Bark Your Head Off, Dog

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Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 6, 2018
Recorded2017
StudioThe Headroom (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GenreIndie rock
Length40:09
LabelSaddle Creek
ProducerHop Along, Joe Reinhart
Hop Along chronology
Painted Shut
(2015)
Bark Your Head Off, Dog
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[1]
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB−[4]
DIY[5]
Drowned in Sound9/10[6]
Exclaim!9/10[7]
Pitchfork8.0/10[8]
The Skinny[9]
Under the Radar7/10[10]

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]

Critical reception[edit]

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[edit]

No.TitleLength
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[edit]

Chart performance for Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Chart (2018) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13]
2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14]
9

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Donelson, Marcy. "Bark Your Head Off, Dog – Hop Along". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  4. ^ McLevy, Alex (April 6, 2018). "Hop Along, Bark Your Head Off, Dog". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Richards, Will (April 6, 2018). "Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog". DIY. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Firth, Cole (April 3, 2018). "Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  8. ^ Greene, Jayson (April 6, 2018). "Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  9. ^ Butchard, Stephen (April 3, 2018). "Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog". The Skinny. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  10. ^ Turner-Heffer, Adam (April 3, 2018). "Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Saddle Creek) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "Bark Your Head Off, Dog". Saddle Creek Records. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  13. ^ "Heatseekers Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  14. ^ "Independent Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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