Dogman (album)
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January 18, 1994 |
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1993 |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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59:16 |
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Dogman is the fifth studio album of the metal - and hard rock - band King's X . It is the second on Atlantic Records and the first to be produced by Brendan O'Brien . It was released in January 1994.
Music style and lyrics
Dogman had a more powerful sound than previous King's X albums, although the self-titled predecessor was already much more Metal- like in orientation than the early works. The album is characterized by O'Brien's production, who also worked for many grunge bands, but also the often melodic, with one exception (Go to Hell), mid-tempo-oriented songwriting . Nevertheless, in addition to the catchy title track and opener, there are some blues- influenced (Shoes) and quieter (Flies and Blue Skies) pieces on the album. Other songs also have funk (rock) borrowings (Black the Sky) , the Beatles and progressive rock elements such as tempo changes or unusual time signatures were also incorporated. Doug Pinnick commented on the album in 1999: “For me personally, the Dogman record is what King's X really sounds like. The self-titled record was a step and an eye-opener and after that we could just make our music. "
The lyrics were partly of a Christian-spiritual nature, but the approach was clearly more disillusioned than on previous albums. In 2006 Doug Pinnick said : “… all of the records are always me questioning 'Is this really it?' because I grew up in a religious family all my life and I have always been going: something ain't right here. So I have always sung about what I thought wasn't right - my confusion and my disillusion with it. And then finally when Dogman came out I just spewed it all out. I was pissed at that point. Everybody was like: 'he's not Christian anymore.' Everybody got freaked out. "
Emergence
Dogman was recorded with Nick DiDia in Atlanta . Brendan O'Brien, who also contributed keyboards and percussion , produced and mixed the album. Only the Hendrix cover Manic Depression was mixed by Nick DiDia.
The album appeared with a stylized dog on the cover, it appeared in red, blue, yellow and green colors, whereby the musical content was the same in each case.
reception
The album peaked at # 88 on the Billboard 200 . Holger Stratmann wrote in Rock Hard magazine that Dogman was “mercilessly produced heavy. If Doug Pinnick hits his bass and kicks Jerry Gaskill on the bass drum, the neighbors get a heart attack. ”He compared the harder pieces to Helmet , Go to Hell to the Ramones . Nevertheless, it is the "classic hard rock" that the band is reviving with the album. He awarded nine out of ten points.
Track list
All pieces written by Pinnick, Tabor, Gaskill, except where indicated.
| No. | title | Songwriter | length |
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| 1. | Dogman | 4:01 | |
| 2. | Shoes | 3:29 | |
| 3. | Pretend | 4:36 | |
| 4th | Flies and Blue Skies | 5:00 | |
| 5. | Black the Sky | 4:32 | |
| 6th | Fool you | 4:31 | |
| 7th | Don't care | 4:39 | |
| 8th. | Sunshine Rain | 4:35 | |
| 9. | Complain | 3:19 | |
| 10. | Human behavior | 4:28 | |
| 11. | Cigarettes | 5:52 | |
| 12. | Go to Hell | 0:51 | |
| 13. | Pillow | 4:24 | |
| 14th | Manic Depression | Jimi Hendrix | 4:59 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher J. Kelter: FIFTEEN YEARS WITH KING'S X RoughEdge.com (March 1999). Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- ↑ a b www.allmusic.com: Dogman review by Alex Henderson
- ↑ Interview with Doug Pinnick FromOutofNoWhere.com (2006). Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- ↑ www.rockhard.de: Dogman review by Holger Stratmann