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Dogman | 
 enlarge | Artist: King's X
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 19288
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82558
UPC: 075678255823
EAN: 0075678255823
ASIN: B000002IXM
Release Date: January 18, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Dogman | | • | Shoes | | • | Pretend | | • | Flies and Blue Skies | | • | Black the Sky | | • | Fool You | | • | Don't Care | | • | Sunshine Rain | | • | Complain | | • | Human Behavior | | • | Cigarettes | | • | Go to Hell | | • | Pillow | | • | Manic Depression - King's X, Hendrix, Jimi |
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Living Colour gets all the press, but King's X is actually a far more interesting blend of funk and hard rock. Imagine a power trio composed of Bootsy Collins, Leslie West and Ginger Baker, and you get some idea of the cartoonish but exuberant heavy metal funk served up by King's X on its fifth album, "Dogman." Producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots) has captured the trio's vigorously syncopated rhythms, metallic clash and hooky vocal harmonies with an old-fashioned live feel. The lyrics are comicbook nonsense; the chord changes are pedestrian, and nothing is as memorable as the band's 1990 hit, "It's Love," but "Dogman" reminds you how much raucous fun hard rock used to be before it calcified into a dour, plodding exercise in self-importance. Doug Pinnock's bass puts the boogie back into heavy metal, and guitarist Ty Tabor has finally learned to play rhythmically as well as squealingly. A far more interesting singer than Corey Glover or James Hetfield, Pinnock proves you can still carry a tune when screaming like Robert Plant. When the three voices soar sweetly above the sonic assault on songs as catchy as "Fool You," "Don't Care" or "Complain," the effect is hard to resist. They close out the album with a manic live version of Jimi Hendrix's "Manic Depression." --Geoffrey Himes
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 A Great Hard Rock Album September 26, 2008
I bought this album many years ago after hearing about what a great band King's X was. I wasn't disappointed and I actually feel like this is one of the top hard rock/grunge albums of the 90s. Most of the songs are very mellow and sad but if you are into that kind of stuff then you will definitely like them. Some of my favorites are Dogman, Pretend and Fool You.
 King's X Gets Heavy May 3, 2008
King's X is a great band. You can't go wrong with their music. They are one of the best three piece bands ever; unfortunately, they are not well known for mysterious reasons. In 1994, they released Dogman. With Dogman, they were able to interpret their idea of heavy. I believe that this is their heaviest album. The album still contains a great amount of melody and harmony as their previous albums; but for the most part, it is as hard rock as you can get. This band deserves more recognition than they have because each one of their albums delivers something different that stays true to their music. King's X will forever be one of the greatest American bands.
Dogman February 23, 2008
There are two artists who have had overwhelming and undeniable influence on me, whether musically, emotionally, or mentally, it doesn't matter. There's only two I truly loved. That's George Harrison, and King's X. When I look back on my life at all the music I've listened to, all the albums I have, everything I've embraced, and even, maybe at one time rejected ... and none have mattered to me as much as these two.
Why do I say this? Because I can vividly recall buying "Dogman", sitting down and listening to it. I remember it so well, that it feels like I just did it ... yesterday. That's how strongly King's X showed up in my life. And really any album I associate with these two artists, I could most likely tell you where and when I bought the album, what the setting was, what the first reaction was, and so on, and so forth. But that would be telling you more about me, than the actual album I'd be reviewing.
1994. I'm trying to remember how I found out album's were being released without the Internet!!! 'All we hads wuz books and magazines back then, and sumtimes you had to go to the store to find out what was in it! It were hard'. All I know is, if there was an album I really wanted, I'd be outside the record store's doors when they opened in the morning. I absolutely could not wait for King's X's follow-up to "King's X" (1992) to be released. And I remember trying to choose what 'colour' cover version of Dogman I wanted. (It wuz the yellur wun, but I think today I would choose the reddur one). And I brought that CD home as quickly as possible, and I sat down and I set forth listening to something I knew would be one of the greatest things I'd ever heard.
And I remember being shocked.
Sam Taylor was no longer associated with King's X. Okay. I can deal with that. Brendan O'Brien, producer, cool, I like Stone Temple Pilots, this has to be a good thing for King's X, because I'm tired of telling people the bands you listen to all suck compared to King's X. Maybe STP's producer will bring in some more people so they stop listening to this music that sucks (I was in my mid-20's. I still say sucks though, just with more maturity).
What shocked me was:
1.Ty Tabor didn't sing lead vocal on anything. It was all Doug.
2.Gone were embellishments, augmentations, extra stuff in the songs.
(and today I listened to "The Big Picture" from their "King's X" album, and really listened to the textures and sounds produced in the second verse, where acoustic guitars strum, and Tabor overdubbed almost 'pedal-steel' sounding guitar chords to conclude the chord pattern, and I thought .... I miss Ty doing stuff like that in post-1998 King's X material)
3.Little to no spiritual references.
4. It was heavy (not the CD. The music itself)
I actually was, on first listen, so disappointed in what I heard. They had totally reversed gears and ... they had abandoned what they had done that got me to love them so much in the first place. And when I say disappointed, I don't mean I sat there saying this sucks. It was just a shock. I listened to every minute intently. I paid attention to every single detail in each song. It was just the sound of it was so different to what they had done previously. It was just the shock of 'change' that brought disappointment.
