B-Room

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B-Room
B-RoomDrDog.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
Genre Indie rock, Blues rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Length47:42
Label ANTI-
Producer Nathan Sabatino
Dr. Dog chronology
Be The Void
(2012)
B-Room
(2013)
The Psychedelic Swamp
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 3/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 6/10 [6]
Filter 81% [7]
Paste (7.7/10) [8]
Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) [9]
Popmatters 7/10 [10]
Under the Radar 7/10 [11]

B-Room is the seventh studio album by psychedelic rock band Dr. Dog. It was released on October 1, 2013. [12] It is the band's third release on the ANTI- record label, and the first album they recorded in their newly built studio. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Nathan Sabatino. The album reached No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 200 [13]

Contents

Album info

According to Spin, the new record was a much more collaborative process, as the band “worked together from scratch, mimicking the manner in which they built their studio.”

Dr. Dog released the first track from the album - "The Truth" - on July 22, 2013.

Dr. Dog released the second track from the album - "Broken Heart" - on August 26, 2013.

Dr. Dog released the eleventh track from the album - "Love" - on September 17, 2013.

Dr. Dog made all of B-Room available for streaming on Rolling Stone's website [14] as well as Pandora Radio Premieres on September 24, 2013. [15]

Track listing

  1. The Truth - 4:26
  2. Broken Heart - 3:37
  3. Minding the Usher - 3:27
  4. Distant Light - 3:24
  5. Phenomenon - 3:55
  6. Too Weak to Ramble - 3:57
  7. Long Way Down - 3:52
  8. Cuckoo - 4:05
  9. Twilight - 3:35
  10. Rock & Roll - 3:08
  11. Love - 3:42
  12. Nellie - 3:38

iTunes/Deluxe Download bonus tracks

  1. Mt. Slippery - 1:48
  2. Can't Remember - 3:54
  3. Humble Passenger - 6:36

Personnel

Dr. Dog

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