Between Dog and Wolf

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Between Dog and Wolf
New Model Army Between Dog and Wolf album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 September 2013
Genre Rock
Length46:31
Label Attack Attack
Producer Justin Sullivan, Joe Barresi
New Model Army chronology
Today Is a Good Day
(2009)
Between Dog and Wolf
(2013)
Between Wine and Blood
(2014)

Between Dog and Wolf is the 12th studio album by British rock band New Model Army, released on 30 September 2013 by Attack Attack Records.

Contents

Background

Between Dog and Wolf is the first New Model Army album with new bass player Ceri Monger, replacing Nelson who left after 22 years in the band. [1] [2] The self-produced set was finished in 2013 in Los Angeles and co-produced by Joe Barresi. [3]

It was the first New Model Army to chart in the UK Top 40 Album Chart since The Love of Hopeless Causes in 1993, peaking at No. 34 in October 2013. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Laut magazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

On the Metacritic website, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, Between Dog and Wolf received a score of 73, based on 12 mixed and 4 positive reviews. [5] Record Collector called it "a record of striking primal force", praising new bass player Monger's "expressive grooves". [6] The review in Mojo describes "a marked directional change away from ragged punk" in the sound of the album, praising new-found "temperance and restraint" and calling Between Dog and Wolf "something of a late-in-the-day career high". [7]

Track listing

All tracks written by New Model Army

  1. "Horsemen" – 4:09
  2. "March in September" – 4:01
  3. "Seven Times" – 3:22
  4. "Did You Make It Safe?" – 3:28
  5. "I Need More Time" – 4:50
  6. "Pull the Sun" – 5:25
  7. "Lean Back and Fall" – 3:58
  8. "Knievel" – 3:16
  9. "Stormclouds" – 3:40
  10. "Between Dog and Wolf" – 6:27
  11. "Qasr El Nil Bridge " – 6:59
  12. "Tomorrow Came" – 4:09
  13. "Summer Moors" – 4:20
  14. "Ghosts" – 5:29

Personnel

New Model Army

Guest musicians

Production

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 31

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