Because I honestly loved "Shoes" on first listen. I remember loving that song at first sight. So yes, there was a disappointment that a lot of their 'signature' sound was gone, but at the same time, it was still King's X, and they were one of the best bands out there, and I could live without extra guitars, and 'arrangement', and ... well everything they put into their first 4 albums.
"Dogman" is one of my favourite albums by King's X. It has intensity, and emotion and a lot of power. There is also a sense of sadness on it that I hadn't perceived in their earlier work. There was a lot to Dogman to be heard, and their stripped down sound maybe allows you to hear it. I just remember thinking 'what happened to faith, hope and love guys?' after listening to this album for a little while. It's darker, a bit more cynical than its predecessors. But there's still hope in the underlying messages, that's definitely still there in their work on this album.
This, and "Gretchen Goes To Nebraska" (1989) are absolute must have albums if you're going to try King's X. There are songs on this album I absolutely love to death, especially "Human Behaviour", "Black the Sky", "Shoes", "Pretend", and "Pillow". And one song in particular I must mention on its own. "Fool You". That song actually made my spine tingle when I first heard it, and it never fails to bring that sensation back whenever I hear it. I remember seeing the Dogman tour, and this song was performed, and I could've wept. And when Doug sings the final lyric in the song .... "And don't ever think that I could do you wrong", that is absolutely one of the best things ever recorded on anyone's album, at anytime, anywhere in recorded history. Okay, maybe that's over the top. No. It's not. That is absolutely one of the most 'passionate','emotive', 'heartfelt','soulful' things I've ever heard sung, and when he sings it, you absolutely believe him. You absolutely feel secure and safe in that assurance that there is no way this person would ever do you wrong. That person absolutely, positively means it, with all their heart. "Fool You" is an amazing song, one of my favourite songs in the world, and it even sends a tingle up my spine thinking and talking about it. That is a powerful piece of music.
Dogman good album. You buy it.
Heavier, but stll melodic as ever! September 6, 2007
As I've said in my other King's X reviews, these guy just right great tunes. Everything they write has meaning and boatloads of texture and feel. If you love melody, you have to check these guys out!
The first 5 cd's are their best efforts!
Ever feel like life's beating you down? King's X knows. May 10, 2007
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Can I bend your ear (or eyes I guess) for a minute?
You ever feel like life is kicking the crap out of you. The Dogman understands you. He gets you.
Doug, Ty and Jerry lay it all out in soulful verse over pounding drums, sick guitar licks and outrageous bass (Doug plays a 12 string bass like no one I have ever seen). The 12 sting bass should be a requirement but I just think that everyone stays away because no one can do with it what Doug does. He is the poster child for Hamer Basses because he has made their 12 string a thing of lust and desire of bassists around the world; I know, I am one of the lusting bass players that knows I have no prayer of ever pulling this kind of insane bass line on 12 STRINGS! DID YOU HEAR ME? 12 STRINGS! THE GUY IS AWESOME, INCREDIBLE, UNBELIEVABLE, GIFTED BEYOND BELIEF.
There is not one bad song on this album. Not even one that I could classify as a borderline song. This is the most solid album the band produced to date of release and still may be their album of legacy because it just doesn't get any better than this.
The standout track is a standout for one reason only; it is a LIVE VERSION OF "MANIC DEPRESSION". You know, that little diddy that Jimi Hendrix played so well all those years ago. If I didn't know any better, I would think that Jimi came back and sang with King's X for this one show. Doug hits the same blue notes of pain that Jimmy made an artform. What is amazing is that it is LIVE! These guys just make it look too easy. ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE RECORDINGS BY ANY BAND EVER. OK, next.
"Shoes" deals with the pain that causes people to commit suicide, "Pretend" seems to be directed at pleasing people because the truth just gets you in trouble even if the truth is the best answer, "Flies And Blue Skies" is a blues/rock tune that oozes pain, "Black The Sky" is a cry for peace and quiet, for a chance to be left alone, "Fool You" is hard to call, Doug was dealing with some serious issues with people that take advantage, "Don't Care" kind of says it all, except that there is pain because he doesn't want to let go, "Sunshine Rain" is another blues/rock tune that hurts, beautiful pain, "Complain" just points to the fact that we always have something to bitch about but rarely put it in context, "Human Behavior" speaks of every person's battle with conscience, "Cigarettes" is a cry for attention, a truly sad song if you listen to the words, "Go To Hell" is a quick 30 second blast of loud guitars, bass and drums with lyrics that no one has yet to understand, and finally "Pillow" is a hard hitting cry for sleep in my mind, I feel the pressure because I struggle sleeping because I can't shut my mind down and the wrongs that are done to me each day are a big part of that, tough to let go.
If I had to recommend 1 King's X album, other than their best of which followed the album after Dogman, I would say with 100% assurance that this is the one you have to have. The pain and grief expressed on this album is a mirror through which each of us should look at ourselves.
This album got me through my late teen years. I listened to it, angry at the world. Then, 1 night after I saw them in concert, Doug spoke to me for about 45 minutes and opened up to me about life, love and the pressures of trying to stand up for what you believe in when everyone is kicking you around. We wrote back and forth for several years after and I credit him with helping me to grow up. If you are out there. Thanks Doug. You changed my life.
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