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2021 album by Melvins

Five Legged Dog

Studio album by Melvins

Released

October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)

Length

149:33

Label

Ipecac

Producer

The Melvins

Melvins chronology

Working with God
(2021)

Five Legged Dog
(2021)

Bad Mood Rising
(2022)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	8/10
Classic Rock Germany	7/10
Gaffa Denmark
HUMO

Five Legged Dog is the 25th album by American rock band Melvins, released on October 15, 2021, through Ipecac Recordings. It contains acoustic versions of songs that appeared on earlier albums and is the first acoustic album released by the band.

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Original version on	Length
1.	"Edgar the Elephant"	A Walk with Love & Death	3:30
2.	"Up the Dumper"	The Bootlicker	2:12
3.	"Hung Bunny / Roman Dog Bird"	Lysol	12:33
4.	"Hooch"	Houdini	2:37
5.	"Billy Fish"	Nude With Boots	4:08
6.	"Shevil"	Stoner Witch	5:13
7.	"Charlie"	(Redd Kross cover)	2:07
8.	"A Growing Disgust"	Freak Puke	4:56
9.	"Eye Flys / Woman"	Gluey Porch Treatments / (Free cover)	8:17
10.	"Pitfalls in Serving Warrants"	Honky	2:48
11.	"Outside Chance"	(The Turtles cover)	2:11
12.	"Evil New War God"	The Bride Screamed Murder	4:34
13.	"The Bloated Pope"	Pigs of the Roman Empire	3:52
14.	"Bad Move"	The Fickle Finger of Fate (Dale Crover solo album)	3:27
15.	"With Teeth"	Lysol	2:44
16.	"Halo of Flies"	Sieg Howdy! (Alice Cooper cover)	8:22

Disc two
No.	Title	Original version on	Length
17.	"Oven"	Ozma	1:54
18.	"Sway"	(Rolling Stones cover)	3:09
19.	"Anaconda"	Bullhead	2:49
20.	"Lovely Butterflies"	Honky	2:58
21.	"Boris"	Bullhead	6:56
22.	"It's Shoved"	Bullhead	2:40
23.	"Honey Bucket"	Houdini	2:54
24.	"We Are Doomed"	The Bulls & The Bees	6:48
25.	"Fly Paper"	(Brainiac cover)	2:27
26.	"Let God Be Your Gardener"	Ozma	2:11
27.	"At the Stake"	Stoner Witch	1:39
28.	"Night Goat"	Houdini	6:05
29.	"Queen"	Stoner Witch	2:42
30.	"Everybody's Talking"	(Harry Nilsson cover)	2:45
31.	"Revolve"	Stoner Witch	3:51
32.	"Suicide in Progress"	Nude With Boots	2:54
33.	"Prig"	The Bootlicker	1:50
34.	"The Bit"	Stag	5:15
35.	"Civilized Worm"	(A) Senile Animal	6:43
36.	"Don't Forget to Breathe"	Pinkus Abortion Technician	7:32

Personnel

King Buzzo – vocals, acoustic guitar, sitar; photos
Dale Crover – vocals, drums
Steven McDonald – vocals, acoustic bass

with

Jeff Pinkus – lead vocals and banjo (track 30, 36)
Camilla Saufley – backup vocals (track 18, 35)
Bob Hannam – backup vocals (track 5, 17); photos

Additional personnel

Toshi Kasai – engineer, mixing
John Golden – mastering
Mackie Osborne – artwork

Charts

Chart performance for *Five Legged Dog*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	48

References

"Five Legged Dog by Melvins" – via www.metacritic.com.
"Five Legged Dog - MELVINS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. October 9, 2021.
"Melvins - FIVE LEGGED DOG". October 15, 2021.
"ANMELDELSE: Historien genfortalt fra hundens mund". gaffa.dk.
Meuris, Sid (October 18, 2021). "'Five Legged Dog' is misschien wel het heavyste werk van Melvins". Humo.
"Review: Melvins 'Five Legged Dog'". The Sleeping Shaman. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
"Melvins Go Acoustic But Still Sound Somehow Like, Well, the Melvins". Pop Matters. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
"THE MELVINS Announce Newly Recorded, Career-Spanning Acoustic Collection "Five Legged Dog"". Sonic Perspectives. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
"Exclusive: Melvins premiere Revolve from first-ever acoustic album, Five Legged Dog". Kerrang!. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Melvins – Five Legged Dog" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 15, 2022.

v t e Melvins
Buzz Osborne Dale Crover Steven Shane McDonald Lori "Lorax" Black Mark Deutrom Mike Dillard Trevor Dunn Matt Lukin Jeff Pinkus Joe Preston Kevin Rutmanis Jared Warren Coady Willis
Studio albums	Gluey Porch Treatments Ozma Bullhead Lysol Houdini Prick Stoner Witch Stag Honky The Maggot The Bootlicker The Crybaby Electroretard Hostile Ambient Takeover (A) Senile Animal Nude with Boots The Bride Screamed Murder Freak Puke (Melvins Lite) Everybody Loves Sausages Tres Cabrones (Melvins 1983) Hold It In Basses Loaded A Walk with Love & Death Pinkus Abortion Technician Working with God (Melvins 1983) Five Legged Dog Bad Mood Rising Tarantula Heart
Collaborations	Pigs of the Roman Empire (with Lustmord) Never Breathe What You Can't See (with Jello Biafra) Sieg Howdy! (with Jello Biafra) Three Men and a Baby (with Mike Kunka)
EPs	Six Songs Eggnog King Buzzo Dale Crover Joe Preston Tora Tora Tora The Bulls & the Bees
Live albums	Your Choice Live Series Vol. 12 Alive at the Fucker Club Colossus of Destiny Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (with Fantômas) Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust Melvins vs. Minneapolis Sugar Daddy Live
Compilations	Singles 1–12 The Trilogy Vinyl Electroretard 26 Songs Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Years 1993–1996 Neither Here nor There Mangled Demos from 1983 The Making Love Demos Chicken Switch
Video releases	Salad of a Thousand Delights Live from London 2006 (with Fantômas)
Singles/songs	"Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" "Love Canal/Someday" "With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands" "Boris" "Venus in Furs" "Honey Bucket" "See How Pretty, See How Smart"
Related articles	Discography We Reach: The Music of the Melvins Big Business Mackie Osborne

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