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Dog Disco

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this album takes the word slo-burner to new heights,from thinking of it as average when i first heard it,many listens down the line it is now my fave album by leatherface. every song is pure class.standout tracks are you and heart is home, pure raw emotion with lyrics like "i used to see the world as a child now i see a child as the world". listen to the beautiful chord changes in heart is home....and...just buy it!

This CD is great because all Leatherface CDs are great! However, this sounds more like Jessie or Pope (Frankie's other bands) than Leatherface. Pick it up, but don't expect it to be MUSH pt. 2...

This release lacks something of the frenzy that marks their best work. An album like this pales in comparison to "Mush" or "Horsebox", which are arguably the best punk albums of the 90s. This album is more reminiscent of the somewhat tamer "Minx", in that the songs seem to be "generic Leatherface songs." They're still good songs, but they lack the incandescent urgency that make the material on "Mush" and "Horsebox" leap out of the speakers at you.

It should also be noted that the name of this record is "Dog Disco" and not simply "Dog." It seems strange that Amazon would get the basic listing wrong . . .

After 1 1/2 listens to "dog disco" by Leatherface I must say it is pretty damn good. More of the same in a sense. But it's even harder to hear/understand the singer (Stubbs) than before (my only real criticism). He sounds like a growling dog recorded kind of low, which is part of its charm but can also be frustrating. The musicianship is even more advanced though with the two guitars doing some wild stuff. It's not as immediately catchy as Mush or Horsebox. Still it is a rough sound that does not make for 'easy listening' and is in no way an attempt to find a broader audience. Just the band, and one of punk's very best, doing its own thing.

I was a bit surprised to see another Leatherface album come out as I thought they just had that
one-off reunion album to capitalize on their new found fame after their split with Hot Water Music.
Like that last album, "Horsebox", this one finds Leatherface exploring their slower, softer side
while trying to retain some of the passion and energy of their earlier work. Just like "Horsebox"
there are some energetic cuts spread throughout the record but there's also a slew of
indistinguishable mid-paced cuts that are hard to tell apart from one another.

I'm sure some people prefer the softer stuff, a sort of booze soaked ballad/pub rock type of fare
but, as past albums have proven, Frankie Stubbs tack-gargling voice is best delivered raw and
angry over a similar type of music. On some of these songs he sounds like an old drunk guy
crooning songs in the background of some smoked filled bar....hardly the razor edged melodic
punk rock these guys used to crank out.

That's not to say this is a throw away album. It's by far their most consistent effort from start to
finish, the slower songs are still catchy, with lots of Police type lead guitar riffs sprinkled
throughout, and the more rocking ones keep you interested. Of course there is one really great
song, "Rabbit Pie Alibi", which, ironically, is once again it's not sung by Frankie Stubbs. I'm not
sure why they always give the one throwback song to the new guy but they do. He's actually not
that bad of a singer just nothing like the raw throated Frankie.

On the whole this album doesn't quite pack the punch of their last one and doesn't even come
close to their early work but it's got a consistent feel that's sure to put a smile on Leatherface fans
even if it's not their best work. Still, it's a little disappointing to think these guys aren't going to
crank out another album of the type of punk rock that made them famous and inspired so many of
the great bands today.

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