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Get Your Dog off Me, the final real studio album of Scots prog band Beggars Opera, was a disappointment when it came out -- and it remains one decades later. Indeed, they never captured the spirit of Act One in any of their further releases, and it's easy to see why they called this the end of the road (although guitarist Ricky Gardiner and mellotronist Virginia Scott kept the band name going with two German albums later in the decade). The dramatics, which had been quite sly before, descend into melodrama here, and there's a dearth of songwriting ideas (which was also true on the previous record, where the standout was a cover of "MacArthur Park"). They can still slip in a good hook here and there, and there's no fault in the playing, with Gardiner in particular showing himself to be an excellent, thoughtful soloist. But on the evidence of the material and arrangements here, this was a band past its sell-by date. The newer harmony style -- influenced by bands like the Eagles, is quite at odds with any kind of grandeur. This is really one just for the die-hard fans and obsessives.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist - Alan James Park, ComposerLyricist - Peter William Ainsworth, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist - Virginia Aurora Scott, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Robert Smith, ComposerLyricist - Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist - Virginia Aurora Scott, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Ricky Gardiner, ComposerLyricist - Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
MASON WILLIAMS, ComposerLyricist - Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Mick Grabham, ComposerLyricist - Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist - Alan James Park, ComposerLyricist - Peter William Ainsworth, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Patterson, ComposerLyricist - Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist - Sellar, ComposerLyricist - Alan James Park, ComposerLyricist - Denis Roderick Gardiner, ComposerLyricist - Fairley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Roger Wake, Producer - Beggars Opera, MainArtist - Sellar, ComposerLyricist - Alan James Park, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
Get Your Dog off Me, the final real studio album of Scots prog band Beggars Opera, was a disappointment when it came out -- and it remains one decades later. Indeed, they never captured the spirit of Act One in any of their further releases, and it's easy to see why they called this the end of the road (although guitarist Ricky Gardiner and mellotronist Virginia Scott kept the band name going with two German albums later in the decade). The dramatics, which had been quite sly before, descend into melodrama here, and there's a dearth of songwriting ideas (which was also true on the previous record, where the standout was a cover of "MacArthur Park"). They can still slip in a good hook here and there, and there's no fault in the playing, with Gardiner in particular showing himself to be an excellent, thoughtful soloist. But on the evidence of the material and arrangements here, this was a band past its sell-by date. The newer harmony style -- influenced by bands like the Eagles, is quite at odds with any kind of grandeur. This is really one just for the die-hard fans and obsessives.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:27
- Main artists: Beggars Opera
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2008 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2008 Mercury Records Limited
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