finn – 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 {{col-end}}
==References== '''Notes''' {{reflist}}
'''Bibliography''' {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul|editor1-last=Bogdanov|editor1-first=Vladimir|editor1-link=Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)|editor2-last=Woodstra|editor2-first=Chris|editor3-last=Erlewine|editor3-first=Stephen Thomas|editor3-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=Backbeat Books|edition=3rd|year=2002|isbn=978-0-87930-653-3}} {{refend}}
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