Five Legged Dog

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 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	8/10 [2]
Classic Rock Germany	7/10 [3]
Gaffa Denmark	[4]
HUMO	[5]

Five Legged Dog is the 25th album by American rock band Melvins, released on October 15, 2021, through Ipecac Recordings.^[6][7] It contains acoustic versions of songs that appeared on earlier albums and is the first acoustic album released by the band.^[8][9]

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)[10]	48

References

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