Echo & Boo

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The Adventures of Echo & Boo and Assorted Small Tails
Pavlov's Dog - Echo & Boo - front cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 2010 [1]
StudioPan Galactic Studios, St. Louis
Genre Progressive rock, art rock
Length51:28
Label Rockville Music
Producer David Surkamp, Sara Surkamp
Pavlov's Dog chronology
Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?
(2007)
The Adventures of Echo & Boo and Assorted Small Tails
(2010)
Live and Unleashed
(2011)
Audio sample
"Angeline"
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Rockway (in Greek)favorable [11]
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Echo & Boo, also known as The Adventures of Echo & Boo and Assorted Small Tails, is the fifth studio album by American progressive rock/AOR band Pavlov's Dog, released in 2010.

Contents

It's the first album with new material since Lost in America, and includes two original Pavlov's Dog members: their long-standing frontman David Surkamp and drummer Mike Safron. The album is dedicated to the band's original violinist Siegfried Carver [15] who died in 2009. [16]

The album's cover depicts David Surkamp's father and uncle at a young age [17] and the dog from Pavlov's Dog debut album Pampered Menial cover.

Track listing

All tracks credited to David Surkamp except where noted. [18]

No.TitleLength
1."Angeline"4:35
2."Angel's Twilight Jump"5:17
3."I Love You Still"3:25
4."I Don't Do So Good Without You"5:18
5."Echo & Boo"4:28
6."The Death Of North American Industry Suite
  • "We Walk Alone Forever" – 2:06
  • "Oh! Susanna" (Stephen Foster cover) – 1:00
  • "We Walk Alone Forever Again" – 1:10
  • "Ava Gardner's Bust" – 3:47"
7:53
7."Calling Out For Mine"4:08
8."We All Die Alone"5:05
9."Jubilation"5:36
10."I Don't Need Magic Anymore"5:37
Total length:51:28

Personnel

All information according to the album's liner notes [1]

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