Dogs at Bay

Dogs at Bay
Studio album by
Bad Dreems
Released21 August 2015
Recorded2014–2015
StudioThirty Mill Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Length40:19
LabelIvy League
ProducerColin Wynne, Mark Opitz
Bad Dreems chronology
Badlands
(2013) 		Dogs at Bay
(2015) 		Gutful
(2017)
Singles from Dogs at Bay
  1. "Dumb Ideas"
    Released: April 2014
  2. "My Only Friend"
    Released: August 2014
  3. "Cuffed & Collared"
    Released: March 2015
  4. "Hiding to Nothing"
    Released: July 2015
  5. "Bogan Pride"
    Released: November 2015[1]

Dogs at Bay is the debut studio album by Australian band Bad Dreems, released on 21 August 2015 via Ivy League Records. The album peaked at number 38 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
News.com.au[2]

Mikey Cahill from news.com.au called the album "mucky", writing, "On their debut album Bad//Dreems place familiar garage grooves next to the Weetbix-and-Jager vocals of Ben Marwe with almost balletic poise."[2]

Chelsea Deeley from Music Feeds wrote, "Throughout the 12 tracks on this album, stories and anecdotes from a mostly typical Australian upbringing are rife. But it's a welcome slice through the heavy imports that are shoved down our ears daily."[3]

Meredith McLean from The AU Review ranked the album as the 29th best Australian album of 2015, saying "Bad//Dreems stand out against other burgeoning Australian rock bands… rather than entering a retrospective psychedelic culture that is growing more and more in Australia, they've gone back to the pleasure of Australia's pure pub rock… This re-visitation of rock receives a welcomed reception from its listeners."[4]

Track listing

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All songs written and performed by Bad Dreems

  1. "New Boys" – 3:26
  2. "Cuffed & Collared" – 2:53
  3. "Bogan Pride" – 3:29
  4. "My Only Friend" – 2:58
  5. "Hiding to Nothing" – 3:24
  6. "Naden" – 4:01
  7. "Hume" – 3:38
  8. "Dumb Ideas" – 2:37
  9. "Ghost Gums" – 3:13
  10. "Paradise" – 3:52
  11. "Blood in My Eyes" – 3:17
  12. "Sacred Ground" – 3:31

Personnel

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  • James Bartold – bass
  • Miles Wilson – drums
  • Alex Cameron – guitar
  • Ben Marwe – vocals, guitar
  • Ali Wells – guitar

Charts

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Chart performance for Dogs at Bay
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 33

Release history

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Release history and formats for Dogs at Bay
Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Various 21 August 2015
Ivy League IVY292/IVY293
Australia LP IVY269
21 August 2019 LP (limited edition) Waxx Lyrical WAXX001

References

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  1. ^ "Watch: Bad//Dreems – Bogan Pride". Pilerats. November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Latest Album Reviews of Rob Thomas, Buried In Verona, Bad//Dreems, Georgia and Holding The Man OST". news.com.au. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ^ Chelsea Deeley (17 August 2015). "Bad//Dreems – Dogs at Bay". Music Feeds. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. ^ "The 40 Best Australian Records of 2015". The AU Review. December 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Bad//Dreems – Dogs at Bay". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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