Dog Eat Dog (album)

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Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog cover
Studio album by Joni Mitchell
Released October 1985
Recorded 1984-1985
Genre Pop/Rock, Experimental, Jazz
Length 43:25
Label Geffen Records
Producer Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein, Thomas Dolby, Mike Shipley
Professional reviews
Joni Mitchell chronology
Wild Things Run Fast
(1982)		 Dog Eat Dog
(1985)		 Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm
(1988)
For the album by Warrant, see Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album).

Dog Eat Dog is an album by Joni Mitchell, released in 1985. It was her second album for Geffen Records. The album was a surprising departure for Mitchell due to its synthetic sound. Lyrically, the album dealt with prominent issues in mid 1980s society, such as televangelists and famine in Ethiopia.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated

  1. "Good Friends" – 4:25
  2. "Fiction"– 4:14 (Mitchell, Larry Klein)
  3. "The Three Great Stimulants"– 6:11
  4. "Tax Free"– 4:19 (Mitchell, Larry Klein)
  5. "Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)"– 1:43
  6. "Dog Eat Dog"– 4:41
  7. "Shiny Toys"– 3:27
  8. "Ethiopia"– 5:53
  9. "Impossible Dreamer"– 4:30
  10. "Lucky Girl"– 4:02

[edit] Personnel

  • Joni Mitchell: vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, sound effects
  • Michael McDonald: vocals on "Good Friends"
  • Larry Klein: spoken vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, bass, programming
  • Thomas Dolby: spoken vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
  • Joe Smith: spoken vocals
  • Rod Steiger: spoken vocals
  • Zyg Winard:spoken vocals
  • Michael Landau: guitar
  • Steve Lukather: guitar
  • Larry Williams: flute, tenor saxophone
  • Kazu Matsui: shakahachi
  • Wayne Shorter: soprano & tenor saxophones
  • Jerry Hey: trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangement
  • Gary Grant: trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Vinnia Colaiuta: drums, samples
  • Alex Acuna: bata drum
  • Michael Fisher: percussion samples
  • Don Henley: background vocals
  • James Taylor: background vocals
  • Amy Holland: background vocals
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