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Sus Dog
Studio album by
Released26 May 2023
Genre
Length45:19
LabelThrottle Records
ProducerThom Yorke (exec.)
Clark chronology
Playground In A Lake
(2021)
Sus Dog
(2023)

Sus Dog is an album by electronic musician Clark, released on 26 May 2023 by Throttle Records.[1][2] It marked his first album to predominately feature his own vocals,[3] with guest features by Anika and Thom Yorke, who also served as executive producer.

Critical reception

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Damien Morris of The Guardian gave the album four out of five stars, stating it "creates songs you'll replay because you can't get their comforting weirdness anywhere else."[4] Harry Tafoya at Pitchfork described it as "warm and gratifying, offering the veteran electronic musician’s fragile falsetto as a graceful counterpoint to his intricate production."[3] Paul Attard of Slant Magazine was more critical, stating the album's techniques "rarely finds a means of organically incorporating them into the IDM veteran's bass-heavy sound."[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[3]
AllMusic[7]
Slant Magazine[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Alyosha"4:38
2."Town Crank"3:39
3."Sus Dog" (with Anika)4:36
4."Clutch Pearlers"4:47
5."Over Empty Streets"1:49
6."Wedding"3:11
7."Forest"2:51
8."Dolgoch Tape"2:39
9."Bully"4:43
10."Dismissive"4:17
11."Medicine" (with Thom Yorke)5:11
12."Ladder"2:58

References

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  1. ^ Smyth, David (25 May 2023). "Clark - Sus Dog album review: dance producer steps out of the shadows". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Clark Details New Album, 'Sus Dog'". The Quietus. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Tafoya, Harry. "Clark: Sus Dog". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ Morris, Damien (28 May 2023). "Clark: Sus Dog review – comforting weirdness you can't get anywhere else". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b Attard, Paul (24 May 2023). "Clark 'Sus Dog' Review: A Series of Ghostly, Opaque Soundscapes". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Reviews for Sus Dog by Clark". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "Clark - Sus Dog Album Reviews, Songs & More", AllMusic, retrieved 6 September 2023