Ankety Low Day

Ankety Low Day
Ankety Low Day
Studio album by Tone Dogs
Released	November 15, 1990
Recorded	Dogfish Studios, Newberg, OR; Amy Denio's driveway, Seattle, WA
Genre	Rock in Opposition
Length	39:23
Label	C/Z
Tone Dogs chronology

Ankety Low Day is the debut studio album by Tone Dogs, released on November 15, 1990, by C/Z.

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

In writing for Spin, critic Byron Coley compared the band favorably to Fish & Roses, Etron Fou Leloublan and Dos and said "Impossible to peg, elegantly crafted, their music seems soothingly familiar even at the moment your forebrain tells you that something very fucked up is happening."^[2]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"No Cry"	David Stern	Amy Denio	6:39
2.	"Vexed at the Vogue"	Amy Denio	Fred Chalenor	1:41
3.	"Carry Me Down"		Amy Denio	2:01
4.	"The Wandering Guru"		Fred Chalenor	5:27
5.	"Secret Crush"		Amy Denio	4:03
6.	"Brave It"		Amy Denio	4:39
7.	"BS Jige/Hade Hade"		Fred Chalenor, Amy Denio	6:26
8.	"Fifth Grade, Brownie Wall"	Amy Denio	Fred Chalenor, Amy Denio, Zeena Parkins	3:19
9.	"Poly"		Matt Cameron, Fred Chalenor, Amy Denio	5:08

Personnel edit

Adapted from the Ankety Low Day liner notes.^[3]

Tone Dogs

Matt Cameron – drums, backing vocals
Fred Chalenor – bass guitar, electric guitar, bowed guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Amy Denio – vocals, saxophone, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Bob Bain – guitar (4)
Courtney Von Drehle – saxophone (4)
Fred Frith – guitar, violin
Hans Reichel – idiophone, guitar

Technical personnel

Drew Canulette – engineering, mixing
Lance Limbocker – mixing assistant
Rhonda Pelikan – design
Garry Transue – painting

Release history edit

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1990	C/Z	CD, LP	CZ016

References edit

^ "Tone Dogs: Ankety Low Day > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Coley, Byron (November 1990). "Tone Dogs". Spin. 6 (8). SPIN Media LLC: 88. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Ankety Low Day (booklet). Tone Dogs. Seattle, Washington: C/Z Records. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links edit

Ankety Low Day at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] "Tone Dogs: Ankety Low Day > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[spin90-2] Coley, Byron (November 1990). "Tone Dogs". Spin. 6 (8). SPIN Media LLC: 88. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[linearnotes-3] Ankety Low Day (booklet). Tone Dogs. Seattle, Washington: C/Z Records. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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