Car Button Cloth is the seventh studio album by the Lemonheads, and the last under their contract with Atlantic Records.

The band, as it were, consisted mostly of Dando himself playing many instruments, including his usual guitars and lead vocals, and Patrick Murphy on drums, along with a series of session musicians and producer Bryce Goggin filling in on other instruments.

Following the recording of the album, Bill Gibson, who had played bass on several tracks, joined the band for the supporting tour along with Dando and Murphy.

The tracks "It's All True," and "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" (cowritten by Eugene Kelly of the Vaselines) were released as singles in Europe.

"Purple Parallelogram," a song written by Dando and Oasis's Noel Gallagher, was originally included on promotional copies of Car Button Cloth between "Something's Missing" and "Knoxville Girl," but was reportedly removed at Gallagher's request.