Ankety Low Day

1990 studio album by Tone Dogs

Ankety Low Day

Studio album by

Tone Dogs

Released

November 15, 1990 (1990-11-15)

Recorded

Dogfish Studios, Newberg, OR
Amy Denio's driveway, Seattle, WA

Genre

Rock in Opposition

Length

39:23

Label

C/Z

Tone Dogs chronology

Ankety Low Day
(1990)

The Early Middle Years
(1991)

Ankety Low Day is the debut studio album by Tone Dogs, released on November 15, 1990, by C/Z.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

In writing for Spin, critic Byron Coley compared the band favorably to Fish & Roses, Etron Fou Leloublan and Dos and said "Impossible to peg, elegantly crafted, their music seems soothingly familiar even at the moment your forebrain tells you that something very fucked up is happening."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"No Cry"	David Stern	Amy Denio	6:39
2.	"Vexed at the Vogue"	Amy Denio	Fred Chalenor	1:41
3.	"Carry Me Down"		Amy Denio	2:01
4.	"The Wandering Guru"		Fred Chalenor	5:27
5.	"Secret Crush"		Amy Denio	4:03
6.	"Brave It"		Amy Denio	4:39
7.	"BS Jige/Hade Hade"		Fred Chalenor, Amy Denio	6:26
8.	"Fifth Grade, Brownie Wall"	Amy Denio	Fred Chalenor, Amy Denio, Zeena Parkins	3:19
9.	"Poly"		Matt Cameron, Fred Chalenor, Amy Denio	5:08

Personnel

Adapted from the Ankety Low Day liner notes.^[3]

Tone Dogs

Matt Cameron – drums, backing vocals
Fred Chalenor – bass guitar, electric guitar, bowed guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Amy Denio – vocals, saxophone, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Bob Bain – guitar (4)
Courtney Von Drehle – saxophone (4)
Fred Frith – guitar, violin
Hans Reichel – idiophone, guitar

Technical personnel

Drew Canulette – engineering, mixing
Lance Limbocker – mixing assistant
Rhonda Pelikan – design
Garry Transue – painting

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1990	C/Z	CD, LP	CZ016

References

^ "Tone Dogs: Ankety Low Day > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Coley, Byron (November 1990). "Tone Dogs". Spin. 6 (8). SPIN Media LLC: 88. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Ankety Low Day (booklet). Tone Dogs. Seattle, Washington: C/Z Records. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)