Music for Dogs

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Music for Dogs
Music for Dogs Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released21 August 2015
Genre Indie rock
Length36:30
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Jacob Portrait
Gardens & Villa chronology
Dunes
(2014)
Music for Dogs
(2015)
Gordon Von Zilla Presents
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405 5/10 [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B [4]
Consequence of Sound C+ [5]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [6]
Pitchfork 4.7/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Music for Dogs is the third studio album by American indie rock band Gardens & Villa. Released on August 21, 2015 by independent record label Secretly Canadian. The album was orchestrated with the help of visionary producer Jacob Portrait of Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The band hoped that Music for Dogs would maintain a wider scope than some of their other work by making it sound just as much like the futuristic music of tomorrow as it does the classic tunes of '76 [10]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:50
2."Maximize Results"3:34
3."Fixations"3:53
4."Everybody"3:08
5."Paradise"3:58
6."Alone In The City"2:59
7."General Research"4:16
8."Express"2:43
9."Happy Times"4:26
10."Jubilee"3:06
11."I Already Do"3:36

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