What Up, Dog? by Was (Not Was)

What Up, Dog?, the third album from Was (Not Was), came out on Chrysalis in 1988 and finally carried the Detroit outfit's oddball vision out to the rest of the world. David Was and Don Was, born David Weiss and Don Fagenson, had been at it since 1979, and Don produced this one himself.

It's a grab bag in the best sense, pop and rock of every stripe rubbing shoulders, from a band that liked to fill its records with guests. "Walk the Dinosaur", out ahead of the album in 1987, was the big one, a goofy, irresistible groove that went top 40 around the world and reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Dad I'm in Jail" is the track the countdowns picked up. Rolling Stone later placed the album at 99 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.

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