- rock, hard rock
- 39 min
- 8 tracks
- Portrait
Dog & Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American rock band Heart, released in September 1978, by Portrait Records, following a legal dispute with Mushroom Records over the release of the band's second studio album, Magazine, in April 1978. Dog & Butterfly peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album spawned the singles "Straight On" and "Dog & Butterfly".
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC
- PopMattersUnfavorable
- Rolling StoneFavorable
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Cook With Fire4:57
- 2High Time3:22
- 3Hijinx3:31
- 4Straight On5:10
- 5Dog & Butterfly5:20
- 6Lighter Touch5:03
- 7Nada One5:21
- 8Mistral Wind6:43
8 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Heart
- Label
- Portrait
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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