Dog Days (Blue Mountain album)

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Dog Days
Blue mountain dog days.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 25, 1995
Genre Alternative country, country rock, roots rock, Southern rock, blues
Length54:24
Label Roadrunner
Producer Eric Ambel
Blue Mountain chronology
Blue Mountain
(1993)
Dog Days
(1995)
Home Grown
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Dog Days is a 1995 album by American alternative country group Blue Mountain. In 2008 the band released a remastered version of the album. Scott Hull remastered the album. Six bonus tracks were added to the new release, drawing from out of print albums and similar material. [2]

Contents

Track listings

1995 release

  1. Mountain Girl
  2. Let's Ride
  3. Blue Canoe
  4. Soul Sister
  5. Wink
  6. Slow Suicide
  7. A Band Called Bud
  8. Epitaph
  9. ZZQ
  10. The Eyes of a Child
  11. Jimmy Carter
  12. Let's Go Runnin'
  13. Hippy Hotel
  14. Special Rider Blues

2008 remastered release

  1. Mountain Girl
  2. Let's Ride
  3. Blue Canoe
  4. Soul Sister
  5. Wink
  6. Slow Suicide
  7. A Band Called Bud
  8. Epitaph
  9. ZZQ
  10. Eyes of a Child
  11. Jimmy Carter
  12. Let's Go Runnin'
  13. Hippy Hotel
  14. Special Rider Blues
  15. Broke Down & Busted
  16. Song Without a Name
  17. Westbound
  18. Hermit of the Hidden Beach
  19. My Wicked, Wicked Ways
  20. To a Toad

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Music: Blue Mountain: Dog Days". Spun.com. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2012-02-14.