Keep the Dogs Away

Keep The Dogs Away
Studio album by
Thor
Released1977
StudioPhase One Studios, Toronto
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
Length34:50
LabelCleopatra, RCA
ProducerIan Guenther, Willi Morrison
Thor chronology
Keep The Dogs Away
(1977) 		Unchained
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MikeLadano[1]
Allmusic[2]

Keep the Dogs Away is the first studio album by the heavy metal band Thor, released in 1977. The album went gold shortly after it was released, selling 50,000 copies in Canada. In 2009 it was reissued on CD for the first time in a special 30th Anniversary Edition; It included a 16-page booklet and a few unreleased bonus tracks.[3] In 2016 it was reissued once again with even more bonus content under Deadline Music in a deluxe 6-panel digipak CD with alternate cover art, liner notes from a longtime fan, author/producer Brian Kehew, 22 rare and unreleased bonus cuts on a separate disc, and a vintage 1984 London concert, that previously was limited to VHS, now on DVD. The first CD is the original album and all bonus content is put on the second disk. A faithful reissue of the original vinyl that had meticulously recreated the original pressing with the original cover art, foldout poster, and printed inner sleeve.[4] [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Shand, Willi Morrison, and Ian Guenther, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep the Dogs Away" 3:30
2."Sleeping Giant" 3:30
3."Catch a Tiger"Morrison4:38
4."I'm So Proud"Shand, Morrison2:30
5."Tell Me Lies"Morrison3:12
6."Military Matters" 3:50
7."Superhero"Morriso3:15
8."Wasted" 3:50
9."Rosie"Morrison3:15
10."Thunder" 4:25
30th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Battlestreet"4:30
12."Crusader"2:43
13."Rosie" (Demo)3:38
14."I'm Thor" (Live in Toronto, 1974)2:57
15."Blame"3:45
16."Catch Another Tiger"4:37
17."Dogs Revisited"3:13
  • Tracks 11–14: Songs cut from the original album
  • Tracks 15–17: Previously unreleased tracks
CD 2: Unreleased Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Asgardia"3:09
2."All Nite"3:48
3."Atomic Vibrations"3:06
4."Do the Muscle" (1975 Version)3:26
5."Away from You"2:59
6."Touch Me"3:49
7."You Tried My World (No Time)"2:55
8."Do the Muscle"2:40
9."We Got the Power" (Brian Kehew Mix)3:50
10."Hey Tonight" (Brian Kehew Mix)3:03
11."Everybody Needs a Hero"4:05
12."We Are Body Rock / Start the Show"2:07
13."(She Says) You Have Too Much"2:53
14."Just for You"1:35
15."Green Colored Lights (Give Me the Green Light)"3:38
16."She Sings the Body Rocker"3:21
17."Tears in My Soup"2:54
18."Who's Better? (You Haven't Got a Chance)"2:35
19."Best Built Man Alive" (Live)2:55
20."Land Lover"2:11
21."Open Sky"3:28
22."Keep the Dogs Away" (Demo)3:10
DVD: Live In London 1984 (originally released on VHS)
No.TitleLength
1."Lightning Strikes" 
2."Ride of the Chariot" 
3."Anger" 
4."Deathmarch (Steel Bar Music)" 
5."Now Comes the Storm" 
6."Knock Them Down" 
7."Ride from Hell" 
8."Rock the City" 
9."Let the Blood Run Red" 
10."Thunder on the Tundra" 
11."Deathmarch (Hotwater Bottle Music)" 
12."Ragnarock" 

Personnel

Band
  • Jon Mikl Thor – vocals
  • John Shand – guitars, six-string bass
  • David Munkhoff – guitars
  • Terry McKeown – bass
  • Billy King – drums
Guest/Session
  • Barry Keane – percussion
  • The Tootonic Chorale – backing vocals
Miscellaneous staff
  • Ian Guenther – producer
  • Willi Morrison – producer
  • George C. I. Semkiw – engineering, mixing
  • Mick Walsh – engineering assistant
  • Mark Wright – engineering assistant
  • John Williamson – cover art, design
  • Joan Chisholm – cover art, design
  • Leslie Smart – design
  • Normands Berzins – photography

References

  1. ^ Ladano, Mike (August 7, 2013). "REVIEW: THOR – KEEP THE DOGS AWAY (1977)". Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Keep the Dogs Away - Thor". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. ^ "THOR - KEEP THE DOGS AWAY 30 ANNIVERSARY EDITION AVAILABLE". BraveWords. January 2, 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Thor's underground metal classic Keep The Dogs Away LP reissued!". April 25, 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  5. ^ Pina, Jaime (August 2016). "Thor Keep The Dogs Away CD/DVD Deadline Music". Retrieved 10 September 2022.


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