Astronomy for Dogs

Astronomy for Dogs
Studio album by The Aliens
Released	19 March 2007
Genre	Rock, Psychedelic, Funk
Length	72:03
Label	Pet Rock Records, EMI
Producer	The Aliens
The Aliens chronology
Alienoid Starmonica (2006) Astronomy for Dogs (2007) Luna (2008)
Singles from Astronomy for Dogs
"The Happy Song" Released: 18 September 2006 "Setting Sun" Released: 5 March 2007 "Robot Man" Released: 25 June 2007

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
NME	[4]
Yahoo! Music UK	[5]

Astronomy for Dogs is the debut album of Scottish band The Aliens, released on 19 March 2007. It received generally positive reviews. ^[1]

Track listing

0. "Roswell" (Pregap) (03:30)

1. "Setting Sun" (5:12)
2. "Robot Man" (3:52)
3. "I Am the Unknown" (5:28)
4. "Tomorrow" (5:47)
5. "Rox" (6:15)
6. "Only Waiting" (5:24)
7. "She Don't Love Me No More" (7:13)
8. "Glover" (8:22)
9. "Honest Again" (4:15)
10. "The Happy Song" (3:57)
11. "Caravan" (includes hidden track comprising piano from "She Don't Love Me No More" and vocals from "Honest Again") (16:21)

All songs written by Lone Pigeon aka Gordon Anderson

Personnel

• Gordon Anderson – guitars, lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, accordion, harmonica, string arrangements
• John MacLean – piano, lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, synthesizer, bass, Melodica, percussion
• Robin Jones – drums, lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, percussion

Additional musicians

• Joanna Foster – vocals (track 5)
• Jamie Dargie – bass (tracks 1, 3-5, 7-11)
• John Williamson – bass (track 2)
• Elysian Quartet – strings (tracks 7, 9)
• Kevin Davy – trumpet and flugelhorn (tracks 5, 7, 9) ^[6]

References

1. MetaCritic
2. AllMusic review
3. Petridis, Alexis (16 March 2007). "CD: The Aliens, Astronomy for Dogs". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 December 2018.
4. Fullerton, Jamie (16 March 2007). "The Aliens". New Musical Express . TI Media.
5. Yahoo! Music UK review
6. https://www.discogs.com/it/release/955993-The-Aliens-Astronomy-For-Dogs