Beware of the Dogs

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Beware of the Dogs
Beware of the Dogs Stella Donnelly.jpg
Studio album by
Stella Donnelly
Released8 March 2019 (2019-03-08)
Recorded2018 in Fremantle, Western Australia and Athens, GA
Genre
Length42:32
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer
  • Dean Tuza
  • Jordan Shakespeare
  • Drew Vandenberg
Stella Donnelly chronology
Thrush Metal
(2017)		Beware of the Dogs
(2019)		 Flood
(2022)
Singles from Beware of the Dogs
  1. "Old Man"
    Released: 10 January 2019 [3]
  2. "Lunch"
    Released: 30 January 2019 [4]
  3. "Tricks"
    Released: 1 March 2019 [5]

Beware of the Dogs is the debut studio album by Australian indie pop musician Stella Donnelly, released on 8 March 2019 by Secretly Canadian.

Contents

The album was nominated for various awards in 2019 and 2020, including Australian Album of the Year for the J Awards and Breakthrough Artist at the ARIA Music Awards. [6] [7] In 2020, the album won Independent Album of the Year and Best Independent Pop Album at the AIR Awards. [8]

Background

Donnelly independently released her debut EP, Thrush Metal, in 2017. [9] She was signed to Secretly Canadian in February 2018, while Thrush Metal was re-released by the label that June. [10] One song off of Thrush Metal, "Boys Will Be Boys", was included on Beware of the Dogs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.0/10 [11]
Metacritic 81/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Consequence of Sound B+ [2]
Exclaim! 9/10 [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [17]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Uncut 7/10 [19]
Vice (Expert Witness)A− [20]

Many reviewers praised Donnelly's songwriting and the album's discussion of topics like the #MeToo movement and toxic masculinity. For NME , Hannah Mylrea wrote the record is "an enthralling and deeply relevant debut", praising its "searing lyrics" and playfulness. [16] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone commended its composition, writing "the glazed guitars, sunny Casio beat and pure spirit of her songwriting keeps her shaky reality rolling forward." [1]

Olivia Horn of Pitchfork wrote that Stella's music is "empathetic to the core", and praised her "impressively dexterous voice, which she puts to work in service of some of her album’s most winsome moments." [17]

Reviewing for Vice , Robert Christgau said the album is, "in plain English and unassuming soprano, a musical encyclopedia of assholes, all male not just because she's female but because assholes generally are." [20]

Track listing

All tracks written by Stella Donnelly. All tracks produced by Dean Tuza, except "Boys Will Be Boys" by Jordan Shakespeare and "U Owe Me" by Drew Vandenberg. [21]

  1. "Old Man" – 3:33
  2. "Mosquito" – 3:11
  3. "Season's Greetings" – 2:49
  4. "Allergies" – 2:55
  5. "Tricks" – 4:06
  6. "Boys Will Be Boys" – 4:04
  7. "Lunch" – 3:40
  8. "Bistro" – 2:03
  9. "Die" – 2:54
  10. "Beware of the Dogs" – 3:35
  11. "U Owe Me" – 2:40
  12. "Watching Telly" – 4:45
  13. "Face It" – 2:17

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Promotional

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [22] 15
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [23] 21
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [24] 16
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [25] 43

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