Day of the Dog

Day of the Dog
Day of the Dog
Studio album by Bliss n Eso
Released	4 March 2006
Genre	Hip hop
Length	68:12
Label	Illusive Sounds
Producer	Weapon X, Motley, DJ Hoppa, Suffa, Trillion, Trax, M-Phazes, Se-Fu, Rocc, Wika, Bliss
Bliss n Eso chronology

Day of the Dog is the second album by Australian hip hop group Bliss n Eso. It was released via Illusive Sounds in March 2006 in both vinyl and CD formats. The title is a metaphor for Australian hip hop being the 'underdog' of the Australian music industry, and affirming that it is now time for it to rise up.^[1] It reached the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Australian Music Online	(8/10)^[2]

Day of the Dog peaked at No. 45 on the ARIA Albums Chart in March 2006.^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Jonathon Notley and Max MacKinnon, except where noted^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Dreamer"	0:51
2.	"It's Working" (J. Warburton)	4:08
3.	"Up Jumped the Boogie"	3:57
4.	"Then Till Now" (Xavier Millis)	3:47
5.	"Coppin' It Sweet" (J. Lloyd)	3:54
6.	"Get Your Boof On" (Millis))	4:17
7.	"Get Loose (featuring Hyjak)" (J McCarthy, Nathwani)	3:30
8.	"Mad Tight" (Warburton)	3:39
9.	"Nowhere But Up"	3:19
10.	"Watch Your Mouth (featuring Mystro)"	3:56
11.	"Party at My Place (featuring Motley)" (Warburton)	4:18
12.	"Evening Breeze" (Jhi Smith, Hugh Vassall, Daniel Mascord)	3:11
13.	"That Feeling" (Mark Landon)	3:50
14.	"Lights Camera Action" (Millis)	3:59
15.	"Soldier On (featuring Kye)" (Lloyd)	9:58
16.	"Good Mourning Australia"	4:36

Personnel[edit]

MC Bliss (2–5, 7–8, 10, 11, 13–16)
BNAproductions (16)
DJ Hoppa (3)
M-Phazes – production (13)
Motley (2, 8, 11)
N.U.G. (3)
Rocc (12)
SeFu (12)
Suffa (10)
Trax (7)
Trillion (5, 15)
Weapon X (4–6, 8–9, 12, 14, 15)
Wika (16)

Charts[edit]

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	45

References[edit]

^ Christine Matzke, Susanne Muehleisen Postcolonial Postmortems: Crime Fiction from a Transcultural Perspective 2006 "Archie Weller has written less formal stories including his novel The Day of the Dog (1981), 12 which shows how young people of native stock become pressured into social exclusion and towards crime."
^ "Australian Music Online review". Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2007.
^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Bliss N Eso". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ APRA database Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
^ "Australiancharts.com – Bliss n Eso – Day of the Dog". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[1] Christine Matzke, Susanne Muehleisen Postcolonial Postmortems: Crime Fiction from a Transcultural Perspective 2006 "Archie Weller has written less formal stories including his novel The Day of the Dog (1981), 12 which shows how young people of native stock become pressured into social exclusion and towards crime."

[2] "Australian Music Online review". Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2007.

[AusCharts-3] Hung, Steffen. "Discography Bliss N Eso". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[4] APRA database Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)

[ARIA-5] "Australiancharts.com – Bliss n Eso – Day of the Dog". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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v t e Bliss n Eso
MC Bliss MC Esoterik DJ Izm
Studio albums	Flowers in the Pavement Day of the Dog Flying Colours Running on Air Circus in the Sky Off the Grid
Extended Plays	The Arrival
Singles	"Up Jumped the Boogie" "Bullet and a Target" "On Tour" "Down by the River" "Addicted" "Reflections" "House of Dreams" "Home Is Where the Heart Is" "Reservoir Dogs" "Act Your Age" "My Life"
Related articles	Illusive Sounds