Dogs of War (album)

Last updated

Dogs of War
Saxon dogs of war.jpg
Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
Studio album by
Saxon
ReleasedSeptember 1995
Recorded1994
StudioGems Studio, Boston, Lincolnshire, England & at Revolution Studio, Manchester, England
Genre Heavy metal
Length49:34
Label CBH/Virgin
Producer Biff Byford, Rainer Hänsel
Saxon chronology
Forever Free
(1992)		Dogs of War
(1995)		 The Eagle Has Landed – Part II
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Dogs of War is the twelfth studio album by the heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1995. It's the last album with Graham Oliver, before he's fired.

Contents

Released in September 1995, 'Dogs of War' marked a period of changes for Saxon, both in their sound and lineup. The band began to flirt more intensely with Hard Rock and had on the album the last appearance of Graham Oliver as a member of the classic formation, as the guitarist was expelled from Saxon for leading the sale of a 1980 live album without permission of the other members, having obtained all the profit from the sale of the bootleg. Even 'Dogs of War' was re-released in 2009 with bonus tracks from this show.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Byford/Glockler; all music is composed by Saxon

No.TitleLength
1."Dogs of War"4:36
2."Burning Wheels"4:10
3."Don't Worry"5:17
4."Big Twin Rolling (Coming Home)"5:23
5."Hold On"4:31
6."The Great White Buffalo"5:52
7."Demolition Alley"6:09
8."Walking Through Tokyo"5:50
9."Give It All Away"4:03
10."Yesterday's Gone"3:43

A 2006 CD re-issue on SPV/Steamhammer Records includes two bonus live tracks: "The Great White Buffalo" and "Denim and Leather" recorded in 1995.

Personnel

Production

Revolution Studios in Cheadle Hulme

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 43

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saxon (band)</span> British heavy metal band

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975. As leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), they had eight UK Top 40 albums during the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous hit singles on the UK Singles Chart and experienced success all over Europe and Japan, as well as in the United States.

<i>Killing Ground</i> (album) 2001 studio album by Saxon

Killing Ground is the fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 2001. Killing Ground was also released as a special Digi-pack edition with a bonus disc featuring 8 classic re-recorded tracks which would later appear in Heavy Metal Thunder.

<i>Metalhead</i> (album) 1999 studio album by Saxon

Metalhead is the fourteenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1999. It is the first album with Fritz Randow, who replaced Nigel Glockler in 1999.

<i>Unleash the Beast</i> 1997 studio album by Saxon

Unleash the Beast is the thirteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1997. It is their first studio album with Doug Scarratt on guitar.

<i>Heavy Metal Thunder</i> (Saxon album) 2002 greatest hits album by Saxon

Heavy Metal Thunder is a greatest hits album by heavy metal band Saxon, released in 2002. The album features eight re-recorded tracks, which first appeared on the limited edition of Killing Ground, as well as five other tracks. All of these tracks originally appeared on their first six albums, from their self-titled debut to Crusader.

<i>Forever Free</i> (Saxon album) 1992 studio album by Saxon

Forever Free is the eleventh studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1992.

<i>Wheels of Steel</i> 1980 studio album by Saxon

Wheels of Steel is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon. Released in 1980 by Carrere Records, it was their first album to enter the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 5, and is their highest-charting album in the UK Albums Chart to date. The album eventually went on to achieve gold status in the UK.

<i>Strong Arm of the Law</i> 1980 studio album by Saxon

Strong Arm of The Law is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon. It was released in 1980, seven months after Wheels of Steel, and debuted on the UK chart at #11.

<i>BBC Sessions</i> (Saxon album) 1998 live album by Saxon

BBC Sessions / Live at Reading Festival '86 is a live compilation album by the British heavy metal band Saxon. It was recorded live in studio by the BBC's Tony Wilson for the BBC Radio 1 shows of the early 1980s and at the 1986 Reading Festival, where Saxon were the headliners.

<i>Saxon</i> (album) 1979 studio album by Saxon

Saxon is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1979.

<i>Greatest Hits Live!</i> (Saxon album)

Greatest Hits Live is the third live album by the band Saxon and the first Album with new Bass-Player Timothy "Nibbs" Carter. It was released in 1990 just one year after their previous live album Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies to celebrate the tenth anniversary years of the band's successful activity career since their second Album Wheels of Steel (1980), together with a VHS of the concert. This '10 Years Of Denim And Leather' concert was later released on DVD as Saxon 'Live Legends' with the extra track Strong Arm of the Law.

<i>Live Innocence!</i> 1986 video by Saxon

Live Innocence! is the second video album by the British heavy metal band Saxon, released in VHS and Laserdisc at the beginning of 1986. The tape contains footage of a concert held in Madrid, Spain in June 1985 during the Live Innocence Tour and two video clips used for the promotion of the studio album Innocence Is No Excuse.<

<i>Crusader</i> (Saxon album) 1984 studio album by Saxon

Crusader is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released on 30 January 1984 by Carrere Records.

<i>Power & the Glory</i> 1983 studio album by Saxon

Power & the Glory is the fifth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in March 1983 by Carrere Records. This is the first Saxon studio album with new drummer Nigel Glockler and was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 1982.

<i>Solid Ball of Rock</i> 1991 studio album by Saxon

Solid Ball of Rock is the tenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1991 on Virgin Records. Five of its 11 tracks were written by new bassist Nibbs Carter, who co-wrote another three songs.

<i>Rock the Nations</i> 1986 studio album by Saxon

Rock the Nations is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in August 1986.

<i>Destiny</i> (Saxon album) 1988 studio album by Saxon

Destiny is the ninth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in March 1988. It is also the only studio album to feature the rhythm section of drummer Nigel Durham and bassist Paul Johnson on it.

<i>The Eagle Has Landed</i> (album) 1982 live album by Saxon

The Eagle Has Landed is the first live album by heavy metal band Saxon and the first album featuring their long time drummer Nigel Glockler. It was recorded during the European leg of the world tour supporting the album Denim and Leather and released in 1982. The album reached #5 in the UK charts.

<i>The Eagle Has Landed – Part II</i> 1996 live album by Saxon

The Eagle Has Landed – Part II is a double live album by the English heavy metal band Saxon. It is the fourth live album by the band and the first recording to feature Doug Scarratt instead of Graham Oliver, who had left just after the release of Dogs of War.

<i>Into the Labyrinth</i> (Saxon album) 2009 studio album by Saxon

Into the Labyrinth, the eighteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Saxon, was released on 9 January 2009. It was made between tours in 2008 and written by the band in England and at Biff Byford's house in France. The first single, "Live to Rock", was released on 17 October 2008. The album sold about 1,000 copies in the US in the week after its release.

References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Dogs of War". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 384–385. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ Pinfold, William (May 2013). "Saxon - Dogs of War". Record Collector (414). Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Dogs of War" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Saxon – Dogs of War". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.