Dog Days (Atlanta Rhythm Section album)

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Dog Days
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ReleasedAugust 1975
Recorded1975,
Studio Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre Southern rock
Length36:44
Label Polydor
Producer Buddy Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Third Annual Pipe Dream
(1974)
Dog Days
(1975)
Red Tape
(1976)
Professional ratings
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Dog Days is an album by the Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1975. The title single reached #49 on the Canadian pop charts and #43 on the AC charts. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Crazy" (Buie, Nix, Daughtry) – 3:07
  2. "Boogie Smoogie" (Buie, Nix, Bailey) – 7:57
  3. "Cuban Crisis" (Buie, Nix, Cobb) – 3:50
  4. "It Just Ain't Your Moon" (Buie, Nix, Daughtry) – 4:50
  5. "Dog Days" (Buie, Nix, Daughtry) – 3:35
  6. "Bless My Soul" (Cobb) – 4:00
  7. "Silent Treatment" (Buie, Nix, Bailey) – 5:15
  8. "All Night Rain" (Buie, Nix, Daughtry, Bob McRee) – 3:10

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)113

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References

  1. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 8, 1977" (PDF).
  2. "RPM Top 50 AC - September 10, 1977" (PDF).