Dog in the Sand

Dog in the Sand is Frank Black's third album with backing group the Catholics. It was released in 2001 by Cooking Vinyl in Europe and What Are Records? in the United States,^[12] and was produced by Nick Vincent. The album was generally met with favorable reviews. Though retaining the live-to-two-track method of recording of the previous two albums, this album found the band branching away from purely electric rock to incorporate acoustic guitar, pedal steel, and Rhodes Piano and Wurlitzer organ into the sonic template.

Dog in the Sand
Studio album by Frank Black and the Catholics
Released	January 30, 2001
Recorded	March 25–April 3, 2000
Studio	Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	47:30
Label	Cooking Vinyl What Are Records?
Producer	Nick Vincent
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Oddballs (2000) Dog in the Sand (2001) Black Letter Days (2002)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	6/10[3]
The A.V. Club	B+[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
Magnet	[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	6/10[8]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[10]
Wall of Sound	75/100[11]

A notable change on the album is the induction of Black's former producer and keyboardist, Eric Drew Feldman, to the Catholics, a veteran of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band and Pere Ubu. The album also features contributions from Moris Tepper (Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits) and Black's former Pixies bandmate Joey Santiago,^[9] as well as guitarist Dave Phillips, who would soon join the Catholics as a full-time member.

"When we got back to Los Angeles for a two week rehearsal (for the Dog in the Sand album), we added auxiliary guitarist Dave Philips, who was so good he ended up playing on every song," Black said.^[13]

The album was reissued by SpinART in 2003 including four bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Frank Black.

1. "Blast Off" – 7:13
2. "I've Seen Your Picture" – 2:51
3. "St. Francis Dam Disaster" – 5:02
4. "Robert Onion" – 4:00
5. "Stupid Me" – 2:31
6. "Bullet" – 3:53
7. "The Swimmer" – 2:48
8. "Hermaphroditos" – 4:12
9. "I'll Be Blue" – 3:34
10. "Llano del Rio" – 4:14
11. "If It Takes All Night" – 3:19
12. "Dog in the Sand" – 3:48

2003 reissue bonus tracks

• "Robert Onion" (Acoustic)
• "Blast Off" (Acoustic)
• "Stupid Me" (Acoustic)
• "If It Takes All Night" (Acoustic)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

Frank Black and the Catholics

• Frank Black – vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar
• Scott Boutier – drums
• Eric Drew Feldman – electric piano, piano, clavioline, vocals
• Rich Gilbert – guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro, vocals
• David McCaffery – bass, vocals

Additional musicians

• Dave Phillips – acoustic guitar (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 9, 12), guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 10, 11), pedal steel guitar (track 6), slide guitar (track 8), vocals (track 10)
• Joey Santiago – guitar (tracks 1, 4)
• Moris Tepper – banjo (track 3), bihuela (track 10), vocals (track 10)
• Nick Vincent – percussion (track 1)

Technical

• Nick Vincent – producer
• Billy Joe Bowers – recording engineer
• Mike Terry – assistant engineer
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering engineer
• Andrew Swainson – cover design
• Steve Gullick – photography

References

1. "Dog In The Sand by Frank Black & The Catholics". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
2. Phares, Heather. Dog in the Sand at AllMusic
3. "Frank Black And The Catholics: Dog In The Sand Review". Alternative Press: 70. March 2001.
4. "Frank Black And The Catholics: Dog In The Sand". The A.V. Club. 30 January 2001. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
5. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
6. "Frank Black And The Catholics: Dog In The Sand Review". Magnet (48): 98.
7. "Frank Black And The Catholics: Dog In The Sand Review". Mojo: 88. February 2001.
8. "Frank Black & The Catholics : Dog In The Sand – NME". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
9. "Frank Black & the Catholics: Dog in the Sand Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
10. Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Frank Black and the Catholics". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 74. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
11. "Frank Black and the Catholics: Dog in the Sand". Archived from the original on 8 February 2001. Retrieved 2017-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
12. "Dog in the Sand releases". Discogs. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
13. "Frank Black and the Catholics Bio - Dave Philips". frankblack.net. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
14. Dog in the Sand (Liner notes). Frank Black and the Catholics. Cooking Vinyl. 2001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)