Dog & Butterfly (album)

Dog & Butterfly
2004 CD reissue cover[a]
Studio album by
Heart
ReleasedSeptember 1978 (1978-09)
Studio
Genre
Length39:26
LabelPortrait
Producer
Heart chronology
Little Queen
(1977) 		Dog & Butterfly
(1978) 		Bébé le Strange
(1980)
Singles from Dog & Butterfly
  1. "Straight On"
    Released: September 1978
  2. "Dog & Butterfly"
    Released: January 1979[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideC[3]
PopMattersUnfavorable[4]
Rolling StoneFavorable[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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[7] and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[8][9] The album spawned the singles "Straight On" and "Dog & Butterfly".

As Heart themselves noted on the album's release, side one was the Dog side, and was the more "rocking" compared to the Butterfly side two, which consisted mostly of ballads, with the exception of the closer "Mistral Wind".

Though the first song, "Cook with Fire", sounds like a live recording, the liner notes to the 2004 CD reissue state that it was actually recorded at Sea-West Studios along with the rest of the album. Audience sounds from a live performance were overdubbed on the studio recording.

On June 29, 2004, the album was reissued by Epic Records and Legacy Recordings in a remastered edition, containing three bonus tracks.[10] One of the songs, "Feels", was later reworked and became "Johnny Moon", included on the band's seventh studio album, Passionworks (1983).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Sue Ennis, except where noted

Side one: Dog
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cook with Fire"
4:57
2."High Time" 3:21
3."Hijinx" 3:30
4."Straight On" 5:09
Side two: Butterfly
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Dog & Butterfly" 5:21
6."Lighter Touch" 5:03
7."Nada One" 5:23
8."Mistral Wind"
  • A. Wilson
  • N. Wilson
  • Ennis
  • Fisher
6:42
Total length:39:26
2004 remastered reissue bonus tracks[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Heartless" (live from BBC concert)
  • A. Wilson
  • N. Wilson
5:00
10."Feels" 4:53
11."A Little Bit"N. Wilson0:49
Total length:50:08

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dog & Butterfly.[11]

Heart

  • Ann Wilson – lead vocals (tracks 1–6, 8); chimes (track 5); piano (track 6); background vocals (track 7)
  • Nancy Wilson – blues harp (track 1); acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8); background vocals (tracks 2, 5); "Hijinx" guitar, "Who's Who" vocals (track 3); acoustic guitar (6- and 12-string) (tracks 5, 6); lead vocals (track 7)
  • Roger Fisher – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8); lead guitar (track 3); Zohn (track 8)
  • Howard Leese – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6); mridangam African conga (track 1); background vocals (tracks 2, 7); electric piano (tracks 3, 8); "Who's Who" vocals (track 3); piano (track 5); Avatar (track 6); orchestral arrangement, conducting (tracks 6, 7); acoustic piano, Moog (track 8)
  • Steve Fossen – bass (tracks 1, 3–8); dholak Indian drum (track 1)
  • Michael Derosier – drums (tracks 1–4, 6–8); chimes (track 8)

Additional musicians

  • Dick Adams – introduction (track 1)
  • Sue Ennis – fun machine (track 7)

Technical

  • Mike Flicker – production, engineering
  • Heart – production
  • Michael Fisher – production
  • Rick Keefer – engineering
  • T.J. Landon – engineering assistance
  • Terry Gottlieb – engineering assistance
  • Armin Steiner – strings engineering
  • John Golden – mastering at Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California)

Artwork

  • Mike Doud – art direction, design
  • Fu-Tung Cheng – illustration
  • Philip Chiang – design
  • Gary Heery – photography

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Dog & Butterfly
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[18] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[9] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ The original album cover was a "double album"-style fold-out cover, with the original illustration encompassing both the front and back of the cover. The dog that appears on the 2004 CD reissue was not visible on the front of the original cover. It was, however, on the back cover, and when folded out, the entire illustration includes both the dog and the butterfly.
  2. ^ Strings on "Lighter Touch" and "Nada One"

References

  1. ^ "Heart – Dog & Butterfly" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. ^ DeGagne, Mike. "Dog & Butterfly – Heart". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 26, 2019 – via RobertChristgau.com.
  4. ^ Horning, Rob (August 9, 2004). "Heart: Little Queen / Dog & Butterfly / Bebe Le Strange (reissue)". PopMatters. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Swartley, Ariel (November 30, 1978). "Album reviews: Heart - Dog & Butterfly". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  6. ^ Coleman, Mark; Berger, Arion (2004). "Heart". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 372. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ "Heart albums".
  8. ^ a b "Heart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "American album certifications – Heart – Dog". Recording Industry Association of America. August 11, 1992. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Dog & Butterfly [Bonus Tracks] – Heart". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  11. ^ Heart (1978). Dog & Butterfly (liner notes). Portrait Records. FR 35555.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 136. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  13. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0097a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Heart – Dog & Butterfly" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  15. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  16. ^ "1979 Top 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 13. December 22, 1979. ISSN 0315-5994 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  17. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 22, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  18. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Heart – Dog and Butterfly". Music Canada. November 1, 1978. Retrieved May 22, 2020.