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2007 studio album by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pour l'Amour Des Chiens (French: For the Love of Dogs) is the first all new studio album by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in 35 years, and their sixth album overall. It was released on 12 December 2007, produced by Mickey Simmonds and Neil Innes, by Storming Music Company.
Pour l'Amour des Chiens | ||||
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Released | 12 December 2007 | |||
Genre | Comedy rock | |||
Label | Storming | |||
Producer | Mickey Simmonds Neil Innes | |||
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The album was performed by original group members Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell, Martin 'Sam Spoons' Ash, and Bob Kerr, with New Millennium Bonzos Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, and Phill Jupitus. Also credited are Mickey Simmonds (musical director), David Catlin-Birch (guitar and vocals), Johnny Marter (drums and percussion) and Steve Barnacle (bass and jazz guitar).[citation needed]
When compared to the CD from the above package, the CD-only edition omits "Scarlet Ribbons", "Stadium Love", "Mornington Crescent" and "Sweet Memories", while adding "We Are Normal".
The Times awarded the album four stars and described it as "rarely less than charming",[1] while The Observer gave it three, calling it "predictable" and "only half amusing".[2] Record Collector said, "Delicious idiocy through wordplay, Wire People, songs about dead dogs, Old Tige, neurotic gardening, Purple Sprouting Broccoli and a gloriously levelling cover of the Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict A Riot" – it’s all here. Tiptoeing through the innate silliness, it’s often easy to forget the quality of their playing, which, unlike some of the low-grade gags on offer, is faultless."[3]
Describing the album in his 2009 book The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Jollity Farm, Bob Carruthers says of "I Predict a Riot": "Hard to predict the plot of this one, as Mr Spear and Mr Edmonson are let loose on this Kaiser Chiefs classic. Planned and unplanned studio incursions by Mexicans, Wurzels, that bloody chicken clarinet and HM constabulary."[4]
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