Just Like the Fambly Cat
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| Studio album by Grandaddy | ||||
| Released | May 9, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Modesto, California, United States | |||
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| Length | 61:14 | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Producer | Jason Lytle | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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| Mojo | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10 |
| Slant Magazine |  |
| Spin | |
| The Village Voice | A− |
Just Like the Fambly Cat is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Grandaddy. It was released on May 9, 2006 by record label V2.
The album reached No. 171 on the Billboard 200, No. 10 on the Top Independent Albums chart, as well as No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was well received by critics.
The album's title is a reference to frontman Jason Lytle's desire to leave his home town of Modesto, California without any fuss, stating "[cats will] do that, almost out of respect and not wanting to put people out [...] because when the family cat dies, he doesn't make a big deal about it... He just disappears".
Lytle spent eighteen months recording the album at a studio in Modesto, California. Regarding the recording process, Lytle noted "During the one-and-a-half years that I recorded this album I lost my girl, my friends, my home, estranged my family, got sober, got wasted... I got too many things going on. The band breaking up only became a reality at the end of the recording. Many songs that people claim to be directly related to the band are actually directly related to other things I had going on."
The album does not feature any of the other band members, apart from Aaron Burtch who performed "most of" the album's drums. Lytle chose to credit the album to the band, stating "It's much more natural to imagine a band rocking out together than it is to imagine one frustrated guy at 4:30am in his boxer shorts and messed up hair, slaving over the same keyboard part for four-and-a-half hours. I recorded and wrote all of the music and the parts [but] I didn't want to distract the listener from whatever they needed to think when they heard the music."
Just Like the Fambly Cat was released on May 9, 2006, by record label V2. The album reached No. 171 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 on the Top Independent Albums chart, as well as No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart.
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