- folk, indie rock, folk rock, rock
- 62 min
- 14 tracks
- P‐VINE RECORDS
The Shepherd's Dog is the third full-length studio album by Iron & Wine, released on September 25, 2007. If bought at select retailers or if pre-ordered through Sub Pop, the album comes with a bonus disc featuring two unreleased tracks. "Boy with a Coin" is the first single and was released on July 10, 2007 via Sub Pop, including the single edit of the song along with two other tracks.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 84/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork8.6/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car4:33
- 2White Tooth Man3:57
- 3Lovesong of the Buzzard4:26
- 4Carousel4:02
- 5House by the Sea4:22
- 6Innocent Bones3:43
- 7Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)4:57
- 8Resurrection Fern4:50
- 9Boy With a Coin4:06
- 10The Devil Never Sleeps2:07
- 11Peace Beneath the City4:45
- 12Flightless Bird, American Mouth4:11
- 13Carried Home6:27
- 14Kingdom of the Animals5:06
14 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Iron & Wine
- Label
- P‐VINE RECORDS
- Released
- September 23, 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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