Pup Tent

This article is about the Luna album. For the tent of that name, see Shelter-half.

Pup Tent is the fourth album by the American alternative rock band Luna, released in 1997.

Pup Tent
Studio album by Luna
Released	29 July 1997
Recorded	Sear Sound, Pachyderm Studio, Baby Monster Studios, and RPM Studios
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock
Length	46:46
Label	Elektra
Producer	Pat McCarthy
Luna chronology
EP (1996) Pup Tent (1997) The Days of Our Nights (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A[4]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Background

"Bobby Peru" is named after an eccentric, overtly creepy character played by Willem Dafoe in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Wareham read the phrase "Fuzzy Wuzzy" in a Don DeLillo book.^[7] Wareham said that "The Creeps" isn't terribly good and probably should have been left off the album.^[8]

Track listing

All lyrics by Dean Wareham, music by Luna.

1. "IHOP" – 5:44
2. "Beautiful View" – 3:43
3. "Pup Tent" – 5:55
4. "Bobby Peru" – 3:43
5. "Beggar's Bliss" – 3:34
6. "Tracy I Love You" – 4:45
7. "Whispers" – 3:55
8. "City Kitty" – 5:44
9. "The Creeps" – 3:35
10. "Fuzzy Wuzzy" – 5:48

Personnel

Luna

• Dean Wareham – vocals, guitars
• Sean Eden – guitars
• Justin Harwood – bass, keyboards, trumpet, guitars
• Lee Wall – drums, percussion

with:

• Jamie Candeloro – Mandolin and slide dobro on "Beggar's Bliss"
• Barrett Martin – Marimba and vibraphone on "Pup Tent" and "Beautiful View
• Pat McCarthy – "bits and bobs"
• Mike Russell – accordion on "City Kitty"
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello on "City Kitty"

Production

• Pat McCarthy – producer, engineer
• Mastered by Greg Calbi
• Jed Luhmann - assistant engineer