Keep the Dogs Away
Keep the Dogs Away is the first studio album by the heavy metal band Thor, released in 1977. The album went gold shortly after it was released, selling 50,000 copies in Canada. In 2009 it was reissued on CD for the first time in a special 30th Anniversary Edition; It included a 16-page booklet and a few unreleased bonus tracks.[3] In 2016 it was reissued once again with even more bonus content under Deadline Music in a deluxe 6-panel digipak CD with alternate cover art, liner notes from a longtime fan, author/producer Brian Kehew, 22 rare and unreleased bonus cuts on a separate disc, and a vintage 1984 London concert, that previously was limited to VHS, now on DVD. The first CD is the original album and all bonus content is put on the second disk. A faithful reissue of the original vinyl that had meticulously recreated the original pressing with the original cover art, foldout poster, and printed inner sleeve.[4] [5]
| Keep The Dogs Away | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Phase One Studios, Toronto | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 34:50 | |||
| Label | Cleopatra, RCA | |||
| Producer | Ian Guenther, Willi Morrison | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| MikeLadano |   [1] |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Shand, Willi Morrison, and Ian Guenther, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Keep the Dogs Away" | 3:30 | |
| 2. | "Sleeping Giant" | 3:30 | |
| 3. | "Catch a Tiger" | Morrison | 4:38 |
| 4. | "I'm So Proud" | Shand, Morrison | 2:30 |
| 5. | "Tell Me Lies" | Morrison | 3:12 |
| 6. | "Military Matters" | 3:50 | |
| 7. | "Superhero" | Morriso | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Wasted" | 3:50 | |
| 9. | "Rosie" | Morrison | 3:15 |
| 10. | "Thunder" | 4:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Battlestreet" | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Crusader" | 2:43 |
| 13. | "Rosie" (Demo) | 3:38 |
| 14. | "I'm Thor" (Live in Toronto, 1974) | 2:57 |
| 15. | "Blame" | 3:45 |
| 16. | "Catch Another Tiger" | 4:37 |
| 17. | "Dogs Revisited" | 3:13 |
- Tracks 11-14: Songs cut from the original album
- Tracks 15-17: Previously unreleased tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Asgardia" | 3:09 |
| 2. | "All Nite" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Atomic Vibrations" | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Do the Muscle" (1975 Version) | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Away from You" | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Touch Me" | 3:49 |
| 7. | "You Tried My World (No Time)" | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Do the Muscle" | 2:40 |
| 9. | "We Got the Power" (Brian Kehew Mix) | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Hey Tonight" (Brian Kehew Mix) | 3:03 |
| 11. | "Everybody Needs a Hero" | 4:05 |
| 12. | "We Are Body Rock / Start the Show" | 2:07 |
| 13. | "(She Says) You Have Too Much" | 2:53 |
| 14. | "Just for You" | 1:35 |
| 15. | "Green Colored Lights (Give Me the Green Light)" | 3:38 |
| 16. | "She Sings the Body Rocker" | 3:21 |
| 17. | "Tears in My Soup" | 2:54 |
| 18. | "Who's Better? (You Haven't Got a Chance)" | 2:35 |
| 19. | "Best Built Man Alive" (Live) | 2:55 |
| 20. | "Land Lover" | 2:11 |
| 21. | "Open Sky" | 3:28 |
| 22. | "Keep the Dogs Away" (Demo) | 3:10 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lightning Strikes" | |
| 2. | "Ride of the Chariot" | |
| 3. | "Anger" | |
| 4. | "Deathmarch (Steel Bar Music)" | |
| 5. | "Now Comes the Storm" | |
| 6. | "Knock Them Down" | |
| 7. | "Ride from Hell" | |
| 8. | "Rock the City" | |
| 9. | "Let the Blood Run Red" | |
| 10. | "Thunder on the Tundra" | |
| 11. | "Deathmarch (Hotwater Bottle Music)" | |
| 12. | "Ragnarock" |
Personnel
- Band
- Jon Mikl Thor – vocals
- John Shand – guitars, six-string bass
- David Munkhoff – guitars
- Terry McKeown – bass
- Billy King – drums
- Guest/Session
- Barry Keane - percussion
- The Tootonic Chorale - backing vocals
- Miscellaneous staff
- Ian Guenther - producer
- Willi Morrison - producer
- George C. I. Semkiw - engineering, mixing
- Mick Walsh - engineering assistant
- Mark Wright - engineering assistant
- John Williamson - cover art, design
- Joan Chisholm - cover art, design
- Leslie Smart - design
- Normands Berzins - photography
References
- Ladano, Mike (August 7, 2013). "REVIEW: THOR – KEEP THE DOGS AWAY (1977)". Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- "Keep the Dogs Away - Thor". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- "THOR - KEEP THE DOGS AWAY 30 ANNIVERSARY EDITION AVAILABLE". BraveWords. January 2, 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- "Thor's underground metal classic Keep The Dogs Away LP reissued!". April 25, 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- Pina, Jaime (August 2016). "Thor Keep The Dogs Away CD/DVD Deadline Music". Retrieved 10 September 2022.