Every Dog Has His Day

Recorded in Wales, the album was produced by John Leckie and frontman Mitch Easter.[7] It was mixed at Abbey Road Studios.[8] Determined that the album be more of a band effort, Let's Active also worked to create a heavier sound.[9] New member John Heames played bass on Every Dog Has His Day.[10]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[12]
Orlando Sentinel	[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[14]

Trouser Press wrote that "the best songs ... are classic Easter: unsettled emotional lyrics and eccentric pop melodies that have him straining on vocal tiptoes to reach the hard bits."[15] The Chicago Reader called the album "lush and bountiful and weird: a gorgeous song like 'Horizon' ... has a twangy feedback that turbocharges the backing track."[16]

The Globe and Mail determined that "Easter's heavily layered approach to his sixties psychedelia, punk and pop roots [allow] the band to put all sorts of new twists on old sounds."[17] The Orlando Sentinel stated that "two things dominate from beginning to end—jangling rock 'n' roll guitar and sharp, witty writing."[13] The Omaha World-Herald opined that "Easter's trademark, nasal singing occasionally can be irritating, but that is easily overshadowed by the band's high-energy guitars."[18]

AllMusic wrote that the album "features an overall heavier vibe, with the band rocking like never before, emphasizing a love of hard rock only briefly hinted at on earlier albums, and it's all done very well."[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide concluded that "muscular drumming and raucous powerchords now augment the jangly guitar of yore."[14]