Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Bark Your Head Off, Dog is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Hop Along. It was self-produced, written over the course of 2016 and 2017, recorded at The Headroom in Philadelphia during 2017, and released on April 6, 2018.[11]
| Bark Your Head Off, Dog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 6, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Studio | The Headroom (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 40:09 | |||
| Label | Saddle Creek | |||
| Producer | Hop Along, Joe Reinhart | |||
| Hop Along chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 81/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B−[4] |
| DIY | [5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[6] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[8] |
| The Skinny | [9] |
| Under the Radar | 7/10[10] |
Critical reception
Bark Your Head Off, Dog was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81 based on 14 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 20 reviews.[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How Simple" | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Somewhere a Judge" | 3:52 |
| 3. | "How You Got Your Limp" | 2:36 |
| 4. | "Not Abel" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "The Fox in Motion" | 3:59 |
| 6. | "One That Suits Me" | 5:16 |
| 7. | "What the Writer Meant" | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Look of Love" | 6:12 |
| 9. | "Prior Things" | 5:43 |
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] | 2 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] | 9 |
References
- "Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- "Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- Donelson, Marcy. "Bark Your Head Off, Dog – Hop Along". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- McLevy, Alex (April 6, 2018). "Hop Along, Bark Your Head Off, Dog". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- Richards, Will (April 6, 2018). "Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog". DIY. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- Slaughter, Matthew (April 16, 2018). "Album Review: Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- Firth, Cole (April 3, 2018). "Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- Greene, Jayson (April 6, 2018). "Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- Butchard, Stephen (April 3, 2018). "Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog". The Skinny. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- Turner-Heffer, Adam (April 3, 2018). "Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Saddle Creek) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- "Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Saddle Creek Records. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- "Heatseekers Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- "Independent Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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