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Pet Your Friends
Pet Your Friends
Studio album by Dishwalla
Released	August 22, 1995
Recorded	April – September 1994
Genre	Alternative rock; rock;
Length	49:21
Label	A&M
Producer	Phil Nicolo; Dishwalla;
Dishwalla chronology
Singles from Pet Your Friends
	"Haze"; Released: 1995; "Counting Blue Cars"; Released: February 27, 1996; "Charlie Brown's Parents"; Released: 1996; "Give"; Released: 1996;

Pet Your Friends is the first album by the American alternative rock band Dishwalla.^[1] It was released in 1995 on A&M Records. The album included the hit single "Counting Blue Cars" (the second single from the album), which was a Top 40 favorite. The album's fourth single, "Charlie Brown's Parents", was popular at concerts, although it was not very successful in terms of sales. An acoustic version of "Counting Blue Cars" with an extended bridge was also popular on radio.

The image used for the cover of the album is taken from the August 23, 1948, Life magazine cover. The cover story talks about a 17-year-old girl who became friends with a friend's pet deer while swimming one day.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The Chicago Tribune noted that, "individually, the songs on the quartet's Pet Your Friends CD make for passable radio ditties, but as a whole they amount to a rock-by-numbers sleepwalk."^[4] Bass Player praised the "well-written alterna-pop tunes."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dishwalla (J.R. Richards, Rodney Browning, Scot Alexander and George Pendergast), except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Babies"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	5:30
2.	"Haze"		4:21
3.	"Counting Blue Cars (Tell Me Your Thoughts on God)"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	4:51
4.	"Explode"		3:02
5.	"Charlie Brown's Parents"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	5:15
6.	"Give"		5:25
7.	"Miss Emma Peel"		4:06
8.	"Moisture"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	5:23
9.	"The Feeder"		3:58
10.	"All She Can See"	Dishwalla, Kolanek	3:45
11.	"Only for So Long"		2:58
Total length:			49:21

UK bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"It's Going to Take Some Time" (The Carpenters cover)	Carole King, Toni Stern	4:17

Personnel

Dishwalla

J.R. Richards – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, Hammond organ, Roland Juno 60
Rodney Browning – guitar, backing vocals
Scot Alexander – bass guitar, backing vocals, tabla, bells, Roland Juno 60
George Pendergast – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Ian Cross - assistant engineer
Andy Kravitz - programming, additional production, engineer
Bob Ludwig - mastering
Phil Nicolo - programming, producer, engineer, mixing
David Young - executive producer
Dishwalla - programming, producer
Eric Flickinger - assistant engineer
Michael Lavine - photography
Dirk Grobelny - engineer
Mark Mazzetti - executive producer, A&R
Sunja Park - art direction
Tulio Torrinello, Jr. - assistant engineer
Jone Pedersen - cover model
Jon Brenneis - photography

Chart positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Billboard 200 (US)^[6]	89
Top Heatseekers (US)	1

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1996	"Counting Blue Cars"	Billboard Hot 100 (US)^[7]	15
		Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)^[8]	2
		Alternative Songs (US)^[9]	1
		Adult Pop Songs (US)^[10]	5
		Pop Songs (US)^[11]	4
	"Charlie Brown's Parents"	Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)^[8]	24
1997	"Give"	Adult Pop Songs (US)^[10]	26

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Abrahams, Andrew (Sep 18, 1995). "Pet Your Friends by Dishwalla". People. Vol. 44, no. 12. p. 34.
^ "Bucky the Deer". Life: 53. August 23, 1948 – via Google Books.
^ AllMusic review
^ Reger, Rick (12 Jan 1996). "Dishwalla, Friday at the Double Door:". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. P.
^ Leigh, Bill (Aug 1996). "Reviews: Records". Bass Player. Vol. 7, no. 8. p. 76.
^ "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ "Dishwalla - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ "American single certifications – Dishwalla – Pet Your Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 11, 2022.