Album: Living Things by Matthew Sweet (2004)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Omnivore Recordings
Format: Album

Description: Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.

The album was met with little commercial success, but with favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 70% based on 9 reviews. Uncut magazine wrote that Living Things was "as ambitious and compelling as psych-tinged pop gets."

Artist Background: Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964, in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia, music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s. He continues to tour, and his most recent studio album, Modern Art, was released in 2011. Part of the Lincoln, Nebraska, USA music scene. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Fountains of Wayne, Material Issue, The Posies, Superdrag

Music Scene: Part of the Lincoln, Nebraska, USA music scene. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album, Omnivore Recordings

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Living Things is the ninth studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on RCAM Records in 2004.

The album was met with little commercial success, but with favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 70% based on 9 reviews. Uncut magazine wrote that Living Things was "as ambitious and compelling as psych-tinged pop gets."

Living Things

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